2009年5月26日星期二

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Key nations start talks on new NKorea resolution (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT

Satellite image of Yongbyon, North Korea released by DigitalGlobe on May 26, 2009. North Korea fired another short-range missile off its east coast late on Tuesday, Yonhap News reported on May 27, 2009 citing a unnamed South Korean government source. It came after Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles earlier on Tuesday. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout (NORTH KOREA SCI TECH MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) MANDATORY CREDIT. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Key world powers started talks Tuesday on a Security Council resolution that could include new sanctions against North Korea, with the United States saying all agreed that Pyongyang's illegal nuclear test must be dealt with "directly and seriously."

North Korea tests more missiles, lashes out at US (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:54 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, May 25, 2009, a South Korean officer of National Earthquake Center explains about seismic wave of North Korea's nuclear test which measured in South Korea, at National Earthquake Center in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea launched tests Tuesday of two more short-range missiles a day after detonating a nuclear bomb underground, a news report said, pushing the regime's confrontation with world powers further despite the threat of U.N. Security Council action. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Sang-hak)AP - North Korea lashed out Tuesday at the United States and reportedly launched two more short-range missiles even as U.N. Security Council members debated possible new sanctions against the communist nation for its latest nuclear test.

Sri Lanka's displaced families torn apart by war (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:28 PM PDT

Civilians stand behind the barbed-wire perimeter fence of the Manik Farm refugee camp located on the outskirts of northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya Tuesday, May 26, 2009. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toured Sri Lanka's largest war refugee camp, located on the outskirts of Vavuniya called Manik Farm and home to 220,000 refugees, on Saturday, pressing for wider humanitarian access to the camps which have become overcrowded since the government declared victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in a 25-year war. (AP Photo/David Gray, Pool)AP - Lakshmi Rasamy reached through the barbed wire enclosing this displacement camp, grabbed her mother's hand and wept for her four children who were killed in the last spasm of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war.

Roadside blast kills 3 Americans in western Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:26 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo released Tuesday, May 26, 2009, by the Illinois Commerce Commission shows Terence Barnich. Barnich, the deputy director of the State Department's Iraq Transition Assistance Office in Baghdad and former Illinois Commerce Commission chairman, was one of three Americans killed when a roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in western Iraq, U.S. officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Illinois Commerce Commission, File)AP - A roadside bomb blasted a U.S. convoy west of Baghdad, killing three Americans, including a top reconstruction official who once headed the Illinois Commerce Commission, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Candidates to head nuclear agency make their case (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 11:17 AM PDT

Candidates for new director general of the IAEA, Slovevnia's Ernest Petric, left, and Belgium's Jean-Pol Poncelet wait for the start of a hearing of the candidates in Vienna, Austria Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - Five candidates bidding for the leadership of the International Atomic Energy Agency laid out their visions of what the U.N. organization's role should be Tuesday at a meeting overshadowed by the North Korea's announcement that it had exploded its second nuclear bomb.

Medvedev's Grim Prognosis on Russian Economy (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Russia's President prescribes tough economic medicine in the face of hismentor's more optimistic scenario

Moyes wins recordbreaking third manager of the year award (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:29 PM PDT

Everton manager David Moyes, pictured in April 2009, received the perfect boost ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final with Chelsea when he was awarded the League Managers' Association's (LMA) manager of the Year award on Tuesday for a record third time.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Everton manager David Moyes received the perfect boost ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final with Chelsea when he was awarded the League Managers' Association's (LMA) manager of the Year award on Tuesday for a record third time.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,301 (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:44 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at least 4,301 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexico detains 10 mayors for alleged drug ties (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 05:06 PM PDT

Mexican soldiers guard kidnapping suspects, from left to right, Mexican citizen Roman Roque, 18, U.S. citizen Tedy Toledo, 20, Mexican citizen David Sanchez, 23, and U.S. citizen Nancy Toledo, 18, as they are presented to the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The Mexican army says they rescued a kidnapped man and arrested the four suspects after an operation on Monday. Nancy Toledo claims to be 17-years-old and not 18 as the army reports. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Federal forces detained 10 mayors and 17 officials for alleged drug ties Tuesday in an unprecedented anti-corruption sweep in the Pacific coast state of Michoacan, home to one of Mexico's most violent cartels.

Sudan tribesmen attack security force, scores killed (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Scores of people were killed when 3,000 armed Arab tribesmen on horseback attacked security forces in Sudan's oil-producing Southern Kordofan region on Tuesday, tribal sources and officials said.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 615 (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:49 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at least 615 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 Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada forecasts deficit will top $50 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:53 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada will run its biggest ever deficit this year of more than $50 billion because of the deep economic recession, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Tuesday.

Prices rising, goods disappearing in Venezuela's troubled economy (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:44 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - CARACAS, Venezuela — Prices for home appliances have skyrocketed, pharmacies are reporting shortages of drugs and General Motors is planning to stop car production here next month, as measures by the Venezuelan government to conserve dollars ripple through the weakening economy.

Germany's Kindergarten Teachers Go on Strike (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Demanding better work conditions and higher pay, Germany's kindergarten teachers go on strike, shutting down nursery schools across the country and leaving parents scrambling to figure out what to do with their kids

A Pakistani Girl's Call for Peace (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:58 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 26 (OneWorld.net) â€" Prevented from attending school due to ongoing violence in northwest Pakistan, 11-year-old Malalay speaks out about peace and her right to an education.

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