2010年2月11日星期四

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Iran marks revolution with crackdown on protests (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:44 PM PST

File picture shows demonstrators holding a poster of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in January 1979, in Teheran, during a demonstration against the shah. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gathered Thursday at a Tehran square to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution amid tight security and reports of opposition protesters massing on the streets(AFP/File)AP - The Iranian security forces unleashed a crushing sweep against opposition protesters on Thursday as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution to defy the West and boast his country was now a "nuclear state."

Intelligence ties between UK and US in jeopardy (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:32 PM PST

Ethiopian born former terror suspect Binyam Mohamed is pictured in central London in August, 2009. The former Guantanamo Bay inmate was shackled and warned he would AP - Intelligence ties between London and Washington have been jeopardized by a British court's disclosure that a terrorism suspect was beaten and shackled in U.S. custody, diplomats and security officials said Wednesday.

Haitian judge poised to release US missionaries (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:34 PM PST

Corinna Lankford, right, of Meridian, Idaho, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, reacts to a reporter's question while being taking back to jail with the other members of her group after a hearing at the court building in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - The 10 U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping for trying to take a busload of children out of Haiti should be released from jail while an investigation continues, a Haitian judge said Thursday, giving the Americans their best news since their arrests nearly two weeks ago.

US and Afghan troops ring Taliban stronghold (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:44 PM PST

U.S. soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, walk past a RG-31 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle as they come back after a mission west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. This unit is operating in support of a planned U.S. Marine offensive against the Taliban in Marjah area. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war.

AP Interview: Shah's son: Help Iran's reformers (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:32 PM PST

Reza Pahlavi whose father, the shah of Iran, was toppled from power 31 years ago, talks to a reporter from the Associated Press Thursday Feb. 11, 2010 in Paris. Pahlavi calls on the international community to extend a hand to the Iranian opposition with the kind of backing that ended South Africa's apartheid system or dismembered the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Reza Pahlavi, whose father, the shah of Iran, was toppled from power 31 years ago, said Thursday the international community must step up its support for Iran's opposition movement and stop focusing on the country's nuclear program.

Germany's Kidnapping Trial: Revenge of the Pensioners (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:45 PM PST

Time.com - They lost their life savings in the recession. To get revenge, prosecutorssay, a group of angry German retirees kidnapped their financial adviser andheld him hostage

Blair to "intensify" work on Mideast peace: Clinton (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:46 PM PST

Reuters - Middle East envoy Tony Blair will "intensify" his work with U.S. negotiator George Mitchell to broker peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.

Iraqi panel bars 2 Sunni politicians from election (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, an Iraqi man walks past posters with an symbolic X across for the Iraqi lawmaker Dhafir al-Ani, a Sunni politician who has been barred from running in the election because of alleged ties to the Baath party, in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq. The banner in Arabic reads, 'No for the return of the Baathists.' An Iraqi appeals panel has issued a final ruling barring two prominent Sunni politicians from running in the March elections. Ali al-Lami, director of a Shiite-led panel that has blacklisted hundreds of candidates, said Thursday he was told of the final order against Sunni lawmakers Salah al-Mutlak and Dhafir al-Ani.(AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)AP - An Iraqi panel issued a final ruling Thursday to bar two prominent Sunni politicians from running in next month's elections, a move that is likely to raise tensions between the Shiite-led government and Sunnis who claim they are being politically undermined.

Guayaquil march protests against Ecuador's gov't (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:55 PM PST

Guayaquil's opposition Mayor Jaime Nebot gives a thumbs up as he is carried by supporters at a demonstration against Ecuador's President Rafael Correa in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. The protests called by Nebot demand more money for his city's budget. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)AP - Tens of thousands of protesters crowded into downtown Guayaquil on Thursday, answering a call from the mayor of Ecuador's biggest city to demonstrate against the national government.

South Africa hails Mandela on anniversary of release (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:19 PM PST

Former South African president Nelson Mandela (L) and his wife Graca Machel in parliament gallery in Cape Town during a celebration for the 20th year of the icon's freedom from apartheid prison. President Jacob Zuma on Thursday hailed Mandela's legacy of a non-racial, unified South Africa in a state address that celebrated the 20th year of his freedom from apartheid prison.(AFP/Pool/Schalk van Zuydam)AFP - South Africa on Thursday hailed Nelson Mandela's legacy of a non-racial, unified post-apartheid nation as the country celebrated the 20th anniversary of his historic release from jail.

China urges US to cancel meeting with Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:50 PM PST

AP - China's foreign ministry has urged the United States to immediately cancel plans for President Barack Obama to meet with the Dalai Lama next week, warning the move could further hurt ties.

Australia's Aboriginal Children: A New Inquiry Begins (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST

Time.com - In the legacy of the Stolen Generation, a fresh inquiry into the child protection system in Australia's Northern Territory starts with public hearings today

Plan to build 'tolerance' museum near Muslim cemetery draws fire (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:15 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — In a last-ditch protest, some of Jerusalem's most prominent Palestinian families and the city's chief Sunni Muslim cleric petitioned the United Nations this week to stop the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center from building a "Museum of Tolerance" on the site of an ancient Muslim cemetery.

Whistler and Vancouver: a tale of two Winter Olympics (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:06 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Winter Olympics are opening tomorrow and Czech alpine skier Klara Krizova is desperate to go to the ceremonies in Vancouver. It is her first Olympics, after all.

Athlete Sex Ambiguity: IOC Seeks Gender-Testing Centers (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST

Time.com - The International Olympic Committee is struggling to draft guidelines on how to handle athletes with disorders of sex development. There may never be a satisfactory, universally useful answer

People of the Year: Ian Fry and Mohamed Nasheed (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 06:53 PM PST

OneWorld.net - for shifting the goalposts in the global climate negotiations to give people in vulnerable African and small island nations a better chance of surviving the impacts of worldwide climate change

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