2010年8月13日星期五

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Peruvian prosecutor wants Berenson back in prison (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 03:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2010 file photo, U.S. activist Lori Berenson sits in a car after leaving prison on parole in Lima.  A leading prosecutor in Peru said on Friday Aug. 13, 2010 that he will argue that a court should revoke Berenson's parole and send her back to prison to finish her 20-year sentence for aiding the leftist rebel Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)AP - A Peruvian prosecutor said Friday he will ask a court to revoke the parole of American activist Lori Berenson and send her back to prison to finish her 20-year sentence for aiding leftist rebels.


Police: Israeli also suspect in stabbing in Israel (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Elias Abuelazam, 33, attends an extradition hearing in Fulton County Superior Court on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, in Atlanta. Abuelazam, an Israeli citizen, is suspected in several stabbing attacts in Michigan, Ohio and Virginia. He was arresting at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport before boarding a flight to Israel.(AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, Pool)AP - The man accused of going on a three-state stabbing spree in the United States was also a suspect in a stabbing near his hometown in Israel. But what drove Elias Abuelazam remains a mystery: Relatives describe a shy man from a respected family who had recently become despondent.


Pakistan floods fail to spark strong global aid (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Pakistani flood affected villagers move to safer areas in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Fever, stomach problems and skin diseases are spreading among Pakistani flood victims, officials said Friday, adding another dimension of danger to a crisis that could get even worse, with the U.N. warning that dams in the south may burst.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - The global aid response to the Pakistan floods has so far been much less generous than to other recent natural disasters — despite the soaring numbers of people affected and the prospect of more economic ruin in a country key to the fight against Islamist extremists.


Tamils cram on ship, seeking asylum in Canada (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Migrants look over the side of the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, British Columbia, Canada on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.  The small cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base on Friday after a grueling three-month journey. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has said 490 are onboard and said the vessel MV Sun Sea has declared them to be refugees. But he said the government has concerns that there may be members of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers, on board. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)AP - At sea for three crowded and grueling months, hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka sought refuge in Canada on Friday when their rusty, ramshackle cargo ship finally edged just after sunrise into the shelter of a naval port.


Huge protest after police kill 4 in Indian Kashmir (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 09:28 AM PDT

A masked Kashmiri protester holds a brick before throwing it at Indian paramilitary soldiers during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)AP - Tens of thousands of Kashmiris staged angry street demonstrations Friday after government forces killed four people and injured 31 others during the latest unrest against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region.


Exclusive: How S. Korea's naval ship really sank (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:15 PM PDT

File photo of a giant floating crane lifting the stern of the South Korean warship. The 1,200-tonne patrol combat corvette PCC-772 Cheonan was split in two by a big external explosion. North Korea attacked a South Korean warship after the South balked at its request for economic aid in return for a proposed summit, a report said Monday.(AFP/File/Hong Jin-Hwan)Time.com - Despite North Korea's denials and the skepticism of South Korean politicians, Seoul has insisted that Pyongyang sank the Cheonan. Now it has an internationally vetted technical report to back up its claims


One dead, three injured in Dutch bus accident: officials (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:52 PM PDT

French firefighters carry an injured person out of a Eurolines bus from the Netherlands which crashed on highway A2 near Crespin, northern France. At least one person died and five were badly injured.(AFP/Francois Lo Presti)AFP - A Eurolines bus from the Netherlands ran off a motorway in northern France Friday, leaving at least one person dead and three others seriously injured, rescue officials said.


Lebanon TV stations scrap controversial Jesus show (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:07 AM PDT

Catholic Maronite Archbishop Bechara el-Rai, gestures during a press conference against the airing of a program about Jesus on two Shiite Muslim TV stations, including Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV, at a Catholic Maronite center, in Beirut's northern suburb of Jal el-Deeb, Lebanon, Friday Aug. 13, 2010. Two Shiite Muslim television stations announced Friday that they have stopped airing a program about Jesus after many Christians in the country criticized the work that refers to Jesus as a prophet. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Two Shiite Muslim television stations in Lebanon canceled a controversial program about Jesus on Friday, saying they do not want to stir up sectarian conflict in the country.


Cuba to free 6 more political prisoners into exile (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:45 PM PDT

AP - Cuba's Roman Catholic Church on Friday revealed the names of six more political prisoners to be released into exile in Spain under a sweeping agreement with President Raul Castro's government.

Nigeria's head party OKs incumbent's election run (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 10:27 AM PDT

AP - Nigeria's ruling party says President Goodluck Jonathan can run in next year's election, despite an informal agreement calling for a candidate from the country's Muslim north.

Hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers land in Canada (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Two Canadian navy tugboats (back) guide MV Sun Sea, suspected of carrying 490 Tamil migrants, into dock at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in British Columbia.(AFP/Keith Vass)AFP - Hundreds of Tamils seeking asylum from Sri Lanka sailed into Canada on Friday under the scrutiny of authorities, who vowed to screen out Tiger rebels after charges that the country is too welcoming.


Migrant boat lands in Canada, refugee debate flares (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian authorities unloaded a cramped cargo ship on Friday of nearly 500 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka whose arrival has sparked a national debate over the country's immigration and refugee laws.

Labor has big poll lead before Australia election (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia's ruling Labor party has a commanding lead over the conservative opposition a week before a general election, a poll published on Saturday showed, reversing the position of the past two weeks.

Pakistan flood crisis raises fears of country's collapse (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 03:28 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The humanitarian and economic disaster caused by the worst floods in Pakistan's history could spark political unrest that could destabilize the government, dealing a major blow to the Obama administration's efforts to fight violent Islamic extremism.

Repercussions of an Israeli attack on Iran (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 02:23 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - If Israel is likely to decide to attack Iran next summer, as argued in an Atlantic Monthly story by Jeffrey Goldberg out this week, the big question is, what happens in the aftermath?

Why Germany Is a Nation in Conflict (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Why Germany Is a Nation in Conflict

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