2009年6月18日星期四

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Hundreds of thousands stage somber rally in Iran (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:11 PM PDT

In this image made available from  Mousavi's election campaign media operation Ghalam News shows  supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, as they listen to his speech at a demonstration in Tehran on Thursday June, 18, 2009. .  Tens of thousands of black-clad protesters filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran's disputed election. (AP Photo/Ghalam News.)AP - Hundreds of thousands of protesters dressed in black and green flooded the streets of Tehran on Thursday in a somber, candlelit show of defiance and mourning for those killed in clashes after Iran's disputed presidential election. The massive march — the fourth this week — sent a powerful message that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has the popular backing to sustain his unprecedented challenge to Iran's ruling clerics.


Iran's Mousavi: now political rock star (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:44 PM PDT

In this image made available from  Mousavi's election campaign media operation Ghalam News shows  Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, center right, waving to  supporters at a demonstration in Tehran on Thursday June, 18, 2009.  Tens of thousands of black-clad protesters filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran's disputed election. (AP Photo/Ghalam News)  EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - He's gone from colorless insider to political rock star — a graying, bearded veteran of the Islamic regime who now stands at the forefront of a youth-driven movement fighting for change.


Iran protester: People want a new election (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:31 PM PDT

In this image made available from  Mousavi's election campaign media operation Ghalam News shows  Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, center right, addressing  supporters at a demonstration in Tehran on Thursday June, 18, 2009.  Tens of thousands of black-clad protesters filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran's disputed election. (AP Photo/Ghalam News)  EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Among the demonstrators who joined Thursday's protest in Tehran in support of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was a 29-year-old engineering graduate. Reached on the telephone by Associated Press correspondent Lee Keath in the United States, he spoke on condition of anonymity because he said he feared retaliation from the government.


Somali security minister killed in explosion (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:56 PM PDT

Nurses at Medina hospital assist a man wounded during mortar shelling, Wednesday, June 17, 2009 as Somali government forces and Islamic fighters fought each other in the capital, Mogadishu. Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Wednesday, triggering battles that killed at least 11 people, including the capital's police chief, witnesses and officials said.(AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility.


U.S. training reluctant Afghan police to fight Taliban (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 11:22 AM PDT

In this photo taken Saturday, June 13, 2009, Afghan National police and U.S. Marines do a joint patrol through the town of Golestan in Afghanistan's Farah Province. In announcing his new Afghan policy, President Barack Obama said strengthening local security forces was a priority. The administration is aiming for a trained, equipped and professional force of 82,000 police by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - The request crackled over the radio in the police station in this remote Afghan valley: four officers needed to accompany U.S. Marines on an overnight patrol.


Four ways Iran crisis may end (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:50 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.  A woman wearing an Iranian flag uses a mobile phone on the streets of Tehran June 16, 2009. Picture taken June 16, 2009. REUTERS via Your View  (IRAN ELECTIONS POLITICS CONFLICT)Time.com - Will Iran's leaders repeat their own revolution or mimic the tragedy of China or the sclerotic compromise of Zimbabwe?


$196 billion; little proof UN health programs work (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:11 PM PDT

AP - In the last two decades, the world has spent more than $196 billion trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries.

Timeline of Iran's election crisis (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:33 PM PDT

AP - A timeline of Iran's post-election crisis, which has sparked the biggest unrest in the country in a decade.

Season's 1st tropical depression forms in Pacific (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:28 PM PDT

An partially submerged abandoned boat is seen in Miami Bay, June 9, 2009. According to a report from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission published in local media, there were 750 abandoned boats in the state in 2005 and that number has now increased to about 1500 as a result of the bad economy and hurricanes. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaAP - The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season has formed off the coast of Mexico.


Pakistan captain dedicates win to long-suffering fans (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 03:55 PM PDT

The crowd react as a six from the bat of Pakistan's Kamran Akmal arrives during the ICC World Twenty20 cricket semi-final match against South Africa at Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham June 18, 2009. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Pakistan captain Younus Khan dedicated his team's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final win over South Africa on Thursday to the long-suffering fans afflicted by militant violence back home.


US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 633 (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:27 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, June 18, 2009, at least 633 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 Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada annual inflation 0.1 pct in May (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:08 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's annual inflation slowed in May to its lowest in nearly 15 years but was still higher than expected at 0.1 percent as rising food prices partially offset cheaper gasoline and cars, according to Statistics Canada on Thursday.

Australia, NZ to study Antarctic whales (AP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 03:43 AM PDT

AP - Australia and New Zealand announced Thursday a non-lethal whale research expedition to the Antarctic, a direct challenge to Japan's research program that kills up to 1,000 whales a year.

U.S. drones attack region where Islamabad seeks allies (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:06 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As Pakistan pursues delicate negotiations before launching a major military operation in South Waziristan, the United States launched a drone strike Thursday that could offend a warlord the government here is trying to win over, analysts said.

What's behind Iran's power struggle (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iranian security forces continued arresting key opposition figures on Wednesday, as defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi kept up pressure for a revote by calling his supporters onto the streets to mourn at least seven killed in clashes.

10 Days in Tehran: What I Saw At the Iranian Revolution (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:50 PM PDT

A picture posted on Twitter's photo-sharing website TwitPic by the user madyar shows supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi marching on Krimkhan Bridge during a rally in Tehran. Iran's opposition stepped up its challenge to the Islamic regime on Wednesday holding another rally even as the authorities intensified a crackdown on the media.(AFP/TWITPIC)Time.com - The massive protests have shaken Iran's rulers. But that won't make them any easier to deal with


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