2009年5月14日星期四

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Myanmar democracy activist charged by junta (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon. The south east Asian nation's military rulers have charged Aung San Suu Kyi with breaching the terms of her house arrest over an incident in which a US man swam across a lake and entered her home.(AFP/File)AP - Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged Thursday with breaking the terms of her house arrest just two weeks before she was to go free, a move seen as an attempt by the military junta to silence its chief opponent ahead of next year's election.

'Slumdog' child star's home torn down (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:01 PM PDT

'Slumdog Millionaire' child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, right, drives a bicycle past demolished shanties in his neighborhood in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 14, 2009. City workers bulldozed the home of Azharuddin Thursday as part of the demolition of dozens of shanties in a Mumbai slum.(AP Photo/Gautam Singh)AP - The 10-year-old child star of "Slumdog Millionaire" was awakened Thursday by a policeman wielding a bamboo stick and ordered out of his home. Minutes later it was bulldozed along with dozens of other shanties in the Mumbai slum he calls home.

Netanyahu urges pope to condemn Iranian threats (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 02:54 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Pope Benedict XVI and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Nazareth, northern Israel, Thursday, May 14, 2009. The meeting came a day after the pope made an emotional appeal in the West Bank for the establishment of an independent Palestinian homeland, a concept the Israeli leader has refused to endorse. The men appeared to exchange pleasantries before reporters were ushered out of the room to allow them to speak privately. Ahead of the meeting, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said the meeting would be key because 'personal contact is always very important.'(AP Photo/ GPO, Moshe Milner)AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to Pope Benedict XVI to "make his voice heard loud" against Iran's call for the destruction of the Jewish state. But his focus on Iran did not mask a key difference with the pontiff over whether Palestinians deserve a state of their own.

Deposed Chinese leader's memoir out before June 4 (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 10:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 19, 1989 file photo, Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, center with loud hailer, speaks with fasting university students in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the last time he was seen in public, early Friday May 19, 1989. The memoir of the Chinese leader who fell from power for sympathizing with Tiananmen Square pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989 has been published ahead of the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown that ended the protests. Second from right is current Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, then a top aide to Zhao. (AP Photo/Xinhua, File)AP - It took hours of secret recordings and years of clandestine planning to get the material smuggled out and translated.

British explorers cut short trek to North Pole (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:44 PM PDT

This recent but undated photo provided by Catlin Arctic Survey shows an unidentified British polar explorer walks across a ice ridge with a hand-drill on High Arctic sea ice. Three British polar explorers have ended their sojourn on High Arctic sea ice on Wednesday May 13, 2009 after 73 days of hard travel and skin-freezing temperatures. The trio had been collecting data that will give scientists a rare first-hand look at the ice's declining thickness. (AP Photo/Catlin Arctic Survey via the Canadian Press, Martin Hartley)AP - British explorers in northern Canada to measure the thickness of floating Arctic sea ice ended their expedition short of reaching the North Pole due to an early summer ice melt, the team said Thursday.

Firing Line: Tough New German Gun Laws Could Ban Paintball (Time.com)

Posted: 14 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - In the wake of a school shooting in March, and in the run-up to the federal election in September, the German government proposes tougher gun-control laws -- and possibly a ban on paintball

Brazilian testifies to dismembering British teen (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:18 PM PDT

Mohamed D´Ali Carvalho Santos, right, looks at his current girlfriend Ellen de Matos while she testifies during Santos' trial in Goiania, Brazil, Thursday, May 14, 2009. Santos, who admitted killing and dismembering her former girlfriend, 17-year-old British Cara Marie Burke on July 25, 2008 while high on cocaine, hopes to get a reduced sentence based partly on his heavy drug use. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - A young Brazilian man calmly testified Thursday that he stabbed a British teenager to death and dismembered her last year after they argued about his heavy drug use and his refusal to give her money.

Jordan king: Israel must accept Palestinian state (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:42 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Jordan Royal Palace, King Abdullah II of Jordan , second left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , left, in the presence of Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, right, and Royal Court chief Nasser Lawzi, second right, in Amman, Jordan May 14, 2009.(AP Photo/Jordan Royal Palace, Yousef Allan)AP - Jordan's king pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to immediately commit to the establishment of a Palestinian state, as he pursues a sweeping resolution of the Muslim world's conflicts with Israel.

Mexico officials pig out on pork to ease flu fears (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 04:47 PM PDT

Chefs, wearing face masks as a precaution against swine flu, prepare pork rinds during a meal offered by the Mexico's Agriculture Secretary in Mexico City, Thursday, May 14, 2009. Mexico launched a campaign to encourage its citizens to eat pork after sales plummeted during the swine flu outbreak. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Mexican officials are going hog-wild over pork to encourage their countrymen to put the pig back in the taco.

African Development Bank seeks to treble its funding (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:52 PM PDT

President of the African Bank of Development (BAD) Donald Kaberuka attends a BAD round table assembly in Dakar on May 12, 2009. The head of the African Development Bank said Thursday he is in negotiations with shareholders to treble its capital reserves to around 100 billion dollars.(AFP/File/Seyllou)AFP - The head of the African Development Bank said Thursday he is in negotiations with shareholders to treble its capital reserves to around 100 billion dollars.

BofA sells $7.3B stake in China Construction Bank (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 04:05 PM PDT

AP - Bank of America Corp. has sold part of its stake in China Construction Bank to Asian investors for about $7.3 billion as it looks to raise funds to meet government capital requirements.

Group cuts forecast for drop in home prices (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2009 11:40 AM PDT

Reuters - Canadian resale home prices will likely fall 5.2 percent this year, less than earlier forecast, and April sales activity trended higher, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Thursday.

Australian charged over anti-Semitic YouTube video (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 11:41 AM PDT

AP - Police have charged a man who allegedly posted a video on YouTube with inciting racism under Australian state law, officials said Thursday. A newspaper report said the video targeted Jews.

Congress battles over paying for wars, Guantanamo (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:45 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Thursday to spend $96.7 billion largely for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars after lawmakers sparred sharply over how to fight terrorists most effectively.

Pakistan: Pashtun hospitality for 19 adults, 25 children, and four camels (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Nightfall was closing fast and Hussein Gohar's clan of 19 adults, 25 children, 4 camels, and 4 buffaloes felt every inch of the 37 miles they had just walked.

A Video from the Grave Sends Guatemala into Crisis (Time.com)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - A previously recorded video by a murder victim accuses Guatemala's President of masterminding the crime

Longing for Peace in Pakistan (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:27 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 14 (OneWorld.net) - British aid worker Habib Malik describes the situation for some of the 1.3 million Pakistanis -- mostly women and children -- that have fled their homes in the country's conflicted northwest and are now residing in camps.

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