2010年3月30日星期二

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Colombian rebels free soldier held for 12 years (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:37 PM PDT

Colombian soldier Pablo Emilio Moncayo (C) stands with his father Gustavo Moncayo and mother Stella after his arrival in Florencia March 30, 2010. Colombian rebels on Tuesday freed a hostage soldier they had held in secret camps for more than 12 years after guerrillas overran his army base at the height of the conflict, the Red Cross said. A Red Cross mission flew into the southern jungles and was returning with Moncayo, 32, who was a teenager when captured and become a symbol of those left behind in the waning war against Latin America's longest-running insurgency.REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)AP - A Colombian soldier held hostage for more than 12 years was freed by rebels Tuesday and reunited with his family, ending an ordeal that prompted his father to hike halfway across the country wearing a symbolic chain around his neck to press for his son's release.

Atom smasher will help reveal 'the beginning' (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 22, 2007 file photo, the magnet core of the world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet (CMS, Compact Muon Solenoid) is shown in Geneva, Switzerland. The world's largest atom smasher set a record for high-energy collisions on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by crashing proton beams into each other at three times more force than ever before. In a milestone in the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider's ambitious bid to reveal details about theoretical particles and microforces, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, collided the beams and took measurements at a combined energy level of 7 trillion electron volts. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)AP - The world's largest atom smasher threw together minuscule particles racing at unheard of speeds in conditions simulating those just after the Big Bang — a success that kick-started a megabillion-dollar experiment that could one day explain how the universe began.

Vatican offers 3 reasons it's not liable for abuse (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:13 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI handles a staff with crucifix during a memorial Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, Monday, March 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Dragged deeper than ever into the clerical sex abuse scandal, the Vatican is launching a legal defense that it hopes will shield the pope from a lawsuit in Kentucky seeking to have him answer attorneys' questions under oath.

Putin talks tough after Moscow subway bombings (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 01:16 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, seen during a meeting on security at transport in Moscow, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday to 'drag out of the sewer' the masterminds of the twin suicide bombing of the Moscow subway system that killed 39 people and left scores wounded. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikkolsky, Pool)AP - The old Vladimir Putin is back, confronting a terrorist attack in Moscow by using the same kind of coarse and colorful language that helped him win the presidency a decade ago.

UK lawmakers delay reform of tough libel laws (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:51 PM PDT

AP - Freedom of speech campaigners accused British lawmakers Tuesday of blocking attempts to reform the country's notoriously tough libel laws.

Giving up the search for Haiti's last lost American (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:50 PM PDT

Time.com - After more than two months, a U.S. military team gives up the search for the body of 6-year-old Lodz Annoule

Turkey asks Germany for help if EU bid stalls (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:03 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a roundtable with Turkish and German businessmen in Istanbul March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Umit BektasReuters - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan asked visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday to help Turkey if its bid for EU membership becomes deadlocked, most probably because of a dispute with Cyprus.

Iraqi PM fights to hold power, risks sectarian war (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, file)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's postelection strategy suggests he is prepared for a long and bitter fight to hold on to power, even if it alienates the country's Sunni community and risks new sectarian warfare.

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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 03:11 PM PDT

AP - Red Cross says Colombian rebels free soldier who was held hostage for more than 12 years.

Sudan elections 'rigged,' winner to be illegitimate: ICG (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 01:04 PM PDT

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, pictured in February 2010, has long been working to ensure next month's elections are rigged, making the eventual winner illegitimate, the International Crisis Group said on Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir has long been working to ensure next month's elections are rigged, making the eventual winner illegitimate, the International Crisis Group said on Tuesday.

Pakistan cricketer to marry Indian tennis star (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza smiles as she addresses media representatives at a press conference in Hyderabad on March 30, 2010. Pakistani cricket star Shoaib Malik and India's top tennis player Mirza plan to wed in a unique union bridging the two nations' bitter sporting and political divide.(AFP/Noah Seelam)AFP - Pakistani cricket star Shoaib Malik and India's top female tennis player Sania Mirza plan to wed in a unique union bridging the two nations' bitter sporting and political divide.

G8 increases pressure on Iran over nuclear program (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:28 PM PDT

Reuters - The world's leading industrial nations called on Tuesday for stronger action against Iran over its nuclear program and the United States said it was confident China would agree on the need for sanctions.

Mining titan BHP in landmark iron ore pricing move (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:55 AM PDT

File photo of a BHP Billiton operation at Roxby Downs in South Australia. Global mining giant BHP Billiton said it would now sell iron ore to most Asian steel mills on a short-term basis, scrapping an annual pricing model that provoked acute tensions with China.(AFP/BHP Billiton/File)AFP - Global mining giant BHP Billiton Tuesday said it would now sell iron ore to most Asian steel mills on a short-term basis, scrapping an annual pricing model that provoked acute tensions with China.

Iraqi artist who opposed Saddam now fights 'terrorist' label (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 03:27 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A federal judge is forcing the Department of Homeland Security to process the permanent-residency request of an Iraqi artist despite the U.S. government's claims that he could be considered a terrorist under post-Sept. 11 laws.

Beyond Haiti relief, UN looks at building outside Port-au-Prince (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 01:30 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When the international community comes together Wednesday to pledge money to help Haiti relief efforts, high on the agenda will be immediate needs, such as a push to get people into adequate housing as the rainy season nears.

Moscow Bombings: A new cycle of Chechen retaliation? (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:50 PM PDT

Special operations police, officers look at a man laying flowers near one of the entrances to the Park Kultury (Park of Culture) subway station, background, hit by an explosion, Moscow, Monday, March 29, 2010. Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow's subway system as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers Monday, killing tens of people and wounding many more, officials said and blamed the carnage on terrorists from the restive Caucasus region that includes Chechnya.(AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)Time.com - Russian President Medvedev has pledged to "liquidate" the terrorists behind the subway bombings, which could mean a return of violence to the long-troubled Caucasus region

Israel Recognising Obama Means Business (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:01 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - JERUSALEM, Mar 30 (IPS) - Against all expectations, it's becoming the forerunner of a peace plan. Indeed, it might in the end even surprise the world as Israelis and Palestinians are forced into a peace. Even if, for now, it's shaping up as anything but peaceful.

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