2009年7月6日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Obama, Medvedev agree to deal to cut nuke weapons (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:44 PM PDT

The President of the United States, Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev exchange documents during their meeting at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans — a major stumbling block to such an agreement.

US admiral lauds NKorean ship surveillance effort (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:28 PM PDT

A South Korean man looks at a map of North Korean capital of Pyongyang beside a picture of a North Korean rocket, which was fired in April, on display in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom, South Korea, Sunday, July 5, 2009. Ballistic missiles that North Korea launched this weekend are believed capable of striking key government and military facilities throughout South Korea, an official said Sunday, amid growing concerns over Pyongyang's strike capabilities. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The impending return home of a North Korean ship suspected of possibly carrying illicit cargo shows that efforts are working to enforce U.N. sanctions imposed against the country after its nuclear and missile tests, the chief of U.S. Naval operations said Monday.

Police restore order in western China; 156 killed (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:17 PM PDT

Chinese paramilitary police stands on duty following riots in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Monday, July 6, 2009. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China's Han majority erupted into riots. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Chanting "Strike down the criminals," hundreds of paramilitary police with shields, rifles and clubs took control of the streets Monday in the capital of western China's Muslim region, a day after the deadliest ethnic violence in decades.

Zelaya supporters escalate their fight in Honduras (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya gesture as they carry a sheet stained red paint, representing blood, during a protest near the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa, Monday July 6, 2009. Honduras' interim government closed its main airport to all flights on Monday after blocking the runway to prevent the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya vowed Monday to widen protests and block trade nationwide as the deposed leader headed to Washington for a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Deadly day: 7 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 12:47 PM PDT

Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines patrol in the Nawa district of Afghanistan's Helmand province Monday July 6, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops on Monday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year — and a sign that the war being fought in the Taliban heartland of the south and east could now be expanding north.

Germany Ups Terrorism Alert Before Election (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Time.com - German authorities are on high alert as the number of terrorist threats online grows in the run-up to September's general election

Born in the West, longing to be back in the GDR (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 05:12 PM PDT

Reuters - John Tarver had just come out of a regular meeting with his officer in Communist East Germany's Stasi secret service when the Berlin Wall came down. But the Briton had no desire to cross to the other side.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322 (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:55 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, July 6, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Defense in Sept. 11 case seeks 'black site' access (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Lawyers for an alleged Sept. 11 plotter held at Guantanamo want to inspect secret CIA overseas prisons, saying in court papers Monday the conditions in the so-called black sites may yield insight into a mental disorder that has raised questions about whether he is competent to stand trial.

Nigeria militants claim to hijack chemical tanker (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:56 PM PDT

Fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) speed away from the militia's creek camp in the Niger Delta in 2008. Nigerian militants have said they have destroyed a Chevron oil pipeline junction and seized six crew from a ship in the latest attacks on Nigeria's key money earner since the government offered an amnesty.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AP - Nigeria's main militant group said Monday it had seized a chemical tanker with six foreign crew members aboard and had attacked a second oil facility following a vow to step up the intensity of its attacks.

Xinjiang riot toll hits 156 as unrest spreads (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 05:06 PM PDT

A video grab from CCTV shows a bloodstained woman in Urumqi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China July 6, 2009. Locals took to the streets of Xinjiang's regional capital, Urumqi, burning and smashing vehicles and confronting security forces, following a protest there to denounce government handling of a clash between Han Chinese and Uighur factory workers in far southern China in late June, when two Uighurs died. China has called a riot that shook the capital of restive western Xinjiang region on Sunday a plot by exiled members of the Uighur people, after at least three people died in the latest eruption of ethnic unrest there. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TVReuters - Chinese police dispersed 200 people gathering outside a mosque in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, the day after ethnic riots killed 156 in the capital of the Muslim Xinjiang region, state media said on Tuesday.

Union to vote again on Air Canada contract deal (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 10:51 AM PDT

Reuters - Members of Air Canada's biggest labor union, who rejected a tentative contract agreement with the carrier last week, will vote again on the offer on July 14 after the two sides talked over the weekend, a union spokesman said on Monday.

Australia pressures Malaysia on people-smuggling (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:21 AM PDT

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith attends a joint press conference with Malaysian foreign minister Anifah Aman at the foreign ministry, in Malaysia's administrative capital of Putrajaya. Smith is in Malaysia to discuss bilateral and international issues with Malaysian high officials that include the sensitive issue of the people trafficking.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Malaysia appealed for international help to curb people-smuggling, amid talks with Australian leaders who are pushing for action to close down illegal migration routes.

U.S., Russia agree to missile cuts, but tensions remain (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:28 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks alongside Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during their joint news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow July 6, 2009. The United States and Russia agreed on Monday to McClatchy Newspapers - MOSCOW — Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev on Monday agreed to cut up to a third of the nuclear warheads in their strategic arsenals, but acknowledged that disagreements linger about a proposed U.S. missile defense shield.

Deadly riots in western China take unprecedented toll (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Simmering ethnic tensions in the mainly Muslim west of China erupted Sunday night into the country's deadliest rioting in decades, as demonstrators and police clashed violently.

Cover-Up Charged in Killing of Algerian Monks (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Time.com - The gruesome deaths of seven French Trappist monks in a remote region of Algeria was blamed on the jihadist group GIA. New revelations point to the Algerian army, an accidental killing, and a cover up by authorities on both sides of the Mediterranean

Beauty Products Get Fairtrade Makeover (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:41 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 6 (OneWorld.net) - Five companies recently released the first line of Fairtrade-certified beauty products in the United Kingdom. Consumers can now buy lip balm, lotion, shower gel, and face masks made in a way that benefits small farmers and the environment.

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