2009年7月29日星期三

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Iran to begin first trials of protesters (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 17, 2009 file photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a female supporter of the Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi flashes a victory sign while holdin a poster of a leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani, during a Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran. Around 20 protesters will be put on trial starting Saturday, July 31, 2009 in the first prosecutions from Iran's crackdown on the opposition following disputed presidential elections last month, the state news agency reported. (AP Photo/file)AP - Iran's leadership faced sharp criticism Wednesday from top clerics and even conservative supporters over prison abuses, including detainee deaths and the brutal beatings of protesters arrested in the post-election crackdown.

Iranian exiles in Iraq report more clashes (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:27 PM PDT

*In this image provided by the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, Iraqi police clash with protestors opposition group's camp northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Residents say Iraqi forces have raided a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad. A video provided by the group shows Iraqi forces using batons and water hoses against the residents gathered at the camp's gates and group officials say dozens of people were wounded. Iraqi government officials could not be reached for comment.(AP Photo/HO)AP - Iraqi forces clashed with an Iranian opposition group for a second day Wednesday after storming a camp north of Baghdad despite U.S. appeals not to use force against exiles protected for years by American troops.

Shipwrecked Haitian: Those who couldn't swim, died (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:54 PM PDT

Special Police Immigration Customs Enforcement officers and medical personnel attend to survivors of a capsized boat in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 migrants fleeing the poverty of their homeland. (AP Photo/Robert K. Houseman)AP - There was no warning when the overloaded sailboat plowed into a coral reef and began to break apart. In the darkness, some 200 migrants were plunged into the water, grabbing desperately at anything that might help keep them afloat.

Car bomb in Spain proves ETA's resilience (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 09:48 AM PDT

Emergency workers are seen walking through the rubble after a car bomb, blamed on Basque separatist group ETA, exploded near a 14-storey Civil Guard barracks building in the northern city of Burgos, on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. The bomb detonated early Wednesday and left some 46 people slightly injured, mainly from flying glass and a crater that filled with water from broken underground pipes. (AP Photo) Eds note: car seen here is not the car bomb.AP - The Basque separatist group's No. 1 leader was nabbed in France as he slept late last year. His replacement lasted only a matter of weeks. Over the past couple of years, Spanish and French police have put most of ETA's leadership in jail, and with each arrest comes new claims the group has been decapitated.

Exit poll: Pro-Europe parties win Moldova election (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT

An election worker sticks his head into an upturned ballot box to make sure there are no more votes to be counted in Chisinau, Moldova Wednesday July 29, 2009. Three months after accusations of government vote-rigging touched off street violence, Moldovans voted Wednesday in parliamentary elections that could shift the former Soviet republic's focus away from Russia and toward the European Union. (AP Photo/John McConnico)AP - A leading exit poll predicted that pro-Europe parties will win enough combined votes to defeat Moldova's ruling Communist Party in national elections Wednesday — raising the likelihood that the impoverished ex-Soviet republic will move closer to the West.

French Unemployment Drops, Worse Expected (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The news that France's unemployment figures shrank in June should be reason for optimism in the midst of recession. But experts and politicians are saying it's just the calm before the storm

(AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 04:36 PM PDT

AP - Partial returns show pro-Western parties win more votes than Communists in Moldova election.

Sudanese woman to give up immunity to stand trial (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:01 PM PDT

AP - A Sudanese female journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public in violation of the country's strict Islamic laws told a packed Khartoum courtroom Wednesday she is resigning from a U.N. job that grants her immunity so she can challenge the law on women's public dress code.

OAS chief: Diplomacy needed to resolve spat (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 04:38 PM PDT

AP - The head of the Organization of American States urged Venezuela on Wednesday not to break off diplomatic relations with Colombia or take other drastic steps amid escalating tensions between the two South American neighbors.

Algeria insurgents kill at least 14 troops: media (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:09 PM PDT

Reuters - At least 14 Algerian soldiers have been killed in an insurgent ambush, local newspapers reported late on Wednesday.

Report: S. Korean fishing boat taken to N. Korea (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:01 PM PDT

A fishing boat sails past a South Korean navy MSB (Movement Sea Base) off the South Korea-controlled Yeonpyeong island in June 2009, near the waters of the Yellow Sea disputed with North Korea. A South Korean fishing boat was taken by North Korea in waters off the country's east coast Thursday, officials said.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AP - North Korea seized a South Korean fishing boat early Thursday after it accidentally crossed the countries' sea border, a news report said.

Canada resale home prices rise in May: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:46 AM PDT

Reuters - Repeat sale prices for Canadian homes climbed for the first time in nine months in May on gains in four of six metropolitan areas, a report on Wednesday showed.

BHP settles half of iron ore contracts (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:47 AM PDT

A BHP Billiton site in the Pilbara region of West Australia. Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton said it had settled half its controversial iron ore contracts, with one-quarter of customers agreeing to cuts of between 33 and 44 percent.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday said it had settled half its controversial iron ore contracts, with one-quarter of customers agreeing to cuts of between 33 and 44 percent.

U.S. says it's willing to send Afghan detainee home (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:08 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday said it plans to release a young Guantanamo detainee after military and civilian judges banned almost all evidence against him that they ruled was extracted through torture.

Why Iran's conservatives are airing their dirty laundry (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In the final days before President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's inauguration next week, splits among the country's conservative elite have become increasingly conspicuous.

President Ahmadinejad Alienating Allies in Iran (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The contentious President appears to have alienated even some of his most important supporters, and there is talk that he may be sidelined -- or worse

Rights Leader Challenges U.S. Stance on Honduras (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 10:52 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - Editor's Note: Concerns raised by Bertha Oliva, co-founder and head of Honduras' leading human rights group, about the Obama administration's policy towards the Honduran coup reflects what many fear is a growing distance between the White House and democracy movements.

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