2010年6月11日星期五

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Van der Sloot taken to prison on murder charge (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 05:50 PM PDT

Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, second left, is escorted by police officers in Lima, Friday, June 11, 2010. According to Peruvian police Van der Sloot has confessed to killing Peruvian citizen Stephany Flores in his Lima hotel room on May 30. (AP Photo)AP - Angry onlookers shouted "Disgrace!" and "Murderer!" at Joran van der Sloot on Friday after a judge ordered him jailed on first-degree murder and robbery charges in the beating and strangling death of a young Lima woman.

Sea of criticism for adrift young sailor's parents (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:13 PM PDT

This undated picture provided by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority via the Sunderland family on Friday, June 11, 2010 shows the 'Wild Eyes' boat of 16-year-old Southern California girl Abby Sunderland who was feared lost at sea. Searchers in an airplane spotted her vessel in an upright position and made contact with her via radio late Thursday, June 10, 2010 according to a family spokesperson. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority via the Sunderland family)AP - What were her parents thinking? Many people were asking that question as a 16-year-old girl sat adrift and alone in the frigid southern Indian Ocean, her ship's mast dashed along with her around-the-world sailing effort.

9 dead in suicide bombing east of Algiers (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 01:20 PM PDT

AP - A suicide bomber rammed a truck into the barracks of an elite police unit Friday in a village east of the capital, Algiers. At least nine people died, including four police officers and one Chinese worker.

Afghan officials: insurgency growing in southwest (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 01:05 PM PDT

In this June 9, 2010 photo, Shren Azizi, a member of the Provincial Council of Nimroz province, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. After death threats and an armed attack that killed a colleague, members of the governing council of a remote Afghan province have fled to Kabul, saying they fear more Taliban will come to their areas now that NATO is stepping up operations to the east. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The governing council of a once peaceful province in southwestern Afghanistan has fled to Kabul after the Taliban killed one of their members and threatened the others with death. They fear U.S.-led offensives to the east may simply be pushing insurgents into new areas.

No Mea Culpa, But the Pope Makes a Plea for Forgiveness (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:05 PM PDT

Time.com - His words are not new but Benedict XVI has invested them with the symbols of papal power. Does it signify new church policies going forward?

Britain honours actress Zeta-Jones, F1 racer Coulthard (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones attends an award ceremony on May 2010 in New York City. Zeta-Jones and Formula One racing driver David Coulthard were among those awarded British royal honours Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bryan Bedder)AFP - Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones and Formula One racing driver David Coulthard were among those awarded British royal honours Saturday.

Iran opposition cautious on election anniversary (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, a supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, standing next to a poster of him, whistles as she films the event with her mobile phone, amidst a festive atmosphere at an election rally at the Heidarnia stadium in Tehran, Iran. Friday June 12, 2010 marks the first anniversary of the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Photo by Ben Curtis, File)AP - The evolution of Iran's year-old opposition movement has been a study in indecision. Should it risk bloodshed and take to the streets? Is the aim to topple the ruling clerics or push for gradual reforms?

Argentina nabs alleged Colombian money launderer (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:48 PM PDT

AP - A suspected Colombian drug trafficker who operated under the radar for years in Argentina was described Friday as a ringleader capable of giving direct orders to Colombia's most-wanted cocaine kingpins and with close ties to Mexico's feared Sinaloa cartel.

Proteas rally to 352 despite Benn's five wickets (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:02 PM PDT

South African batsman AB de Villiers, seen here playing a shot, and Ashwell Prince rescued South Africa with a century partnership before the West Indies hit back, dismissing both men before tea on the second day of the opening Test on Friday.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - Half-centuries from Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, and Ashwell Prince trumped a penetrative, marathon spell of spin bowling from Sulieman Benn to put South Africa in a favourable position in the opening Test against West Indies on Friday.

Afghan attacks kill 11 civilians, three NATO soldiers (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 01:36 PM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates gives a press conference after the second day of a NATO defense ministers meeting at organization headquaters in Brussels. Eleven civilians including women and children and three NATO soldiers were killed Friday in attacks in Afghanistan, as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged patience with the war.(AFP/Georges Gobet)AFP - Eleven civilians including women and children and three NATO soldiers were killed Friday in attacks in Afghanistan, as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged patience with the war.

Canadian troops tread fine line on village patrols (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:12 AM PDT

Reuters - Canadian soldiers with night vision goggles slowly navigate through grape fields, wary of triggering booby traps planted by Taliban insurgents.

Australian woman freed, leaves Yemen with her kids (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:10 AM PDT

AP - Yemen on Friday released an Australian woman detained as part of an investigation into al-Qaida's increased activity in the country and allowed her to fly home with her two children, her lawyer and security officials said.

A year after post-election revolt, Iran 'in political purgatory' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:35 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Something remarkable happened last week at the gold-domed shrine to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran's Islamic Republic and its most revered figure, in Tehran.

Israel to set up inquiry on 'Freedom Flotilla' raid (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 09:33 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Israel was expected to appoint an inquiry panel on Friday to investigate its fatal intercept last week of the Gaza-bound "Freedom Flotilla," responding to pressure from allies abroad to account for the violence that sparked an international uproar. Nine of the more than 700 pro-Palestinian activists who challenged Israel's naval blockade of Gaza were killed in the raid.

Analysis: U.K. bristles over 'anti-British' rhetoric from BP spill (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:05 PM PDT

A shrimp boat skims oil in Bartaria Bay near Venice, Louisiana June 6, 2010. he BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a matter between the United States and a private company and will not hurt U.S. relations with the British government, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Thursday. REUTERS/Sean GardnerTime.com - As BP's shares take a dive -- threatening billions in U.K. pensions -- Obama's tough talk on the oil spill is angering British politicians and commentators, and putting extraordinary strain on the special relationship

Factory Suicides Expose Sorry Plight of China's Workers (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:37 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - BEIJING, Jun 11 (IPS) - Ma Xiangqian, a 19-year-old migrant from the eastern Chinese province of Henan, worked the 11-hour night shift, seven days a week, putting together electronic parts for Foxconn Technology, the world's biggest contract maker of information technology goods.

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