2010年6月10日星期四

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Taiwan TV: Chen's sentence cut to 20 years (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:10 PM PDT

Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian waves on his arrival at the Taiwan High Court in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, June 11, 2010. The court was to decide Friday whether to reverse or otherwise modify Chen's conviction on corruption charges, the latest chapter in the former leader's efforts to clear his name. (AP Photo/Chen Shin-han, Pool) (AP Photo/POOL)AP - Taiwan's High Court rejected former President Chen Shui-bian's appeal of his conviction on graft charges Friday, but cut his life sentence to 20 years, TV stations reported.

Grisly Afghan attack claims 40 lives, raises fear (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 02:02 PM PDT

An Afghan walks in front of a house damaged in a blast during a wedding in Kandahar's Argandab district Thursday, June 10, 2010. Scores were killed when a blast ripped through a wedding party in Kandahar province's Argandab district late Wednesday, killing 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials said. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said the explosion was a suicide attack. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Body parts in trees. Mud walls flattened. Corpses riddled with ball bearings.

Pope defends celibacy for priests at Vatican rally (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 06:25 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to celebrate the end of the Church's year of the priest, Thursday, June 10, 2010. Thousands of priests from around the world have massed in Rome in one of the largest such gatherings ever in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI amid the clerical abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended celibacy for priests as a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world Thursday, insisting on a church tradition that has increasingy come under scrutiny amid the clerical sex abuse scandal.

Mexico officials backtrack on explosives claim (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 06:24 PM PDT

An alleged regional leader of the Zetas drug gang, Hector Raul Luna Luna, is presented to the press by soldiers in Mexico City, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The military announced Wednesday the capture of Luna, Zetas' purported regional leader for the northern city of Monterrey. The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Luna was responsible for assaults on Mexican soldiers and a 2008 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, in which a grenade was thrown at the building but failed to explode. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - Mexican officials on Thursday rejected claims that the nation's navy had seized a cache of powerful explosives in a boarding house in the nation's capital.

Cavernous Guatemala sinkhole prompts evacuations (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 06:08 PM PDT

AP - A massive sinkhole that gulped down a clothing factory and an entire intersection in Guatemala's capital is mystifying geologists who have yet to figure out what caused it.

Dutch Election: Voters Opt for Austerity (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 07:35 PM PDT

Time.com - In the run-up to the Dutch election on Wednesday, immigration seemed to dominate the issues. But on the day, voters instead handed power to a party pledging massive cuts and a balanced budget

Australia bank on young pack in England rugby Test (AFP/File)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 07:52 PM PDT

Wallaby winger Digby Ioane (left) runs in a try as team-mate Matt Giteau watches during the Australia vs Fiji rugby union Test in Canberra, on June 5. England will be out to capitalise on Australia's inexperienced front row when the two sides clash in their rugby union Test at Subiaco Oval on Saturday.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP/File - England will be out to capitalise on Australia's inexperienced front row when the two sides clash in their rugby union Test at Subiaco Oval on Saturday.

US to close base near camp housing Iranian exiles (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo made on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen at a rally in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad. Iraq's two largest Shiite political blocs have named their new alliance in a first official step toward cementing its chance to set up the next government. Negotiator and lawmaker Khaled Attia said Thursday June 10 that the deal between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition and the conservative Shiite Iraqi National Alliance will be called the 'United Alliance.' (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani,File)AP - The U.S. military will relinquish control of a base near a compound housing an Iranian opposition group next month, a move that will close a chapter on one of the most intractable issues in U.S.-Iraqi relations.

Brazil Green Party picks ex-environment minister (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 06:26 PM PDT

Presidential candidate Marina Silva gestures at the Green Party national convention in Brasilia, Thursday, June 10, 2010. Silva, a former environment minister, accepted the Green Party nomination for presidential candidate ahead of Brazil's Oct. 3 presidential elections. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil's Green Party has tapped a renowned environmentalist as its candidate for October's presidential elections.

Gulf oil spill, Haiti, Darfur: Hollywood stars rush to do their bit (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 04:49 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As solutions to the Gulf oil spill elude top experts, at least two events are reassuringly predictable: congressional hearings and the appearance of Hollywood celebrities once the cameras begin to roll.

Taiwan court cuts ex president's jail term (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:03 PM PDT

Taiwan's high court Friday reduced the sentence of former president Chen Shui-bian (pictured at Taiwan's high court in Taipei on June 11, 2010) from life to 20 years in jail, for corruption.(AFP/Pool/Chen Hsin-Han)AFP - Taiwan's high court Friday reduced former president Chen Shui-bian's life sentence for corruption to 20 years in jail, a court official told AFP.

Chicago ends 49 years of Stanley Cup hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Reuters - The Chicago Blackhawks ended 49 years of Stanley Cup frustration with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday that clinched the National Hockey League's best-of-seven championship series.

McChrystal: Kandahar operation 'will happen more slowly' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:27 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Amid a spike in Afghan and American deaths in southern Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top NATO commander in the country, conceded Thursday that the military push to secure the Taliban's spiritual capital will take longer than anticipated.

US Border Patrol shooting (new video) threatens Mexico drug war cooperation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 04:15 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico and the US have worked tirelessly to bolster bilateral trust, particularly as they fight against drug traffickers that have wreaked havoc across Mexico. On Thursday, the US announced some 400 arrests in the US as the culmination of a two-year effort to bust Mexican drug cartels.

As Economy Improves, China Labor Unrest Is Growing (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 07:35 PM PDT

Time.com - When the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, one oft-cited fearwas that factory layoffs in China would lead to social unrest. Thatdidn't happen, but now that Chinese growth has rebounded, workers aren't so patient

Somali, with AIDS: 'You Find Out Very Quickly Who Your Friends Are' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 12:21 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, June 10 (IRIN/PlusNews) - In Somalia's conservative Muslim society it is extremely rare for someone living with HIV to speak out about their status, and even more so for a woman. But Halima*, a Somali refugee in Kenya and a mother of four in her fifties, told IRIN her story, which is also part of a recent IRIN Radio Somali programme.

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