2009年6月19日星期五

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Iran's leader: End protests or risk 'bloodshed' (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:48 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gives his Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University in this video grab June 19, 2009. Khamenei appealed for calm on Friday and attacked AP - Iran's supreme leader sought Friday to end the deepening crisis over disputed elections with one decisive speech — declaring the vote will almost certainly stand and sternly warning opposition leaders to end street protests or be held responsible for any "bloodshed and chaos" to come.

UN: World hunger reaches 1 billion mark (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 11:53 AM PDT

FILE- Indian workers are seen silhouetted as they load rice sacks onto a truck at a grain market on the eve of World Food Day in Amritsar, India, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. The U.N. agency Food and Agriculture Organization is reporting on Friday June 19, 2009, that over 1 billion people across the world are hungry, according to FAO, an historic high level of hunger that is the result of the financial downturn combined with persistently high food prices. The agency's Director-General Jacques Diouf has said 'The silent hunger crisis, affecting one-sixth of all of humanity, poses a serious risk for world peace and security'.(AP Photo/ Altaf Qadri, FILE)AP - The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion, a grim milestone that poses a threat to peace and security, U.N. food officials said Friday.

Once hush-hush, drug war plays big in Mexico vote (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 09:58 AM PDT

Mario Anguino, center, candidate for governor of the state of Colima for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, greets supporters in Colima, Mexico, Thursday, May 14, 2009. When Mario Anguiano successfully ran for mayor of Colima three years ago, it didn't make a difference that his brother and cousin were in prison for drug charges, but as he prepares to run for governor in this year's July 5 elections, banners have appeared mocking his alleged ties to drug cartels. (AP Photo/Diario de Colima)AP - When Mario Anguiano successfully ran for mayor of Colima three years ago, no one much cared that his brother and cousin were in prison on drug charges.

Global campaign marks Suu Kyi's 64th birthday (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 09:14 AM PDT

A protester stands behind mock prison bars during a picket at the Myanmar Embassy at Manila's financial district of Makati city, Philippines, to mark the 64th birthday of jailed Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Friday, June 19, 2009. Protesters from different parts of the globe renewed their calls for the military government of Myanmar to release Suu Kyi, who has now spent 14 birthdays in detention. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi shared rice and chocolate cake with her prison guards to celebrate her 64th birthday Friday, as global condemnation of her trial galvanized rallies in capitals around the world.

Palau's Muslims anxiously await Gitmo detainees (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 06:41 AM PDT

Muslims pray during Friday's prayers at a mosque in Koror, Palau, Friday, June 19, 2009. For the small group of about 500 Muslims in Palau — which is predominantly Christian — the sole mosque is a spiritual sanctuary. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - At the call to prayer, the men turn one-by-one down a narrow path through the jungle, marked only by a towering coconut tree.

On Scene: Among the Protesters in Tehran (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Time.com - As the Iranian capital prepares for more protests and possibly harsh repression, the supporters of Mousavi take inspiration from the marches they have already held

Britain's Thatcher has successful arm operation: son (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 02:59 PM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher seen here June 2, 2009. Thatcher had a successful surgery to insert a pin into her arm Friday, her son said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher had successful surgery to insert a pin into her arm Friday, her son said, after she broke it in a fall last week.

Iraqi karate coach killed by gunmen in Mosul (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 03:43 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2008, file photo shows Iranian basij paramilitary volunteers, affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guard, attending a parade ceremony, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. The militia force has stayed mostly on the sidelines of demonstrations against the results of last Friday's presidential election in recent days, but it has great potential to turn its power on protesters with just a nod from the country's leaders. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)AP - Gunmen killed the coach of Iraq's national karate team Friday in Mosul, underscoring the dangers still facing this northern city less than two weeks before a deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from urban areas.

Tropical depression dissipates off Mexico coast (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 05:17 PM PDT

An partially submerged abandoned boat is seen in Miami Bay, June 9, 2009. According to a report from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission published in local media, there were 750 abandoned boats in the state in 2005 and that number has now increased to about 1500 as a result of the bad economy and hurricanes. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaAP - The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season dissipated Friday off the Mexican coast.

1 in 4 South African men surveyed admit to rape (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 12:27 PM PDT

AP - A leading South African research group said one in four male South Africans it surveyed admitted to committing rape — a finding that cast a harsh light on a culture of sexual violence that victims groups say is deeply embedded in society.

Military: Deadly US airstrikes didn't follow rules (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 05:01 PM PDT

Staff Sgt. Ryan Fikes, of Atlanta, Ga. U.S.A. and a crew member of B Company, 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Combat Aviation Bridage, unties the blades on a Chinook C-47 helicopter while preparing for a night mission as the sun sets behind him Friday, June 19, 2009, at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - A U.S. warplane failed to follow all operational rules in a complex battle in Afghanistan last month that killed an estimated 26 civilians and 78 Taliban fighters, the U.S. military concluded in a report released Friday.

New evidence disrupts Canadian Taser inquiry (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 02:01 PM PDT

Reuters - An inquiry into the death of a Polish immigrant at the hands of Canadian police fell into disarray on Friday when the government admitted it failed to disclose potentially damaging evidence.

Australia PM faces down car-dealer scandal (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 06:17 AM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, seen here in May 2009, is facing faced calls to resign over allegations he helped a car-dealer friend who was seeking government funds.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd faced down calls to resign and announced an inquiry on Friday after evidence emerged suggesting he lied to parliament.

Iran's supreme leader orders an end to protests (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 11:47 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - Iran's supreme leader Friday dismissed charges of fraud in the June 12 presidential election, demanded an end to nearly a week of mass protests and accused the United States and other "evil" Western powers of fomenting the country's bloodiest political unrest in 30 years.

Can Iran's top clerics defuse the crisis? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran's top clerical leadership is taking steps to defuse six days of crisis and violence, as Iranians challenging the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the streets again on Thursday.

Iraqi Immigrants: Refugees in a Land of No Opportunity (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Thousands of refugees from war-torn Iraq thought their dreams had come through when they came to America. But now there are no jobs to be had

Immigration Reform Move Launches at Black Church (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 12:23 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (New America Media) - Today, on Juneteenth, a date steeped in the rich symbolism of freedom for African Americans, community organization ACORN intends to raise the banner of comprehensive immigration reform by announcing the launch of The Black Leadership Immigration Project from the pulpit of a Phoenix, Ariz., church.

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