2009年5月23日星期六

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Former SKorean leader leaps to death over scandal (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:15 PM PDT

Former President Roh Moo-hyun's son Roh Gun-ho puts a flower in front of his father's portrait at incense burning at Roh's hometown in Gimhae, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 23, 2009. Embattled former President Roh Moo-hyun — a reformist shamed by a corruption scandal that tarnished his image as a 'clean' politician — jumped to his death while hiking in the mountains behind his rural home in southern South Korea, his lawyer said. He was 62. (AP Photo/Korea Pool)AP - Former President Roh Moo-hyun, embroiled in a penetrating corruption investigation, leaped to his death Saturday — a shocking end for a man whose rags-to-riches rise took him from rural poverty to Seoul's presidential Blue House. He was 62.

Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in south China (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 04:59 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday May 21, 2009, shows Chen Fuchao, right, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by Lai Jiansheng, left, came up, shook his hand and pushed him off the ledge in Guangzhou, China Lai Jiansheng had been fed up with what he called the 'selfish activity' of a potential jumper, Xinhua said. Traffic had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area. Chen fell 8 meters (26 feet) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion and survived.(AP Photo)AP - Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.

Green Zone killing heightens security fears (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 01:28 PM PDT

Egenia Galdos, second right, and husband Carlos Bueno, right, look on as a military honor guard folds the American Flag off the casket of their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Christian Bueno-Galdos at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, N.J. on Saturday, May 23, 2009. Officials said the 25-year-old was among five soldiers gunned down by Sgt. John M. Russell at a stress clinic in Iraq on May 11. Bueno-Galdos was born in Peru, but immigrated with his family to Paterson as a seven-year-old. He joined the Army out of high school. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - An American was found dead in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, the U.S. military said Saturday, the apparent victim of an unprecedented slaying that occurred at a time when blast walls are coming down and Iraqi forces are assuming greater control.

Search for homes for 'Slumdog' children picks up (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 05:04 PM PDT

Rubina Ali, an impoverished child star in the Oscar-winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire,' rests inside the home of a relative at a slum area in Mumbai, India, Saturday, May 23, 2009. The search for new homes for Rubina and co-star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail has intensified, as Rubina fell sick days after city authorities demolished the shanty where she lived, family members said. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)AP - The search for new homes for two impoverished child stars from the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has intensified, as one child fell sick days after city authorities demolished the shanty where she lived, family members said.

No Gas Deal at the E.U.-Russia Summit (Time.com)

Posted: 23 May 2009 05:50 PM PDT

Time.com - There were smiles, but no solutions at Friday's summit between the E.U. andRussia. The two sides failed to agree on their energy issues, with Russia making nopromises that it wouldn't cut off gas supplies to Europe again

Fashion heiress, economist push foreign aid plan (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:14 PM PDT

In this picture taken in London, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, socialite Renu Mehta, left, and Nobel prize-winning economist, James Mirrlees stand for picture. As the global financial crisis exacerbates developing world poverty, an unlikely duo of a fashion heiress and a Nobel-prize winning economist are pushing a controversial plan to boost aid donations by giving wealthy individuals a greater say in how the funds are distributed. With backers ranging from U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to a bevy of billionaires, supermodels and pop stars, socialite Renu Mehta and economist James Mirrlees argue that a private/public partnership on foreign aid is the only way to rescue international goals to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger as governments fall short of meeting U.N. goals. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - An unlikely duo of a fashion heiress and a Nobel Prize-winning economist is pushing a controversial plan to boost aid to the developing world by giving wealthy donors a greater say in how the money is distributed.

Prominent Egyptian dissident burned in attack (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 02:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, former Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour, center-right, speaks to the media after being released from four years in prison, at his apartment in Cairo, Egypt. The prominent Egyptian dissident said Saturday, May 23, 2009 that an assailant on a motorcycle attacked him on Friday night by igniting a flammable substance in his face, and that he was treated at a hospital for first-degree burns and is recovering at home. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - A prominent Egyptian dissident said Saturday he was attacked by an assailant on a motorcycle who ignited a flammable substance in his face, leaving his head burned.

Venezuela rejects concerns from UN, OAS on media (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 05:15 PM PDT

AP - A top diplomat on Saturday defended Venezuela's investigation into a leading anti-government television station, rebuffing the concerns of U.N. and OAS officials that President Hugo Chavez's government is threatening free speech.

Insurgents in Mogadishu attack AU peacekeepers (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2009 01:15 PM PDT

Civilians push a wounded man, caught in a cross-fire during renewed clashes with hardline Islamist fighters, on a wheelbarrow in the capital Mogadishu, May 22, 2009. Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Friday, triggering battles across the capital that killed at least 15 people. REUTERS/Feisal OmarReuters - Hardline Islamist insurgents in Somalia's capital fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace and attacked African Union peacekeepers on Saturday night at the end of a second day of heavy fighting.

Key dates in life of SKorea's Roh Moo-hyun (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 05:24 PM PDT

AP - A look at key events in the life of former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun:

Thousands evacuate Australian floods, one dead (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2009 12:52 AM PDT

Reuters - Thousands more people in Australia's flood-hit east were told to leave their homes on Saturday as gale-force winds lashed the coast and emergency services said up to 20,000 people had been cut off.

Pakistan says decisive battle against the Taliban has begun (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 May 2009 10:30 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani army has entered Mingora, the largest town in Swat valley, and a street-to-street battle is raging with the Taliban, the military said Saturday.

Somalia: East African bloc calls for a UN blockade and no-fly zone (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Somalia's fragile government began to push back against its armed Islamist opponents Friday in Mogadishu in heavy street fighting. It's the first sign that the transitional government of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's efforts to reach out to unaligned warlords and Islamist militias is beginning to pay off, and that his enemies, the radical Al Shabab, may have stretched themselves too thin with their ambitious assault.

How the Economy Could Crush Iraq's Hopes (Time.com)

Posted: 23 May 2009 05:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The Baghdad government's ability to pay its way toward stability is being heavily compromised by the collapse of oil prices

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