2009年7月10日星期五

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Muslim women lead protests in restive west China (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:20 PM PDT

Uighur protesters march through the street in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009. A group of 10 police in bulletproof vests and helmets and armed with batons and stun guns blocked Uighur protesters' march within minutes, followed shortly by several dozen more police who surrounded the group and forced them to squat on the sidewalk when the group of about 40 Uighur men and women began to march. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - The petite Muslim woman with the sky blue head scarf began by complaining that the public washrooms were closed at a crowded mosque on Friday — the most important day of the week for Islamic worship. When a group gathered around her on the sidewalk, Madina Ahtam then railed against communist rule in China's far western region of Xinjiang, rocked by ethnic rioting that has killed at least 184 people this week.

Chavez attacks US plan to solve Honduras coup (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 03:21 PM PDT

Ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya speaks during a news conference at the national palace in Santo Domingo, Friday, July 10, 2009. Zelaya visited the Dominican Republic to bolster support for reclaiming his presidency after a military coup that drew worldwide condemnation. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced a U.S.-backed effort to ease Honduras' coup crisis on Friday as a second day of negotiations ended without a deal between rival contenders for the presidency.

Climbing toll raises British doubts on Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 02:51 PM PDT

Soldiers mourn their comrades, as the bodies of five British servicemen are driven though the small town of Wootton Bassett, England, Friday, July, 10, 2009, following their return from Afghanistan. Wootton Bassett is the closest town to the Royal Air Force base at Lynham, to which the bodies of British service personnel are returned, and the town's inhabitants - population 11,000 - have become known for the respect they show to the bodies of service men and women killed overseas.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Thousands of mourners bowed their heads in tribute Friday to the passing coffins of British soldiers killed in a new offensive in Afghanistan, where the climbing toll has created doubts in Britain about the human cost of the war.

1 dead at Pamplona; first goring death since '95 (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 12:22 PM PDT

Spanish bullfighter 'El Fandi' performs with a Jandilla ranch fighting bull named 'Capuchino' during the fourth bullfight of San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 10, 2009. 'Capuchino' fatally gored Spanish runner Daniel Jimeno Romero on the morning running of the bulls. Romero was declared dead shortly after his arrival at hospital. This was the first such fatality in the festival in nearly 15-years. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AP - For a bull, this one was on the smallish side, at just over a ton. And its name, Capuchino, sounded harmless enough, like coffee with frothy milk.

Pakistani refugees begin returning home (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 12:53 PM PDT

United Nations emergency relief coordinator John Holmes, left, talks to a local resident of Sultanwas, Buner, Pakistan on Thursday, July 9 2009. Sultanwas, a former stronghold of Taliban militants, was heavily damaged during fierce fight between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants earlier in the year. Pakistan will allow some 2 million people who fled an army offensive against the Taliban in the Swat Valley to return home next week, the prime minister announced Thursday, saying the region was now secure and essential services restored. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - Crammed into rickety vans with electric fans and sacks of flour roped to the roof, the first of Pakistan's 2 million refugees have begun returning to their homes after the army said it expelled Taliban militants from some northern strongholds.

Obama and the Pope: Agreeing to Disagree on "Life" Issues (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:40 PM PDT

Time.com - On their first meeting, Benedict took the opportunity to remind the new President of where they differ

Pope presses Obama on abortion, stem cells (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:20 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI, are photographed as they meet at the Vatican, Friday, July 10, 2009. President Obama sat down with the pontiff at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)AP - Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday, pressing the Vatican's case with the U.S. leader who is already under fire on those issues from some conservative Catholics and bishops back home.

Analysis: Can Iran's protesters keep momentum? (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Iranian female worshippers listen to a Friday prayer sermon at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Just getting thousands of protesters into the streets of Tehran despite fears of beating and arrest was a victory for the Iranian opposition, but the first protest in nearly two weeks also displayed the movement's limitations.

Mexico to arm Mormon community anti-crime force (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:45 PM PDT

Relatives and friends react during funeral services for Mormon anti-crime activist Benjamin LeBaron and his neighbor Luis Widmar, who were killed Tuesday, in Galeana, Mexico, Thursday, July 9, 2009. Mexico's Attorney General's Office announced Thursday that it is launching a federal investigation into the killing of LeBaron calling it a high-impact crime that appears related to the arrest of a gang of gunmen. (AP Photo)AP - Authorities in northern Mexico will give arms and training to members of an anti-crime group in a Mormon community after two local residents were killed by hitmen with ties to organized crime, residents said Friday.

Nigerian rebels blow up Chevron pipeline: claim (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:08 PM PDT

A fighter of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is pictured in 2008. Nigerian militants on Friday claimed to have blown up for a second time a recently repaired oil pipeline operated by US petroleum giant Chevron.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian militants on Friday claimed to have blown up for a second time a recently repaired oil pipeline operated by US petroleum giant Chevron.

China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184 (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:49 PM PDT

An ethnic Uighur woman crosses a junction as a truck loaded with Chinese riot policemen drives past in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 10, 2009. The banner on the truck reads Reuters - China has raised the death toll from ethnic rioting in the far western region of Xinjiang to 184, the state Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

No light at end of tunnel in Canada jobs, trade data (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Trade and employment data showed Canada still mired in recession at the middle of this year, and virtually guaranteed that the Bank of Canada would keep interest rates at rock bottom until mid-2010.

Australia says Rio arrests linked to iron ore talks (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 02:13 PM PDT

Australia has said China's arrest of a top Rio Tinto executive was over alleged bribery during fraught iron ore negotiations, as Chinalco denied the move was payback for a collapsed deal.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australia on Friday said China's arrest of a top Rio Tinto executive was over alleged bribery during fraught iron ore negotiations, as Chinalco denied the move was payback for a collapsed deal.

Under attack by China, Uighur activist denounces violence (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:29 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Uighur emigre leader Rebiya Kadeer, accused by China of organizing violent protests in western China, disputed the charge Friday and said she was against all violence, including that by members of the Chinese Muslim community.

Once an empire, Britain faces big military cuts (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Without fail, large crowds of ordinary townsfolk line its streets on at least a weekly basis every time a cortege carrying the remains of the latest soldier to fall in Afghanistan passes through from a nearby airbase.

Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian American Living in Tehran, Said to Be Arrested (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 04:40 PM PDT

A picture obtained from Reporters Sans Frontiers on July 10, 2009 shows an Iranian protester flashing the victory sign during an opposition rally in Tehran on July 9, 2009. An Iranian crackdown on all dissent since the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a disputed vote four weeks ago has failed to keep supporters of his defeated challenger off the streets of Tehran.(AFP/RSF-HO)Time.com - In a sign that the regime may be trying to implicate the U.S. in the unrest, an Iranian American is taken into custody

AIDS Activists Sound the Alarm on Obama's Budget (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:34 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (OneWorld.net) - Over two dozen AIDS activists were arrested just outside the U.S. Capitol building yesterday while protesting President Barack Obama's failure to honor his campaign promises of increased funding for AIDS programs.

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