2010年3月22日星期一

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Development bank forgives $479 million Haiti debt (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Interior view of the destroyed Episcopal Cathedral Sainte-Trinite in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 18, 2010. The cathedral was destroyed in the January 12 earthquake. Former US presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will seek to reassure Haitians with a visit Monday that the world has not forgotten them after the disastrous earthquake 10 weeks ago.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)AP - The Inter-American Development Bank said Monday it has agreed to forgive $479 million in debts owed by quake-ravaged Haiti.

Presidents Bush, Clinton visit devastated Haiti (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:39 PM PDT

Former US Presidents Bill Clinton (R) and George W. Bush listen as US President Barack Obama speaks about relief efforts following the earthquake in Haiti, during a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2010. The former presidents will seek to reassure Haitians with a visit Monday that the world has not forgotten them.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton clasped hands with residents of one of Haiti's massive tent cities Monday on a tour of its quake-devastated capital — a visit intended to remind donors of the immense needs facing the recovery effort.

German diocese say 6 accused over abuse (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 11:27 AM PDT

A woman holds rosary beads during a Sunday mass in a Church in Armagh, Northern Ireland, March 21, 2010. The Vatican has to take cases of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy more seriously, the abbot of a Swiss monastery at the centre of an abuse scandal told a Swiss Sunday paper. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/FilesAP - Four priests and two nuns in the Regensburg diocese are under investigation for sexual abuse allegations, the diocese said Monday, as a wider picture began to emerge of incidents decades ago in the pope's native Bavaria.

UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 09:30 AM PDT

An Indian village boy runs through a parched field on World Water Day in Berhampur, Orissa state, India, Monday, March 22, 2010. Clean Water for a Healthy World is the theme for World Water Day 2010. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)AP - More people die from polluted water every year than from all forms of violence, including war, the U.N. said in a report Monday that highlights the need for clean drinking water.

Saudi woman blasts clerics in TV contest poem (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:27 PM PDT

AP - It was a startling voice of protest at a startling venue. Covered head-to-toe in black, a Saudi woman lashed out at hard-line Muslim clerics' harsh religious edicts in verse on live TV at a popular Arabic version of "American Idol."

Ireland: Why the Pope's Apology May Not Be Enough (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Although Benedict berated Ireland's bishops over their 'mistakes' in the sex-abuse scandal, victims' groups say he dodged the Church's own responsibility

Documents of Auschwitz death camp doctors found (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo of Wednesday April 22, 1998, young Israelis walk under the sign at Auschwitz concentration camp reading 'Arbeit Macht Frei,' (Work sets you free) during a tour of the site. A Polish court on Thursday, March 18, 2010 convicted three men of the theft of the notorious 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (Work Sets You Free) sign from the Auschwitz memorial site in December. The men, two of whom are brothers, were given prison sentences ranging from 18 months to 2½ years. (AP Photo/Jockel Finck, File)AP - Food coupons for some of the notorious Nazi doctors at the Auschwitz death camp — including perhaps the sadistic Dr. Joseph Mengele — have been found in the attic of a nearby house, where they had lain unseen for decades.

Darfur peacekeeping chief expects smooth elections (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Sudan's government representative Ghazi Salah Eddin Atabani, left, and rebel leader Al-Tijani Al-Sissi hold the documents after signing a truce in Doha Thursday March 18, 2010. Sudan's government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups have signed a cease-fire, opening the way for political negotiations ahead of a full peace agreement. (AP Photo/ Osama Faisal)AP - The head of the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur said Monday he expects Sudan's national elections next month to go smoothly in the region, despite fears of violence and calls for the poll's delay.

Sudan threatens to expel international election observers (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 01:07 PM PDT

A Sudanese election official shows photographers his electoral campaign T-shirt with Arabic writing on it AFP - Sudan threatened Monday to expel foreign observers after rejecting their call to delay the country's first multi-party polls in 24 years over concerns about the way they are being organised.

China media accuse Google of violating promises (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:46 PM PDT

AP - Reacting quickly to Google Inc.'s decision to stop censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland, China is accusing the company of violating written promises.

Canada watchdog says cable firms should pay for TV (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's broadcast regulator threw its weight on Monday behind the idea of cable and satellite operators paying private television networks for their signals, as in the United States, but stopped short of imposing such a system immediately.

Power cut, roofs collapse in major Australia storm (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:22 PM PDT

AP - A major storm has caused widespread flooding, collapsed roofs and power cuts to 150,000 customers in the western Australian city of Perth.

Detainee abused at Guantanamo ordered freed (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - A federal judge on Monday ordered the Pentagon to release a long-held Mauritanian captive held at Guantanamo Bay who was once considered such a high-value detainee that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld designated him for "special interrogation techniques."

Haiti races to house post-quake homeless before the rainy season (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 02:00 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When Aleksandre Radosavcec landed in Haiti just two weeks after the Jan. 12 earthquake, he immediately headed to ground zero. As a longtime disaster relief specialist with Danish People's Aid (DPA), he knew the drill for such emergencies. Within days he'd set up a small office, rented a cellar for living space, and begun to assess what needed to be done, especially before Haiti's rainy season begins in April.

Stakes Rise as U.S. and Russia Stall Over Nukes (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - With an NPT review conference looming, Washington and Moscow will struggle to strengthen rules against others going nuclear if they can't agree to limit their own arsenals

CHINA: State Media Pushing for a Global Voice (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:12 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - BEIJING, Mar 22 2010 (IPS) - Expanded overseas bureaus, more Chinese and foreign-language editorial products reaching global audiences and now, a reformatting of the country’s most widely read English-language newspaper. These are signs of the expansion of China's state media, one that President Hu Jintao has described as an "increasingly fierce struggle in the domain of news and opinion".

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