2010年5月20日星期四

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Bangkok counts its losses after downtown rioting (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Firemen hose down remaining cinders in front of a collapsed section of Central World shopping mall, Thursday, May 20, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Buildings smoldered across central Bangkok early Thursday and troops exchanged sporadic fire with pockets of holdouts a day after the army routed anti-government protesters in a push to end Thailand's deadliest political violence in nearly 20 years. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - A turquoise sash on a wedding dress was the only streak of color visible in the blackened and charred shops housed inside a giant movie theater complex in downtown Bangkok. Acrid smoke rose past the cinema's large mural of the masks of comedy and tragedy.

NKorea warns of war if punished for ship sinking (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:14 PM PDT

Yoon Duk-yong, right, co-head of the team investigating the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, talks next to torpedo parts salvaged from the Yellow Sea during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Seoul Thursday, May 20, 2010. Investigators say evidence overwhelmingly proves North Korea fired a torpedo that sank a South Korean warship in March, killing 46 sailors. North Korea warned through state media that it will wage 'all-out war' if it's punished for the ship's sinking. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)AP - North Korea, accused of waging the deadliest attack on the South Korean military since the Korean War, flatly denied sinking a warship Thursday and warned that retaliation would mean "all-out war."

5 masterpieces stolen in $123M Paris museum heist (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:39 PM PDT

Police officers search for clues as they pack up the frames of the stolen paintings outside the Paris Museum of Modern Art, following the report of five paintings having been stolen, Thursday May 20, 2010. Police and prosecutors say a lone thief has stolen five paintings worth a total of Euros 500 million ($613 million), including works by Picasso and Matisse and Modigliani. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - A broken alarm system made it as easy as 1-2-3: A masked intruder clipped a padlock, smashed a window and stole a Picasso, a Matisse and three other masterpieces from a Paris museum Thursday — a $123 million haul that is one of the world's biggest art heists.

Cameron visits France on 1st foreign trip (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 01:56 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron takes a question, during the launch of the Government Programme Coalition Agreement document in London, Thursday May 20, 2010. Britain's coalition government outlined a joint legislative programme, promising support for the Afghanistan war, a new drive toward Middle East peace and a 'close and frank' relationship with the United States. Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg published details of the agreement struck between their Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties after the country's inconclusive May 6 election, in which no party won a clear majority to govern.(AP Photo/Stefan Wermuth, pool)AP - David Cameron, Britain's new prime minister, said Thursday his government will support the eurozone's efforts to control its debt crisis, but that he's glad his country uses the pound, not the euro, as its currency.

US agrees to announce missile launches (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 01:31 PM PDT

AP - The United States has agreed to notify other nations before it launches most ballistic missile tests or satellites, in a measure that builds on a landmark arms agreement with Russia and is meant to encourage Moscow to reciprocate.

Can the World's Most Isolated State Be Safe for Business? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 May 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Despite the stigma of a "Made in North Korea" label, a few enterprising foreigners want to engage the pariah state

Cameron and Sarkozy to work together on bank regulation (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:33 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and Britain's Prime minister David Cameron give a press conference after their diner at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Cameron and Sarkozy began what they called a new partnership Thursday, vowing to work together to craft new global financial regulation.(AFP/Eric Feferberg)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy began what they called a new partnership Thursday, vowing to work together to craft new global financial regulation.

Pagan altar unearthed at building site in Israel (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 11:27 AM PDT

Dr. Yigal Israel of the Israeli antiquities authority inspects an ancient pagan altar that was uncovered while clearing ground for construction of a hotly disputed hospital emergency room in Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, May 20, 2010. Israeli archaeologists say the 2,000-year old incense altar proves an ancient cemetery at the site that has been at the center of protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews does not contain the graves of Jews. (AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov)AP - Israeli archaeologists say workers have uncovered an ancient pagan altar while clearing ground for construction of a hotly disputed hospital emergency room.

6.2-magnitude quake hits Costa Rica (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:03 PM PDT

AP - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has rattled Costa Rica. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

South Africa keep their cool to sweep West Indies (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:50 PM PDT

South African cricketer Johan Botha delivers a ball during the second T20 match between West Indies and South Africa at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St John's. South Africa won by one run.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - Ryan McLaren kept his nerve in a tense final over to help South Africa formalise a one-run victory over West Indies, and sweep their two-match Twenty20 International series on Thursday.

US leads warnings to N.Korea, China seeks restraint (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:43 PM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen (R) brief reporters at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. GThe United States on Thursday warned North Korea of consequences after an investigation concluded it sank a South Korean warship, but China called for restraint amid a chrous of international outrage.(AFP/Getty Images/Win Mcnamee)AFP - The United States on Thursday warned North Korea of consequences after an investigation concluded it sank a South Korean warship, but China called for restraint amid a chrous of international outrage.

Protesters take aim at Canada G20, G8 summits (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadians got a taste this week of how far activists might go to protest against next month's G20 summit in Toronto, with the firebombing of a local bank branch in the nation's capital.

Ramos-Horta says East Timor finds peace at last (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 09:08 AM PDT

East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta is interviewed by journalists at the presidential palace in Dili during the independence day celebrations. Ramos-Horta said his young country had finally achieved peace and could look forward to prosperity as it celebrated eight years of independence from Indonesia on Thursday.(AFP/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)AFP - East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta said his young country had finally achieved peace and could look forward to prosperity as it celebrated eight years of independence from Indonesia on Thursday.

Families of Iraqi prisoners who suffocated in truck allege torture (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:34 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — The corpses of at least three of the six Sunni Muslim detainees who died while in Iraqi government custody earlier this month showed signs of torture, their families said Thursday as they vowed revenge at emotionally charged funerals.

Striking workers, but no riots this time, in protests over Greece debt bailout (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 May 2010 12:27 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Tens of thousands of striking workers marched in central Athens Thursday to protest austerity measures adopted by the government to pay for the Greece debt bailout, a day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that European Union's common currency is experiencing an “existential" crisis.

Dealing With Tehran: The Return of Diplomacy (Time.com)

Posted: 20 May 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The U.S. has had something of a diplomatic success. But Iran still has nuclear ambitions

Thai Civil War Can't Be Won with Bullets and Tear Gas (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:33 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (New America Media) - Here's a crucial lesson for the current Thai regime. It's far easier to gun down peasants armed with bamboo spears, slingshots and Molotov cocktails on the streets of Bangkok than it is to win the hearts and minds of the increasingly restless peasantry that make up the majority of the country.

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