2010年6月16日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Calderon defends drug war, many Mexicans skeptical (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:27 PM PDT

Police officers stand in formation during a presentation of drug dealing suspects to the media in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Gunmen slaughter 19 men at a rehab clinic. Sixteen bodies are dumped in a northern city. Twelve police officers die in an ambush. Soldiers kill 15 gunmen outside a tourist town.

Kyrgyz army tries to get control in riot-hit south (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:37 PM PDT

Kyrgyz soldiers and volunteers check passing cars and search passengers for weapons at a check point on the Uzbek border side on the outskirts of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Heavy arms fire rang out over the Kyrgyz city of Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the country's south, which has been thrust into chaos by days of deadly ethnic riots. The violence has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side or stranded in a no man's land. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Kyrgyzstan's weak military attempted Wednesday to regain control of the city of Osh, a major transit point for Afghan heroin and the epicenter of ethnic violence that has driven much of the Uzbek population from the country's poor, rural south.

Indonesia's anti-terror campaign under fire (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2010 file photo, police officers inspect the body of a suspected militant killed when he tried to escape a security checkpoint set up as part of Indonesian National Police crackdown on a potential cell of the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia. Though Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has won praise for its crackdown on terrorism, the U.S.-trained and funded forces at the core of the fight are under mounting criticism for a startling kill-to-capture ratio: In the last year, one terror suspect has been killed for every four arrested, according to figures provided by the police. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda, File)AP - The anti-terror squad hurtled from a white van on a bustling street as their quarry — three terror suspects — stepped out of a taxi.

Aruba police seek discussion with Van der Sloot (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:30 PM PDT

In this photo taken June 11, 2010 and obtained by The Associated Press via Peru's America Television channel, Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot holds his inmate number before been transferred to the Miguel Castro Castro prison in Lima. Peruvian police said Van der Sloot, long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, has confessed to killing 21-year-old Peruvian business student Stephany Flores on May 30, after they met playing poker. The photo was broadcast during America TV's show 'Domingo al Dia', on Sunday, June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/America Television Channel, Domingo al Dia)AP - Prosecutors in Aruba said Wednesday they want to take Joran van der Sloot up on his offer to discuss the unsolved disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway.

Defying sanctions, Iran plans more atomic reactors (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:51 PM PDT

In front of a portrait of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking during a public gathering in his provincial tour at the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers)south of the capital Tehran, Iran Wednesday June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran. (AP Photo/IIPA, Sajjad Safari)AP - Defying week-old U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, Iran promised to expand its atomic research Wednesday as its president vowed to punish the West and force it to "sit at the negotiating table like a polite child" before agreeing to further talks.

The Assassinated Hamas Leader and the Polish Connection (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - German police are seeking the extradition of a man from Poland in relationto the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in January. Couldthe suspect help clear up the mystery that surrounds the killing?

Rooney promises red card redemption (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:44 PM PDT

Wayne Rooney is pictured at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus, on June 16, in Rustenburg, South Africa. Rooney insists he is firing on all cylinders, despite some end-of-season niggles, and ready to deliver the goals England require to put their campaign back on track following a 1-1 draw with the United States in their Group C opener.(AFP/Pool/Michael Regan)AFP - Wayne Rooney has vowed to achieve redemption for his red card exit from the last World Cup by firing England into the knockout stages of this tournament.

American on US no-fly list stranded in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Yahya Wehelie, from Fairfax, Virginia, US, displays his US passport to an Associated Press reporter, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. A Virginia man, stuck in Egypt for the last six weeks, living in a cheap hotel and surviving on fast food, said Wednesday that he was told his name was on a U.S. no-fly list because of people he met during a trip to Yemen. Wehelie, 26, who was born in Fairfax, Virginia, to Somali parents was returning from 18 months studying in Yemen, when Egyptian authorities stopped him from boarding his flight to New York saying the FBI wanted to speak with him. Wehelie said he was then told his name was on a no-fly list and he now cannot board a U.S. airline or enter American airspace. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - A Virginia man said Wednesday he has been stuck in limbo in Egypt for the last six weeks, living in a cheap hotel and surviving on fast food after his name was placed on a U.S. no-fly list because of a trip to Yemen.

Mexican experts to tunnel for Aztec rulers' tombs (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:40 PM PDT

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF TLALTECUHTLI ** A massive stone sculpture of the Aztec goddess Tlaltecuhtli is displayed for the first time prior to the opening of the exposition 'Moctezuma II, Times and Destiny of a Ruler' at Mexico City's Templo Mayor museum, Wednesday, June 16 2010. The largest Aztec stone sculpture ever found with its original coloring, the deity sat atop a Mexico City site where archaeologists believe the ashes of Aztec rulers were buried. Although no burial site has been found, offerings have been found nearby since 2007 and now archaeologists plan to dig a lateral tunnel in hopes of finding the tombs they still believe are nearby. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Archaeologists found some of the richest and most unusual Aztec offerings ever in excavations under a mammoth slab depicting an earth goddess and said Wednesday they hope to uncover an emperor's tomb nearby.

Parreira blasts ref for crippling South Africa dream (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:23 PM PDT

South Africa's coach Carlos Alberto Parreira gives instructions to players during the Group A first round 2010 World Cup football match South Africa vs. Uruguay at Loftus Verfeld stadium in Tshwane/Pretoria. South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira blasted Swiss referee Massimo Busacca for reducing his team to 10 men in a 3-0 loss to Uruguay.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira blasted Swiss referee Massimo Busacca for reducing his team to 10 men in a 3-0 loss to Uruguay that crippled South Africa's dream of World Cup advancement.

Dem lawmakers challenge Pentagon on Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:56 PM PDT

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, speaks with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, before the start of the committee's hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - A schism deepened Wednesday between U.S. war leaders and Congress as lawmakers — crucial Democrats among them — challenged Pentagon assertions that progress is picking up in Afghanistan.

Carney: don't take rate hike for granted (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney cautioned investors on Wednesday not to take another interest rate hike for granted, saying volatile global conditions mean no particular path for monetary policy is preordained.

Rio Tinto invests 469 million in US mine (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 07:53 PM PDT

Rio Tinto-issued photo shows a truck being loaded with high grade iron ore in Western Australia. Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Wednesday announced it was investing 469 million US dollars to develop a nickel and copper mine in the United States.(AFP/Rio Tinto/File/Christian Sprogoe)AFP - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Wednesday announced it was investing 469 million US dollars to develop a nickel and copper mine in the United States.

Experts: U.S. has no long-term political strategy for Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:48 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is focused on meeting its July 2011 deadline to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan, but it has no political strategy to help stabilize the country, current and former U.S. officials and other experts are warning.

Gaza flotilla raid: Will it change Turkey's regional role? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - This spring, Turkey emerged as a more independent player â€" one embarking on an ambitious "neo-Ottoman" course, as some have put it. The shift, in the making for nearly a decade, has ruffled feathers in Europe, the US, and Israel, which had all come to depend on Turkey as an ally, trade partner, and NATO member.

In an Afghan Valley of Death, Good News -- for Now (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - An Iraqi-style, U.S. supported local militia appears to have brought stability to a once tumultuous area. But funding is running out and the Taliban loom

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