2009年6月9日星期二

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Bomb at luxury hotel in Pakistan kills at least 11 (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Pakistani rescue members search for victims among the rubble of a partially collapsed hotel after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Suicide attackers in a truck launched an assault Tuesday on a luxury hotel commonly used by foreigners in Peshawar, firing guns as they stormed past guards and then setting off a huge blast that killed at least five people and wounded 65 more, Pakistani officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Suicide attackers shot their way past guards and set off a massive blast Tuesday outside a luxury hotel where foreigners and well-to-do Pakistanis mixed, killing at least 11 people and wounding 70, officials said. The bombers struck the Pearl Continental Hotel at about 10 p.m., when nightlife was still in swing. The attack reduced a section of the hotel to concrete rubble and twisted steel and left a huge crater in a parking lot.


Iran's reformers tap energy of political `party' (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 02:33 PM PDT

A supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, not wanting to be photographed, hides her face using a poster of him as she waits in the stands at an election rally at the Heidarnia stadium in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Persian hip-hop thumps from car speakers and young hipsters — men with spiked hair and women in spike heels — dance in the streets.


Iraqi accused in 5 US soldier deaths freed (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:59 PM PDT

File photo shows US troops from the 101st Airborne Division training at an air assault school in Iraq. The commander of a US Army base in Kentucky has ordered a three-day suspension of regular duties to focus on a spike in suicides among his troops amid concern over a wider trend across the armed services.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - The surprise release of a Shiite militant linked to the killing of five U.S. soldiers in Iraq is part of a high-stakes gambit that could result in freedom for five British hostages and a political role for a major Shiite extremist group with reputed ties to Iran.


Airlines replace monitors after Air France crash (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:32 PM PDT

The Brazilian Navy picks a piece of debris from Air France flight AF447 out of the Atlantic Ocean, some 745 miles (1,200 km) northeast of Recife, in this handout photo distributed by the Navy in Recife, northeastern Brazil June 9, 2009. Air France Flight 447 crashed en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro, killing all 228 people on board in an incident experts are still trying to understand as French and Brazilian teams scour deep Atlantic waters for its black box voice and data recorders. The Brazilian Air Force and Navy said in a joint statement late on Monday they had recovered 24 bodies from the Atlantic so far.REUTERS/Brazilian Air Force/Handout   (BRAZIL) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (TRANSPORT DISASTER MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLEAP - Airlines moved quickly Tuesday to replace speed monitors like those suspected of feeding false information to the computers on Air France Flight 447 and possibly causing the plane to break up over the Atlantic Ocean.


US: New forces in Afghanistan to be 'game changer' (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:41 PM PDT

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade walk in blowing sand at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province Tuesday June 9, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Newly arrived U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan will target insurgents crossing into the country from Pakistan and be a "game changer" in a region long dominated by the Taliban, a top commander said Tuesday.


Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Outmatched by technology, the Taliban is taking its war to the road in a campaign that not only damages infrastructure but is also taking a toll in lives

Bodies from Air France disaster being found (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:52 PM PDT

Brazilian Air Force personnel unload from a chopper the corpse of one of the passengers of the ill-fated Air France flight 0447 lost on midflight over the Atlantic ocean one week ago, upon arrival at the Fernando de Noronha airport. The first bodies recovered from an Air France jet crash in the Atlantic arrived at this remote Brazilian island on Tuesday ahead of identification, officials said.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Brazilian and French search teams recovered more bodies from the debris of an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic last week, killing all 228 people onboard, Brazilian officials said.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,311 (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:47 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at least 4,311 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

2 officials whose wives own Mexican day care quit (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:46 PM PDT

The Shriner's Hospital for Children Northern California in Sacramento, Calif., is seen on Monday, June 8, 2009.  Children arrive by the dozens every day at the hospital, in wheelchairs, walkers, on foot and by ambulance, many suffering serious and even life-threatening injuries. The latest patients are three of the most seriously burned victims of a deadly day care fire in Hermosillo, Mexico that killed 44 babies and toddlers. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)AP - Two Sonora state government officials whose wives are owners of a Mexican day care center where 44 children died in a fire resigned Tuesday, saying they wanted to clear the way for an investigation into the blaze.


South Africa edge out New Zealand by one run (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:40 PM PDT

New Zealand's Brendon McCullum (L) clashes with South Africa's Dale Steyn while taking a quick run during the ICC World Twenty20 cricket group match against South Africa at Lord's Cricket Ground, London June 9 2009. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - South Africa edged New Zealand by one run in an exciting if ultimately meaningless Twenty20 World Cup Group D match at Lord's on Tuesday.


US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 630 (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:51 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at least 630 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada, U.S. businesses assail "Buy American" rules (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:48 PM PDT

Reuters - "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. economic stimulus package will cost jobs in Canada and the United States, Canada's U.S. ambassador and a group of U.S. businesses told Congress on Tuesday.

Indian students protest in Sydney again: report (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 08:42 AM PDT

Indian students gather together for protection in Harris Park in Sydney. Indian students protested in Australia's biggest city overnight for a second straight day against alleged racial attacks after earlier demonstrations turned violent, a report said.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Indian students protested in Australia's biggest city overnight for a second straight day against alleged racial attacks after earlier demonstrations turned violent, a report said.


Truck bomber attacks hotel in northwest Pakistan, killing 11 (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:49 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A massive truck bomb Tuesday struck the only luxury hotel in Peshawar, a volatile city in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 11 and injuring 70, with several foreign nationals among the victims.

In Colombia, FARC rebels strike back (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - "Phoenix" had been jobless for months in this bustling town on Colombia's southern Pacific coast when he accepted a job, which paid $16 a day, working in a cocaine lab along with 24 others.

Gordon Brown Keeps His Job, But His Problems Remain (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - The British Prime Minister has beaten back a potential leadership challenge. But his woes are likely to continue

Voices Raised Against Violence in Peru (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:44 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 9 (OneWorld.net) - Following deadly clashes between indigenous protesters and the Peruvian military, one indigenous rights organization is urging the Peruvian government to withdraw all armed forces and recognize the rights of indigenous peoples to their land.

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