2009年6月3日星期三

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OAS lifts ban on Cuba after 47 years (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:17 PM PDT

Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, top center, gestures after posing for the official photo of the 39th General Assembly of the Organization of American States, OAS, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is back left.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The Organization of American States on Wednesday lifted a decades-old ban on Cuba's participation in the group and cleared the way for the island's return despite initial U.S. objections.


Air France jet likely broke apart above ocean (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT

A Brazilian air force helicopter departs from a military base during search operations for a missing Air France jet in Natal, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.  Brazil's military found a 3-mile (5-kilometer) path of wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean, confirming that the jet carrying 228 people crashed in the sea, according to Defense Minister Nelson Jobim. The debris was spotted Tuesday in the ocean about 400 miles (640 kilometers) northeast of the Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil's northern coast. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)AP - Military planes located new debris from Air France Flight 447 Wednesday while investigators focused on a nightmarish ordeal in which the jetliner broke up over the Atlantic as it flew through a violent storm.


Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama receives a gift from Saudi King Abdullah at the start of their bilateral meeting at the King's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Opening a mission to write a new chapter on Islam and the West, President Barack Obama consulted Wednesday with the Saudi king "in the place where Islam began," prelude to a high-stakes speech in Egypt meant to ease long-held Muslim grievances against the United States.


AP source: US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:13 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier salutes during the change of command ceremony at Bagram U.S. air base north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday June 3, 2009. At the main U.S. base in Bagram on Wednesday, Maj. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, took over command of all troops in eastern Afghanistan from outgoing Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, commander of the 101st Airborne Division. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)AP - American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month, a U.S. defense official said, underscoring a central quandary for President Barack Obama's new Afghan counterinsurgency campaign.


Rival: Ahmadinejad moves Iran toward dictatorship (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:56 PM PDT

Two female supporters of the leading reformist Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi hold his posters as they adjust their scarves during an electoral campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Mousavi is President Ahmadinejad's main pro-reform rival for the June 12 elections. The name of the candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is written on the poster in the Farsi language. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - The main pro-reform candidate accused hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of driving Iran toward "dictatorship" and hurting its standing in the world by questioning the Holocaust, during a rare and unprecedentedly raucous election debate Wednesday.


Obama in Saudi Arabia: Cheek to Cheek, but a World Apart (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The President's outreach to the Muslim world starts behind closed doors, in Islam's birthplace

UK's Brown under pressure in European, local polls (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:20 PM PDT

Britain's Communities Secretary Hazel Blears leaves Downing Street for the weekly cabinet meeting at Westminster in central London June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced a new test of his leadership in European and local elections on Thursday, and rebels in his ruling party were reported to be campaigning for him to quit.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,308 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:41 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at least 4,308 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexican police questioned about missing official (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:52 PM PDT

Army soldiers stand guard outside a transit police station during an operation in Veracruz, Mexico, late Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Federal investigators questioned 48 Veracruz city traffic officers Wednesday about the disappearance of the top customs official for one of Mexico's most important ports.  (AP Photo/Luis Monroy)AP - Federal investigators questioned 48 Veracruz city traffic officers Wednesday about the disappearance of the top customs official for one of Mexico's most important ports.


British and Irish run amok in clash of the Lions (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 01:32 PM PDT

British Lions' Irish centre Brian O'Driscoll takes part to a training session, on May 26, 2009 in Johannesburg. The British and Irish Lions ran in 10 tries to record a 74-10 win over Golden Lions at Ellis Park on Wednesday and claim another success in the second match of a South Africa tour.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - The British and Irish Lions ran in 10 tries to record a 74-10 win over Golden Lions at Ellis Park on Wednesday and claim another success in the second match of a South Africa tour.


In main Swat town, no sign of civilians or Taliban (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:21 PM PDT

Rescued Pakistani students arrive in Bannu on June 1. Pakistan's military has rescued 80 students and staff snatched by Taliban gunmen, as fears grew of spiralling rebel attacks to avenge a military offensive in the northwest.(AFP/Karim Ullah)AP - Pakistani soldiers stood guard along its narrow roads, but there was no sign of civilian life in the Swat Valley's main city, nor signs of the Taliban. Across the river stood another militant stronghold, reminding the army its work was not done.


Secret Canada nuclear papers left in TV studio (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:54 AM PDT

Reuters - Senior Canadian officials left a binder full of confidential nuclear documents in a television studio and made no attempt to retrieve them, the TV network involved said on Wednesday.

Australia's oldest man, WWI vet, dies at 110 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:16 AM PDT

AP - John "Jack" Ross, Australia's oldest man and the last remaining Australian to serve in World War I, died Wednesday, Veterans' Affairs Minister Alan Griffin said. He was 110.

Obama to lay out vision of Muslim world's future (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:22 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama meets with US Senate democrats to discuss healthcare at the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2009. Obama on Wednesday said he was open to the idea of a public funding of health insurance, the latest twist in his ambitious and difficult goal to reform the country's health care system by year's end.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)McClatchy Newspapers - CAIRO, Egypt — In his speech Thursday to Muslims around the world, President Barack Obama will speak in detail about extremism, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and "what he thinks needs to be done on all sides" to reach peace between Israelis and Palestinians, his aides said Wednesday.


In Mideast, Obama faces tough crowd: Here's what they want to hear (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Ahmad al-Shugairi, host of a popular Saudi television show about Islam, gets excited just imagining the idea: If he had the chance, what would he advise US President Obama to say in his address to the Muslim world on Thursday?

As More Ministers Resign in Britain, Can Brown Survive? (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - As voters prepare to render harsh judgment on parliamentary greed, Britain's Prime Minister sees two prominent ministers drop out

Economic Crisis Drives Up Conflict (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 3 (OneWorld.net) - The world has become slightly less peaceful over the last year due in large part to the global economic crisis, says an annual report released yesterday that measures countries' peacefulness.

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