2009年6月8日星期一

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Will US send envoy after NKorea jails reporters? (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:28 PM PDT

South Koreans watch a TV broadcasting news about two American journalists detained in North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station, in South Korea, Monday, June 8, 2009. North Korea's top court convicted the journalists and sentenced them to 12 years in a prison Monday, intensifying the reclusive nation's confrontation with the United States. The headline reads 'American journalists were found guilty.' (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The sentencing of two American journalists to 12 years' hard labor in North Korea on Monday sets the stage for possible negotiations with the reclusive nation for their release — perhaps involving an envoy from the United States.

Gabon's president dies after 42 years in power (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:21 PM PDT

In this Thursday, March 13, 2008 file photo, Gabon President Omar Bongo stands with other Islamic world leaders during a group photo session at the Organization for the Islamic Conference summit in Dakar, Senegal. Bongo, the world's longest-serving president whose 42-year rule was a throwback to an era when Africa was ruled by 'Big Men,' has died of cardiac arrest in a Spanish hospital Monday, June 8, 2009. He was 73. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)AP - Omar Bongo, the world's longest-serving president whose 42-year rule of Gabon was a throwback to an era when Africa was ruled by "Big Men," died Monday. He was 73.

Lebanon vote undercuts Hezbollah, boost for Obama (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:10 PM PDT

Lebanese supporters of the Future movement of majority leader lawmaker Saad Hariri, wave flags as they celebrate the winning of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora and Education Minister Bahia Hariri at the parliamentary elections at a rally in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, June 8, 2009. Lebanon's Western-backed coalition defeated Hezbollah and its allies, according to official results Monday that dealt a stunning setback to the Iranian-backed militants and set the stage for renewed political deadlock in the volatile nation. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)AP - A pro-Western coalition won Lebanon's parliamentary elections Monday, dealing a major setback to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and giving a boost to Barack Obama's Middle East peace policy.

US Marines fan out across dangerous Afghan south (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 01:50 PM PDT

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Battalion walk through the sand inside Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province Monday June 8, 2009. Some 7,000 of the new U.S. troops ordered to Afghanistan are fanning out across the dangerous south on a mission to defeat the Taliban insurgency and to change the course of a war claiming American lives at a record pace.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Teams of builders worked through dust storms Monday to expand a base for a brigade of U.S. Marines now fanning out across southern Afghanistan to change the course of a war claiming American lives faster than ever before.

Will Iran's 'Marriage Crisis' Bring Down Ahmadinejad? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Time.com - A real estate bubble and rampant inflation have priced many young Iranians out of the marriage market, and their seething resentment may hurt the incumbent in Friday's election

Four dead, nine missing in Ukraine coal mine accident (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

A miner surfaces from the Skochinsky coal mine outside the regional capital Donetsk. At least four miners were killed and nine reported missing Tuesday after a coal mining accident in eastern Ukraine, a government official said, as relatives kept a tearful vigil at the mine.(AFP/Alexander Khudoteply)AFP - At least four miners were killed and nine reported missing Tuesday after a coal mining accident in eastern Ukraine, a government official said, as relatives kept a tearful vigil at the mine.

4 Palestinians with explosives-laden horses killed (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 12:32 PM PDT

Palestinians walks past a dead horse after Palestinian gunmen clashed with Israeli forces near the Nahal Oz crossing east of Gaza City, Monday, June 8, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen early Monday in a flare-up of violence along the tense frontier between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza. A group of around 10 gunmen were trying to cross the border fence into Israel when they were spotted by troops, according to Palestinian security officials. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Gaza militants with explosives-laden horses approached the Israeli border early Monday, igniting a battle that left four gunmen dead, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

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Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:22 PM PDT

AP - Brazil's military says 24 bodies have been recovered in Atlantic from Air France crash.

Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2009 file photo, members of Nigeria's Ogoni community and their supporters rally to raise awareness of the trial of Royal Dutch Shell, in New York. Royal Dutch Shell settled a lawsuit Wednesday, June 3, that accused the oil giant of playing a role in the executions of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other civilians by Nigeria's former military regime. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)AP - Royal Dutch Shell agreed to a $15.5 million settlement Monday to end a lawsuit alleging that the oil giant was complicit in the executions of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other civilians by Nigeria's former military regime.

US pressing for UN action on NKorea nuclear trade (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:31 PM PDT

AP - At the risk of triggering a military confrontation, the Obama administration is pressing for new U.N. steps aimed at cutting off North Korea's ability to peddle its nuclear wares, including an arrangement to interdict air and sea shipments of nuclear materials and hardware to and from North Korea.

Air Canada parent says airline will survive (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 12:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Air Canada's parent company ACE Aviation Holdings Inc said on Monday that the troubled airline would survive.

Domestic politics helps prompt review of Afghan strategy (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:42 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Monday gave the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan 60 days to conduct another review of the American strategy there, the fifth since President Barack Obama took office less than five months ago.

Lebanese election a blow to Hezbollah (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Lebanon's Western-backed March 14 coalition has defeated a stiff challenge by the Hezbollah-led opposition in national elections to retain its parliamentary majority.

Omagh Families Win in Court Against the Real IRA (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Time.com - In a historic judgment, Belfast's High Court has awarded over $2.6 million in damages to the families of victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing

Immigration Coalition Targets 279 Votes (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 03:16 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 8 (OneWorld.net) - A broad coalition of groups has launched a nationwide campaign to hold President Barack Obama to his pledge to pass comprehensive immigration reform, believing they can see legislation passed by the end of the year.

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