2010年6月27日星期日

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Police arrest more than 600 at Toronto summit (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:04 PM PDT

A bike block action demonstrator yells for peace as the group rides around Queen's Park in Toronto, Sunday, June 27, 2010, during the G20 Summit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Police raided a university building and rounded up hundreds of protesters Sunday in an effort to quell further violence near the G-20 global economic summit site a day after black-clad youths rampaged through the city, smashing windows and torching police cars.


Alex, first named Atlantic storm, moves into Gulf (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:50 PM PDT

Graphic shows the projected path of Tropical Depression Alex as of 11 a.m. EDT SundayAP - Tropical Storm Alex moved into the Gulf of Mexico Sunday after weakening to a depression as it swirled across Belize and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, dumping rains that left at least four people dead across the region.


World leaders walk economic tightrope in Canada (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, is joined by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero, top right, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, left, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the official family photo at the G20 Summit Sunday, June 27, 2010, in Toronto.  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Wary of slamming on the stimulus brakes too quickly but shaken by the European debt crisis, world leaders pledged Sunday to reduce government deficits in richer countries in half by 2013, with wiggle room to meet the goal.


NATO: Afghan ops not slowed despite command change (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 03:41 PM PDT

Norwegian soldiers of the International Security and Assistance force patrol the streets of Kabul. A roadside bomb hit a Norwegian convoy in Afghanistan and killed four soldiers, the military announced, in the deadliest single attack on the Scandinavian country's troops in the conflict.(AFP/Pool/Shah Marai)AP - The NATO-led command stressed Sunday that military operations to secure vast areas of Afghanistan would not be delayed by the ouster of its top commander and mounting casualties.


Pakistan officials: Suspected US missiles kill 3 (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:32 AM PDT

Pakistani children, at a slum in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - Suspected U.S. missiles struck a militant compound in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least three people in an area teeming with Taliban and al-Qaida fighters who often launch attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan, said Pakistani officials.


TIME's Global Forum Day 2: China and Africa's Deepening Ties (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:20 AM PDT

Time.com - With a delegation of top Chinese business leaders in Cape Town, it was hardly surprising that the role of China in Africa's economic development emerged as a key topic at the TIME Global Forum.

Russia warns Kyrgyzstan could implode after vote (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Sunday that Kyrgyzstan could collapse and that a vote aimed at establishing parliamentary democracy could allow extremists to take power in the former Soviet republic.

Captured soldier's family marching to Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 12:11 PM PDT

Family members of Israeli captured soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit and their supporters march near Schalit's home in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel, Sunday, June 27, 2010. The family of the captured Israeli soldier is setting out on a 12-day march from Schalit's home to Jerusalem to press Israeli leaders to make a deal with his Hamas captors to free him. Schalit was taken captive four years ago during a cross-border raid by militants from the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - The family of a captured Israeli soldier, flanked by hundreds of supporters, set out Sunday on a 12-day march to Jerusalem to press their government to make a deal with Hamas militants to win his freedom.


Chavez: Israel and US 'empire' are enemies (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:26 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 denounced Israel as a "genocidal" government on Sunday as he hosted Syrian President Bashar Assad on his first visit to Latin America.


Guinea holds 1st free election after army rule era (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:02 PM PDT

Presidential candidate Sidya Toure casts his ballot in presidential elections in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Guinea on Sunday held its first free election since independence more than half a century ago, a vote many hope will finally end decades of harsh military rule and launch a new democratic era. (AP Photo/Idrissa Soumare)AP - They've voted before — but never freely, and never fairly.


Obama says US expects rise in China's currency (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:16 PM PDT

President Hu Jintao of China attends the opening plenary session of the G20 Summit in Toronto, Sunday June 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday that the United States expects the value of China's currency to rise significantly. He vowed to closely monitor over the next several months how China follows through on a pledge to introduce more flexibility in the management its currency.


G20 parts ways in search of lasting recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Reuters - World leaders agreed on Sunday to take different paths for cutting budget deficits and making their banking systems safer, a reflection of the uneven and fragile economic recovery in many countries.

Aborigines angered by striptease on sacred site (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:33 AM PDT

AP - An Aboriginal leader called for a woman to be deported from Australia on Sunday after she was filmed stripping on Uluru, also called Ayers Rock, an international tourist attraction and a sacred site for the local indigenous tribe.

Obama won't charge Blackwater with violation of Sudan sanctions (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:01 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The security contractor Blackwater Worldwide tried for two years to secure lucrative defense business in Southern Sudan while the country was under U.S. economic sanctions, according to current and former U.S. officials and hundreds of pages of documents reviewed by McClatchy.

Why All of East Africa is Watching Burundi's Election (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:20 AM PDT

Time.com - Burundi may be small, but what happens in the country often impacts its neighbors in east Africa. As unrest escalates in the run-up to Monday's elections, the rest of the region holds its breath and hopes the violence doesn't spread

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