2009年6月5日星期五

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Obama: Buchenwald "rebuke" to Holocaust denial (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:25 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama places a flower at the little camp as he tours the Buchenwald concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany Friday, June 5, 2009. With him are German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Holocaust survivors Elie Wiesel and Bertrand Herz, and Volkhard Knigge, head of Buchenwald Memorial. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, against subjugation of the weak and against the "cruelty in ourselves."

Britain's Brown refuses to quit as prime minister (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:26 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks to the media during a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London Friday June 5, 2009. Brown clung fiercely to his job Friday, defying calls from some within his beleaguered Labour party to resign. Brown told reporters he never even considered resigning, instead announcing a Cabinet reshuffle he hopes will help restore his fortunes. Brown has been badly stung by a scandal over British lawmakers' expenses, a string of top-level resignations and catastrophic results expected in local elections. (AP Photo/ Carl Court, pool)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled desperately Friday to keep his job, ignoring demands to quit amid a flurry of Cabinet resignations and a swelling rebellion in the ranks of his Labour Party.

UN chief urges war crimes probe in Sri Lanka (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:13 PM PDT

Traditional Sri Lankan dancers carry national flags while participating in a parade during the National War Celebration held to mark the military victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - The U.N. chief lent credence Friday to the possibility of war crimes in Sri Lanka, saying an international probe is needed to examine the military actions of the government and defeated Tamil Tiger rebels during the civil war.

Up to 34 reported killed in Amazon land protest (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Indians block a road as tear gas fired by police smokes behind in Bagua Grande in Peru's northern province of Utcubamba, Friday, June 5, 2009. Indians protesting oil and gas exploration on their lands battled police in Peru's remote Amazon Friday, with authorities and Indian leaders reporting at least 30 deaths. The violence broke out before dawn as officers tried to end a road blockade by some 5,000 Indians in the northern province of Utcubamba. (AP Photo)AP - Indians protesting oil and gas exploration on their lands battled police in Peru's remote Amazon Friday, with authorities and Indian leaders separately reporting nine police and 25 protester deaths.

No wreckage found from doomed Air France plane (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 04:59 PM PDT

In this June 3, 2009 image released Friday June 5, 2009 by French marine institute Ifremer, the French sea research vessel, The Pourquoi Pas, is seen at an undisclosed location. The Pourquoi Pas, carrying manned and unmanned submarines, is heading from the Azores and will be in the search zone of the missing AF 447 Air France plane by June 12 . (AP Photo/Olivier Dugornay/Ifremer/HO) MANDATORY CREDIT IFREMERAP - Days after Air France Flight 447 vanished, an intensive international effort has failed to recover any confirmed wreckage and concern grew Friday about whether searchers were even looking in the right place.

Snap! Photos of Nude Partygoers Add to Berlusconi's Woes (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:20 PM PDT

Time.com - The Italian Prime Minister (literally) comes under more scrutiny as a Spanish newspaper prints some revealing photographs

Brazil crews struggle to gather plane wreckage (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:23 PM PDT

Air France employees stand outside the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris during an ecumenical church service on June 3, 2009 for relatives and families of the passengers of Air France's flight 447 that vanished Monday over the Atlantic Ocean. REUTERS/Bob Edme/PoolReuters - Search crews in the Atlantic struggled on Friday to recover wreckage from an Air France flight as hopes dwindled of finding bodies from a crash possibly caused by pilots acting on flawed speed readings.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,311 (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 04:51 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, June 5, 2009, at least 4,311 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Venezuela tax agency fines anti-Chavez TV station (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:01 PM PDT

Guillermo Zuloaga, president of Globovision, a private television station opposed to President Hugo Chavez, waves to supporters as he leaves the attorney general's office in Caracas, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Prosecutors said they're investigating Zuloaga for a suspected 'environmental crime' related to stuffed wild animals found on his estate, and summoned Zuloaga Thursday to face charges for unspecified crimes related to 24 Toyota vehicles allegedly found on his property during a recent police raid. Zuloaga jointly owns two Toyota dealerships. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Venezuela's tax agency ordered an anti-government television channel to pay $2.3 million in back taxes on Friday, only a day after the station's owner was charged by prosecutors in a separate investigation and troops raided his home.

ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to arrest Beshir (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 12:14 PM PDT

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Friday pressed the Sudanese government to arrest President Omar al-Beshir, seen here in May 2009, who stands accused of Darfur war crimes and crimes against humanity.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Friday pressed the Sudanese government to arrest President Omar al-Beshir who stands accused of Darfur war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Banished cricketer Symonds says 'fair bit to consider' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:20 PM PDT

Disgraced cricketer Andrew Symonds (seen here in London, on June 2) has arrived back in Brisbane saying he had AFP - Disgraced cricketer Andrew Symonds has arrived back in Brisbane saying he had "a fair bit to consider" after being ordered home from Australia's tour to England on disciplinary grounds.

Canada jobless rate spikes to 11-year high in May (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's unemployment rate spiked to an 11-year high in May as the worst recession since World War Two led to massive lay-offs in the factories of Ontario, once the country's manufacturing powerhouse.

American jailed in wife's Australia vacation death (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:09 AM PDT

In this photo released June 20, 2008, by Townsville Coroners Court, David Gabriel Watson, left, and Christina Mae Watson are seen on their engagement. The American man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday for the manslaughter of his wife, who drowned during their honeymoon scuba diving trip in Australia. Her body was found on the ocean floor. (AP Photo/Townsville Coroners Court, HO)AP - An American man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday for the manslaughter of his wife, who drowned during their honeymoon scuba diving trip in Australia. Her body was found on the ocean floor.

Ex-State Department official, wife charged as Cuban spies (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 04:04 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A former State Department official, with a security clearance above top secret, and his wife have been arrested on charges of spying for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years, the Justice Department said Friday.

Across Middle East, a sense of possibility after Obama speech (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - For Khalil al-Anani, President Barack Obama's speech today could signal an historic turning point.

Britain's Brown reshuffles the chairs but his ship is still sinking (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:20 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here leaving No.10 Downing Street in May 2009, faced an unprecedented crisis as three of his ministers quit in 24 hours despite a bid to reassert his authority with a cabinet reshuffle.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)Time.com - The Prime Minister appoints an unlikely new Minister and steels himself for more choppy seas ahead

Malaria Vaccine Enters Final Tests (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 5 (OneWorld.net) - A life-saving malaria vaccine could be available within the next few years if final trials, which began last week, are successful -- 16,000 children in several African countries will be inoculated during this last phase.

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