2009年5月28日星期四

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U.S., S. Korea on high alert after N. Korea renounces truce (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 05:31 PM PDT

South Korean elementary school students wearing gas masks while they participate in a lesson on how to use a gas mask in a nuclear attack in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 28, 2009. South Korean and U.S. troops raised their alert Thursday to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its truce with the allied forces and threatened to strike any ships trying to intercept its vessels.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The U.S. and South Korea put their military forces on high alert after North Korea renounced the truce keeping the peace between the two Koreas since 1953 and threatened military action following nuclear and missile tests.

Mexican mayors' arrests show nobody above drug war (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 03:53 PM PDT

Supporters of the town's Mayor Antonio Ixtlahuac, also known as Tono, who was taken into custody by federal agents, protest at the Zitacuaro's main square to demand his release, Mexico's Michoacan state, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The swift and secretive operation by federal forces netted 10 mayors and 18 top officials in Michoacan state this week, escalating President Felipe Calderon's battle against cartels on the heels of this summer's federal, state and local elections, marking the first time the federal government has gone after so many politicians with alleged drug ties. The banner reads in Spanish 'Tono, you are a victim'. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Severed heads tossed in front of a car dealership. Bodies hurled off a bridge. Extortion threats against shop owners. It was no secret that this town popular with tourists for its monarch butterfly nesting grounds was in the grip of Mexico's drug trade.

Explosion in mosque kills 15 in southeast Iran (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 01:46 PM PDT

Blood is seen on the ceiling inside a mosque after a bomb explosion in Zahedan, 1076 km (668 miles) south east of Tehran, May 28, 2009. An explosion at a prominent Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the southeast Iranian city of Zahedan on Thursday killed 30 people and wounded 60, the semi-official news agency ILNA reported. REUTERS/IRNA (IRAN CONFLICT RELIGION)AP - An explosion in a mosque killed 15 people near Iran's volatile border with Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday and a local official said it was a terrorist attack.

Suicide attack, market blasts hit Peshawar (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 02:59 PM PDT

People evacuate an injured man from the scene of a bomb explosion at Qissa Khawani bazaar in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Attackers hit the busy market and a police checkpoint in northern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, and critically wounding scores of others. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Militants detonated two bombs in a busy market and attacked two police checkpoints in northern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, wounding scores more and testing the resolve of the government as it takes on the Taliban in the Swat Valley.

Israel on edge as US presses to halt settlements (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 12:35 PM PDT

Jewish settlers lay cement for a foundation of a new building after Israeli troops razed other structures last week, in the West Bank outpost of Maoz Esther, a hilltop site northeast of Ramallah, Thursday, May 28, 2009. Israel defied a surprisingly blunt U.S. demand that it freeze all building in West Bank Jewish settlements, saying Thursday it will press ahead with construction. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that President Barack Obama wants Israel to halt to all settlement construction - including 'natural growth.'(AP Photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Israel rejected on Thursday a U.S. demand to freeze all construction in West Bank Jewish settlements to encourage peace talks, deepening a dispute with the Obama administration that has the hard-line Israeli government increasingly on edge.

Queen Elizabeth Snubbed: Britain Declares War on France (Time.com)

Posted: 28 May 2009 04:05 PM PDT

FILE -- In this June 6, 2004 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth meets with British veterans at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Bayeux in northern France. Indignant British veterans complained Wednesday, May 27, 2009, because Queen Elizabeth II has been left off the guest list for next week's ceremonies to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France. Britain played a key role in the Normandy naval landings, which accelerated the liberation of Europe from Germany. Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be there for the anniversary ceremonies — as will President Barack Obama. But the queen, Britain's head of state, apparently won't be. Neither she, nor any member of the royal family was invited to attend the ceremony at the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach on June 6, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said while speaking on condition of anonymity in line with policy.( AP Photo/Jeff Mitchell/file)Time.com - London's media says a gauntlet cast down in France's failure to invite Queen Elizabeth II to the annual D-Day commemoration

Pienaar aims to beat the soccer odds at Wembley (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 05:29 PM PDT

Steven Pienaar, seen here, is taking a philosophical approach to Everton's status as FA Cup final underdogs against Chelsea by insisting Guus Hiddink's side are only human(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Steven Pienaar is taking a philosophical approach to Everton's status as FA Cup final underdogs against Chelsea by insisting Guus Hiddink's side are only human.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,302 (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, May 28, 2009, at least 4,302 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

60 Haitian migrants taken captive by smugglers (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 05:18 PM PDT

AP - Armed smugglers partially thwarted a U.S. Coast Guard operation to remove illegal Haitian migrants from an overloaded boat, holding more than 60 passengers at gunpoint as they fled, the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince said Thursday.

Clinton urges Egypt to respect human rights (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2009 03:27 PM PDT

Reuters - It is in Egypt's interest to show more respect for human rights, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, hitting a raw nerve in U.S.-Egypt relations ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama.

Weeping South Koreans pack streets for Roh's funeral (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2009 05:24 PM PDT

A supporter of the deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun cries next to his large portrait near his memorial altar arranged by citizens in Seoul May 29, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Tearful South Koreans lined the country's streets on Friday for a glimpse of a hearse carrying the body of former President Roh Moo-hyun who leapt to his death from a cliff about a week after being snared in a corruption scandal.

Canada to seek partners for nuclear reactor firm (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2009 11:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada said on Thursday it plans to sell part of its government-owned nuclear technology business to big international companies or forge some kind of alliance with them to gain global reach.

Australian belatedly wins $10 million lottery (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2009 07:06 AM PDT

AP - An Australian student worried about her parents' money problems rifled through a pile of her lottery tickets Thursday and discovered that she had won 13 million Australian dollars ($10 million) 10 months ago, a state lottery agency said.

Pakistan extremists attack again, threaten wider war (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 May 2009 07:50 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Islamic extremists attacked two marketplaces and two police posts Thursday in northwest Pakistan, killing at least six civilians and five soldiers, and they also took credit for a deadly vehicle bombing Wednesday in Lahore and threatened more attacks in major cities throughout the Punjab heartland, police said.

Should green-minded Norway invest in Canadian oil-sands? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It came as little surprise when Norway's partially state-owned oil company, StatoilHydro, rejected a shareholder motion last week to pull out of a $2 billion tar-sands venture in Alberta, Canada.

German Policeman Unmasked as Stasi Spy (Time.com)

Posted: 28 May 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Germany reels over evidence that the fateful killing of the studentdemonstrator Benno Ohnesorg was not what it seemed

Uncle Sam Denying Soldiers Citizenship (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 28 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 28 (OneWorld.net) - Loopholes in immigration policy are preventing U.S. military personnel from becoming citizens even after years of service to the country, reported a civil rights organization this Memorial Day.

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