2009年6月30日星期二

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UN tells Honduras to reinstate president (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gather near the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The U.N. General Assembly demanded the immediate restoration of Zelaya but Honduras' congressional leader Roberto Micheletti, whom Congress appointed president last Sunday, said Zelaya could be arrested if he returns home. The sign reads in Spanish: 'Out Gorilettis! Mel, the real president', referring to congressional leader Roberto Micheletti, whom Congress appointed president last Sunday, and to his supporters. Mel is Zelaya's nickname. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Honduras' ousted president won overwhelming international support Tuesday as he planned a high-profile return to his chaotic country. The politicians who sent soldiers to fly him into exile in his pajamas said he will be arrested for treason if he tries.


Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. U.S. troops pulled out of Iraqi cities on Tuesday in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad's background track. Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and convoys of pickup trucks with machine guns roaming the streets.


Yemeni plane with 153 crashes off Comoros islands (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:09 PM PDT

Unidentified relatives of passengers react , after being shown  the list of passengers on board a Yemenia jet, during a statement for the Comoros Islands community at La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, France, Tuesday June 30, 2009 after a Yeminia jet with 153 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros. The majority of the passengers were from the Comoros islands, returning home from Paris or Marseille. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday as it attempted to land amid severe turbulence and howling winds. Officials said a teenage girl was plucked from the sea, the only known survivor.


Stalemate in Afghan ghost town shows task ahead (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 23, 2009, U.S. Marine Capt. Zachary Martin, Golf Company commander of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines of the 2nd MEB patrols with a squad through the empty town of Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Three years after its residents fled, the once bustling town of Now Zad is the scene of a stalemate between U.S. Marines and Taliban insurgents and an example of the challenges facing the U.S. administration even as it sends 21,000 extra Marines and soldiers to the south to try and turn around a bogged down, 8-year-long war. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - U.S. Marines patrol slowly along streets laced with land mines and lined with abandoned shops, clinics and homes. As night falls over this Afghan ghost town, the only sounds are the howling of dogs and the creaking of tin roofs in the wind.


Iran leader praised amid signs of political purge (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 10:14 AM PDT

Spokesman of Iranian Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, seen during a press conference, in front of a picture of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.


After Iran Crackdown: Reform Movement Shows Resilience (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:40 PM PDT

A supporter of Iranian Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi holds up his hand reading 'Moosavi' during a protest against the election results in Iran on June 28, 2009, on Taksim Square in Istanbul. Iran warned the opposition on Tuesday that it will tolerate no further protests after the official poll watchdog upheld the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over complaints of fraud.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)Time.com - Even if the regime clears the streets and imposes its version of the election outcome, it has breached its contract with the people -- and forced many establishment figures to openly challenge institutions once deemed beyond question


Retailer Tesco mulling bid for major bank (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:32 PM PDT

Retail group Tesco is a potential bidder for nationalised bank Northern Rock, which the government is reportedly considering selling later this year, The Times newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Retail group Tesco is a potential bidder for nationalised bank Northern Rock, which the government is reportedly considering selling later this year, The Times has reported.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Police find 5 bodies, severed head in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:41 PM PDT

Mexican soldiers patrol a street in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco June 10, 2009. Eighteen people were killed in a shootout between drug gangs and soldiers on June 7 and the gun battle was a further blow to Mexico's tourism industry, already reeling from cancellations by foreigners scared away by the swine flu epidemic. REUTERS/Jesus Trigo (MEXICO CRIME LAW MILITARY)AP - Mexican police on Tuesday found the remains of six people tortured and shot to death in a western state that is a focus of the government's war against drug cartels.


Niger opposition accuses president of coup (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:29 PM PDT

AP - Security forces in Niger on Tuesday arrested the country's main opposition leader, hours after he called for a general strike and accused the president of carrying out the equivalent of a coup by unilaterally dissolving the nation's top court.

Japanese business confidence boost: central bank (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for the first time in two-and-a-half years, the central bank's quarterly Tankan survey has shown.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for the first time in two-and-a-half years, the central bank's quarterly Tankan survey has shown.


Canadian economy slips in April (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 08:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's economy contracted for the ninth straight month in April as the manufacturing, energy and retail industries scaled back activity in the deepest downturn since the early 1990s.

Australian biker chief charged with airport murder (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:07 AM PDT

The crime scene where a gang of bikers killed a rival at Sydney Airport's Domestic Terminal in late March. Mahmoud AFP - The head of Australia's Comanchero motorcycle gang has been charged with murder over a deadly brawl fought in front of horrified passengers at Sydney airport, police have said.


Pakistan now facing 2-front war in Waziristan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 04:59 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A militant commander in northwest Pakistan tore up a peace deal with the Pakistani government Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the government's campaign against Islamist insurgents in the extremist-controlled Waziristan region.

Argentina Poll: Kirchner Loss a Lesson for Latin America (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:40 PM PDT

Time.com - President Cristina FernÁndez de Kirchner suffers a humiliating defeat in midterm elections and must now deal with opposition lawmakers. The poll result is a lesson for other Latin leaders too

Activists Demand Accountability for Torturers (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 02:19 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 30 (OneWorld.net) - Survivors of torture joined human rights activists in the streets of Washington, DC last week to demand prosecution of those involved in planning and implementing U.S. torture policies.

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