2010年5月28日星期五

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U.S. toll reaches 1,000 deaths in Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 11:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2001 file photo, Northern Alliance soldiers watch as U.S. air strikes pound Taliban positions in Kunduz province near the town of Khanabad, Afghanistan. The American military death toll in Afghanistan surpassed 1,000 at a time when President Barack Obama's strategy to turn back the Taliban is facing its greatest test, an ambitious campaign to win over a disgruntled population in the insurgents' southern heartland. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)AP - More U.S. military deaths in the last 10 months of the Afghan war than in the first five years of the conflict. More boots on the ground than in Iraq.


Big volcanic eruptions in Guatemala, Ecuador (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 05:45 PM PDT

A view of the Tungurahua volcano throwing ashes in Huambalo, in Ecuador's central highlands, Friday, May 28, 2010. The Tungurahua has been constantly erupting since 1999. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)AP - Explosive eruptions shook two huge volcanos in Central and South America on Friday, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and disrupting air traffic as ash drifted over major cities.


Peru's Cabinet to take up Lori Berenson case (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 05:41 PM PDT

US Activist Lori Berenson, smiles after leaving prison on parole next to her husband and attorney Anibal Apari, in Lima, Thursday, May 27, 2010. A judge granted parole to Berenson, the 40-year-old New York activist who has spent 15 years in Peruvian prisons on a conviction of aiding leftist rebels.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - Peruvian Cabinet ministers will discuss whether to deport a paroled New Yorker who served 15 years in prison for aiding leftist rebels.


Mexico offers rewards for 33 drug gang suspects (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:38 PM PDT

A forensic works next to the allegedly mutilated body of a drug gang member wrapped in a blanket  after it was found in Tlajomulco on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, May 28, 2010. According to the police a message to an alleged rival gang was found next to the body. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Mexico's government unveiled a list of 33 wanted drug suspects Friday, including three men allegedly tied to a cartel responsible for much of the bloodshed in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez.


Uribe defends brother against death squad charge (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT

AP - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe defended his brother Friday against allegations of having led a right-wing death squad from the family ranch during the early 1990s.

Gunmen Storm Pakistan Mosques, Kill at Least 80 Ahmedi (Time.com)

Posted: 28 May 2010 03:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Gunmen laid siege to two mosques in Lahore on Friday, killing more than 80 people, in yet another show of strength by Pakistan's sectarian-minded militant groups

UK Treasury minister apologizes over expenses (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:51 PM PDT

AP - Britain's new coalition government faced its first major setback Friday, as a senior Treasury minister admitted to claiming lawmakers' expenses to rent rooms in homes owned by his partner.

Israeli gunships head to sea to block flotilla (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 03:23 PM PDT

An Israeli navy ship sails at the port in Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, May 27, 2010. Israel has set up three huge white tents at its main southern seaport to hold hundreds of sea-borne pro-Palestinian activists hoping to breach Israel's 3-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israeli gunships headed out to sea Friday to stop a flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists from reaching the Gaza Strip, the military said, setting the stage for what could become a dramatic showdown on the high seas.


Jamaica police vow to catch reputed drug lord (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 05:49 PM PDT

Gravedigger Irtol Titul stands next to the coffins of people killed during clashes days ago at the public cemetery next to the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood , Kingston, Friday, May 28, 2010. Relatives are not burying their love ones due to fear of police or army reprisals. After a raid that left dozens dead in four days of gunbattles, the reputed drug kingpin who was the target remains at large. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Jamaica's top cop insisted Friday security forces will capture a reputed underworld boss who escaped a bloody, four-day assault on his slum stronghold, while more people in the battle zone said innocents died during the fighting.


Rwandan police arrest US lawyer (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:02 PM PDT

AP - An American lawyer helping defend a Rwandan presidential hopeful against charges that include promoting a genocidal ideology was arrested Friday and charged with genocide denial, police said.

Party leaders in Nepal avert crisis (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:02 PM PDT

Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, arrives at the parliament in Kathmandu. Nepal's three main political parties have agreed to extend parliament's term, a spokesman for the ruling Nepali Congress party said, with just minutes to go before it was due to expire on Friday.(AFP/Prakash Mathema)AFP - Nepal's main party leaders agreed Friday to extend parliament's term, in a dramatic eleventh-hour deal to avert political crisis in the troubled nation.


Rogers, Canada public broadcaster sign content deal (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:09 AM PDT

Reuters - Rogers Communications Inc said on Friday it will offer its cable and wireless customers access to programs from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp under its alliance with the public broadcaster.

Australia to sue Japan over whaling (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 05:23 AM PDT

This undated picture released in 2008 by the Australian Customs Services shows a mother whale and her calf being dragged on board a Japanese ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters. Australia has said it would begin legal action next week to stop Japan killing hundreds of whales a year in the name of scientific research, prompting immediate condemnation from Tokyo.(AFP/HO/File/Australian Customs Service)AFP - Australia said Friday it would begin legal action next week to stop Japan killing hundreds of whales a year in the name of scientific research, prompting immediate condemnation from Tokyo.


Extremists assault Pakistani religious minorities, killing 70 (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 May 2010 01:30 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Extremists stormed two mosques belonging to a religious minority in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Friday, killing at least 70 people in the worst-ever assault on the country's Ahmadi community.

China leans toward South Korea's view of Cheonan warship sinking (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 May 2010 07:07 AM PDT

Navy personnel stand guard near the wreckage of the naval vessel Cheonan, which was sunk on March 26 near the maritime border with North Korea, at the Second Fleet Command's naval base in Pyeongtaek in this May 19, 2010 file photo. South Korea said on May 24 it would punish North Korea for sinking one of its naval ships, with China coming under heavy pressure to rein in the hermit state as tension on the peninsula rises to its highest in years.  REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/Files (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)The Christian Science Monitor - China showed signs Friday of edging toward South Korea’s view of the March sinking of the South Korean navy vessel, the Cheonan. At least, China’s second highest leader indicated China would not side with North Korea’s denial of having anything to do with it.


Thai Economy Grows Despite Antigovernment Protests (Time.com)

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Thailand's economy was growing like gangbusters. On May 17, the central bank announced that the country had achieved its highest quarterly growth rate in 15 years, with figures showing a 12% year-on-year increase for the first three months of 2010

Sri Lanka De-Mining Efforts Face Funding Shortfall (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:31 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - COLOMBO, May 28 (IRIN) - The recent death of a French de-miner in northern Sri Lanka highlights the ongoing threat of landmines in preventing the safe return of tens of thousands of conflict-displaced.  

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