2010年3月16日星期二

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U.S. official cancels Israel trip as Jerusalem clashes erupt (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Palestinian demonstrators hurl stones at Israeli troops, not seen, in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Dozens of masked Palestinians hurled rocks at police and set tires ablaze across the holy city's volatile eastern sector, where thousands of officers, including reinforcements brought in from other locations, were in place for a fifth straight day. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in months broke out as an American envoy abruptly canceled a visit, deepening a U.S.-Israeli diplomatic feud.


Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Electoral workers sort through ballots cast at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqis want a moderate government instead of Shiite religious hard-liners leading the postwar nation. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although it still trails in the crucial province-by-province count.


German bishop surprised at number of abuse cases (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PDT

Wolfgang Blaschka is seen during an interview in Munich, southern Germany, on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Wolfgang Blaschka, who was a student at the Domspatzen Preschool in Pielenhofen, talked with journalists of the Associated Press. Wolfgang Blaschka told The Associated Press that while he was a student at the Etterzhausen school just outside Regensburg, corporate punishment was the rule, not the exception. German educators sharply criticized Roman Catholic church officials on Thursday for their handling of a spiraling child abuse scandal - comments that came a day before the country's highest bishop was to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. The criticism came as more victims of the alleged abuse stepped forward, including a one-time member of the famed all-boys choir that was led by the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the pope's brother, from 1964-1994.  (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)AP - The Roman Catholic bishops in Pope Benedict XVI's native Bavaria sought Tuesday to deal with a sexual abuse scandal whose ever-widening scope has left church leaders baffled.


New Colombian party linked to right-wing gangs (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PDT

AP - A new party accused of ties to far-right criminal bands has emerged as a surprising force in Colombian politics, adding to worries that President Alvaro Uribe has failed to weaken drug-funded paramilitaries in the provinces.

In Iran, a Street Demonstration That Both Sides Stay Away From (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - The mullahs hate the holiday and opposition leaders don't dare touch it, but the Persian New Year has Iranians ignoring orders and taking to the streets -- with fire

CORRECTED: Russian prosecutors say priest's killer slain (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:25 PM PDT

People take part in the funeral ceremony of the slain Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev at a Moscow cemetery, November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Denis SinyakovReuters - Prosecutors claimed on Tuesday to have solved the high-profile slaying of a Russian Orthodox priest in Moscow, saying a man shot dead by police in the Dagestan province was carrying the gun used to kill the priest.


West Bank street named for dead US activist (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:59 PM PDT

AP - Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday named a street after a U.S. activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in a 2003 protest against house demolitions in Gaza.

UN assessor: Haiti needs $11.5 billion to rebuild (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:15 PM PDT

AP - The U.N. regional assessor for natural disasters says Haiti needs $11.5 billion over three years to rebuild and transform the hemisphere's poorest nation after its catastrophic earthquake.

Nigerian leader orders fast-tracking of amnesty deal (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:03 PM PDT

Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in February 2010, Tuesday ordered the implementation of an amnesty deal for ex-rebels to be sped up, his spokesman said a day after deadly blasts in the restive Niger Delta.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday ordered the implementation of an amnesty deal for ex-rebels to be sped up, his spokesman said a day after deadly blasts in the restive Niger Delta.


US suspect in Mumbai siege, Danish plot to plead guilty (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:29 PM PDT

The Taj Hotel during the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai. The charismatic Chicago man accused of being a scout for the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist is set to plead guilty to terrorism charges, US court records showed Tuesday.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - The charismatic Chicago man accused of scouting out the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist plans to plead guilty to terrorism charges, his lawyer said Tuesday.


Canada transport watchdog raises safety concerns (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada needs to do more to resolve safety issues on its airlines, railways and in the marine industry, the country's transportation safety watchdog said on Tuesday.

Australia says China ties 'back on track' (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:15 AM PDT

Relations with China are AFP - Relations with China are "back on track", Australia said Tuesday, adding it was optimistic Beijing would behave as a "responsible stakeholder" in global harmony as its power grew.


Slow progress in Iraq vote count fuels suspicions (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:13 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's embattled election commission announced Tuesday that 79 percent of the votes from parliamentary elections have been counted, a breakthrough for a process so slow that it's raised suspicions of fraud. The close race got even closer as a secular rival edged nearer to Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's coalition.

Why Iran smiles on Jerusalem clashes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:38 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran is closely watching the unfolding crisis between Israel and the United States over Israeli settlements â€" and Jerusalem clashes with Palestinians that injured more than 100 today â€" for ways to rejuvenate its diminished influence in the Middle East.

Clinton to visit Moscow amid strained U.S.-Russia relations (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:15 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference with at the State Department in Washington March 16, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri GripasTime.com - The Obama Administration had high hopes for wiping the slate clean with Russia and starting anew. But Washington still has a ways to go to gain Moscow's trust


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