2009年7月23日星期四

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Deposed Honduran leader prepares risky return (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya answers questions during a news conference in Managua, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Talks on resolving the Honduran political crisis headed toward failure Wednesday when the interim government indicated it would reject a mediator's final proposal for returning ousted President Zelaya to power. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Honduras' deposed president headed toward his nation's border Thursday to prepare a risky return home, an attempt to reverse an ouster that is testing the vitality of democracy in Latin America.

Rising casualties raise doubts abroad on war (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:47 PM PDT

An Army carry team carries the transfer case of Army Pfc. Anthony Lightfoot during a dignified transfer on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Lightfoot, from Riverdale, Ga., was killed in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Rising casualties in Afghanistan are raising doubts among U.S. allies about the conduct of the war, forcing some governments to defend publicly their commitments and foreshadowing possible long-term trouble for the U.S. effort to bring in more resources to defeat the Taliban.

Biden brings tough love to Georgia (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks after receiving an award from Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili, not seen, during a reception in honor of Biden, Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has told Georgia that 'America stands with you and will continue to stand.' Biden arrived in Georgia Wednesday from Ukraine on a mission to reassure both former Soviet nations that the United States will not abandon them as it seeks to improve badly strained ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - A year after Georgia's disastrous war with Russia, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured the small country on Thursday that the United States stands behind it in their continuing conflicts with their region's dominant power.

Clinton, North Korea exchange barbs on nukes (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:02 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks at the hand of Laos' Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith as Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem smiles prior the U.S. -Lower Mekong countries ministerial meeting at the end of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Phuket, southern Thailand, Thursday, July 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Udo Weitz, Pool)AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and North Korea exchanged pointed barbs Thursday, with Clinton declaring North Korea "has no friends left" and the communist regime calling the U.S. secretary of state a "schoolgirl."

Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law arrested (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 02:07 PM PDT

In this Friday, May 22, 2009 photo, Zahra Rahnavard, center, the wife of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi attends a meeting of a pro-reform youth party as she sits between, former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, right, and Yasser Khomeini, the grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran. Rahnavard said Thursday July 23 2009 that her brother is among the hundreds arrested in Iran's postelection crackdown, and she warned authorities not to publish any 'forced confessions' from him or other detainees. More than 500 people remain imprisoned after the heavy crackdown against protests that erupted in support of Mousavi after the disputed June 12 election. Among them are many top politicians from pro-reform political parties, human rights lawyers, journalists and activists. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - The wife of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said Thursday that her 62-year-old brother is among the hundreds arrested in Iran's postelection crackdown, as Mousavi warned that the country is becoming "more militarized" amid the turmoil.

The Outrage of South Africa's Poor Threatens Their President, Jacob Zuma (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Jacob Zuma rode to power on promises to deliver jobs and services to the impoverished majority. Violent protests across the country signal the impatience of his supporters amid a recession that both deepens their poverty and ties Zuma's hands

Berlusconi's call girl accuser a liar: FM (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:18 PM PDT

A call girl who claims to have spent a night with Italy's scandal-ridden Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, seen here, is on the payroll of journalists and a liar, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - A call girl who claims to have spent a night with Italy's scandal-ridden Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is on the payroll of journalists and a liar, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,328 (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:47 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, July 23, 2009, at least 4,328 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Venezuela upset by pending US-Colombia pact (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:13 PM PDT

AP - President Hugo Chavez says Colombia should not underestimate Venezuela's concerns over the neighboring country's decision to forge stronger military ties with the United States.

Mauritania coup leader declared poll winner (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 03:32 PM PDT

Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz speaks to the press shortly after being declared the victor in the previous day's presidential election, in central Nouakchott, Mauritania Sunday, July 19, 2009. Nearly a year after seizing power in a military putsch that ousted Mauritania's first freely elected leader, Aziz won the presidency Sunday in a landslide vote his opponents decried as a fraudulent 'electoral coup.' (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - The man who led last year's coup in Mauritania has officially won the presidency in weekend elections, the Constitutional Court said late Thursday — just hours after the head of the election commission resigned over doubts about the ballot.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 675 (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:48 PM PDT

AP - As of Thursday, July 23, 2009, at least 675 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Recession ends in Canada, says upbeat central bank (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:48 PM PDT

Reuters - The Bank of Canada declared Canada's recession to be virtually over on Thursday and raced ahead of a cautious central banker pack with a mostly upbeat view on the world economy.

Australian postal worker accused of keeping mail (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:27 AM PDT

AP - Australian police have arrested a postal worker who they say delivered thousands of customers' letters — to himself.

Iraq's Maliki: We may still need help after 2011 (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 03:41 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A day after President Barack Obama said that the U.S. was on track to pull its troops out of Iraq by 2011, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Thursday that that timeline could change "if the Iraqi forces required further training and support."

Mumbai trial: India's global stage for case against Pakistan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The trial must go on.

Train Chaos Brings Berlin to a Standstill (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Severe cuts in Berlin's overland rail service have seen the city grind to a halt -- and only added to the cash-strapped capital's woes

Bosnian Serb Commanders Convicted of War Crimes (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 08:37 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (OneWorld.net) - Two Bosnian Serb commanders were found guilty Monday of war crimes for burning to death Muslim women, children, and elderly men during the conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s.

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