2010年6月9日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Iran dismisses sanctions, but tried to avoid them (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama makes a statement about Iran, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The U.S. and its allies scored a long-sought victory Wednesday by pushing through new U.N. sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, punishments Tehran dismissed as "annoying flies, like a used tissue."


Afghan ex-spy boss opposes talking to Taliban (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:15 PM PDT

Afghanistan's former intelligence chief, Amrullah Saleh listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Afghanistan's former intelligence chief is warning that President Hamid Karzai's strategy of seeking reconciliation with the Taliban is dangerous for the country. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghanistan's ousted intelligence chief told The Associated Press on Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai is pursuing a dangerous strategy in seeking peace with the Taliban because the insurgents are giving nothing in return.


Analysis: Sanctions unlikely to stop Iran (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:09 PM PDT

Iran's Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee, right, and his delegation leave after he spoke to a session of the United Nations Security Council,  Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Washington calls the latest U.N. sanctions on Iran a diplomatic victory, a show of unity by the world's big powers and a powerful way to prevent the country from making nuclear weapons.


Israel lifts ban on some foods for Gaza (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:25 AM PDT

A Palestinian girl holding a national flag stands near the border line with Israel, background, during a weekly protest march against Israel, in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday June 8, 2010. The sudden opening of Gaza's gateway to the world through its southern border with Egypt has turned into a scene of extreme anxiety. Hundreds crowd around border officials to snatch updates on whether they can cross to Egypt by day's end, mostly only to be told 'no.' (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Israel took a first step Wednesday to temper the uproar caused by its deadly high-seas raid on a blockade-busting flotilla by allowing in potato chips, cookies, spices and other previously banned food items into the Gaza Strip.


Gates: Progress in Afghan war must come this year (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:41 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to media in London, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)AP - Public support for the war in Afghanistan will evaporate unless the nations leading the fight against insurgents can show by the end of this year that the 8-year war is not locked in stalemate, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.


Van der Sloot's Confession: Angling for a Light Sentence? (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Even as allegations of an FBI sting operation arise, Peruvian police are furious that van der Sloot may try a "crime of passion" defense

Emergency budget must avoid tax rises: CBI (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:14 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, walks across Whitehall after leaving the House of Commons in central London on June 8. The new coalition government must avoid AFP - The new coalition government must avoid "damaging" tax hikes in this month's emergency budget, the Confederation of British Industry warned on Thursday.


3 jewelers killed during robbery in southern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron has defended the decision to send asylum seekers back to Iraq as a campaign group said 10 people had been deported, despite concerns from the UN refugee agency.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AP - Masked gunmen killed three jewelers before fleeing with a large amount of gold in a sophisticated attack Wednesday in southern Iraq, underscoring fears that street crime is soaring as sectarian fighting wanes.


FBI: Mexicans chased away US agents after shooting (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Relatives and friends of Anastasio Hernandez carry his casket towards a church before funeral services Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in San Diego. Hernandez died May 28 after being shocked by a stun gun during a fight with U.S. Border Patrol agents as they were escorting him to a border gate to return him to Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande, the FBI and witnesses told The Associated Press on Wednesday.


Dunga's pragmatic Brazil ready to dig for victory (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:31 PM PDT

Brazil's players run during a team training session at the Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg ahead of the 2010 World Cup football tournament in South Africa. Brazil coach Dunga may believe substance rather than a slavish devotion to style can deliver the World Cup, but his 1994 title-winning teammate Branco worries about the team's cutting edge in South Africa.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Brazil coach Dunga may believe substance rather than a slavish devotion to style can deliver the World Cup, but his 1994 title-winning teammate Branco worries about the team's cutting edge in South Africa.


Japan 1Q growth tad stronger than first estimated (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Japan says its economy grew slightly more in the first three months of the year than initially estimated.

Two Canadian premiers back offshore drilling (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Canadian premiers still back offshore drilling despite the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, arguing that tighter rules can prevent a repeat of the disaster.

Australian study finds crocodiles surf the seas (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:44 AM PDT

AP - Crocodiles can surf ocean currents to take long leisurely journeys across open seas in the South Pacific, a researcher said on Wednesday.

Worldly Karachi becomes extremist melting pot (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:37 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KARACHI, Pakistan — The jihadist recruiter, seated in an office attached to a lavish mosque in an affluent residential area of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, said volunteers who came to join the fight in Afghanistan these days were modern, educated Pakistanis.

Why Israel ignores global criticism of Gaza flotilla raid (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 11:19 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Five decades ago, while debating an offensive against Gaza militants, Israel's founding prime minister, David Ben Gurion, is said to have discounted United Nations intervention with a now famous Hebrew quip: "oom shmoom."

A Soldier Takes Leave from a School in Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - This is Captain Jeremiah Ellis's final email to me, plus photos of the closed Pir Mohammed School which he had been trying to reopen

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