2010年6月22日星期二

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Afghan politicians rally around Gen. McChrystal (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:47 AM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2009 file photo provided by the White House, shows President Barack Obama meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, aboard Air Force One in Copenhagen, Denmark. McChrystal has been summoned to Washington to explain derogatory comments about President Obama and his colleagues, administration officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/White House, Pete Souza, File)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave a strong endorsement Tuesday to embattled Gen. Stanley McChrystal, describing him as the "best commander" of the war and expressing hope that he keeps his job despite a magazine profile replete with derogatory comments about President Barack Obama and members of the U.S. national strategy team.

Reports: Fugitive drug lord surrenders in Jamaica (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:33 PM PDT

A Jamaican soldier speaks with a resident of Kingston's Tivoli Gardens neighbourhood. Residents from the island have voiced growing worries for the safety of slum dwellers caught in an all-out offensive to capture an alleged drug kingpin which has cost the lives of dozens so far.(AFP/File/Anthony Foster)AP - Reputed gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who eluded a bloody police offensive in his slum stronghold last month, surrendered to authorities outside Jamaica's capital Tuesday, local news media reported.

Japanese vote buying is the buzz of whaling meet (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:50 PM PDT

In this photo taken on June 17, 2010, whale meat restaurant Magonotei manager Tomohiro Akio slices a chunk of lean meat of a whale caught in the Antarctic as he prepares for a sashimi dish at its kitchen in Tokyo Thursday, June 17, 2010. Makoto Ito, managing director of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the company that runs the annual Antarctic hunt, said he didn't think they should be ended, because 'we need to collect more data.' Japan's refusal to give up its Antarctic hunt puzzles even observers within the country. Current coastal catches, also conducted for scientific research, provide fresher meat and are cheaper. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Accusations that Japan uses aid money and personal favors to buy votes have quietly circulated for years around the International Whaling Commission, which oversees the conservation of the whales that Japan regularly hunts.

Cuban dissident found guilty, then freed (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:25 PM PDT

AP - A Cuban court found prominent opposition leader Darsy Ferrer guilty of purchasing black-market cement Tuesday, but he was released on time served since it took nearly a year for his case to go to trial.

Public fury over power outages poses test for Iraq (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Umm Ali fans her infant son, Hassan, during a power outage at her family's home in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Protests over electricity shortages in Iraq's sweltering south continued Tuesday, prompting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to promise to make power needs a top government priority, a day after Iraq's electricity minister resigned. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqis' tempers are rising with their thermometers over their government's failure to provide reliable electricity. And their thermometers have topped 120 degrees.

U.K. Finance Minister's Austere Measures to Cut Deficit (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - U.K. Finance Minister George Osborne announced a raft of spending cuts on June 22, warning that the "tough but fair" measures are the only way to pull the nation out of debt. But how much pain can Britons take?

Medvedev to tour Silicon Valley, seek investors (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:22 PM PDT

President Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow, Monday, June 21, 2010. Medvedev ordered the state-controlled gas monopoly Monday to cut gas supplies to ex-Soviet neighbor Belarus over its debt for Russian natural gas supplies. The order follows Medvedev's warning to Belarus last week to start paying off the $200 million debt to Gazprom or face cuts. Belarus has challenged the Russian claim and refused to pay. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti,Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press service)AP - Russia's Dmitry Medvedev visits Silicon Valley for the first time on Wednesday, eager to reinvent his country's outmoded, oil-dependent economy — and lure talent and money from the high-tech capital.

Israel launches new spy satellite 'Ofek 9' (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:55 PM PDT

AP - Israel launched a spy satellite called "Ofek 9" late Tuesday, Israel's Defense Ministry and officials said, increasing Israel's capacity to keep an eye on enemies like Iran.

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Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Jamaica media reports say drug lord at center of bloody manhunt turns himself in.

Minnesota law prof detained in Rwanda returns home (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:04 PM PDT

AP - A Minnesota law professor who was imprisoned in Rwanda for challenging the official version of the country's 1994 genocide got a big hug from his wife and cheers from supporters as he arrived home Tuesday.

Bin Laden hunter to be released by Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT

This handout 1997 booking photo courtesy of the Larimer County Sheriff's Office in Colorado shows Gary B. Faulkner. Pakistan may quickly release Faulkner who is being held on suspicion of wanting to kill Osama bin Laden, a senior official said Friday.(AFP/HO/File)AP - The brother of an American on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden says the Colorado man is being released by the Pakistani government without charges.

Canada gov't under fire for summit security costs (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 10:24 AM PDT

Reuters - At a time of global austerity and shrinking budgets, Canada is set to spend C$1 billion ($980 million) just for security at two big international summits this weekend.

Two Britons killed in Congo plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:35 AM PDT

Photo shows Queensland mining magnate Ken Talbot (top, centre) with five other key executives who died in a recent air crash in Congo. The bodies of two Britons have been found along with nine others after the plane crashed in Congo's thick jungle at the weekend.(AFP/HO/Talbot Group Holdings/File)AFP - The bodies of two Britons have been found along with nine others after a plane crash killed an Australian tycoon and his colleagues, in Congo's thick jungle at the weekend.

Mexican cartel deals drugs, violence with religious fervor (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:02 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - APATZINGAN, Mexico — As the leader of one of Mexico's most ruthless criminal gangs, Nazario Moreno Gonzalez is the mastermind of hair-raising brutality in his native Michoacan state. He also would like the world to know that he has a pious, loving and huggy-kissy side, and so he's penned a booklet entitled "Thoughts."

Israel's easing of Gaza blockade doesn't address banking, travel rules (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 10:02 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Israel's decision to ease the impact of a three-year blockade on Gaza appears to have relieved diplomatic pressure on the Jewish state following the fatal intercept of a protest flotilla. But critics warn that the partial measure, which does not include lifting the naval blockade, may not be enough to revive Gaza's economy and relieve the distress of the 1.5 million Palestinians living there.

U.S. Marines Deal with Marjah, McChrystal Distraction (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - The top U.S. general gets dressed down and the objectives of the Marjah offensive are nowhere near being achieved as Marines slog through unfriendly terrain

South Africa HIV Infection Rate Slowing - Study (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:17 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Jun 21 (IRIN/PlusNews) - South Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic may finally be slowing, according to a new study which found a 35 percent decline in the rate of new HIV infections between 2002 and 2008.

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