2010年7月26日星期一

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Afghans: 52 die in NATO attack; alliance disputes (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 11:28 AM PDT

U.S. Army Pfc. Eli Price, of Modesto California, from the 101st Airborne Division sleeps at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - The Afghan government said Monday that 52 civilians, including women and children, died when a NATO rocket struck a village in southern Afghanistan last week — a report disputed by the international coalition.

Khmer Rouge jailer faces 19 years for 16,000 dead (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng, a top secret detention center for the worst 'enemies' of the state, appears during his sentencing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 26, 2010. The tribunal has found the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and ordered him to serve 19 years in prison. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - A war crimes tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer on Monday to a prison term that will see him serve less than half a day for every person killed at the notorious torture center he commanded.

US officials warned Scotland over al-Megrahi (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. President Barack Obama says he welcomes any additional information about what led to the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and send him home to Libya. The Obama administration has asked the governments of Scotland and Britain to review the decision to release al-Megrahi. Oil giant BP has acknowledged that it urged the British government to sign a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya, but says it did not specifically discuss al-Megrahi's case. (AP Photo/File)AP - American officials were dead-set against the release of the Lockerbie bomber and warned Scottish authorities that scenes of jubilation in Tripoli over his return would upset victims' families, a newly released document showed Monday.

WikiLeaks: Group vows to put more documents online (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:46 PM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London Monday July 26, 2010. Assange said Monday he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan. The remarks came after WikiLeaks, a whistle-blowing group, posted some 91,000 classified U.S. military records over the past six years about the war online, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings and covert operations against Taliban figures. (AP Photo/Lizzie Robinson, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - It has no headquarters and its public face — a wiry, silver-haired Australian with a physics Ph.D. — carries his desktop computer in a backpack as he moves from place to place.

Twin car bombs kill 25 in Iraqi city of Karbala (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:22 PM PDT

Iraqi army soldiers stand in the ruins of the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed 25 people on Monday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. Sunni extremists are suspected.

Russia Welcomes Home Its Spies -- So What Now? (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Time.com - The Russian agents exposed by the FBI have returned home to film premier invites and sing-a-longs with Putin. But how will they get back to life after spying?

Sarkozy vows to punish Qaeda killers of Frenchman (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Michel Germaneau, the late French hostage, is seen in this undated handout picture released by the city of Marcoussis July 26, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed on Monday that the 78-year-old French hostage Germaneau who was held by Al Qaeda's North African wing was dead and urged French citizens to avoid travel to the Sahel region. REUTERS/Handout/Mairie de Marcoussis/Association EnmilalReuters - President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday to punish al Qaeda's north African wing for killing a 78-year-old French hostage after a commando raid in Mali failed to free him.

Rare Crusader-era fresco unveiled at Israel Museum (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:29 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, July 20, 2010, a woman passes by a rare Crusader-period fresco displayed in a new section of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The Israel Museum, Israel's largest museum and leading cultural institution, will fully reopen on July 26, 2010, following a 3 years period of reconstruction works. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - A rare Crusader-era fresco from Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane has been unveiled to the public for the first time.

Nicaragua prosecutors drop Ortega massacre case (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 05:39 PM PDT

AP - Nicaragua's attorney general has dropped a complaint against President Daniel Ortega and other former Sandinista officials in the killings of at least 64 Miskito Indians by Nicaraguan troops in the early 1980s.

Ex-Guantanamo detainee charged in native Algeria (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:19 PM PDT

AP - A former Guantanamo detainee who was transferred to his native Algeria earlier this month has been indicted, the Algiers prosecutor's office said Monday.

Japan panel moots major defence policy shift (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 05:33 PM PDT

Members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) stand to attention onboard the JS Kashima in Baltimore's Inner Harbor July 26, 2010. A government panel will recommend that Japan relax longstanding defence guidelines to prepare for AFP - A government panel will recommend that Japan relax longstanding defence guidelines to prepare for "contingencies" in the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan Strait, reports said Tuesday.

Boat of plastic bottles ends 4-month Pacific sail (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 06:30 AM PDT

David de Rothschild, front right, skipper of the Plastiki, a boat made out of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, shakes hands with Ian Kiernan, the Founder and Chairman of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World, in Sydney, Monday, July 26, 2010. The Plastiki arrives in Sydney four months after it set out from San Francisco on a journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles has completed a 4-month journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.

Commentary: For reporters, the rules at Guantanamo change daily (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 12:50 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Guantanamo's Camp Justice is a place where you can sit at your laptop or by your phone only if there's a member of the military within earshot.

Afghan Wiki Leak: Pakistan, Karzai Doubt U.S. Effectiveness (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 03:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Nobody ought to be surprised that Pakistan and Afghan President Karzai are acting at odds with U.S. strategy, because they have little faith in that strategy

Lack of Funds Hampers Global Fight Against AIDS (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 07:26 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - VIENNA, Jul 26 (IPS) - The global conference on AIDS in Vienna last week will be remembered for "Broken Promises Kill", a slogan echoed by a coalition of activists who had gathered from around the world.

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