2009年6月25日星期四

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Iran reform leader says he won't end his challenge (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:45 PM PDT

In this image issued by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during his visit to Assalouyeh in the Persian gulf, Iran Thursday June, 25, 2009. The declared winner of the June 12 balloting, hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accused President Barack Obama of meddling in Iran's affairs. (AP Photo/ISNA, Arash Khamushi)AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Analysis: Iran's 2-sided rule — turban and helmet (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 02:14 PM PDT

Iranian security forces are seen sitting near the parliament building Wednesday, June 24, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. Riot police in Iran's capital fired tear gas and bullets in the air Wednesday in clashes with protesters who converged on a square near the parliament building in defiance of government orders to halt demonstrations demanding a new presidential election, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Demotix Images, Hamed)AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iraqi bombings kill scores ahead of US withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:19 PM PDT

Men carry the coffin of a relative killed in a bombing in the main Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 25, 2009. A bomb ripped through a crowded market on Wednesday, less than a week before a deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraq's urban areas. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The bombing of a Baghdad bus station Thursday pushed the death toll from a weeklong series of blasts near Shiite targets to about 200, calling into question Iraq's ability to provide security as U.S. combat troops slowly withdraw from cities.

Rising toll at US military hospital in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:35 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, June 1, 2009, a fellow soldier holds the hand of U.S. Pfc. Anthony Vandegrift, of Mililani, Hawaii, as he informs him the names of three of their comrades that were killed in the attack that injured him at the U.S. hospital in Bagram Air base, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Vandegrift, of Bravo Company 287, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, was wounded and three of his comrades died when the vehicle they were driving was hit by a roadside bomb in the Nerkh district of Wardak province. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - The urgent call came in: Roadside bombs had ripped through two Humvees and wounded eight or nine U.S. soldiers.

Dethroned Nepal king's palace now a tourist haunt (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:12 AM PDT

In this photo taken June 18, 2009, Nepalese people stand in a line to visit Narayanhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal. Every day, hundreds of ordinary Nepalis arrive here to look into the last couple decades of their country's troubled history, with its royal intrigue, its family bloodshed and its isolated and deeply unpopular final monarch who didn't realize until things were beyond his control that history wasn't with him anymore. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)AP - Pity the king.

New 'Great Satan'? Iran, U.K. Relations Worsen (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Long a hot spot for anti-regime Iranian opposition and a font of support for human rights and reform in Iran, Britain has enjoyed little favor from Tehran in recent years

Eyepopping prints and sexy sailor looks in Paris (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT

A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his men's spring-summer 2010 collection Thursday June 25, 2009 in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Bold prints, harem pants and beefy sailor looks ruled the catwalks Thursday on day one of Paris' menswear displays, with strong spring-summer 2010 collections by Belgium's critical darling Dries Van Noten, French luxury label Louis Vuitton and the country's one-time enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier.

Hamas leader welcomes Obama's new Mideast approach (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:50 PM PDT

AP - The top Hamas leader on Thursday welcomed what he said is "new language" by President Barack Obama toward the Islamic militant group — part of Hamas' cautious outreach to Washington in recent weeks.

Honduras leader refuses to restore military chief (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:33 PM PDT

In this photo taken June 7, 2009 Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, left, stands with the head of the Honduran Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Romeo Vazquez Velazquez during a ceremony in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The Secretary of the Defense as well as the chiefs of the army, navy and air force resigned on Wednesday June 24, 2009 in solidarity after President Zelaya fired Gen. Velazquez.(AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - The Honduran president vowed Thursday to ignore a Supreme Court ruling ordering him to reinstate the military chief he fired, escalating a showdown that has threatened the leftist leader's hold on power.

Alves saves Brazil against South Africa in Confed Cup (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 03:12 PM PDT

Brazilian defender Daniel Alves celebrates after scoring the first goal during the FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final football match Brazil against South Africa at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Brazil won 1-0.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Barcelona defender Daniel Alves spared Brazil's blushes as his late goal earned the five time world champions a 1-0 win over spirited South Africa here Thursday to book their place in the Confederations Cup final.

General: Troops needed as Afghan elections near (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:44 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, U.S. Army National Guard Chaplain Merry Wentworth, of Louisville, Ken., lights a cigar for U.S. Pfc. Anthony Vandegrift, of Mililani, Hawaii, at the U.S. hospital in Bagram Air base, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Vandegrift, of Bravo Company 287, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, was wounded and three of his comrades died when the vehicle they were driving was hit by roadside bomb in Nerkh district of Wardak province. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Despite the thousands of U.S. troops headed to southern Afghanistan this summer, a NATO commander said Thursday they'll fall short of the numbers historically needed to defeat insurgents.

Harper sees relatively quick exit from deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's stimulus package is structured in such a way that the country should easily be able to erase its budget deficit two years after the recession ends, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday.

Stoned wallabies make Australian crop circles (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 05:23 AM PDT

Reuters - The mystery of crop circles in poppy fields in Australia's southern island state of Tasmania has been solved -- stoned wallabies are eating the poppy heads and hopping around in circles.

Argentine woman linked to S.C. governor ducks journalists (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:19 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — TV camera operators and photographers camped Thursday outside the apartment building where Argentina's mystery woman lives.

Arab countries: Is Iran's unrest an opportunity or a threat? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran's Sunni Arab neighbors have long feared its revolutionary rhetoric, its Islamist political style, and its popularity among many of their own citizens for its strident criticism of Israel.

Israeli Leader Avigdor Lieberman Criticizes U.S. on Iran (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Time.com - In an exclusive interview with TIME, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks out against U.S. policies on Iran and Jewish settlements But he also tempers some earlier views

U.S. Lawmakers Act to Tame 'Vulture Funds' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 01:42 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 25 (OneWorld.net) - A coalition of African solidarity and debt relief organizations applauded U.S. legislation introduced last week to protect countries from vulture funds -- companies that profit off of the debt of poor nations.

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