2010年6月7日星期一

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Dutch murder suspect shows different faces on TV (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:31 PM PDT

Joran Van der Sloot (C) of the Netherlands is escorted by Peruvian police officers at the police headquarters in Lima June 5, 2010. Chile on Friday deported to Peru Van der Sloot who is wanted for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in Lima and has been linked to the 2005 disappearance of an American teenage girl in Aruba. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (PERU - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Joran van der Sloot can be charming, angry, deceitful, tearful. The young Dutchman has been all that and more, playing out his troubled drama on TV over the five years since he came under suspicion in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

10 NATO troopers killed on deadly Afghan day (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Canadian soldiers with 1st RCR Battle Group, The Royal Canadian Regiment, get ready to reinforce troops after one of their comrades got injured by an IED blast during a patrol outside Salavat, in the Panjwayi district, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, June 7, 2010. IEDs have been the single biggest cause of death among Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Seven out of nine Canadian deaths this year were the result of IED blasts. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Ten NATO service members, seven of them American, were killed in separate attacks Monday on the deadliest day of the year for foreign forces in Afghanistan. A U.S. civilian contractor who trains Afghan police also died in a suicide attack.

Indian court convicts 7 in Bhopal gas disaster (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 08:29 AM PDT

Elderly survivors hold posters as they wait for the verdict in the premises of Bhopal court in Bhopal, India, Monday, June 7, 2010. The court on Monday convicted seven former senior employees of Union Carbide's Indian subsidiary of 'death by negligence' for their roles in the Bhopal gas tragedy that left an estimated 15,000 people dead more than a quarter century ago in the world's worst industrial disaster. (AP Photo/Prakash Hatvalne)AP - A court Monday convicted seven former senior employees of Union Carbide's Indian subsidiary of "death by negligence" for their roles in the 1984 leak of toxic gas that killed an estimated 15,000 people in the world's worst industrial disaster.

Egypt to keep open border with impoverished Gaza (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:34 PM PDT

A mourner touches the body of Palestinian militant Ibrahim Al-Wahidi, 25, at a Gaza City mosque, wrapped in a Fatah group flag, prior to his funeral procession, Monday, June 7, 2010. Al-Wahidi along with 3 other comrades in diver suits from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades — the remnants of a violent offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction — were killed by Israeli forces in the waters off Gaza , before dawn Monday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - After three years of cooperating in the Israeli blockade of Gaza, Egypt said Monday that it will leave its border with the Palestinian territory open indefinitely for humanitarian aid and restricted travel.

Foreign firms in Haiti ready for construction boom (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:12 PM PDT

A bulldozer removes debris from homes destroyed by the Jan. 12 earthquake, as people search for pieces of metal to sell in Port-au-Prince, Monday, June 7, 2010. Not one major reconstruction contract has been awarded nearly six months after the devastating quake, but many foreign firms have set up shop in Haiti in preparation for the day when the pledged international support, some $10 billion over the next decade, starts going up for bid. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Like a small-town booster, Randall Perkins proudly shows off his base camp: air-conditioned bedrooms and offices for 120 managers, a mess hall that can serve 1,000 meals a day, a gym and an infirmary alongside his bulldozers and dump trucks.

Afghanistan: Looking for a Few Good Cops in Marjah (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - The hope was to find 80 recruits for the district's first police force. No one showed up till the last day. Now 11 locals are headed for police academy

Gladiator graveyard discovered in northern England (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:17 PM PDT

In this image provided by Channel 4 on June 6, 2010, a skeleton unearthed at a building site in York, England, is shown. Archaeologists said Monday that 80 headless skeletons excavated from the building site appear to be the remains of Roman gladiators. (AP Photo/Channel 4 via Press Association) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, MAGS OUT **AP - Dozens of headless skeletons excavated from a northern English building site appear to be the remains of Roman gladiators, one of whom had bites from a lion, tiger, bear or other large animal, archaeologists said Monday.

Iran TV shows video said to be missing scientist (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:25 PM PDT

AP - Iranian state television showed a video Monday of a man it identified as a missing nuclear scientist, who said he had been abducted and taken to the United States.

55 bodies recovered from old silver mine in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:42 PM PDT

Mexican army soldiers stand guard next to a tunnel at the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, June 4, 2010. According to the army, the 500 feet long tunnel was used to smuggle people and drugs into the US, and one person was detained during the operation. (AP Photo)AP - At least 55 bodies have been recovered from an abandoned silver mine that became a dumping ground for apparent victims of Mexico's drug violence, authorities said Monday.

Nigerian leader lauds Bill Gates on polio, healthcare (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:40 PM PDT

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (R) shakes hands with the President of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, at the presidential villa, Aso Rock in Abuja. Jonathan mat Gates and hailed the contributions he and his wife have made to healthcare delivery in Nigeria and around the world.(AFP/Wole Emmanuel)AFP - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met Microsoft founder Bill Gates and hailed the contributions he and his wife have made to healthcare delivery in Nigeria and around the world.

US baffled by Pyongyang's political reshuffle (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:28 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C) visits the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm in Pyongyang. The US State Department was Monday perplexed by changes in the North Korean power structure, after Pyongyang's parliament promoted the powerful brother-in-law of leader Kim Jong-Il.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)AFP - The US State Department was Monday perplexed by changes in the North Korean power structure, after Pyongyang's parliament promoted the powerful brother-in-law of leader Kim Jong-Il.

Summit costs hit Conservative backing: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Public support for the ruling Conservatives is dropping amid controversy over how much a pair of big international summits will cost, and the party might not win a viable minority government if an election were held now, according to a poll released on Monday.

Australian PM could lose looming election: polls (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:36 AM PDT

Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd could lose elections later this year after a dramatic fall in support, two new opinion polls found on Monday, putting pressure on the government to reach a deal on its new mining tax.

Civilian toll of Iranian raids in northern Iraq enrages Kurds (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:35 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SULEIMANIYAH, Iraq — Outrage is growing in Iraq's northern Kurdish territories over renewed Iranian air and artillery strikes against Kurdish rebels in the remote Qandil Mountains, officials and residents said.

Border mediation with Slovenia could help Croatia join European Union (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:32 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A tiny spat over a sliver of sea that has been a major irritant between Slovenia and Croatia since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 now looks set to be arbitrated by international jurists, unblocking Croatia’s stalled bid to join the European Union.

Israel Faces Calls for a New Strategy on Gaza, Hamas (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Western powers are pressing Israel to abandon the strategy of throttling Gaza's economy, but that could require re-examining their own refusal to deal with Hamas

Ethiopia Govt Denies Manipulating Food Aid (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:30 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - ADDIS ABABA, June 7 (IRIN) - After harvesting just 50kg of grain last year from his tiny plot in an arid corner of Ethiopia's Amhara region, Asmenaw Keflegn knew he would have to ask for help. But when the 44-year-old member of the opposition All Ethiopia Unity Party asked his village chairman to put him on a list of those eligible for emergency food aid from foreign donors, he was refused. The chairman told him, "Let the party that you belong to give you aid."

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