2010年3月25日星期四

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Sex abuse scandal in US, Italy taints papacy (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Members of the SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priest) , display a photo of Pope Benedict XVI when he was cardinal during a press conference in front of The Vatican Thursday, March 25, 2010. Two Wisconsin bishops urged the Vatican office led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger now Pope Benedict XVI to let them conduct a church trial against a priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys, but the Vatican ordered the process halted, church and Vatican documents show. Despite the grave allegations, Ratzinger's deputy at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled that the alleged molestation had occurred too long ago and the accused priest, Rev. Lawrence Murphy, should instead repent and be restricted from celebrating Mass outside of his diocese. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Revelations that the Vatican halted the investigation of a Wisconsin priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys have eerie echoes in Italy, where 67 deaf men and women accused two dozen priests of raping and molesting children for years.

Eurozone agrees on bailout plan for Greece (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:31 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a keynote speech at the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament in Berlin. Merkel has demanded ahead of a EU summit that Greece seek rescue finance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).(DDP/AFP/Berthold Stadler)AP - Greece won a major pledge of financial support from the other countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund in a deal that aims to halt a government debt crisis undermining confidence in Europe's currency union.

Mexico arrests 'King of Heroin,' with ties to US (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PDT

Guarded by police officers, Jose Antonio Medina, aka Don Pepe, center, is presented to the press in Mexico City, Thursday, March 25, 2010. Medina was arrested in the western state of Michoacan on Wednesday and is being held for prosecution, said Ramon Pequeno, head of the anti-narcotics division of Mexico's federal police. (AP Photo)AP - Federal police have arrested Mexico's "King of Heroin," a powerful drug trafficker allegedly responsible for running thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year, authorities said Thursday.

New search starting for Air France black boxes (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PDT

Norway's Seabed Worker, one of the ships that will be used in the third search of a crashed plane's black boxes, is seen at the port of Recife, Brazil, Thursday, March 25, 2010. French investigators probing last year's mysterious crash of an Air France jet in the mid-Atlantic are gearing up for a third search for the plane's black boxes and an explanation for why it plunged into the ocean. All 228 aboard died. (AP Photo/Otavio de Souza)AP - The lead investigator of last year's Air France jetliner crash that killed 228 people off the coast of Brazil said Thursday he hopes a third search for debris and flight and data recorders will be successful and help authorities determine what happened.

Anti-Chavez TV channel owner arrested in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 03:53 PM PDT

In this photo taken June 4, 2009, the president of Globovision television channel Guillermo Zuloaga, center, surrounded by bodyguards and media, leaves the attorney general's office in Caracas, Venezuela. Zuloaga, the owner of Venezuela's only television channel that remains critical of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, was arrested on Thursday, March 25, 2010, spurring concerns among rights activists of a widening government crackdown aimed at silencing critics. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - The owner of Venezuela's only remaining TV channel that takes a critical line against President Hugo Chavez was arrested Thursday, raising concerns the government is pursuing a widening crackdown to silence opponents.

Why Sarkozy Dropped His Beloved Carbon Tax (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 01:40 PM PDT

Time.com - After his party's disastrous result in regional elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy drops his carbon tax, a policy hated by conservative voters and legislators alike

EU, U.S. aid groups to pledge about $2.7 billion for Haiti (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Reuters - More than $2.7 billion in pledges of aid to help earthquake-wracked Haiti recover and rebuild will be made next week by the European Union and a coalition of U.S.-based humanitarian groups at a U.N. conference.

Iraq's tight race prompts warnings of violence (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 02:16 PM PDT

VIDEO - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi are running neck-and-neck in Iraq's general election according to updated results which show a divide of only 40,000 votes. Duration: 00:45(AFP)AP - Iraqi election results Friday will likely show a virtual tie between the two top vote-getting blocs led by the prime minister and his chief rival, a political equation that could add up to bitter political wrangling and risk re-igniting violence.

US senator says Cuba could help end travel ban (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:55 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. senator urged Cuba on Thursday to free a jailed American contractor to help persuade Congress to lift a travel ban that ended American tourism to the Caribbean island in 1962.

Iraqi foreign minister walks out of Libya meeting (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 01:22 PM PDT

Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari, center left and Kuwaiti foreign minister Mohammed al Sabah, center right are flaked by journalists while leaving after attending an Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting in preparation for the upcoming Arab League Summit in Sirte, Libya Thursday, March 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari briefly walked out Thursday of an Arab League ministerial meeting held in Libya to protest against Moammar Gadhafi's declared support for Saddam Hussein loyalists, delegates said.

Takahashi wins figure skating gold for Japan (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:18 PM PDT

Japan's Daisuke Takahashi celebrates after his performance during the Men Free Skating competition of the World Figure Skating Championships at the Palavela ice rink in Turin.(AFP/Damien Meyer)AFP - Daisuke Takahashi created history again on Thursday when he was crowned Japan's first men's world figure skating champion.

Struggling Ontario delays balanced budget goal (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 03:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Ontario's government said on Thursday it would run budget deficits most of this decade and plans to increase spending on infrastructure, healthcare and education to help offset the recent recession's impact on its export-oriented economy.

Police in Australia investigated for racist e-mail (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 05:58 AM PDT

AP - About 100 Australian police are being investigated for circulating racist and pornographic e-mails via the internal police e-mail system, and one officer involved in the scandal has committed suicide, a top official said Thursday.

Mexico bristles as some U.S. states relax marijuana laws (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 03:15 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — As more U.S. states permit medical marijuana, and California considers legalizing cannabis sales to adults, Mexico is voicing irritation at the gap between drug laws north and south of the border and saying it undercuts the battle against Mexico's violent drug cartels.

Saudi Arabia announces arrest of 110 Al Qaeda suspects (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:31 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Saudi Arabia said it has detained more than 110 suspected militants sponsored by Al Qaeda’s branch in neighboring Yemen, including a dozen men allegedly plotting suicide attacks on the Kingdom’s oil installations.

Pope, Wisconsin Deaf Abuse Victims: Vatican Slams Report (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 01:40 PM PDT

Time.com - The Vatican has gone into overdrive to stanch the damage from the Milwaukee sex-abuse allegations that have drawn in Pope Benedict XVI

Egyptian steel barrier tests Gazan mettle (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:09 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - GAZA CITY, 25 March 2010 (IRIN) - Egypt's imminent completion of an above-and-below-ground steel barrier along its border with the Gaza Strip is putting Gazans on edge: How will they survive without the huge trade conducted via underground tunnels?

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