2009年6月2日星期二

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Military: Gitmo detainee dies of apparent suicide (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:23 PM PDT

In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military and shot through a window, a guard watches over detainees in the exercise yard at the Camp Five detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Sunday, May 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)AP - A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, U.S. military officials said Tuesday. His is the fifth apparent suicide at the offshore U.S. prison, which President Barack Obama hopes to close by January. The Joint Task Force that runs the U.S. prison in Cuba said guards found Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih unresponsive and not breathing in his cell Monday night.

Air France crash leaves global trail of victims (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:28 PM PDT

AP - Three young Irish doctors — one a Riverdance performer — returning from a vacation to Brazil. An American geologist and his wife headed to Europe for work and some R&R. An 11-year-old boy traveling alone on his way back to an English boarding school.

Air France flight flew well beyond range of radar (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT

This photo taken Tuesday, June 2, provided by ECPAD, shows French army air crewman aboard an Atlantic Model 2 aircraft, which took off from a French air base in Dakar, Senegal, patroling the presumed site of the crash of a missing Air France flight. France has three military patrol aircrafts flying over the central Atlantic from their base in Senegal and it is sending an AWACS radar plane that should join the operation on Wednesday, said French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck. (AP Photo/ECPAD/French Defense Minister)AP - Before it vanished, Air France Flight 447 was flying hundreds of miles beyond the scope of the nearest radar station, just as scores of commercial flights do every day over the world's oceans.

Debris confirms crash of Air France Flight 447 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Soldiers fuel a Brazilian Air Force plane that is part of a search and rescue mission for the Air France flight 447 in Fernando de Noronha, 350 kms off the coast of Natal, in northeastern Brazil, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. The Air France airplane, carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, ran into a towering wall of thunderstorms and disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean late Sunday local time. Brazilian military planes found a 3-mile (5-kilometer) path of wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean, confirming that an Air France jet carrying 228 people crashed in the sea, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - An airplane seat, a fuel slick and pieces of white debris scattered over three miles of open ocean marked the site in the mid-Atlantic Tuesday where Air France Flight 447 plunged to its doom, Brazil's defense minister said.

Report: Dear Leader will give way to Commander Kim (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 01:28 PM PDT

FILE-In this file photo taken on Saturday, May 22, 2004, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, foreground, speaks, accompanied by North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju, background, during a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Pyongyang. North Korea told its diplomatic missions that Kim Jong Il's youngest son — who reportedly enjoys skiing and studied English, German and French at a Swiss school — will be the nation's next leader, a South Korean lawmaker and newspapers said Tuesday, June 2, 2009. The secretive communist state sent the message about the 26-year-old son, Jong Un, after the nation's May 25 nuclear test, which along with a series of missile tests has greatly raised tensions in the region, the Hankook Ilbo reported. (AP Photo/Japan Pool, File)AP - One photo shows a chubby-cheeked boy with an impish grin. Former classmates at a Swiss boarding school describe a shy student who loved basketball and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Recent reports describe him as overweight and a heavy drinker. Now 26, Kim Jong Un has reportedly been tapped to become the next leader of nuclear-armed North Korea.

A Past Flight May Offer Clues to Air France 447 (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Time.com - An Airbus 330's flight-computer snafu over Australia last fall could offer hints at what might have brought Air France Flight 447 down

Polls close in Greenland election (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:27 PM PDT

In this picture take Monday, June 1, 2009, election posters are seen on a bus shelter in Nuuk, Greenland, where parliamentary elections are due to take place Tuesday June 2, 2009. Greenland could see a power shift in parliamentary elections Tuesday as the semiautonomous Danish territory prepares to take more control over its own affairs. The campaign has focused on corruption and political wrangling, and polls show the center-right Siumut Party might be ousted after 30 years in office. (AP Photo/Sermitsiaq/POLFOTO, Leiff Josefsen)AP - Early results Wednesday suggested a possible power shift in Greenland's last parliamentary election before the residents of the ice-capped island assume greater autonomy from Denmark.

Al-Qaida criticizes Obama's upcoming Cairo speech (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:17 PM PDT

Egyptians seen, on a public bus, in front of Cairo University, Egypt, Tuesday, June 2, 2009, where U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to address the Muslim world in a speech during his visit to Egypt on June 4. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Al-Qaida's deputy leader on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama's upcoming speech to the Islamic world in Cairo, saying it will not change the "bloody messages" the U.S. military is sending Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. Al-Qaida has repeatedly lashed out at Obama since he was elected, a move some analysts believe indicates the terrorist organization is worried he will be effective in improving the U.S. image in the Muslim world.

Kidnappings jump in Mexico despite crackdown (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT

AP - Mexican officials say kidnappings have jumped 8.7 percent over an eight-month period despite stepped-up arrests.

Foreign oil firms concerned over Nigerian reforms (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:36 PM PDT

A river snakes in the Niger Delta mangrove forest some 200 kms from Port Harcourt in May 2009. Two international oil companies operating in Nigeria said Tuesday they are apprehensive about the draft petroleum law before parliament that paves the way for reforms in the oil and gas sector.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Two international oil companies operating in Nigeria said Tuesday they are apprehensive about the draft petroleum law before parliament that paves the way for reforms in the oil and gas sector.

Geithner: China backs efforts to fight downturn (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 03:48 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, is shown the way by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan upon arrival for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 1, 2009. Geithner said Monday that the global recession seemed to be losing force but that it will be critical for the United States and China to institute major economic reforms to put the world on a more sustained footing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)AP - The global economy is showing "early signs of stabilization" due to action by the United States and China to end its worst slump in decades, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday.

Canada Liberals say may stop backing government (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 01:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's main opposition Liberal Party said on Tuesday it was unhappy with the minority Conservative government's record and would likely decide next week whether to continue backing it.

'Spiderman' arrested for scaling Sydney skyscraper (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 09:30 AM PDT

French Alain Robert passes the 32nd floor as he climbs the Royal Bank of Scotland building in Sydney , Australia, Tuesday, June 2. 2009. The French skyscraper climber nicknamed 'Spiderman' was arrested Tuesday after scaling a 41-story building in downtown Sydney with his bare hands, stopping traffic on the busy street below. (AP Photo/Southern Cross Equities)AP - A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" was arrested Tuesday after scaling a 41-story building in downtown Sydney with his bare hands, stopping traffic on the busy street below.

New U.S. Afghan strategy will cost billions, take years (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:26 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's choice to take charge of the war in Afghanistan Tuesday called "significant growth" of the Afghan army and national police the key to his strategy, but the annual cost of building and maintaining the existing Afghan force is roughly four times larger than the entire Afghan economy.

Geithner visit: Chinese economists skeptical of US strength (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday he had found "a lot of confidence" in the US economy among Chinese leaders he met on his two-day visit here. In other circles, however, skepticism was widespread.

Obama and the Arab world: Can he meet expectations? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:40 PM PDT

File photo shows Barack Obama's shadow on the Israeli and American flags. Obama pledged new realism in relations with Israel on the eve of a high-profile visit to the Middle East.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)Time.com - The President arrives in the Middle East this week on a tide of goodwill unprecedented for a U.S. leader in recent years, but his audience is anticipating a more fundamental change in U.S. policy than the new President is likely to make.

Scientific Study Confirms Darfur Rape Epidemic (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 06:20 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 1 (OneWorld.net) - A scientifically conducted study carried out in a refugee camp has defined the extent of rape and sexual violence faced by Darfuri women both in their home villages and the camps where they seek safety. The researchers offer four recommendations to protect women and support survivors.

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