2010年4月16日星期五

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Flight disruptions in Europe get even worse (AP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, early Thursday April 15, 2010, which has erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. Volcanic ash drifting across the Atlantic forced the cancellation of flights in Britain and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, stranding thousands of passengers. Flights in and out of London Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, were halted, and the shutdowns and cancellations spread to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland. The volcano's smoke and ash poses a threat to aircraft because it can affect visibility, and microscopic debris can get sucked into airplane engines and can cause them to shut down.(AP Photo/Brynjar Gaudi)AP - Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of hotel rooms, train tickets or rental cars.


North Korea has brazen record of attacking South (AP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Officials investigate the stern section of the sunken South Korean naval ship Cheonan after it was salvaged off Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, Friday, April 16, 2010. An external explosion most likely sank the South Korean navy ship that split apart three weeks ago, an investigator said Friday, amid concerns about possible North Korea involvement in the disaster. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Lee Jung-hun) **KOREA OUT**AP - It is far from clear if North Korea had anything to do with the sinking last month of a navy patrol boat from South Korea that killed at least three dozen sailors and threw the country into mourning.


Domingo applauded for 14 minutes at La Scala (AP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:34 PM PDT

FILE- Spanish tenor singer Placido Domingo performs a sound check in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009.  The 69-year-old Spanish tenor Domingo, will perform in his first concert since he underwent colon cancer surgery just six weeks ago, portraying Verdi's hero 'Simon Boccanegra',  on Friday night April 16, 2010, at the famed La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - A beaming Placido Domingo blew a kiss at the adoring crowd after his heroic portrayal of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" Friday night, the Spanish tenor's first performance since cancer surgery 45 days ago.


New Kyrgyz leaders vow to prosecute ex-president (AP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev speaks to the media in the courtyard of his family home, in the village of Teyit, in the Jalal-Abad region, southern Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Bakiyev claims he's still the legitimate ruler but would be willing to resign in exchange for security guarantees for him and close relatives. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - With the tremors of Kyrgyzstan's violent revolution subsiding, the country's provisional leader said Friday that her government will push for an international probe of the former president, who has fled the country.


Amazon dam delay overturned by Brazil judge (AP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:36 PM PDT

Director James Cameron, left,  and actress Sigourney Weaver, right, march during a protest  against a proposed dam in the Amazon in Brasilia Monday April 12, 2010. Brazil's government says the Belo Monte project will provide much-needed clean energy for the country. Indian groups say they will be displaced by the dam and environmentalists say its benefits won't make up for the damage to the jungle.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - A judge on Friday overturned a decision that could have delayed construction of a huge Amazon dam opposed by environmentalists, Indians and the director of "Avatar."


U.N. Report: Musharraf Government Did Not Protect Bhutto (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Findings on the conduct of the military establishment before and after the 2007 assassination raises delicate questions for a new investigation

Ash cloud causes Europe flight chaos, airlines suffer (AFP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:15 PM PDT

Ground staff secure a plastic protective cover on the engines of an aircraft at Belfast City Airport in Northern Ireland, on April 16. After Friday saw some 16,000 flights cancelled by the drifting dust amid the biggest airspace shutdown since World War II, air traffic controllers warned that the cloud was likely to cause fresh travel disruption.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - A huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland left millions of air travellers stranded Saturday as it spread further across Europe, leaving airlines grounded and facing huge losses.


Sudanese president ahead in early election results (AP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Sudan's President and presidential candidate Omar El-Bashir arrives at a mosque for Friday prayers in Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, April 16, 2010. Sudan's first multiparty presidential, parliamentary and local elections in 24 years, which began last Sunday, were marred by allegations of fraud and boycotts, and have now raised concerns of new unrest. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)AP - Counting in Sudan's first multiparty presidential and local elections in decades began Friday as early results showed the incumbent president ahead in voting that was marred by delays, faulty registration and boycotts.


Spanish helicopter crashes in Haiti, 4 killed (AP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:19 PM PDT

AP - Four soldiers died in the fiery crash of a Spanish military helicopter Friday in the rugged mountains of eastern Haiti, the United Nations said.

Sudan opposition cries fraud at early results (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Sudanese members of the National Elections Commission count ballots at a polling station in Omdurman, west Sudan's capital of Khartoum April 16, 2010. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Sudan's opposition said on Friday there had been widespread fraud in the country's first open elections in 24 years and it would never accept results showing extensive victories by the ruling party.


Afghans blame both US, Taliban for insecurity (AP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 11, 2010 file photo, paramedics and Afghan civilians carry a coffin containing the body of one of the five Afghan deminers killed in a road side bomb in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Fear has gripped the southern city of Kandahar ahead of NATO's upcoming offensive, with many of the residents blaming foreign troops and the Afghan government as much as the Taliban for pushing the city toward the brink of chaos — the very thing the military hopes to reverse. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - With a U.S.-led offensive only weeks away to clear the Taliban from this key southern city, many residents blame foreign troops and the Afghan government as much as the Taliban for pushing Kandahar toward the brink of chaos — the very thing the military hopes to reverse.


Credit card firms face Canadian code of conduct (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 09:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled a voluntary code of conduct for the credit and debit card industry on Friday, but said the government stands ready to regulate if business does not regulate itself.

Australian rescued after Arctic accident (AFP)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:24 AM PDT

A satellite view of the North Pole. An Australian adventurer on a solo journey to the North Pole said Friday he came close to death when he fell through an ice sheet before he was rescued by the Canadian military.(AFP/HO)AFP - An Australian adventurer on a solo journey to the North Pole said Friday he came close to death when he fell through an ice sheet before he was rescued by the Canadian military.


Pakistan sets new probe into Bhutto killing after scathing UN report (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:12 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan's government said Friday that it would revive its criminal investigation into the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto after a United Nations report blamed the former military-led government of Pervez Musharraf for failing to provide adequate security for her.

Haiti relief: Refugees move to higher, drier ground as rainy season begins (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:38 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On Wednesday, Patrick Berville was selling soda, sanitary napkins, and papaya from the front of his mud-strewn makeshift tent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

David Cameron: A Question of Character (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - David Cameron: A Question of Character

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