2009年6月10日星期三

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Ahmadinejad lashes out at rival before Iran vote (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures to thousands of supporters as he gives his final election campaign rally, on Azadi street in western Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Iranians go to the polls on Friday, June 12, 2009 after a hotly contested election campaign pitting Ahmadinejad against leading challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, amongst others. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Iran's hard-line president took a final shot at his rivals Wednesday during his last public pre-election rally, accusing them of resorting to a smear campaign against him similar to the one used by Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister.

North Korea's fundraising target of new sanctions (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 02:20 PM PDT

File - In this Oct. 10, 2005 file photo, North Korean soldiers parade in front of Workers' Party of Korea headquarters building in Pyongyang, North Korea, to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party. Analysts say North Korea has an exclusive department, known as Room 39 or Bureau 39, to control illicit business activities such as counterfeiting, drug smuggling and weapons sales. Room 39 has 120 foreign trade companies under its jurisdiction, Lim Soo-ho, a research fellow at the Samsung Economic Research Institute in Seoul, told The Associated Press. Though the bureau formally falls under the ruling Workers' Party, in reality it is directly controlled by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, he said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ji Xinlong, File)AP - Room 39 is one of the most secret organizations in arguably the world's most secretive state. Its mission: Obtain foreign currency for the regime of North Korea's authoritarian leader Kim Jong Il.

Car bomb in Iraq kills about 30 people (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT

In this image released by the US Army, Provincial Director of Police for Dhi Qar province Maj. Gen. Sabah Al-Fatlawi, looks at the damage caused by a car bomb in the town of Bathaa, which is near Nasiriyah, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. A car bomb ripped through a market in southern Iraq's Shiite heartland Wednesday as shoppers were buying meat and vegetables, killing and wounding dozens, officials said. (AP Photo/US Army)AP - A car bomb blew up Wednesday in a packed outdoor food market in one of the most peaceful areas of Iraq's Shiite south, killing about 30 people and wounding dozens more. The blast raised fears that militants may be planning more strikes in remote, poorly secured areas, seeking to stretch Iraq's security services as they take on a bigger role in Baghdad and other flashpoint cities.

Sub helps in hunt for Air France black boxes (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 01:28 PM PDT

The Brazilian Navy picks a piece of debris from Air France flight AF447 out of the Atlantic Ocean, some 745 miles (1,200 km) northeast of Recife, in this handout photo distributed by the Navy in Recife, northeastern Brazil June 9, 2009. Air France Flight 447 crashed en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro, killing all 228 people on board in an incident experts are still trying to understand as French and Brazilian teams scour deep Atlantic waters for its black box voice and data recorders. The Brazilian Air Force and Navy said in a joint statement late on Monday they had recovered 24 bodies from the Atlantic so far.REUTERS/Brazilian Air Force/Handout (BRAZIL) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (TRANSPORT DISASTER MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLEAP - The urgent hunt for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 received a boost Wednesday — a French nuclear submarine scoured the search area, listening for the data and voice recorders' pings before they fade away.

Londoners struggle to work amid subway strike (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 08:21 AM PDT

Commuters cross Waterloo Bridge in central London as a 48 hour strike by the RMT union causes widespread disruption to the London Underground Wednesday June 10, 2009. The 48 hour strike started at 7pm Tuesday night after last-ditch talks over pay, jobs and disciplinary issues, broke down. (AP Photo / Dominic Lipinski ,pa)AP - Londoners squeezed onto overcrowded buses, boarded river boats, pedaled bikes or walked in the rain Wednesday — as thousands of subway workers went on strike and drove the capital to transportation chaos.

Hizballah After Lebanon's Election: Down But Hardly Out (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 12:15 PM PDT

Time.com - The failure of Hizballah to unseat the U.S.-backed government was based largely on local sectarian factors, but the result has affirmed a status quo in which the Shi'ite movement remains hugely influential

Mo. family Christmas photo turns up in Czech ad (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 05:07 PM PDT

AP - Czech this out. When Danielle Smith and her family posed for their Christmas card photo last year, they knew they'd share it with family and friends. But the Missouri family wasn't expecting it to show up in the Czech Republic, splashed across a huge storefront advertisement.

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

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:38 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, June 10, 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.

Peru Congress suspends decrees that upset Indians (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 05:04 PM PDT

AP - Peru's Congress has indefinitely suspended two legislative decrees that prompted the Amazon Indian protests that turned violent last week.

WITNESS: Third time lucky in crime-ridden Johannesburg (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 05:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Serena Chaudhry, Johannesburg correspondent for Reuters, moved to South Africa from Britain in 1995 and joined Reuters full-time in 2008 to report on companies in Africa's biggest economy. In the following story, slugged WITNESS/SAFRICA-CRIME and headlined 'Third time lucky in crime-ridden Johannesburg' Serena writes about her experiences in one of the world's most dangerous cities.

New U.S. commander in Afghanistan approved by Senate (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Stanley McChrystal won Senate confirmation on Wednesday as an Army general and U.S. commander in Afghanistan after a plea for Republicans to end procedural delays and let him start overseeing the war.

Canada to eventually stop making medical isotopes (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 02:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada will eventually stop making medical isotopes, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday amid a prolonged shutdown of an aging Canadian reactor that makes a third of the world's isotope supply.

Australian PM urges protesters to 'draw breath' (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 07:53 AM PDT

A Sikh community leader tries to disperse a rally by Indian students in Sydney. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned Indian students not to take the law into their own hands as protests against alleged racial violence stretched into a third night.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday warned Indian students not to take the law into their own hands as protests against alleged racial violence stretched into a third night.

Palau agrees to accept Uighur detainees from Guantanamo (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 04:39 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — To the relief of the Obama administration, the South Pacific island nation of Palau agreed Wednesday to take the 17 Chinese Uighurs still being held at Guantanamo, the first major release of detainees since President Barack Obama announced his plan to close the prison by next January.

Pakistan: Massive hotel bomb further erodes security (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A suicide bombing Tuesday at Peshawar's only five-star hotel is the latest of several recent attacks in this northwestern Pakistani city.

Kabul's Real Strongmen: A Bodybuilding Craze in Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Bodybuilding is all the rage in a society where the state is a little short on muscle

Shell Settles with Nigeria Villagers for $15M (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 08:58 AM PDT

Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa takes part in an 'Ogani Day' demonstration in 1993. Victims of murder, torture and other abuses by Nigeria's former military government hailed Tuesday a landmark out-of-court settlement with Royal Dutch Shell over its alleged complicity in the crimes.(AFP/Greenpeace/File)OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 10 (OneWorld.net) - After a decade of legal battles and pressure from activists, the Royal Dutch Shell oil company -- accused of human rights abuses in the oil-rich Niger Delta -- has agreed to pay a settlement to the communities in the region rather than face trial.

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