2009年6月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Leaders, superstars, fans mourn King of Pop (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 09:31 AM PDT

A motorcycle courier reads an afternoon paper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with the announcement that US rock legend Michael Jackson had died, Friday, June 26, 2009. The sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the 'King of Pop' and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)AP - Michael Jackson was due to make his triumphant return to the stage in London next month — but instead his sudden death has left millions of fans feeling they've lost a lifelong friend.

This is It: Massive headache for Jackson promoters (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:10 PM PDT

A worker sits down in front of a screen that shows a message regarding Michael Jackson's death and his concert tickets outside the O2 arena in south-east London, Friday, June 26, 2009, where Michael Jackson was scheduled to play 50 shows from July 2009. Michael Jackson, the 'King of Pop' who once moonwalked above the music world, died as he prepared for a comeback bid to vanquish nightmare years of sexual scandal and financial calamity. He was 50. Jackson died Thursday at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in Holmby Hills. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - It was to be the comeback of the young century: Michael Jackson using the "This is It" tour to retake his throne as King of Pop, lord of the dance and darling of the masses.

Googling for Argentine lover trumps Jacko, Farrah (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:16 PM PDT

Members of the media wait outside the building where the woman South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford allegedly had an affair with was reported to live in Buenos Aires, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. He apologized to his family and gave up a national Republican Party post, but was silent on whether he would resign. (AP Photo/Rolando Andrade)AP - Her name was drawing more Google searches than Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett the morning after they died. Her picture was plastered across Friday's front pages. An eight-year-old video from her brief career as a television producer ran over and over.

Iranian cleric urges executing some protesters (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:45 PM PDT

Iranian senior hard-line cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, delivers a Friday prayer sermon, under the pictures of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 26, 2009. Khatami urged government to punish post-election rioters strongly and with cruelty. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)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.

Iran: new audience for US scholar's protest guide (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:52 AM PDT

Gene Sharp poses at his office in Boston Thursday, June 25, 2009 with a photo of Gandhi at rear. Iranian protesters wondering what to do next are being encouraged to turn to the same source that helped drive a decade of nonviolent revolutions in eastern Europe: a how-to guide to toppling dictatorships written by an aging American academic you've probably never heard of. But the Iranian regime definitely knows Gene Sharpe's name and released a fictionalized video last year warning he and other Americans were planning a 'velvet revolution' in Iran. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)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.

Will Russia's Retrial of the Politkovskaya Murder Bring Justice? (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Russia's Supreme Court has ordered the retrial of four men who were acquitted of involvement in journalist Anna Politkovskaya's 2006 murder. Many think the retrial is for show and fear it could allow the real culprits to remain free

Brazil calls off search for Air France victims (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:28 PM PDT

Relatives and friends mourn Lucas Gagliano, who died when Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic on June 1, during his funeral in Rio de Janeiro June 25, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio MoraesReuters - Brazil's Air Force and Navy on Friday called off the search for additional victims and wreckage from Air France Flight 447, which crashed over the Atlantic on June 1 carrying 228 people.

Motorcycle bombs kill 20 in Baghdad attacks (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:46 PM PDT

Police inspect the site of a bombing at a bus station in southwest Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 25, 2009. The blast was the latest in a series of deadly attacks ahead of a U.S. military withdrawal from cities next week. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)AP - Motorcycle bombs killed at least 20 people in separate attacks in Baghdad Friday, at least 19 of them in a crowded bazaar, part of an apparent trend toward increased use of motorcycles to thwart stepped-up security measures.

Search for Air France recorders likely to go on (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:51 PM PDT

Relatives and friends mourn Lucas Gagliano, who died when Air France Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic on June 1, during his funeral in Rio de Janeiro June 25, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio MoraesAP - The search for the black boxes of the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean will likely continue for at least another 16 days, even though their audio beacons are likely fading away, an American officer said Friday.

Nigeria militants want amnesty talks with president (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:11 PM PDT

Nigeria's President Umaru YarAdua signs the amnesty package term at the presidential villa in the capital Abuja, June 25, 2009. President Yar'Adua said on Thursday he would grant amnesty to gunmen in the Niger Delta if they lay down their weapons by October 4 and cease fighting in Africa's biggest oil producer. With him are (L-R) Minister of Justice Chief Mike Aondoakaa, Minister of Interior and Chairman of Federal Government panel on amnesty Gen. Godwin Abbey, Chief of Defence Staff Paul Dike and Inspector General of Police Mike Okiro. REUTERS/State House/HandoutReuters - Four Nigerian militant factions on Friday accepted in principle an amnesty offer from President Umaru Yar'Adua, giving a boost to his efforts to end years of unrest in Africa's biggest oil industry.

Yuvraj's 131 for India leaves Windies chasing 340 (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:55 PM PDT

Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh hits a boundary off West Indies Sulieman Benn during the first One Day International match between West Indies and India at the Sabina Park Stadium in Kingston. Singh still seemed to be stuck in Twenty20 mode, and rescued India with a boundary-laced 131.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - Yuvraj Singh still seemed to be stuck in Twenty20 mode, and rescued India with a boundary-laced 131 in the first One-day International against West Indies on Friday.

Canadian accused of al Qaeda ties ends Sudan exile (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 08:32 AM PDT

Reuters - A Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said.

Qantas cancels order for 15 Boeing Dreamliners (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:52 AM PDT

The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner decked out in the Qantas livery. Australia's Qantas cancelled an order for 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, citing dramatic changes to the global economic environment.(AFP/Qantas/File)AFP - Australia's Qantas cancelled a three billion US dollar order for 15 of Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner aircraft, citing a marked deterioration in the global economic environment.

Harsh sermon may signal bigger crackdown on Iranian opposition (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:07 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - TEHRAN, Iran — A senior cleric aligned with Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Friday for leaders of the mass protests over the country's disputed presidential election to be dealt with "mercilessly" and treated as enemies of God, a transgression meriting death.

For Haitians deported from the US, an unlikely welcome-home committee (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - For a moment, it feels like a family reunion. Two buses drive from the airport to a nearby parking lot, where several young men are waiting. They throw their arms up and yell, "Welcome!" as heads poke out of the bus windows.

How Quarreling Ayatullahs Affect Iran's Election Crisis (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:35 PM PDT

Top Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, seen here in January 2009, has warned that continued suppression of opposition protests could threaten the very basis of the Islamic republic.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)Time.com - Analysis: The traditions of debate and diversity of interpretation at the very core of Shi'ite Islam help explain why Khamenei can't necessarily rely on the clergy to back him in the political crisis

A Nepali Girl's Fresh Start (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:46 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 26 (OneWorld.net) - A children's center in Nepal is opening a new world of opportunities to young people like Maya Waiba, who was less than 10 years old when lured into an abusive job in a carpet factory. Now Maya is getting an education and dreaming of a bright future.

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