2009年6月27日星期六

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Iran pledges 'crushing' response to US critiques (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 02:00 PM PDT

In this image issued by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during a ceremony of judiciary in Tehran, Iran on Saturday June, 27, 2009. (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.

Filipino inmates in `Thriller' video stage tribute (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 05:40 AM PDT

An inmate at the island province of Cebu in central Philippines impersonates the late Michael Jackson as he leads in the music icon's 'Thriller' to pay tribute to Jackson Saturday June 27, 2009. More than 1,500 inmates became famous in YouTube with over 23 million hits after they performed Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. The 'King of Pop' died in Los Angeles, CA Thursday. He was 50. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - The Filipino inmates who shot to global fame with a YouTube video of their "Thriller" dance swayed and stomped again Saturday in a behind-bars tribute to their idol, Michael Jackson.

US announces big shift in Afghanistan drug policy (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 11:21 AM PDT

In this June 20, 2009 image, U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines pass through a poppy field during operations against the Taliban near Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The U.S. announced a new drug policy Saturday, June 27, 2009, for opium-rich Afghanistan, saying it was phasing out funding for eradication efforts and using the money for drug interdiction and alternate crop programs instead. The U.S. envoy for Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, told The Associated Press that eradication programs weren't working and were only driving farmers into the hands of the Taliban. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops, the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan said Saturday.

Quiet crackdown drains force from Iran dissidents (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 11:37 AM PDT

In this image issued by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 3rd left, and head of Iran's judiciary Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, center, attend during a ceremony of judiciary in Tehran, Iran on Saturday June, 27, 2009.(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.

Pakistani forces kill at least 20 militants (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 10:58 AM PDT

A Pakistani police officer stands next to dead bodies of suspected militants, killed in a gunbattle with police, at the mortuary of a local hospital in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Police killed five suspected militants Saturday in a night time raid on a Karachi apartment housing insurgents loyal to the Pakistani Taliban leader blamed for a wave of suicide attacks, a top official said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - Pakistani security forces raided a Taliban hideout in the southern city of Karachi Saturday and pounded suspected militant training camps in the northwest, killing at least 20 people and underscoring the nationwide challenge of eradicating insurgents.

Will Germany's Army Ever Be Ready for Battle? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 06:30 AM PDT

Time.com - With the military's peacekeeping mandate expiring in December, Germany may one day have to send its troops to fight -- but are they ready?

Loyalist paramilitaries give up arms in N Ireland (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:47 PM PDT

A loyalist mural is pictured in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. The main loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland announced Saturday they were decommissioning their weapons, a new milestone on the road to peace after decades of unrest.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - The main loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland announced Saturday they were decommissioning their weapons, a new milestone on the road to peace after decades of unrest.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,318 (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 04:34 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, June 27, 2009, at least 4,318 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexican army catches drug suspect with police list (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 03:45 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 - Mexican soldiers have captured a suspected drug cartel operator with a list of the names of local police officers who apparently received payoffs, the army said Saturday.

Zimbabwe PM defends Mugabe deal after Western criticism (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 12:35 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) greets his Zimbabwean counterpart Morgan Tsvangirai outside No. 10 Downing Street in London on June 22, 2009. Tsvangirai on Saturday defended his move to enter a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe, saying they would succeed or fail together.(AFP/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday defended his move to enter a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe, saying they would succeed or fail together.

China's Li out of Wimbledon (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 12:11 PM PDT

China's Li Na, seen here in action on June 25, 2009, was knocked out of Wimbledon with a straight sets defeat to Polish number 11 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round on Saturday, despite a gritty performance.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - China's Li Na was knocked out of Wimbledon in a straight sets defeat to Polish number 11 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round on Saturday, despite a gritty performance.

Australian surfer attacked by shark (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 02:02 AM PDT

A lone surfer braves rough conditions at Sydney's Bondi Beach in February 2009. A surfer was attacked by a shark off a deserted Australian beach, prompting calls for patrols during the winter season.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - A surfer was attacked by a shark off a deserted Australian beach on Saturday, prompting calls for patrols during the winter season.

Iran's crackdown complicates Obama's push for direct talks (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 05:10 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday that his hopes for a direct U.S.-Iran dialogue, one of his signature foreign policy initiatives, have been dashed for now by the Iranian government's violent quashing of protests over the disputed June 12 election.

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

Posted: 27 Jun 2009 06:30 AM PDT

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

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