2010年6月17日星期四

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Uzbeks allege rapes, say troops let violence occur (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:57 PM PDT

Uzbek men overturn a burned car as they build a barricade in the Uzbek district of the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Some 400,000 people have been displaced by ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, the United Nations announced Thursday, dramatically increasing the official estimate of a refugee crisis that has left throngs of desperate, fearful people without enough food and water in grim camps along the Uzbek border. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - An estimated 400,000 people — nearly one-twelfth the population — have fled their homes to escape Kyrgyzstan's ethnic violence, the U.N. said Thursday as throngs of refugees huddled in grim camps along the Uzbekistan border without adequate food or water.

Colombian coal mine blast kills 16, traps dozens (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:19 PM PDT

Colombian emergency workers carry the body of a victim following an explosion in a coal mine in Amaga, Colombia, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The explosion in northwestern Colombia is believed to have been caused by a buildup of methane gas, which killed at least 16 miners and left dozens trapped, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)AP - An explosion tore through a coal mine in northwestern Colombia, killing at least 16 miners and leaving dozens more trapped and feared dead, officials said Thursday.

Rwanda court grants medical release to US lawyer (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:42 PM PDT

US Lawyer Peter Erlinder walks after signing the papers granting his release from the custody of the Rwanda Prison Services, while returning to King Faisal Hospital to spend the night, Thursday, June 17, 2010. A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted bail on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Peter Erlinder was arrested late last month, and since his arrest has been hospitalized multiple times for high blood pressure. (AP Photo / Adam Scott)AP - A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted release on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda's 1994 genocide.

EU approves new sanctions on Iran (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:36 PM PDT

Escorted by his bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, flashes the victory sign to supporters as he arrives in the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, during a provincial tour, 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/ISNA, Amir Kholousi)AP - The European Union on Thursday adopted new sanctions against Iran, the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to halt the country's nuclear program.

Peruvian judge to ask van der Sloot about killing (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:25 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 - A judge expects to interrogate Joran van der Sloot next week about the killing of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman in his hotel room.

Jew vs. Jew: The Religious Conflict Tearing at Israel (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:35 PM PDT

Time.com - A massive protest action against a ruling forcing forbidding segregation in a religious school reflects a mounting struggle between the Jewish State's religious and secular authorities

Anger halts Birmingham 'terror cameras' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT

A police officer escorts two schoolgirls to their home in Jackson Road, Birmingham, in 2007. A surveillance operation involving more than 200 cameras in predominantly Muslim areas of Birmingham was delayed Thursday after an outcry from residents, authorities said.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A surveillance operation involving more than 200 cameras in predominantly Muslim areas of Birmingham was delayed Thursday after an outcry from residents, authorities said.

Al-Qaida in Iraq adopting Taliban tactics (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:03 PM PDT

Iraqi Army soldiers provide security near the Central Bank of Iraq in central Baghdad, Monday, June 14, 2010. Insurgents wearing military uniforms stormed Iraq's central bank during an apparent robbery attempt, battling security forces in a three-hour standoff after bombs exploded nearby in a coordinated daylight attack that left as many as 26 people dead. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - An al-Qaida in Iraq front group claimed responsibility Thursday for an unusual attack more typical of the Taliban in Afghanistan — a commando-style assault in which suicide bombers wearing military uniforms stormed the Central Bank during rush hour in Baghdad.

Dissidents decry US bill to end Cuba travel ban (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:46 PM PDT

View of the skyline of Havana. Cuba on Saturday released a jailed paraplegic political dissident as a result of talks between the Catholic Church and President Raul Castro, a family source said.(AFP/File/Adalberto Roque)AP - Five days after his release for health reasons, a former Cuban political prisoner added his name to a letter signed by nearly 500 opposition activists decrying proposed legislation that would lift the U.S. travel ban to their country.

US funds training of Guinea presidential guard (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:37 PM PDT

AP - The United States is funding a $1 million program to train Guinea's presidential guard as the volatile West African nation gears up for its first free election in half a century.

Pentagon complains of 'negative' picture of Afghan war (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:58 PM PDT

US soldiers pass a signpost pointing to the various countries of NATO forces, on the 'boardwalk' at Kandahar airfield. The Pentagon on Thursday said US-led forces are making headway against the Taliban, despite what it called an overly gloomy portrayal of the war shaped by media coverage.(AFP/Ed Jones)AFP - The Pentagon on Thursday said US-led forces are making headway against the Taliban, despite what it called an overly gloomy portrayal of the war shaped by media coverage.

Canada needs security tsar, Air India probe says (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:35 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada needs a security tsar to keep intelligence agencies under control and thereby avoid the "cascading series of errors" that occurred before the bombing of an Air India airliner in June 1985, a probe into the case said on Thursday.

Banksy artwork swiped from Aussie knicker mogul (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:48 AM PDT

A Banksy exhibition in New York, 2007. Thieves have swiped valuable graffiti by renowned artist Banksy from outside the Melbourne house of underwear mogul Mitch Dowd.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bryan Bedder)AFP - Thieves have swiped valuable graffiti by renowned artist Banksy from outside the Melbourne house of underwear mogul Mitch Dowd, Australian police said on Thursday.

Obama's still popular abroad _ but his policies aren't (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:58 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama still has great popularity abroad — where he enjoys higher approval ratings than he does at home — but foreign publics are a lot less happy with his administration's foreign policy, according to a new poll by the Pew Trust.

US professor Peter Erlinder seeks bail for Rwanda genocide denial charges (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:56 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - An American lawyer, Peter Erlinder, arrested on charges of denying and minimizing the Rwandan genocide of 1994, will find out on Thursday whether he will be granted bail in a trial that is expected to signal just how much room there is for political expression and dissent in the country ruled for the past 16 years by President Paul Kagame.

Israel Eases Gaza Blockade; Hamas Strategy Still Cloudy (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Allowing more goods into Gaza will relieve some political pressure, but Israel and its American and Arab partners are confronting the failure of their Hamas strategy

Obama Vows Clean Energy Push, Green Groups Want Details (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:18 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (IPS) - Despite the pleas of some conservative politicians that parallels should not be drawn between the oil spreading over the Gulf of Mexico and the need to transition out of a reliance on fossil fuels, U.S. President Barack Obama made it clear Tuesday night that he sees the race against the spreading oil as inherently connected to the race against a changing climate.

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