2010年5月4日星期二

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Iraq's Shiites unite to try to form new government (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 02:43 PM PDT

Men gather in a cafe in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City to watch a televised press conference announcing the formation of a Shiite political alliance, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Iraq's two largest Shiite electoral blocs announced Tuesday they have formed an alliance that gives them a strong chance of setting up the next government, though they have yet to work out the contentious question of who would become prime minister. The alliance of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition and the conservative Shiite Iraqi National Alliance leaves them just four parliamentary seats shy of a ruling majority. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's two largest Shiite electoral blocs announced Tuesday they have formed an alliance that gives them a strong chance of setting up the next government, though they have yet to work out the contentious question of who would become prime minister.


Iceland's ash may keep choking Europe's air travel (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, April 17, 2010 file photo, an aerial view showing the crater spewing ash and plumes of grit at the summit of the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier The Irish Aviation Authority decided to impose a “no-fly zone” over Ireland on Monday, May 3, 2010, under advice from the Volcanic Ash Advice Centre in London that there was a risk of “ash ingestion” to aircraft engines. Ireland is due to reopen its airspace Tuesday afternoon, due to the threat from volcanic ash fading, but authorities say air travelers to Ireland face a 'summer of uncertainty' because of the long-running Icelandic eruption. (AP Photo/Arnar Thorisson/Helicopter.is, File)  ** ICELAND OUT **AP - Iceland's clouds of volcanic ash are menacing European air traffic again, but transport chiefs insisted Tuesday they are learning from last month's crisis and won't let the hard-to-measure emissions ground their continent again.


Grenada man hauls bucket of human heads to police (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 01:44 PM PDT

AP - A Grenada man with two severed human heads in a bucket walked into a precinct station and presented his haul to horrified police, authorities said Tuesday.

Shiite militia reviving in post-election Iraq (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:41 AM PDT

In this April 30, 2010 photo, followers of radical Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, some wearing white shrouds, signaling their readiness for martyrdom, march in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, one week after a string of bombings targeting worshippers during Friday prayers. The Mahdi Army, a once-feared Shiite militia that was crippled two years ago by defections and a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown has quietly started to regroup, adding street muscle to the Shiite party that emerged strongest from Iraq's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A once-feared Shiite militia that was crippled two years ago by defections and a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown has quietly started to regroup, adding street muscle to the Shiite party that emerged strongest from Iraq's parliamentary elections.


Taiwan's Susan Boyle: A Lesson in Confidence (Time.com)

Posted: 04 May 2010 07:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Taiwan's Lin Yu Chun's rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" has mesmerized YouTubers with about 10 million views in the past month

Asian stocks dive on Europe debt concerns (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:07 PM PDT

A broker works the numbers at his post on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in New York. Stocks plunged around the world Tuesday as fears spread that Europe's attempt to contain Greece's debt crisis would fail. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP - Asian stocks slid Wednesday, following a plunge in U.S. equities as concerns spread that Europe's attempt to contain Greece's debt crisis won't stop it spreading to other countries.


No panic on plane as Times Square suspect arrested (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:25 PM PDT

AP - Passengers aboard the plane with the Times Square bomb suspect said Wednesday they were asked to identify their carry-on baggage and went through another round of security screening after the flight was brought back to the terminal in New York.

US sends 2 Gitmo detainees to Spain, 1 to Bulgaria (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:33 PM PDT

Detainees at the maximum security prison Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base, in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. The United States on Tuesday released two detainees from Guantanamo to Bulgaria and one to Spain, reducing the number of inmates held at the prison to 181, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.(AFP/POOL/File/Marlk Wilson)AP - Two Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Spain and one to Bulgaria as part of the Obama administration's effort to eventually close the prison at the U.S. military base in Cuba.


US envoy visits Sudan for first time since elections (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 02:31 PM PDT

US special envoy Scott Gration, pictured in April 2010, is visiting Sudan this week, his first visit to the country since controversial elections took place last month, State Deparatment officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - US envoy Scott Gration returned this week to Sudan, his first visit there since last month's controversial elections, to pursue efforts to stabilize both southern and western parts of the country.


Democracy icons' son poised to lead Philippines (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:07 PM PDT

Presidential candidate Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III, left, smiles as he raises arms with Vice-Presidential candidate Sen. Mar Roxas during a campaign sortie at the 'People Power' revolt monument along the capital's main EDSA highway, suburban  Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 2, 2010. A scion of Asia's pro-democracy president and an assasinated opposition leader, Aquino, 50, has surged ahead in the nine-way race for the Philippine Presidency, riding on the wave of poignant memories and unrealized hopes of the 1986 revolt. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Returning to the Manila highway where 1986 "people power" protests led by his mother ousted a dictator and swept her to power, Benigno Aquino III asked a huge, yellow-clad crowd to seize the moment and help him win next week's presidential election.


Vale in talks with striking Sudbury union -report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2010 08:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Brazilian miner Vale has resumed talks with union leaders in the hope of resolving a nearly 10-month strike at its Sudbury mining operations in Canada, a media report said on Tuesday.

France approves return of Maori heads (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:06 AM PDT

AP - French lawmakers decided Tuesday to return 16 tattooed and mummified Maori heads to New Zealand, ending years of debate on what to do with the human remains acquired long ago by French museums seeking exotic curiosities.

Ahmadinejad: Iran sanctions effort will undermine Obama (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 May 2010 05:56 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday brushed off the threat of new United Nations sanctions against Iran, saying they'd have little impact and would end up undermining President Barack Obama's standing at home and abroad.

NPT: Obama reveals size of US nuclear weapons arsenal. Will Russia respond? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:55 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Barack Obama has just spilled the exact number of nuclear weapons the United States deploys around the world â€" for decades a closely guarded secret.

Kim Jong Il visits China despite South Korean ship anger (Time.com)

Posted: 04 May 2010 07:25 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is reportedly heading to Beijing for talks likely to centre on desperately needed aid for his sanctions-hit regime and stalled nuclear dialogue.(AFP/KNS via KCNA/File)Time.com - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has taken to the road, making his first trip to China since 2006. The recent sinking of a South Korean ship will likely complicate his talks with Beijing


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