2010年8月19日星期四

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Pakistan leader says militants could exploit flood (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Flood survivors negotiate a flooded road at Muzaffargarh, in central Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. The floods have affected 20 million people and about one-fifth of Pakistan's territory, straining its civilian government as it struggles against al-Qaida and Taliban violence. Aid groups and the United Nations have complained foreign donors have not been quick or generous enough given the scale of the disaster. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - Islamist terrorists may exploit the chaos and misery caused by the floods in Pakistan to gain new recruits, the country's president warned Thursday — remarks echoed by a leading U.S. senator who said America would stand by its vital wartime ally during the crisis.


US officials: Mideast talks may start soon (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Palestinian boys cool off in the water of a natural spring known as Ein al-Sultan, near the West Bank city of Jericho August 19, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - The Obama administration said Thursday it is near to securing an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks. Some U.S. officials said an announcement could be imminent.


UN seen meeting aid goal for flood-hit Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:27 PM PDT

Pakistani flood survivors demand help from a soldier in Jampur near Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Islamist terrorists may exploit the chaos and misery caused by the floods in Pakistan to gain new recruits, the country's president said Thursday. Asif Ali Zardari's remarks were echoed by U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who toured some of the worst hit areas and visited a relief camp alongside the president. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - The United Nations appeared to have met its target of $460 million in immediate aid for flood-stricken Pakistan on Thursday after the U.S. and other nations significantly upped their pledges.


NY mosque imam in Mideast for outreach tour (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:07 PM PDT

FILE - This May 25, 2010, file photo shows Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, addressing a gathering as groups planning a proposed Islamic center, including a mosque, two blocks from the World Trade Center site to be named Cordoba House showed and spoke about their plans for the center at a community board meeting in New York. The New York imam and his proposed mosque near ground zero are being swiftly demonized by some campaigning Republicans, without regard to facts like these: Islam is already very much a part of the World Trade Center neighborhood.  (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the Manhattan site of the Sept. 11 attacks began a U.S.-funded outreach tour of the Middle East Thursday to talk about religious tolerance in America.


Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2010 file photo, Saudi King Abdullah speaks at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon.  Saudi Arabia enforces strict Islamic law and occasionally metes out punishments based on the ancient legal code of an eye-for-an-eye. However, King Abdullah has been trying to clamp down on extremist ideology. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)AP - A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man's spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralyzing him, the brother of the victim said Thursday.


IDF on Facebook: Soldier-Prisoner Photos Embarrass Israel (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Eden Aberjil thought her days with the IDF were the time of her life -- a feeling not shared by those worried about Israel's image in the world today

London warns Libya against feting Megrahi's release (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:25 PM PDT

London warned Libya that any celebrations to mark the one-year anniversary of the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohamet al-Megrahi, seen here in 2009, would be AFP - London warned Libya that any celebrations to mark the one-year anniversary Friday of the Lockerbie bomber's release would be "tasteless, offensive and deeply insensitive".


Israel police detain fiery settler rabbi (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:38 AM PDT

AP - Police say they have detained a West Bank settler rabbi over a contentious religious book that discusses when it is permissible for Jews to kill non-Jews.

Calderon: Mexico should consider anonymous judges (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:56 PM PDT

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, center, shakes hands with politicians after the anti-crime round-table 'Dialog for Security'  in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - President Felipe Calderon said Mexico should consider appointing anonymous judges for drug trafficking trials, an unexpected proposal that he acknowledged contradicts the country's efforts to build a more open judicial system.


US senators renew call for full Lockerbie probe (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:14 PM PDT

The British and Scottish governments must back a new independent investigation into the decision to free Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, seen here in 2009, one year ago, four US senators angry over the release said Thursday.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - The British and Scottish governments must back a new independent investigation into the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber one year ago, four US senators angry over the release said Thursday.


Senator Kerry returns to Kabul for Karzai talks (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:35 PM PDT

Senator John Kerry (D-MA) (R) talks with reporters after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Influential U.S. Senator John Kerry returned abruptly to Afghanistan on Thursday to see President Hamid Karzai, seeking to press him over a four-month deadline for private security contractors to be disbanded.


Economy shows new signs of slowing (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Worse than foreseen wholesale trade and leading indicator figures on Thursday added to worries that Canada's economy is slowing, pressured by weakness in the housing sector.

Australia government lose slim lead in election: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrives at a townhall meeting as part of her election campaign in Brisbane August 18, 2010. REUTERS/Jason O'BrienReuters - Australia's Labor government has lost its lead and is now tied for support with the conservative opposition a day ahead of the country's general election, a newspaper poll showed on Friday.


Winning in Afghanistan may hinge on power of persuasion (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:54 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BABUR, Afghanistan — The American Army had arrived. Taliban fighters had been pushed on the defensive with surprising ease. With U.S. attack helicopters zipping by overhead, Babur elders gathered alongside swaths of red grapes drying in the southern Afghanistan dirt to hear from the new village rulers.

Iraq war: Last US combat brigade crosses into Kuwait (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 08:58 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The last US combat brigade crossed into Kuwait Thursday morning after a series of night maneuvers through the desert, marking a new chapter in the seven-year-conflict in which the struggle for political power has replaced direct combat.

The Caribbean Drug Kingpin Turned Porn Star (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The capture of JosÉ Figueroa-Agosto marks the fall of one of the region's most flamboyant narcotraffickers. The pornography is extra

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