2010年6月26日星期六

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World leaders seek common ground on crises (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama, right, reach out to shake hands during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - At odds over how to strengthen the global recovery, top world leaders found common ground on foreign policy Saturday, condmening North Korea for the alleged sinking of a South Korean warship and endorsing a five-year exit timetable for Afghanistan


US to Karzai: New general won't alter Afghan plan (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Gen. David Petraeus, right, looks on as President Barack Obama announces that he will replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as Commander in Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - America's top military officer assured President Hamid Karzai on Saturday that newly chosen NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus would pursue the policies of his ousted predecessor, whom the Afghan leader warmly praised for reducing civilian casualties.


Vandals mar summit protests in Toronto (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:43 PM PDT

A police car burns after anti G20 summit protesters set fire to it in downtown Toronto on Saturday, June 26, 2010.  (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Frank Gunn)AP - Black-clad demonstrators broke off from a crowd of peaceful demonstrators protesting a global economic summit in Toronto, torching police cruisers and smashing windows with baseball bats and hammers.


NKorea to elect leaders; could set stage for heir (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 11:54 AM PDT

In this June 25, 2010 photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean soldiers chant anti-U.S. slogans during a rally in Pyongyang, North Korea. Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital to condemn the United States and South Korea on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The sign reads 'Let's demonstrate grits in showdown with U.S.' (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - Secretive North Korea said Saturday it will choose new ruling party leaders later this year — a surprise announcement that is intensifying speculation the regime is setting the stage for supreme ruler Kim Jong Il's youngest son to eventually succeed him.


Tropical Storm Alex soaks Belize, Mexico's Yucatan (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:49 PM PDT

This June 25, 2010 satellite photo released by NASA, shows a large area of clouds, at far left, in the western Caribbean Sea that on Saturday formed into tropical storm Alex. Forecasters said it was unclear if it would hit the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Hundreds of tourists and residents fled low-lying islands off Belize and beachgoers were warned to stay out of the water along Mexico's resort-studded Caribbean coast, as rain from Tropical Storm Alex began lashing the region.


TIME's Global Forum in South Africa Kicks Off (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Time.com - In geographic terms, Robben Island sits in the Atlantic Ocean, just a few miles from Cape Town's bustling waterfront, which is nestled beneath Table Mountain. But, for decades, it was a world away.

Argentina says Europe's fiscal focus is wrong (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 05:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Europe's focus on cutting deficits is "absolutely wrong," Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said on Saturday, citing her country's experience with austerity she said helped lead to a huge default in 2001.

Racing Palestinian girls speed into record books (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:24 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, June 25, 2010, Palestinian Noor Daod, left, a race car driver, talks to another driver while awaiting her turn to race in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Palestinian women are speeding into record books by participating in their first all-female car racing team, the Speed Sisters. Along the way, they're crashing through another gender barrier in this conservative Muslim society. The eight women have entered a popular race called 'Speed Test.' Souped-up cars race around a track, weaving their way around obstacles and spinning circles around others. Speed Test began in the West Bank in 2005 as violence between Israel and the Palestinians began petering out, races take place throughout the territory during the racing season which is March through September. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Palestinian women are speeding into the record books by competing on an all-female car racing team — the Speed Sisters. Along the way, they're crashing through another gender barrier in this conservative Muslim society.


Chavez meets with Syria's Assad in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, shakes hand with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a welcoming ceremony at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Saturday, June 26, 2010. Bashar al-Assad is in Venezuela for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday and called on Latin America and the Arab world to fight what he called America's imperialist and capitalist interests abroad.


Botha, Steyn put South Africa on top (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 03:20 PM PDT

South African spinner Johan Botha celebrates after taking the wicket of West Indies batsman Narsingh Deonarine on day one of the third test at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown. Botha took all three West Indies wickets to fall before tea to put South Africa in early control of the third Test.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - South Africa were 46-2 at stumps on the first day of the final Test against West Indies on Saturday after their attack, led by Johan Botha and Dale Steyn, had helped restrict the home team to 231 all out.


Britain, China agree need for deficit cuts: statement (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:43 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at the G8 summit on June 25 in Hunstville, Ontario. Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday hailed Cameron's willingness to build a stronger relationship with China as they held their first face-to-face talks.(AFP/POOL/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - Britain and China agreed on the need for "fiscal consolidation" to shore up the global economic recovery, Downing Street said Saturday, after the two nations' leaders met ahead of a G20 summit.


G20 to take separate routes to secure recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 09:34 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkoz, right,  talk during a G8 Working Session with other world leaders at the Deerhurst Resort in Hunstville, Ontario, Canada, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Luke Sharrett/Pool)Reuters - World leaders hoping to shore up a fragile economic recovery will leave it to individual countries to decide how best to repair battered budgets without stunting growth.


Australian advertisers see light side to PM rout (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 02:03 AM PDT

A 2006 photo of former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his then deputy Julia Gillard. Australians wasted no time cashing in on the shock ouster of Rudd as prime minister, businesses launching a series of cheeky adverts to run alongside stories about the party coup.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Australians wasted no time cashing in on the shock ouster of Kevin Rudd as prime minister, businesses launching a series of cheeky adverts to run alongside stories about the party coup.


Obama, Europeans split on economic policy (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 02:32 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - TORONTO — They talked nice, but President Barack Obama and European leaders failed Saturday to bridge a fast growing divide over government spending and will emerge from a weekend summit charting different courses for ending the global recession.

France's National Front: Will Marine Le Pen take the reins? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 12:40 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Jean-Marie Le Pen, who heads France's National Front party, has long peppered politics with right-wing bons mots. (Nazi occupation was "not especially inhumane," he once said.) Now his daughter, Marine Le Pen, is showing that she, too, can make headlines.

E.U. Moves to Make Cross-Border Divorce Easier (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Divorce is messy enough, but for international couples in the E.U., it's also confusing as they try to figure out which country's laws apply. Now the E.U. has proposed new rules to ease the strain of breaking up across borders

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