2010年6月19日星期六

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Yemeni militants kill 11 in brazen jailbreak (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Yemeni security forces patrol outside a courthouse where the trial of two al-Qaida suspects accused of being behind the November 2009 ambush on a government convoy in Hadramut province that killed 5, including three high officers, started in San'a, Yemen Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (AP Photo)AP - Four suspected al-Qaida gunmen blasted their way into the intelligence headquarters of Yemen's second largest city Saturday and freed several detainees in the group's most spectacular operation since a U.S.-backed government crackdown began late last year.


Peru's celebrity inmate chooses isolated cell (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT

In this photo taken June 11, 2010 and obtained by The Associated Press via Peru's America Television channel, Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot holds his inmate number before been transferred to the Miguel Castro Castro prison in Lima.  Peruvian police said Van der Sloot, long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, has confessed to killing 21-year-old Peruvian business student Stephany Flores on May 30, after they met playing poker. The photo was broadcast during America TV's show 'Domingo al Dia', on Sunday, June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/America Television Channel, Domingo al Dia)AP - A prison compound on the dusty outskirts of Peru's capital is home to hundreds of convicts from Peru's leftist insurgency of the 1980s and 90s. It holds more than 80 foreign inmates, mostly Colombians and Mexicans there for drug-related crimes. And then there is Joran van der Sloot.


China to allow more exchange rate flexibility (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:31 AM PDT

** FILE ** In this Nov. 17, 2009, file photo, a bank clerk stacks up renminbi banknotes at a bank in Hefei in central China's Anhui province. China's central bank promised Saturday June 19, 2010, to allow more exchange rate flexibility, suggesting a possible break from the Chinese yuan's two-year peg to the U.S. dollar, but it ruled out any large-scale appreciation. (AP Photo/File) ** CHINA OUT **AP - President Barack Obama welcomed China's announcement Saturday that it will allow a more flexible exchange rate for its currency, saying it would help protect the economic recovery.


UK doctor admits he helped patients die (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT

AP - A British doctor who admitted shortening the lives of nearly 20 patients — including his own son — may yet face charges, British investigators said Saturday.

Sweet Success: Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty? (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - As the city of Butare awaits the opening of Rwanda's first local ice cream parlor, those behind the project hope it will prove a model for a new kind of entrepreneurship in the country.

Mozzarella gets the blues in Italy (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, Buffalo mozzarella cheese is prepared at a dairy in Caserta, near Naples. Italian police confiscated some 70,000 balls of mozzarella in Turin after consumers noticed the milky-white cheese quickly developed a bluish tint when the package was opened. Agriculture Minister Giancarlo Calan ordered ministry laboratories to investigate what he called a disturbing development. State TV said Saturday, June 19, 2010, that a customer called police after noticing the mozzarella, made in Germany for an Italian company, turned blue after contact with air, and that several merchants in Turin received similar complaints about the cheese. (AP Photo/Franco Castano', File)AP - Italian police confiscated some 70,000 balls of mozzarella in Turin after consumers noticed the milky-white cheese quickly developed a bluish tint when the package was opened, authorities said Saturday.


Rights group calls for release of Syrian activist (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 06:16 AM PDT

AP - An international human rights group has urged Syrian authorities to drop any new charges against a political activist who has completed his prison sentence.

11 soldiers dead in Mexican military chopper crash (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT

AP - Eleven Mexican soldiers have died in the crash of a military helicopter carrying troops for anti-drug missions.

Proteas hit Windies roadblock (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:19 PM PDT

West Indies captain Chris Gayle plays a ball from South African fast bowler Morne Morkel during day two of the second test against South Africa at the Warner Park ground in the St Kitts capital of Basseterre. South Africa failed to make early inroads into West Indies' batting, after AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis gathered resolute hundreds to fortify their position in the second Test.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - South Africa failed to make early inroads into West Indies' batting, after AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis gathered resolute hundreds to fortify their position in the second Test on Saturday here.


UN says security in Afghanistan has not improved (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Former Taliban fighters stand in line as they surrender their weapons to Afghan authorities in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 19, 2010.  (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - The United Nations reported Saturday that insurgent violence has risen sharply in Afghanistan over the last three months, with roadside bombings, complex suicide attacks and assassinations soaring over last year's levels.


China's Xi visits Australia amid mining tax spat (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 08:51 AM PDT

Victorian Premier John Brumby (L) shakes hands with China's Vice President Xi Jinping at Australian Football League (AFL) house in Melbourne. Xi began a five-day tour of Australia Saturday, with Beijing seeking assurances over a proposed 40 percent tax on mining industry profits.(AFP/POOL/David Crosling)AFP - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping began a five-day tour of Australia Saturday, with Beijing seeking assurances over a proposed 40 percent tax on mining industry profits.


Princess Victoria of Sweden's marriage a crossroads for royalty (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:02 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - He shook like a leaf, she cried like a princess. And so, Swedish Crown Princess Victoria had her prince, a commoner in the guise of handsome gym trainer Daniel Westling.

What Israelis Really Think Should Be Done About Gaza (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The easing of the blockade was a decision made to please a foreign audience. What most of the locals want is something quite different

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