2010年5月11日星期二

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Chilean police detain Pakistani in US Embassy (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:47 PM PDT

Police leave the residence of Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman in downtown Santiago, late Monday, May 10, 2010. Rehman was detained Monday by US embassy security and handed over to police after embassy detectors were set off by traces of bomb-making substances on Rehman's belongings as he entered the embassy. Rehman is in preventive detention pending a decision on whether to press charges. (AP Photo/Felipe Fredes, La Tercera) CHILE OUT - NO USAR EN CHILEAP - Traces of explosives were found on a Pakistani man who was summoned to the U.S. Embassy because his U.S. visa had been revoked, authorities said Tuesday, and a Chilean judge ordered him held in a high-security prison under anti-terrorism laws.

Pope: Church's own sins to blame in sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:04 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI talks to journalists during a press conference aboard the airplane, Tuesday, May 11, 2010, on the way to Lisbon for his four day visit to Portugal. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - In his most thorough admission of the church's guilt in the clerical sex abuse scandal, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday the greatest persecution of the institution "is born from the sins within the church," and not from a campaign by outsiders.

Drifting satellite threatens US cable programming (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:57 PM PDT

AP - A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the satellites' owners said Tuesday.

Poor get better health care in post-quake Haiti (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT

In this May 7, 2010 photo, doctors look at an X-ray using sunlight coming through a door's window in an emergency room at the General Hospital of Port-au-Prince. From cracked hospitals to tent-camp clinics, aid groups are working furiously to treat patients amid failing generators and disappearing supplies while simultaneously struggling to build institutions from the rubble. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - The 6-month-old baby boy was rushed to the field hospital near death in a donated ambulance, his body trembling in shock.

Coalition of Conservatives, Lib Dems Yields PM Cameron (Time.com)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Five days after the election, Britain finally has its new government, with Prime Minister David Cameron leading a coalition between his Conservatives and Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats

Muhammad cartoonist 'head-butted' during lecture (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:20 PM PDT

File - Swedish artist Lars Vilks talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Stockholm, Sweden, in this Wednesday March 10 2010 file photo. The artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was assaulted Tuesday May 11 2010 while giving a university lecture about the limits of artistic freedom. Vilks told The Associated Press a man in the front row ran up to him and head-butted him during a lecture, breaking his glasses but leaving him uninjured. It wasn't immediately clear what happened to the attacker. (AP Photo / Bertil Ericson, Scanpix, file) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was assaulted as furious protesters interrupted his university lecture about the limits of free speech.

14th-century aqueduct found in Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:04 PM PDT

Israeli archaeologist Yahiel Zelinger, shows a section of the 14th-century aqueduct near Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday May 11, 2010. Archeologists say they have uncovered a 14th-century aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem for almost 600 years. But unlike most such finds, this time experts knew exactly where to look. Photographs from the late 19th century showed the aqueduct in use by the city's Ottoman rulers, nearly 600 years after its construction in 1320.(AP Photo / Bernat Armangue)AP - Archeologists said Tuesday they have uncovered a 14th-century aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem for almost 600 years along a route dating back to the time of Jesus — but unlike most such finds, this time the experts knew exactly where to look.

Argentine minister testifies against dictatorship (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:17 PM PDT

AP - Argentina's foreign minister testified Tuesday as a witness in a trial involving crimes against humanity inside a prison where he and other political prisoners were held during the military dictatorship.

Nigerians reject Pfizer payout over drug trial: lawyers (AFP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Pparents and their deaf and dumb children holding placards, explaining their grief or situation, outside the Kano High Court in 2008, waiting for government lawyers to start criminal proceedings against US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer. Nigerian families have refused 35 million dollars in compensation from US firm Pfizer over a drug trial blamed for children's deaths due to a DNA testing dispute.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian families have refused 35 million dollars in compensation from US firm Pfizer over a drug trial blamed for children's deaths due to a DNA testing dispute, their lawyers said Tuesday.

Australia, Sri Lanka into World Twenty20 semis (AFP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT

Australian bowler Shane Watson celebrates after taking West Indies' last wicket of West Indies batsman Sulieman Benn during the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match between West Indies and Australia at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia. Australia and Sri Lanka both qualified for the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 after Australia beat the West Indies by six wickets.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Australia and Sri Lanka both qualified for the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 after Australia beat the West Indies by six wickets in a Super Eights match here on Tuesday, a result that knocked the hosts out of the tournament.

Video: Aussie father clasps infant as car hits (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 06:44 AM PDT

AP - Dramatic video footage has emerged of a father saving his infant son by clutching steadfastly to him as a car strikes the man.

Report: Afghan army riddled with corruption and feuding (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 May 2010 03:37 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Afghan National Army, a pillar of the U.S. strategy for stabilizing Afghanistan and withdrawing U.S. troops next year, is riddled with corruption, ethnic friction and rivalries among its highest leaders that are hampering its ability to fight the Taliban-led insurgency, according to a new study.

In the Philippines, a Landslide Victory for the Aquino Dynasty (Time.com)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Noynoy Aquino, whose father was a preeminent martyr and his mother the country's most beloved political saint, becomes President of the impoverished nation

New Beginning for Sri Lanka? (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 11 May 2010 06:22 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - COLOMBO, May 11 (IPS) - For a country that has had quite a few run-ins with global giants in the diplomatic arena, the last fortnight has witnessed somewhat of a turnaround for Sri Lanka.

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