2010年3月28日星期日

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Obama slips into Afghanistan to voice US resolve (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:55 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Obama landed in Afghanistan Sunday for a surprise first visit as US commander-in-chief and as his huge surge of 30,000 troops, designed to end the eight-year war, gathers pace.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - Under elaborate secrecy, President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Sunday near the front lines of the increasingly bloody 8-year-old war he is expanding and affirmed America's commitment to destroying al-Qaida and its extremist allies in the land where the 9-11 plot was hatched.


Colombia's FARC rebels release captive soldier (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:47 PM PDT

Colombian soldier Josue Daniel Calvo (C) walks next to relatives after landing at Villavicencio airport March 28, 2010. Colombian rebels released the kidnapped soldier to a humanitarian mission in the remote southern jungle, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday. In the first of two planned handovers, guerrillas freed Calvo, a soldier held for nearly a year since he was wounded in combat and captured by the FARC, Latin America's longest-running insurgency.   REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)AP - Colombian rebels handed over a 23-year-old soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in their first release of a captive in more than a year.


Live on TV: Thai PM vs. anti-government protesters (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:38 PM PDT

Thai riot policemen stand guard inside Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday March 27, 2010. Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters threatened to force soldiers from the historic heart of Thailand's capital, raising tensions in what so far has been a nonviolent bid to bring down the government. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)AP - Thailand's prime minister met his political opponents on live television Sunday to try to defuse a crisis that has produced huge demonstrations and sent him fleeing to live at an army base, but the protest leaders said new elections are the only answer.


Russia eliminates 2 time zones (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting on economic issues at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow March 10, 2010.  REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev/FilesAP - Russia's president thought the country had too much time on its hands, so on Sunday he eliminated two of its 11 time zones.


More than 7,000 protest crime wave in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:31 PM PDT

AP - More than 7,000 people have gathered in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey to protest a wave of violence that has affected the country's third largest city in recent weeks.

Obama's Afghan Visit: Progress and Promises (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The visit to the war zone, Obama's first as president, was undertaken in secret for security reasons.

Benitez eyes fourth spot after two-goal Torres shines (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Liverpool's forward Fernando Torres is chased by Sunderland's defender Michael Turner during their English Premier League football match at Anfield in Liverpool. Torres was at his lethal best as he scored a sublime double to help Liverpool overwhelm Sunderland 3-0 on Sunday and keep alive their challenge for a Champions League place.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Rafael Benitez is convinced Liverpool can still finish fourth in the Premier League and qualify for the Champions League after Fernando Torres's double inspired a 3-0 win over Sunderland.


Bombs kill 5 at house tied to Iraq Sunni candidate (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 01:22 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stops vehicles for a security inspection at a checkpoint in Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sharply criticised the UN on Sunday over its inaction on his vote fraud allegations, after results showed his bloc finished second in Iraq's general election.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AP - Several bombs exploded Sunday near a house linked to a prominent Sunni figure who ran in this month's parliamentary elections in Iraq, killing five people and wounding 26 others, a police official said.


Bodies of 4 men, 1 woman found in northern Mexico (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Residents hold up placards against drug trafficking and money laundering during the 'United for the peace in Nuevo Leon' demonstration against violence and crime at the Fundidora park in Monterrey, March 28, 2010. Drug killings have surged in recent weeks as the Gulf cartel, which controls most trafficking corridors through Monterrey, split from its former armed wing, the Zetas, in a battle that is escalating violence along the border. Placards read: AP - Mexican police say the bodies of four men and a woman have been found on a rural road in a town not far from the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez.


Sven-Goran Eriksson named new Ivory Coast boss (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, pictured in 2009, was on Sunday named as the new coach of the Ivory Coast for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was on Sunday named as coach of the Ivory Coast for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.


Mongolian herders need food aid after hard winter (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:46 PM PDT

AP - Emergency food relief is needed for nomadic herders in Mongolia after the number of livestock killed there by blizzards and extreme cold doubled in recent weeks, the Red Cross said Monday.

G8 foreign ministers to focus on Iran sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 08:31 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada will press the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to tighten United Nations sanctions on Iran when it hosts a meeting of foreign ministers from the grouping on Monday and Tuesday.

On surprise Kabul visit, Obama presses Karzai on corruption (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan - President Barack Obama paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan Sunday as he sought to steel American forces for a tough summer fight and deliver a political jolt to Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he weighs potential peace talks with the Taliban.

After US dustup, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing challenges (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:28 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On the eve on Israel's Passover holiday, which celebrates liberation from oppression, Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu looked so mired in his mounting, multi-faceted crises that he might need a miracle to survive them.

Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Under cover of darkness, the U.S. President arrived in Kabul Sunday to greet troops and meet with Afghanistan's recently reelected leader, Hamid Karzai

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