2010年7月7日星期三

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French court hands Noriega 7-year prison term (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:38 PM PDT

FILE - This May 1989 file photo shows General Manuel Antonio Noriega speaking to the press in Panama. A Paris court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega for laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years in prison, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Noriega already spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking and was extradited to France in April to stand trial on charges here. (AP Photo)AP - A Paris court has convicted aging former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega of laundering drug money in France and ordered him to spend seven years behind bars — a decision that left friends and foes worried he might die in a prison far from home.


'Barefoot' in Bahamas: Teen fugitive eludes police (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:55 PM PDT

FILE - This July 2009 file self-portrait provided by the Island County Sheriff's Office shows Colton Harris-Moore, the so-called 'Barefoot Bandit'.  Police were hunting across a tourist island Tuesday July 6, 2010 for signs of a pilot who vanished after wrecking a small plane in the Bahamas and investigators in the U.S. turned their suspicions toward an American teenager on the run dubbed 'the Barefoot Bandit.' The single-engine Cessna that crashed in shallow waters off Abaco island was apparently stolen from an airport in Bloomington, Indiana. By the time rescuers arrived on Sunday, nobody was inside. (AP Photo/Island County Sheriff's Office via The Herald)  NO SALESAP - A wily teenage thief who hopscotched his way across the U.S. and escaped in a stolen plane to the Bahamas lived up to his legend Wednesday, eluding a manhunt after allegedly committing a new series of break-ins on a normally quiet island.


Church: Cuba offers to free 52 political prisoners (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega, right, stands with Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos before a meeting in Havana, Tuesday July 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - The Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday that Cuba has agreed to free 52 political prisoners and allow them to leave the country in what would be the island's largest mass liberation of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998.


Cold War remix: Spy suspect swap appears in works (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT

A passenger reads the Daily Telegraph newspaper, featuring a front page interview with the ex-husband of accused Russian spy Anna Chapman, on the underground in London July 2, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorAP - U.S. and Russian officials met secretively on two continents Wednesday in a likely prelude to one of the largest swaps of accused spies in decades, a Cold War remix showing the high-stakes race for covert intelligence between East and West endures in the new century.


Mexico, Texas evacuate homes as Rio Grande floods (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:03 PM PDT

AP - Reservoirs along the U.S.-Mexico border rose to their highest levels in decades after days of drenching rain, forcing officials to close two border bridges Wednesday, dump dam water into flooded rivers and evacuate tens of thousands from homes, with yet another storm on the way.

Afghanistan War: Petraeus to Review Rules of Engagement (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:50 PM PDT

US General David Petraeus speaks during a change of command ceremony at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul. US Senator John McCain has said Petraeus could tweak strategy in the nearly nine-year war in Afghanistan, following two days of talks and battlefield tours.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)Time.com - U.S. soldiers in the guerrilla-ridden country gripe that the rules of engagement are confusing and may be putting them in greater danger


Solar-powered Swiss plane gets its day in the sun (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:06 PM PDT

Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg takes off in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane for its first night flight attempt at Payerne airport Wednesday, July 7, 2010. A Swiss team planning to eventually circle the globe in a solar-powered plane has started a 24-hour test flight that aims to keep the aircraft operating through the night on stored energy collected from the sun.(AP Photo/Keystone/Denis Balibouse/Pool)AP - An experimental solar-powered plane whose Swiss makers hope someday to fly around the globe soared into uncharted territory Wednesday — the cold, dark night.


More than 50 killed in attacks across Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:56 PM PDT

Shiite pilgrims cross a bridge across the Tigris river from the Azamiyah neighborhood in north Baghdad, top, to the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine for the annual commemoration of the saint's death, in the Shiite district of Kazimiyah, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Police say a suicide bomber Shiite targeted pilgrims as they marched through the primarily Sunni Azamiyah neighborhood. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Militants struck across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing more than 50 people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilgrims commemorating a revered Shiite saint, Iraqi police said.


Mexico leftist presidential candidate to run again (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:42 PM PDT

AP - The leftist politician who narrowly lost Mexico's last presidential election says he will run again in 2012.

Iran's president: US a global 'dictatorship' (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:56 PM PDT

AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the U.S. is a "dictatorship" as it tries to control world affairs.

Turkish court annuls part of constitutional reform (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:34 PM PDT

Constitutional Court Chairman and chief justice Hasim Kilic addresses media in Ankara in 2009. Turkey's Constitutional Court Wednesday annulled parts of a government-sponsored package of constitutional changes curbing the powers of the judiciary and the army, Kilic said.(AFP/File/Adem Altan)AFP - Turkey's top court Wednesday annulled parts of a government-sponsored package of constitutional changes curbing the powers of the judiciary that critics say will tighten the government's hold on power.


Taser asks Canadian court to quash critical study (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Stun gun-maker Taser International Inc. told a judge on Monday its rights were violated by a Canadian inquiry that recommended police restrict the weapon's use because of safety concerns.

East Timor hostile to Australian asylum-seeker plan (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 09:06 AM PDT

President of the East Timor Jose Ramos-Horta arrives in Sydney in June 2010. Opposition grew in East Timor on Wednesday to an Australian proposal to process Australia-bound asylum seekers in the impoverished country, despite Ramos-Horta's guarded support.(AFP/POOL/File/Brendon Thorne)AFP - Opposition grew in East Timor on Wednesday to an Australian proposal to process Australia-bound asylum seekers in the impoverished country, despite President Jose Ramos-Horta's guarded support.


U.S. casualties to mount as Afghan war widens, general says (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:32 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — U.S. troops deaths in Afghanistan, which reached record highs in the last two months, will continue climbing, a top U.S. military commander warned Wednesday because the military is trying to oust the Taliban from places they've never been challenged before.

Sarkozy's summer of scandals: Is the French president in trouble? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 11:22 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A court case scandal involving the world’s third-richest woman and her daughter now threatens to engulf France’s highest elected official, President Nicolas Sarkozy. Allegations of corruption â€" as the president's approval ratings slide to a low of 26 percent â€" come on top of a string of other problems for Sarkozy.

Will Noriega Serve Full 7-Year French Prison Sentence? (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Former dictator Manuel Noriega is unlikely to serve his full seven-year prison sentence in France. And in Panama, there are plenty of officials who are reluctant to reopen his case

Cautious Response to Israel's New List of Permitted Gaza Imports (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 10:01 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - GAZA CITY, Jul 7 (IRIN) - The UN and international relief organizations have cautiously welcomed Israel’s easing of import restrictions on the Gaza Strip, but say only the complete lifting of the blockade can address the humanitarian crisis.

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