2009年6月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Iran's Ahmadinejad, rival both claim election win (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:17 PM PDT

An Iranian women casts her vote in Iran's presidential election, next to a security guard at the Masoumeh shrine in Qom about 120 kms south of Tehran, Friday, June 12, 2009. The election follows a hotly contested campaign pitting current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against leading challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, amongst others. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - Iran's interior ministry said Saturday President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a commanding lead after 61 percent of all votes were tallied, but his pro-reform rival countered that he was the clear victor and warned of possible fraud in the election.

UN imposes tough new sanctions on NKorea (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:07 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes to adopt a resolution that expands financial sanctions and the U.N. trade embargo on North Korea during a meeting of the Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York June 12, 2009. REUTERS/Mike SegarAP - The U.N. Security Council imposed punishing new sanctions on North Korea Friday, toughening an arms embargo and authorizing ship searches on the high seas in an attempt to thwart the reclusive nation's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Top Sunni lawmaker killed outside Baghdad mosque (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:02 PM PDT

Iraqi soldier walks in front of a mosque where a Sunni lawmaker Harith al-Obeidi was killed in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 12, 2009. al-Obeidi, a senior Sunni lawmaker was shot dead outside the mosque after Friday prayers in western Baghdad, officials said, underscoring fears that violence could rise ahead of Iraq's national elections next year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The moderate leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament was assassinated Friday after delivering a sermon at a Baghdad mosque, a killing that could set back efforts to reconcile differences between the two Muslim sects before national elections.

Brazil: 6 more bodies found in jet crash (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:45 PM PDT

Debris from the missing Air France flight 447 are put on display for the media after being recovered during search operations, at Recife's Air Force base, Brazil, Friday, June 12, 2009. Bad weather is hampering the search for bodies and debris from an Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, Brazilian officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Six more bodies were recovered from the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France jet crashed, Brazilian officials said Friday, as the race to find the black boxes and gather key evidence from human remains and debris gained urgency.

American student testifies at Italian murder trial (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:00 PM PDT

US murder suspect Amanda Knox testifies during a hearing in the Meredith Kercher murder trial, in Perugia, Italy, Friday, June 12, 2009. Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are on trial for the murder of Knox's British roommate, student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house they shared in Nov. 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - An American college student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy testified for the first time on Friday, offering an alibi for the night of the 2007 killing and saying police beat her into making a false statement in the case.

A Carnival of Provocations as Gaddafi Visits Rome (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Libya's leader forces Italy to face its colonial legacy, one-ups Berlusconi on respect for women, and makes a hash of his outreach to Jewish exiles

Miliband nearly quit last week: report (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, seen here on June 9, 2009, indicated in an interview Saturday he nearly quit in a wave of resignations which left Prime Minister Gordon Brown fighting for his job last week.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband indicated in an interview Saturday he nearly quit in a wave of resignations which left Prime Minister Gordon Brown fighting for his job last week.

Lebanon's PM hopeful Hariri seeks compromise (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:35 PM PDT

AP - The pro-Western politician favored to become Lebanon's next prime minister is setting aside the explosive issue of disarming the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, saying Friday he hopes for unity with his political foes in the sharply divided country.

Mexico candidate: Drug gangs contact all hopefuls (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:31 PM PDT

Mexican soldiers patrol a street in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco June 10, 2009. Eighteen people were killed in a shootout between drug gangs and soldiers on June 7 and the gun battle was a further blow to Mexico's tourism industry, already reeling from cancellations by foreigners scared away by the swine flu epidemic. REUTERS/Jesus Trigo (MEXICO CRIME LAW MILITARY)AP - A ruling party mayoral candidate in Mexico's richest city told his supporters that drug traffickers have contacted all leading political contenders in the country seeking their loyalty ahead of elections next month.

Obama gives Tsvangirai words of support, no money (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 03:29 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama gave tentative backing to Zimbabwe's fragile national unity government on Friday, but the country's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, left a White House meeting largely empty-handed.

Pakistan planning offensive against terror havens (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:29 PM PDT

Local people who formed the Lashkar or citizens' militia to fight against Taliban militants in their areas, get ready to leave after Taliban militants in Dir, Pakistan on Thursday, June 11, 2009. The government has vowed to rid the country of militants, and it has been emboldened by broad support for the Swat campaign from a public that has started openly denouncing the militants after years of ambivalence.(AP Photo/Dilawar Jan)AP - U.S. defense officials said Friday that Pakistan is planning a new assault into South Waziristan aimed at key al-Qaida strongholds, a move tied to the Obama administration's broader strategy for the Afghanistan war.

Showdown next Friday could prompt Canada election (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 08:12 AM PDT

Reuters - A potential double showdown next Friday will determine whether Canada will head into an early election, a government official said on Friday.

Australian family's joy at Kuwait jail reprieve (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 10:32 PM PDT

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah in Kuwait City in late May. The family of an Australian woman jailed in the oil-rich emirate for insulting the royal family have been celebrating after the country's surprise decision to suspend her sentence.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - The family of an Australian woman jailed in Kuwait for insulting the emir have been celebrating after the country's surprise decision to suspend her sentence.

Chavez's expropriation of oil service firms could spark labor unrest (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 02:30 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - CIUDAD OJEDA, Venezuela — Despite the recent sharp rise in oil prices, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last month expropriated 70 oil service companies in western Venezuela, putting some 10,000 Venezuelans out of work, turning local unions against him and forcing production cuts at important oilfields.

Dalai Lama takes his case to Chinese émigrés (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When the Dalai Lama traveled to the Netherlands last week his Buddhist teaching was heard by 10,000 people and he was received by the mayor of Amsterdam.

Analysis: Why the Amanda Knox trial has gripped Italy (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 04:25 PM PDT

American Amanda Knox (C), accused of killing her British housemate two-years ago, testifies for the first time during her trial in the courtroom in Perugia. Knox on Friday accused police of forcing false statements out of her after she was arrested over the 2007 sex-murder of her British housemate in central Italy.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)Time.com - In a media circus pitting Americans against Italians, the star suspect testifies in her own defense after 18 months of silence and lurid speculation

Kenya Must Meet Pledge to Somali Refugees (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 08:27 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (OneWorld.net) - Aid groups are calling on Kenya to fulfill promises of more land and funding for Somali refugees living in camps on the country's border, now the largest concentration of refugees in the world.

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