2009年5月29日星期五

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Bomb kills 4 north of Baghdad, say Iraqi police (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:56 PM PDT

An honor guard carries the casket of Iraqi national football coach Emmanuel Baba Dawud, one of Iraq's most revered sports figures, during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 29, 2009. Dawud, known as Ammo Baba, shot to football fame in Iraq after scoring the country's first goal in an international game in the 1957 Pan Arab games. Dawud died of cancer Wednesday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A bomb exploded inside a bus station north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least four people and wounding 10, police said, the deadliest in a series of attacks in northern Iraq.

Will she crack? Susan Boyle faces final showdown (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 01:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday April 16, 2009 file photo Susan Boyle, whose performance on the television show 'Britain's Got Talent' wowed the judges, poses singing with a hairbrush at her home in Blackburn, Scotland. It's always a bad hair day for Susan Boyle until she starts to sing. Then the physical flaws seem to disappear. The Scottish songbird with the frizzed-out hair doesn't look like a star. She is a bit chubby, with plain features, and no thousand watt show biz smile. But her golden voice has made her the overwhelming favorite in the final of Britain's Got Talent on Saturday May 30, 2009, which expected to draw millions of viewers in Britain, where it's broadcast live, and tens of millions throughout the world, with the help of YouTube and other online sites. (AP Photo, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Can she do it? Or will she crack?

Bong! Big Ben rings in its 150th anniversary (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 08:51 AM PDT

Clock maker Paul Roberson, poses in the 334-step winding limestone staircase inside St. Stephens tower of the Houses of Parliament, housing the Big Ben bell, in central London, Thursday April 30, 2009. Defiantly low-tech yet accurate to the second, Big Ben is having its 150th birthday Sunday May 31, 2009, its Victorian chimes carrying the sound of Britain into the 21st Century. It's a birthday the world can share in. The 314-foot-high tower, roughly 16 stories, is the city's most famous landmark. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Defiantly low-tech yet accurate to the second, Big Ben is having its 150th birthday Sunday, its Victorian chimes carrying the sound of Britain into the 21st century.

Unease as Iraqis prepare to take over in cities (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 09:53 AM PDT

AP - Three years ago, the U.S. thinned out its presence in Baghdad and Iraqi forces could not stem the tide of sectarian fighting. By the end of June, Iraq's forces will again be in control of their cities — and many Iraqis wonder if they are up to the task.

Kenya: An Unfinished Reckoning (Time.com)

Posted: 29 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Kenya: An Unfinished Reckoning

Britain's Brown heading for electoral disaster: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2009 04:57 PM PDT

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is on course for a drubbing at European elections next week after a scandal over politicians' expenses damaged him far more than his rivals, an opinion poll showed on Saturday.

Sudan: Almost 250 people killed in tribal clashes (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 12:54 PM PDT

AP - Fighting between rival Arab tribes in western Sudan's oil-rich Kordofan region killed almost 250 people over two days earlier this week, including 75 policemen, Sudan's interior minister said.

Mexico: Most-wanted drug lord's power waning (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 04:28 PM PDT

Police officials guard an armored truck holding detainees during a news conference at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, Friday, May 29, 2009. Police presented Friday five alleged members of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, who were detained in a recent operation in the Mexican state of Guerrero. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - Mexico's top prosecutor says the country's most-wanted drug lord has an increasingly less-powerful role in his cartel.

Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai in France next month (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 01:31 PM PDT

France's junior trade minister Anne-Marie Idrac praised Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, seen here on May 1, 2009, for his work in the unity government and invited him to visit France in June.(AFP/File/Jekesai Njikizana)AFP - France's junior trade minister Anne-Marie Idrac praised Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai for his work in the unity government and invited him to visit France in June.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 618 (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 05:10 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, May 29, 2009, at least 618 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Magna nears deal for GM's Opel (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2009 01:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian auto parts group Magna has reached a preliminary deal with General Motors Corp to invest in Opel, boosting hopes for a deal to save the German unit as its U.S. parent prepares to enter bankruptcy.

India summons Australian envoy over attacks (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 03:14 AM PDT

Federation of Indian Students in Australia president Amit Menghani (2nd from left) with a mobile phone in Melbourne on May 14 as authorities in Australia prepare to launch a telephone helpline for Indian students. India summoned Australia's top envoy to express its concerns about a wave of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne that has raised diplomatic tensions between the two countries.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - India summoned Australia's top envoy on Friday to express its concerns about a wave of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne that has raised diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

Obama takes tough and risky stance on Israeli settlements (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 May 2009 05:14 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama renewed pressure on Israel but rejected a timetable for his peace drive, noting domestic pressures heaped on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.(AFP/Saul Loeb)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Thursday ratcheted up what might be America's toughest bargaining position with Israel in a generation, demanding anew that Israel stop expanding its settlements in the disputed West Bank as a key step toward making peace with its Arab neighbors.

How big a threat is North Korea? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

Models of a North Korean Scud-B missile (2nd L) and South Korean Hawk surface-to-air missiles are seen at the Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul May 27, 2009. North Korea will take The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea has raised the stakes on the Korean peninsula by conducting an underground nuclear weapon test Monday and subsequently test-firing half a dozen short-range missiles. The rapid sequence of events is creating a new sense of crisis in Asia and fresh concerns about the proliferation of nuclear weapons technology.

Oil plentiful, demand weak: So why are gas prices going up? (Time.com)

Posted: 29 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT

High gas prices posted at a Shell gas station outside of Yosemite National Park in Yosemite, Calif., Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Time.com - The recession may have slashed demand while supplies have swelled, but oil is being hoarded as producers and investors await an economic recovery.

'Invisible' Protestors Condemn Tribe's Destruction (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 29 May 2009 11:56 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 29 (OneWorld.net) - "Invisible" demonstrators in London protested Wednesday the Indian government's decision to permit a British company to mine the Dongria Kondh tribe's sacred mountain and source of livelihood in Orissa, India.

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