2009年7月4日星期六

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North Korea fires missiles in 4th of July salvo (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:35 PM PDT

A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. North Korea fired five ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern.


Biden spends July 4 with son, other troops in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden,  at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence. Biden began Independence Day by greeting more than 200 U.S. soldiers who were becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony in a marble domed hall at one of Saddam Hussein's palaces at Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the outskirts of Baghdad.  (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, Pool)AP - Vice President Joe Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected the American's offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair.


2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 09:52 AM PDT

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brian Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, pauses briefly in the heat to rest with his heavy pack filled with mortar equipment, ammunition, food, and water in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday, July 4, 2009. Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued with their massive anti-Taliban push.


Oasis amidst war, Afghan valley looks to tourism (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:00 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 17, 2009, women walk past the cliffs that once held giant Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan. In an attempt to return one small part of the country to normalcy government officials and international donors are promoting tourism to attract visitors to the Bamiyan area. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center.


Marines march in grueling Afghan sun for July 4 (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 01:43 PM PDT

U.S. Marine Cpl. Brian Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, pauses briefly in the heat to rest with his heavy pack filled with mortar equipment, ammunition, food, and water in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday, July 4, 2009. Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.


The bigger issue behind North Korea's missile launch (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 10:45 PM PDT

A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. North Korea fired five ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Time.com - North Korea has a tradition of marking July 4 with its own fireworks display -- this time by firing at least seven short-range SCUD missiles towards the Sea of Japan


Millar primed and hoping for more Tour success (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:38 PM PDT

US cycling team Garmin-Slipstream (GRM)'s rider David Millar rides past Monte-Carlo Casino as he competes in the 15-km individual time-trial and first stage of the 2009 Tour de France cycling race run around Monaco, on July 4. Millar finished 14th clocking in 00:20:20.(AFP/Patrick Hertzog)AFP - Britain's David Millar has a reputation for being laid-back, but the Garmin team rider is hoping his new, relaxed attitude on the bike transforms to big results on this year's Tour de France.


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

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 04:18 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, July 4, 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.

Exiled Honduran president vows return on Sunday (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:41 PM PDT

Supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya stand next to the fence protecting the airfield as soldiers guard the international airport on the other side in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Zelaya announced Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week's military-backed coup, despite the interim government's insistence that he faces arrest and trial.  (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week's military-backed coup, despite warnings of a potentially bloody confrontation and the interim government's vow to arrest him and put him on trial.


WITNESS: Battling to borrow money in sanctions-hit Sudan (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:40 PM PDT

Andrew Heavens is a reporter and photographer who has worked with Reuters since 2005, first from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and now Khartoum, Sudan. His African career followed 10 years of reporting for newspapers in Britain and the United States.Reuters - Andrew Heavens is a reporter and photographer who has worked with Reuters since 2005, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and now Khartoum, Sudan. His African career followed 10 years of reporting for newspapers in Britain and the United States. In the following story, he recounts his experience of U.S. economic sanctions on the country whose president Omar Hassan al-Bashir is accused of masterminding human rights abuses in Darfur.


US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642 (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 04:19 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, July 4, 2009, at least 642 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.

Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 11:17 PM PDT

This Sydney Taronga Zoo handout image shows a CCTV frame of a new-born elephant calf (bottom centre) with its mother 'Thong Dee' at the zoo in the early hours of the morning. The male calf is the first to be born in Australia and was delivered after a three hour labour.(AFP/HO/Taronga Zoo)AFP - Australia has welcomed the first elephant ever born in the country with the arrival of a 100-kilogram (220.4-pound) male calf at a Sydney zoo, according to keepers.


OAS tells Honduras it can't drop out, but weighs kicking it out (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 12:28 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The new government in Honduras may want to wash its hands of the Organization of American States, but the OAS says no, not that way — if there's to be any severing of ties, it'll be the OAS that does it.

India decriminalizes consensual gay sex (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In a historic ruling, an Indian court decriminalized homosexual sex Thursday – a move that was hailed by gay rights activists as the first concrete step toward achieving equal rights for homosexuals in this deeply conservative country.

Honduras Braces for a Protracted Fight (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 10:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Despite a looming deadline, nobody expects a political crisis symptomatic of the brittleness of Central American democracy to resolve any time soon

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