2010年6月21日星期一

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Afghan opiate use has doubled in 5 years, UN says (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 02:01 PM PDT

FILE -  In this file photo made on Feb. 2, 2010, Afghan doctors check the blood pressure of an addicted woman at the Sanga Amaj Treatment Center run by Social Services for Afghan Women (SSAW) in Kabul, Afghanistan. Drug use has surged in Afghanistan in the past four years — with nearly three percent of Afghan adults addicted to opiates like heroin and opium, according to a U.N. report released Monday June 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)AP - Drug addicts as young as a month old. Mothers who calm their children by blowing opium smoke in their faces. Whole communities hooked on heroin with few opportunities for treatment.


Cameroon: plane carrying Australian execs found (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 11:34 AM PDT

AP - Search teams on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane that disappeared over the weekend carrying 11 people, including top executives of an Australian mining company, a spokesman for Cameroon's government said. No survivors were found.

Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Colombian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 34 miners killed in last week's coal mine explosion.

Is the Russian Army Bullying Its Soldiers to Death? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The death of a young Russian soldier -- and the army's insistence that it was a suicide -- sparks a wave of national soul-searching over the tradition of brutal hazing in Russia's military

Afghan envoy takes extended leave 'amid tensions' (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:57 PM PDT

Sherard Cowper-Coles arrives at the Foreign Ministry for a meeting in Islamabad in 2009. Britain's special envoy to Afghanistan has taken AFP - The special envoy to Afghanistan has taken "extended leave," officials said Monday, amid reports that he clashed with NATO and US officials over strategy to tackle the Taliban insurgency.


Jailed rebel's followers seek to be in Peru vote (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:49 PM PDT

AP - Followers of jailed Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman said Monday they want to participate in regional and municipal elections scheduled for October.

Proteas battle to restrict Windies (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:35 PM PDT

South African fast bowler Morne Morkel bowls to West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul during day four of the second test at the Warner Park ground in the St Kitts capital of Basseterre. Morkel continued to impress, as South Africa restricted West Indies to a three-run, first innings lead in the second Test on Monday.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - Morne Morkel continued to impress, as South Africa restricted West Indies to a three-run, first innings lead in the second Test on Monday.


S.Koreans cheer for N.Korea despite rising tensions (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT

South Koreans watch a live broadcast of the North Korea and Portugal 2010 World Cup match at a temple in Seoul. Unfazed by Pyongyang's threat to turn their city into a AFP - Unfazed by Pyongyang's threat to turn their city into a "sea of flame", an estimated 1,000 South Koreans gathered at a Seoul temple Monday to cheer on the North Koreans in a crucial World Cup match.


Canada says private forecasters up 2010 GDP estimate (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Private forecasters surveyed by Canada's finance department have revised up their 2010 forecasts for economic growth in Canada, saying the near-term outlook has "improved further" since a survey done in March, the government said on Monday.

Australian tycoon's plane, 10 bodies found (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:32 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by Talbot Group Holdings shows Queensland mining magnate Ken Talbot. Rescuers found Monday the wreckage of a crashed plane carrying an Australian mining tycoon and 10 other foreigners, a Cameroonian minister said, with hopes slim for finding any survivors.(AFP/HO)AFP - Rescuers found on Monday the wreckage of a crashed plane carrying an Australian mining tycoon and other executives, with ten bodies found so far, Cameroonian and Congolese officials said.


Afghan parliamentary vote will test security conditions (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 02:38 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL — When voters in the Afghan capital elect a new parliament later this year, they'll face a bewildering choice of more than 700 candidates that threatens to turn the election into a lottery.

After Colombia election win, Juan Manuel Santos seeks to build on Uribe era (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:40 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In Colombia's presidential elections on Sunday, Juan Manuel Santos secured an overwhelming mandate to continue the strong security policies of his popular predecessor, Álvaro Uribe. “This is also your victory, President Uribe,” said Mr. Santos, calling him one of the "best presidents" in Colombia's history.

Why Do Black African Racial Stereotypes Persist -- in India? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - A slew of potrayals of Africans in Indian advertising has offended many Africans living in the country -- but has raised little outcry among the Indians themselves

Daring to Be Gay in Small Town USA (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 09:32 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Jun 21 (IPS) - Washington, D.C. residents Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer weren't expecting to become filmmakers when they placed an announcement of their wedding in Wilson's hometown newspaper.

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