2010年7月8日星期四

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Russian president pardons 4 spies for swap with US (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:15 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file image taken from the Russian social networking website 'Odnoklassniki', or Classmates, shows a woman journalists have identified as Anna Chapman, who appeared at a hearing Monday, June 28, 2010 in New York federal court. Chapman, along with 10 others, was arrested on charges of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. attorney general. The caption on Odnoklassniki reads 'Russia, Moscow. London, Stone age.' (AP Photo, File) NO SALESAP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree pardoning four convicted foreign spies so they can be exchanged for 10 people accused of spying for Russia in the United States, the Kremlin said Friday.

Suburban spies Russia-bound in Cold War-style swap (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Sons of accused spy Vicky Pelaez, Waldo Mariscal, left, Juan Jose Lazaro, right, and sister of Pelaez, Raquel Pelaez Ocampo, center, leave Manhattan federal court, Thursday, July 8, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)AP - In the biggest spy swap since the Cold War, 10 confessed Russian agents who infiltrated suburban America were ordered deported Thursday in exchange for four people convicted of betraying Moscow to the West.

US denies visa to Colombian journalist (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT

In this photo taken March 24, 2010, Colombian journalist Hollman Morris smiles while posing for the camera in Bogota. The U.S. government recently denied Morris a visa to attend a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University. (AP Photo/Revista Semana)AP - The U.S. government has denied a visa to a prominent Colombian journalist who specializes in conflict and human rights reporting to attend a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University.

Bahamas steps up the hunt for 'Barefoot Bandit' (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:33 PM PDT

Gas station owner Dwight Pinder, right, and his daughter Lydia Pinder speak with the Associated Press at their shop in Sandy Point, on the southern tip of Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. US teenager Colton Harris-Moore who hopscotched his way across the U.S. and escaped in a stolen plane to the Bahamas lived up to his legend Wednesday, eluding a manhunt after allegedly committing a new series of break-ins on a normally quiet island. Pinder said his shop was burglarized Sunday night, shortly after the plane crash in a nearby marsh. The thief stole a Gatorade and two packets of potato chips, leaving a bundle of food and drinks on the counter, a sign he apparently left in a rush. (AP Photo/Mike Melia)AP - The wily resourcefulness of a fugitive teenage thief was on display again Thursday as he eluded an intensifying manhunt on a sparsely populated island in the Bahamas — while earning some grudging respect from locals.

Norway bomb arrests linked to US, British plots (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Armed police patrol the streets of Oslo ahead of a NATO ministerial meeting in 2007. Three people with links to Al-Qaeda have been arrested in Norway and Germany for planning terror attacks, Norway's security police service has said.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Heiko Junge)AP - Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday in a Norwegian bomb plot linked to the same terrorist planners behind thwarted schemes to blow up New York's subway and a British shopping mall.

Germany's Gift to Obama: Taking in Two GuantÁnamo Inmates (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Having rejected U.S. requests for years, Berlin has finally agreed to take in two former GuantÁnamo Bay detainees. But while some observers see it as a shrewd move to strengthen ties between the two nations, others worry it puts Germans at risk

Eurostar Paris-London service closes over safety fears (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:58 PM PDT

An Eurostar train from London arrives at Paris Gare du Nord northbound railway station in 2009. Eurostar said its London to Paris train service did not operate for several hours Thursday, after a tunnel was closed in Britain due to safety fears.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - Eurostar said its London to Paris train service did not operate for several hours Thursday, after a tunnel was closed in Britain due to safety fears.

Thousands march in Jerusalem for captive soldier (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:01 PM PDT

Israeli marchers arrive in Jerusalem to pressure the government to conclude a prisoner swap deal for the release of Israeli captive soldier, Sgt. Gilad Schalit, held by Palestinian militants, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 8, 2010. Thursday's march marks the climax of a 12-day cross-country campaign led by the family of Schalit, who is held in Gaza for over four years now. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP - More than 15,000 Israelis marched into Jerusalem on Thursday and rallied at a park downtown for the government to conclude a deal for the release of a captive soldier held by Palestinian militants.

Cuban dissident ends 134-day hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:16 PM PDT

Cuban opposition activist Guillermo Farinas (R) stands up helped by doctor Ismel Iglesias at his home in Santa Clara, Cuba, in March 2010. Farinas ended Thursday his 135-day hunger strike after the communist government announced it would free 52 political prisoners, an opposition leader told AFP.(AFP/File/Adalberto Roque)AP - Cuban opposition activist Guillermo Farinas ended his 134-day hunger strike Thursday, following signs the communist government is making good on its promise to release 52 political prisoners.

Judge suspends "unfair" trial of Congo warlord (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:37 PM PDT

AP - Judges of the International Criminal Court suspended the trial of an accused Congolese warlord on Thursday, saying the prosecution's refusal to disclose information had rendered it unfair.

U.S. gives China pass on currency (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT

An employee counts yuan banknotes at a bank in Huaibei, Anhui province June 28, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The Obama administration declined to label China a currency manipulator in a long-delayed report on Thursday, spurring fresh calls from U.S. lawmakers for tough new steps to pressure Beijing.

Academic David Johnston named as governer general (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada named a respected academic on Thursday to become the country's next acting head of state, who will have the final say in settling constitutional disputes.

Australian wife of Balibo reporter has day in court (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:04 AM PDT

Shirley Shackleton talks to journalists after a hearing in Jakarta. Shackelton, the wife of an Australian reporter allegedly killed by Indonesian forces in East Timor in 1975, told a Jakarta court Thursday that she believed her husband was shot after surrendering to the army.(AFP/Adek Berry)AFP - The wife of an Australian reporter allegedly killed by Indonesian forces in East Timor in 1975 told a Jakarta court Thursday that she believed her husband was shot after surrendering to the army.

Outspoken Marine general named to lead Centcom (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:56 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Thursday nominated Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to head up the U.S. Central Command, the final personnel change in a shake-up brought about by the dismissal of former Afghanistan commander Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

Shiite pilgrims, Iraqi security forces undeterred by attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Undeterred by a string of attacks that left scores of fellow pilgrims dead, Shiite worshipers completed their days-long march to a Baghdad shrine on Thursday.

Afghanistan: Self-Immolation by Women Still Common (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Time.com - In Afghanistan, abused married women with few resources, some just teenagers, continue to turn to suicide by self-immolation

HIV Vaccine Advances Made Ahead of Global Conference (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 02:15 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 8 (IPS) - In 1984, then-U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler famously declared, "We hope to have such a vaccine ready for testing in approximately two years." The vaccine in question would prevent AIDS and the goal Heckler set has been missed by over 26 years.

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