2009年7月13日星期一

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Belfast Catholics riot over Protestant parade (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:48 PM PDT

Nationalist demonstrators take cover from a police water cannon behind a mailbox in Belfast Monday July 13 2009 . Masked and hooded Belfast Catholics hurled gasoline bombs, fireworks and other makeshift weapons at police Monday as the most bitterly divisive day on the Northern Ireland calendar reached an ugly end. Irish nationalists in Ardoyne, a militant Catholic enclave of north Belfast, were trying to block a parade by the Orange Order, Northern Ireland's major Protestant brotherhood. (AP Photo)AP - Masked and hooded Belfast Catholics hurled gasoline bombs, fireworks and other makeshift weapons at police Monday as the most bitterly divisive day on the Northern Ireland calendar reached an ugly end.

AP IMPACT: Crooked Afghan police challenge Marines (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:28 AM PDT

In this photo taken on July 7, 2009, Afghan police officers sit in the back of a police truck, as a U.S. Marine is seen in the foreground in Aynak , Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan villagers have complained repeatedly to Marines that the Afghan police force steals from them and beats them. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Afghan villagers had complained to the U.S. Marines for days: The police are the problem, not the Taliban. They steal from villagers and beat them. Days later, the Marines learned firsthand what the villagers meant.

China officials: Police kill 2 Uighur men, wound 1 (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:19 AM PDT

A Uighur woman walks past security force officers standing guard in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Monday, July 13, 2009. More roads reopened and shops unlocked their doors in Urumqi on Monday, but sporadic incidents reflected the underlying tensions in the city in western China where 184 people died in recent ethnic unrest. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Police fatally shot two Uighur men and wounded a third Monday in western China, where violence has persisted to flare despite the massive numbers of troops sent to restore calm more than a week after deadly ethnic rioting.

Demjanjuk faces 27,900 accessory to murder counts (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 08:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 3, 2006 file photo, John Demjanjuk, right, is questioned during a trial in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. German prosecutors on Monday July 13, 2009, formally charged John Demjanjuk with 27, 900 counts of accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II. The 89-year-old retired auto worker, who was deported from the U.S. in May 2009, and is declared medically fit to stand trial for the alleged crimes at the Sobibor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, but there is not yet a start date for the trial. (AP Photo/Plain Dealer, C.H. Pete Copeland, File)AP - The legal saga of John Demjanjuk neared its final chapter as prosecutors set the stage for one of Germany's highest-profile war crime trials in years — formally charging the retired U.S. auto worker Monday with involvement in the murder of 27,900 people at a Nazi death camp.

Japan's ruling party could lose power in elections (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 08:57 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso attends a meeting with his cabinet and coalition party members at his official residence in Tokyo Monday, July 13, 2009. The embattled prime minister has decided to dissolve parliament and call general elections for next month, a news report said Monday, after his party was defeated in a Tokyo municipal poll considered a barometer of voter sentiment. (AP Photo/Issei Kato, Pool)AP - The political party that has governed Japan for the last 50 years could be ousted from power in national elections next month — with the opposition boosted by worries over the economy and gaffes by the ruling party.

Laid-off French Workers Threaten Factory (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:10 AM PDT

Time.com - In a country famous for bossnappings and burning sheep, workers at France's New Fabris car-parts factory have taken protesting to a new extreme by threatening to blow up the plant unless their demands are met

Transplant girl healthy after donor heart removed (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:18 PM PDT

Doctors perform heart surgery. A British girl who had a donor heart grafted onto her own after suffering cardiac failure as a baby has had the transplant removed and is living a healthy life with her own heart, doctors said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Arnaud Roux)AFP - A British girl who had a donor heart grafted onto her own after suffering cardiac failure as a baby has had the transplant removed and is living a healthy life with her own heart, doctors said Tuesday.

Jewish athletes converge on Israel for Maccabiah (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:08 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of athletes paraded through a packed Israeli stadium Monday at the opening ceremony of the 18th Maccabiah Games, known as the Jewish Olympics, which bring together Jewish sportsmen from around the world.

Gunmen kill police officer, wound 3 in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:09 PM PDT

AP - Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol car, killing one officer and wounding three others amid a brutal drug war in this northern border city that has seen at least 18 policemen slain so far this year.

Australia urges China to make haste on Rio spy case (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:59 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia urged China on Tuesday to move quickly in dealing with the detention of a senior Australian mining executive on suspicion of spying, as Canberra came under pressure at home to take a harder line with Beijing.

Air Canada pilots okay labor deal in tight vote (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 10:02 AM PDT

Reuters - Pilots at Air Canada have narrowly voted in favor of a labor agreement, the union said on Monday, another important endorsement to help the cash-strapped carrier stave off bankruptcy.

Orangutan escapes enclosure at Australian zoo (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 06:19 AM PDT

AP - Officials at an Australian zoo say a clever orangutan used a rope to swing out of its enclosure and enjoy a brief taste of freedom.

U.S., Cuba to reopen talks on migration (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:54 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Long-suspended talks between the U.S. and Cuba will resume Tuesday, the latest signal of the Obama administration's efforts to revive ties between the two nations.

Will Nabucco pipeline deal free Europe from Russian gas? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It's being called a milestone for energy-hungry Europe.

U.S.-Iran Relations: Is Diplomacy in Closer Reach? (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 10:10 AM PDT

Time.com - The domestic aftermath of the brutal crackdown on postelection protesters actually increases the incentive for Tehran to repair relations with the West, givingthe U.S. more leverage on the nuclear issue

Progress on Nukes Is Good, but 'Not Enough' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:58 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 13 (OneWorld.net) â€" U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev made commendable progress toward a world free of nuclear weapons at last week's Moscow summit, but much more needs to be done, say arms control groups, one of which has launched new efforts to ramp up pressure on the U.S. leader.

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