2010年5月21日星期五

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Embassy caterer among 6 arrested in NY bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:28 PM PDT

This image taken Friday, May 21, 2010 shows the home page of the website for Hanif Rajput Catering Service. In an unusual e-mail message Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan has instructed U.S. government personnel to avoid using the Hanif Rajput Catering Service, a well-known firm that has catered events at the American embassy and other foreign missions in the capital. The email said that terrorist groups may have 'established links' to the catering company. (AP Photo/rajputcatering.com)AP - The co-owner of a catering company that organized events for the U.S. Embassy is among six men detained by Pakistan for allegedly helping the failed Times Square bombing suspect, a senior Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.

Moms leave Iran, but jailed Americans not freed (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Nora Shourd, right, mother of Sarah Shourd, Cindy Hickey, left, mother of Shane Bauer, left, and Laura Fattal, rear center left, mother of Josh Fattal, rear at left, arrive at the Imam Khomeini airport outside Tehran, to leave Iran, on Friday, May 21, 2010, as they are accompanied by Swiss ambassador to Tehran, Livia Leu Agosti, handling US interests in Iran, rear center. The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months had more time with their children on Friday after an emotional reunion a day earlier in a Tehran hotel overlooking Evin prison, where the three have been held since their arrest in July along the Iran-Iraq border. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months left for home Friday, getting one last chance to embrace their children but failing to secure their immediate release.

Autopsy: girl smothered in bed, found 9 days later (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:19 PM PDT

AP - Federal investigators say a little girl whose body was found in her bed nine days after her parents launched a wide-scale search smothered accidentally and was there the whole time police and family were hunting for her.

Facebook page that led to Pakistani ban removed (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:57 PM PDT

Pakistani women participate in a rally against a Facebook page, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 20, 2010. Pakistan government ordered Internet service providers to block the social networking site amid anger over a page that encourages users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - A Facebook page that was considered offensive to Islam and led to a Pakistani ban on the site has been removed, possibly by its creator.

Brazil orders Polish priest arrested in abuse case (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT

AP - A judge in Brazil has ordered the arrest of a Polish priest suspected of sexually abusing a teenager in a Rio de Janeiro suburb, authorities said Friday.

Germany Tries to Save the Euro -- All by Itself (Time.com)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Germany's recent moves to help stabilize the euro and motivate financial market reform have sparked criticism from Washington to Warsaw. Can Germany save the single currency and still keep its friends in Europe?

Talks bid to avert BA strike (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Passengers wait in line for delayed British Airways flights inside Heathrow Airport on May 17. BA cabin crew are set to hold a five-day strike from Monday, followed by two further five-day actions starting on May 30 and June 5, if the talks mediated by employment dispute resolution service Acas are not successful.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - British Airways and union representatives are to hold last-ditch talks Saturday in a bid to prevent a wave of strike action.

Car bomb in Shiite town near Baghdad kills 23 (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 01:25 PM PDT

A boy sprays worshippers to keep followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr cool as they attend open air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A car bomb exploded Friday at an open-air market crowded with shoppers in a Shiite town northeast of Baghdad, killing 23 people and wounding more than 50, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.

`Immediate' US aid in drug war slow to help Mexico (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 11:26 AM PDT

In this photo taken July 3, 2008, a Mexican federal police agent rappels down a helicopter during a sumulation of a police operation on the visit of Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. to the Federal Police headquarters in the Ixtapalapa section of Mexico City. The United States has spent fourteen percent of the $1.12 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to make 'an immediate and important impact' on surging drug cartel violence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The United States has spent a fraction of the $1.1 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to make "an immediate and important impact" on surging drug cartel violence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Top U.N. officials in Sudan to go to Bashir ceremony (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:26 PM PDT

Reuters - The United Nations is sending its two top officials in Sudan to the inauguration next week of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the target of an international arrest warrant, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday.

Beaten Bangladesh desperate for Shakib recovery (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:19 PM PDT

Bangladeshi cricketer Rubel Hossain tries to avoied a bouncer during a match in March 2010. Bangladesh were desperately hoping captain Shakib Al Hasan makes a speedy recovery from chickenpox after his side lost by seven wickets to England Lions on Friday.(AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Bangladesh were desperately hoping captain Shakib Al Hasan makes a speedy recovery from chickenpox after his side lost by seven wickets to England Lions on Friday.

June rate hike still an option after Canada data (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2010 10:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Canadian consumer prices rose in April and March retail sales raced past expectations, suggesting considerable strength in the economy and keeping alive the possibility of a June rate hike by the central bank.

U.S. soldiers face probe into Afghan civilian deaths (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:12 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military is investigating allegations that a small group of American soldiers deliberately killed three Afghan civilians in a series of shootings earlier this year, Western officials familiar with the case said Friday.

Russia: sanctions unlikely to delay Iran nuclear power plant (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 May 2010 09:31 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Russia may be lining up to support a US-sponsored resolution calling for tougher sanctions against Iran in the United Nations Security Council, but that does not seem likely to interfere with key deals between Iran and Russia. Russian contractors will likely complete construction of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, it was announced this week, and Russia may continue to sell sophisticated arms to the Islamic Republic.

Russia and China O.K. with Diplomacy-Sanctions Tracks for Iran? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Russia and China's support for sanctions, despite a Turkish-Brazilian fuel-swap deal with Tehran, suggests they have accepted the Obama Administration's two-track approach. But it contains many risks

Gay Malawians Sentenced 14 Years (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 21 May 2010 03:51 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - LILONGWE, May 21 (IPS) - Rejecting the argument that the arrest and trial of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga amounted to a violation of their rights to freedom of concsience and expression as protected by Malawi's constitution, Blantyre chief resident magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwa Usiwa sentenced the two men to 14 years hard labour for "unnatural acts" and "gross indecency".

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