2009年7月14日星期二

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Liberia's ex-leader denounces war crimes charges (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 12:52 PM PDT

In this image made from television broadcast Tuesday, July 14, 2009 by the International Criminal Court, former Liberian President Charles Taylor, address the U.N. backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. Wearing a gray double-breasted suit and dark glasses, Taylor spoke confidently as he introduced himself to the three-judge panel as the 21st president of the Republic of Liberia. It was his first time on the witness stand. Taylor is charged with 11 counts of murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery, using child soldiers and spreading terror during Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war. He is the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes. (AP Photo/ICC)AP - His combat fatigues were replaced by a dark suit and tie, and the tinted aviator glasses gave the former Liberian leader a haughty air as he took the stand Tuesday to emphatically denounce the war crimes charges against him as "disinformation, misinformation, lies, rumors."

Analysis: Income gaps, corruption fuel China riots (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 12:00 PM PDT

Uighur men come out from a mosque after praying at Uighur sector in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The capital of China's western Xinjiang region was tense amid tight security Tuesday, a day after police fatally shot two Uighur men and wounded a third, more than a week after deadly ethnic rioting. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Widening income gaps, corrupt local administrations and policies that seem to favor the well-connected few over the disadvantaged many are fueling spasms of violence that spring up in cities across China.

In month's turmoil, Iran death toll still unknown (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 01:04 PM PDT

Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi march through Valiasr Street during riots in Tehran. The defeated presidential candidate and a top dissident cleric have warned that Iran risks internal collapse from the deep political divisions sparked by last month's bitterly-disputed election.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AP - Several dozen families camp outside Iran's daunting Evin prison, trying to learn the fate of loved ones who vanished in post-election turmoil. A month into the government crackdown, the number of killed and arrested remains unknown, but human rights groups believe the death toll is far higher than the official figure of 20.

Hand-in-hand British musician, wife commit suicide (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 02:03 PM PDT

This undated handout photo made available Tuesday July 14, 2009 shows renowned British conductor Edward Downes. British conductor Edward Downes and his wife have died at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland, their family said Tuesday July 14, 2009. The family said Downes, 85, and his 74-year-old wife Joan died Friday 'peacefully and under circumstances of their own choosing' at a Zurich clinic run by the group Dignitas. 'After 54 happy years together, they decided to end their own lives rather than continue to struggle with serious health problems,' the statement said. (AP Photo/Bill Cooper/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEAP - He spent his life conducting world-renowned orchestras, but was almost blind and growing deaf — the music he loved increasingly out of reach. His wife of 54 years had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. So Edward and Joan Downes decided to die together.

Mars flight simulation experiment ends in Moscow (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 11:32 AM PDT

The team of researchers, from left, Russian Sergei Ryazansky, Aleksei Baranov, German Oliver Knickel, Russian Aleksei Shpakov, French Cyrille Fournier and Russian Oleg Artemyev are greeted after ending an imitated flight to Mars in Moscow, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The four Russians, a German and a Frenchman emerged from three months of isolation in Soviet-era capsules in Moscow Tuesday, after simulating a three-month mission to Mars for the Russian and European space agencies. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - Russian engineers broke a red wax seal and six men emerged from a metal hatch beaming and waving Tuesday after 105 days of isolation in a Soviet-era mock spacecraft testing the stresses space travelers may one day face on the journey to Mars.

France Debates Re-Trying Anti-Semitic Murderers (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 01:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Family and friends of the victim want a new trial and harsher sentences for members of a gang convicted July 10 of torturing a Jewish man to death

WHO chief: Swine flu vaccine still months away (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:53 PM PDT

World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan, pictured on July 6, 2009, cast doubt Wednesday on the government's plans to start vaccinating from next month those most at risk of contracting swine flu.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan cast doubt Wednesday on the government's plans to start vaccinating from next month those most at risk of contracting swine flu.

Iran: Few words for China but plenty for Germany (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 01:18 PM PDT

Iranian female worshippers carry a symbolic coffin of Marwa Al-Sherbini, an Egyptian woman who was stabbed repeatedly inside a German courtroom earlier this month, during a rally condemning her slaying, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 10, 2009. Al-Sherbini was attacked by a Russian-born German during his trial on charges of insulting her with racial slurs. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iran has reacted with outrage over the stabbing death of an Egyptian woman in a German courthouse, calling it a sign of racism against Muslims, yet has said little about China's crackdown on Uighur Muslims — a silence some leading Iranian clerics have criticized.

Zelaya says Hondurans have 'right to insurrection' (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:38 PM PDT

A handful of protesters display placards from across the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines Tuesday July 14, 2009 to denounce alleged U.S. role in the coup in Honduras that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and installed Roberto Micheletti. The protesters labeled the new Honduran government as 'illegitimate' (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday that the Honduran people "have the right to insurrection" against the interim government that forced him out of the country.

Nigerian rebels declare 60-day ceasefire (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Nigeria's most prominent militant group said it would observe a 60-day ceasefire from Wednesday after the release of rebel leader Henry Okah.

Japanese royals finish Canada tour, bound for Hawaii (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, visited Nikkei Place in Burnaby British Columbia, Canada July 13, 2009 to the cheers of Canadian well wishers. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wrapped up a 12-day Canadian tour Tuesday, flying from this western Canadian metropolis bound for the US island state of Hawaii.(AFP/File/Don MacKinnon)AFP - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wrapped up a 12-day Canadian tour Tuesday, flying from this western Canadian metropolis bound for the US island state of Hawaii.

Canadian existing home sales, prices jump in June (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 11:23 AM PDT

Reuters - Sales of existing homes in Canada jumped 31.5 percent in the second quarter from the first and saw their first year-over-year quarterly increase since before the peak of the financial crisis, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Tuesday.

Rudd presses China to release detained Australian (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 07:26 AM PDT

Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday efforts to free an Australian detained in China over claims of spying took precedent over bilateral ties and he was not worried about antagonizing Beijing.

Iraqis to U.S. military: Stay on your bases (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 01:41 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Two weeks after U.S. combat troops withdrew from Iraq's major cities, amid sporadic outbreaks of violence countrywide, Iraqi authorities aren't asking American forces for help. Although U.S. troops are "just a radio call away," in Baghdad and five other major urban areas, it appears the Iraqis haven't asked even once.

In Israel, US envoy maps peace with Syria (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The arrival in Jerusalem of a US diplomat with a longstanding interest in bringing about Israeli-Syrian peace is fueling speculation that the Obama administration is trying to relaunch negotiations between Jerusalem and Damascus.

Charles Taylor: Liberian Warlord Begins War-Crimes Trial (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 01:20 PM PDT

Time.com - In his opening testimony to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, former Liberian President Charles Taylor denies that he orchestrated the gruesome violence that devastated Sierra Leone during its 10-year civil war

The Changing Face of Immigration to America (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 12:16 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - Editor's Note: When Congress begins debating immigration reform -- likely to happen later this year -- it should look into who today's immigrants are and how they adapt to American culture and see their future in their adopted land, writes NAM contributor Angela Kelley.

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