2010年5月10日星期一

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In Iraq's bloodiest day of 2010, attacks kill 100 (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 04:03 PM PDT

Iraqis react to an explosion in Hillah Iraq in this image taken from TV Monday May 10, 2010. A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a textile factory in Hillah Monday in a crowd that gathered after two cars bombings at the same spot in the worst of a series of attacks killing tens of people across Iraq, the deadliest day this year. (AP Photo/APTN) ** TV OUT **AP - A man with explosives strapped to his body blew himself up in a crowd, bombers struck a southern city and gunmen sprayed fire on security checkpoints in attacks Monday that killed at least 100 people — most of them in Shiite areas — in Iraq's deadliest day this year.

UK's Gordon Brown to resign as prime minister (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 06:26 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaking to the media outside his official London residence, No.10 Downing Street, Monday, May, 10 2010. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday he will resign by September — a dramatic move that improves his Labour Party's chances of staying in power in a possible coalition government with the third-place Liberal Democrats. Brown said Labour, which came a distant second to the Conservatives in Thursday's national election, would begin a leadership contest to replace him while he focused on talks aimed at breaking Britain's election deadlock. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic bid to keep his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in elections last week, announcing he will resign by September at the latest even if the Liberal Democrats — being wooed by the Conservatives — decide to join his party in government.

Aquino opens up commanding lead in Philippine vote (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 06:16 PM PDT

Presidential candidate Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III smiles as he holds his ballot in the country's first ever automated Presidential elections, Monday May 10, 2010 at Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac province in northern Philippines. Aquino III whose father was assassinated while opposing a dictatorship and whose late mother led the 'people power' revolt that restored freedoms commanded a large lead in the last pre-election polls. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - The son of two Philippine democracy icons widened his lead Tuesday in presidential elections after campaigning on a promise to begin prosecuting corrupt officials to restore credibility to the country's graft-ridden government agencies.

Iran says mothers can visit 3 jailed Americans (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 03:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2009 file photo, Cindy Hickey holds a photo of her son Shane Bauer in her Pine City, Minn. home. The mothers of the three hikers, who have been jailed since July when their families say they unintentionally strayed over the border while hiking in Iraq, are preparing to spend a tough Mother's Day without their sons and daughter. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)AP - Iran will allow the mothers of three Americans arrested along the Iraqi border in July to visit them in a Tehran prison, the foreign minister announced Monday, saying the decision was made on humanitarian grounds.

Inside Hizballah's Preparations for the Next War (Time.com)

Posted: 10 May 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The Lebanese Shi'ite movement's leaders say they don't anticipate another round of fighting with Israel, but they believe they have the weapons and tactics to prevail

Europe rescue package sparks market relief rally (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 06:00 PM PDT

A dealer works on the trading floor at IG Index in London May 10, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Global equity markets staged a massive relief rally on Monday after officials agreed to a $1 trillion emergency rescue package to halt a festering sovereign debt crisis in Europe from engulfing the rest of the world.

(AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 12:09 PM PDT

AP - Iran's foreign minister confirms mothers of 3 detained Americans can visit them in prison.

Protesters blast Haiti president's quake response (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:34 PM PDT

Police officers clash with demonstrators during a protest against Haiti's President Rene Preval in Port-au-Prince, Monday, May 10, 2010. Police fired tear gas outside the ruins of Haiti's national palace to control about 2,000 demonstrators calling for Preval's resignation in the largest political protest since the Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Police fired tear gas outside the ruins of Haiti's national palace Monday to control 2,000 demonstrators calling for President Rene Preval's resignation in the largest political protest since the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Clinton, Tsvangirai discuss democratic reform in Zimbabwe (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 02:36 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks alongside Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai prior to meetings at the State Department in Washington, DC. Clinton and Tsvangirai here Monday discussed ways to aid Zimbabwe and foster democratic reform there, a US official said.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and visiting Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai here Monday discussed ways to aid Zimbabwe and foster democratic reform there, a US official said.

Samsung plans $20.3 billion investment in new business (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 06:10 PM PDT

File photo shows a man walking past the logo of Samsung at a showroom in Seoul. South Korea's Samsung group Tuesday announced plans to invest 23 trillion won (20.3 billion dollars) through to 2020 in new businesses in the environmental and healthcare industries.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - South Korea's Samsung group Tuesday announced plans to invest 23 trillion won (20.3 billion dollars) by 2020 in new businesses in the environmental and healthcare industries.

Canada satisfied with Europe rescue deal: Flaherty (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Reuters - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday he was satisfied with the "comprehensive and credible" European aid deal reached on the weekend and said financial reform will be a key topic for Group of 20 policymakers.

Australian TV show teaches Aboriginal language (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2010 04:22 AM PDT

Aboriginal children play at a camp in Alice Springs in 2007. An Australian TV channel is broadcasting the first lessons in an Aboriginal language aimed at young children, in a bid to stem an alarming decline that has wiped out hundreds of native dialects.(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)AFP - An Australian TV channel is broadcasting the first lessons in an Aboriginal language aimed at young children, in a bid to stem an alarming decline that has wiped out hundreds of native dialects.

As Karzai arrives, White House stresses upbeat partnership line (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 May 2010 04:05 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration worked Monday to patch up its strained relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he arrived in Washington, issuing carefully worded statements that he's the United States' partner in war, despite recent disputes.

In Haiti, international relief targets rats and bugs (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 May 2010 02:51 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The swarm around the garbage can in the tent camp of Corail Cesselesse, north of Haiti’s capital, was not the usual composition of flies or mosquitoes. “Six different kinds of flies,” said Terminix’s Robert Young.

German Voters Punish Merkel For Bailing Out Greece (Time.com)

Posted: 10 May 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Time.com - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition got a beating in key regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday, as voters expressed their anger at their government's deal to bail out Greece

Displaced Filipinos Have High Hopes for Election (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 May 2010 10:59 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - DATU PIANG, May 10 (IRIN) - As Filipinos go to the polls on 10 May to elect a new president, Payuna Biano hopes the new government will help improve the plight of thousands of displaced people like her.

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