2010年7月13日星期二

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Alleged 'Barefoot Bandit' returns to the US (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:50 PM PDT

Colton Harris-Moore, the teenage fugitive police have dubbed the 'Barefoot Bandit,' is escorted shackled and handcuffed by Bahamian authorities to the court building in Nassau, Tuesday July 13, 2010. Harris-Moore, who was captured following a high-speed boat chase on Sunday in Eleuthera island, pleaded guilty to a minor offense in the Bahamas and is expected to be deported soon to the U.S. to face prosecution. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)AP - The American teenager who police call the "Barefoot Bandit" was deported to the United States on Tuesday, just hours after he pleaded guilty to a minor offense in the Bahamas.

US transfers Gitmo prisoner to Yemen (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:43 PM PDT

FBI handout image from 2004 shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. A US court has said a man accused of involvement in attacks on US embassies in Africa can face trial, rejecting the former Guantanamo Bay detainee's claim that his rights were violated.(AFP/FBI/File)AP - A Guantanamo Bay prisoner has been transferred to his homeland of Yemen, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Tuesday, after a U.S. district court ordered the longtime detainee's release.

Turncoat Afghan soldier kills 3 British troopers (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:43 PM PDT

Afghan people cover their faces as a dust storm hit the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An Afghan soldier killed three British service members with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade in the dead of night, a betrayal that highlights the difficulties in rapidly building up Afghan security forces so that foreign troops can go home.

China seeks to reduce Internet users' anonymity (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:38 PM PDT

AP - A leading Chinese Internet regulator has vowed to reduce anonymity in China's portion of cyberspace, calling for requirements that people to use their real names when buying a mobile phone or going online, according to a human rights group.

'Twisted parliament' bodes ill for Japan's economy (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:33 PM PDT

The Diet building stands at dusk in Tokyo Tuesday, July 13, 2010. The Democrats' ruling coalition enjoys a comfortable majority in the powerful lower house, but it lost control of the upper house of parliament in the July 11 elections. If past experience holds, the 'twisted parliament' is a formula for policy gridlock, because the upper house must approve legislation. The 'twisted parliament' doesn't bode well for the country's future. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - In Japanese, it's called a "twisted parliament," and it doesn't bode well for the country's future.

Raul Castro Frees Cuban Dissidents; No Reply from Obama (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Despite the Castro regime's remarkable decision to free political prisoners,domestic political constraints will restrain the Obama Administration from engaging

Italy nabs 300 mobsters, reveals new mob structure (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:50 PM PDT

An unidentified man doffs his hat, as he rides in a Carabinieri (Paramilitary police) car after being arrested in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy, Tuesday, July 13, 2010, following one of the biggest operations ever against the powerful 'ndrangheta crime organization, in which 300 people were arrested including top bosses, and million of dollars (euros) in property seized. The pre-dawn raids Tuesday involved some 3,000 police across the country. Charges include murder, extortion, arms and drug trafficking and criminal association. Investigators described the operation as one of biggest blows ever to an organization that today is considered more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone)AP - Anti-mafia prosecutors claimed a major victory over the powerful and growing 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, infiltrating intimate weddings, baptisms and other events to gather information that led to the arrests Tuesday of 305 people, including top bosses, and the seizure of more than euro60 million ($76 million) in cash and property.

Defector do-over? Iran scientist wants to go home (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:50 PM PDT

This frame grab image taken from a video posted on YouTube in late June shows a man who identifies himself as Shahram Amiri, an Iranian citizen, saying he was in the U.S. at the time of the recording and that the date is June 23, 2010. In this video, which emerged after three previous conflicting videos, Amiri, urges his family not to worry about his safety and that he hopes to return home to Iran soon. Amiri, who sought refuge at a Pakistani embassy office in Washington Monday July 12, 2010 and who Iran claims was abducted, is free to return to his homeland, the State Department said Tuesday. (AP Photo)AP - An Iranian scientist sought refuge in the Pakistani Embassy compound and asked to go home, an apparent defection gone wrong that could embarrass the U.S. and its efforts to gather intelligence on Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

Chavez opponent detained in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:46 PM PDT

AP - Venezuelan intelligence agents have detained a government opponent on suspicion of links to a Salvadoran man accused of bombings in Cuba.

Who is al-Shabab? Somali terror army extends reach (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Relatives of one of the victims of a deadly attack in Uganda carry away a body on Tuesday July 13, 2010 in Uganda's capital city Kampala. Somali militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the explosions that killed 76 people watching the World Cup final in Uganda Sunday. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera).AP - The Somali militants who formed the hardline terror group al-Shabab carried out their first suicide attack in 2006, during the height of violence in Iraq. The world hardly noticed.

Singapore expects GDP to grow up to 15 pct in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:07 PM PDT

AP - Singapore expects its economy to soar 15 percent this year after surging manufacturing fueled a record expansion in the second quarter.

Canada seeks support for securities watchdog plan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's proposed national securities regulator would have a strong presence in all corners of the country, according to a blueprint released on Tuesday that also set new deadlines for reform.

Australia shrugs off Timor refugee snub (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 07:49 AM PDT

Activists from a refugee solidarity campaign group are seen during a rally in Sydney. Australia said Tuesday it remained in talks with East Timor over a regional asylum-seeker centre, despite a rejection by the country's parliament which dealt the pre-election policy a severe blow.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australia said Tuesday it remained in talks with East Timor over a regional asylum-seeker centre, despite a rejection by the country's parliament which dealt the pre-election policy a severe blow.

How did Iranian nuclear scientist end up in Washington? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:54 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — An Iranian nuclear scientist who'd been missing for more than a year amid Iranian claims that the CIA had abducted him turned up at the Pakistani embassy in Washington on Tuesday and was preparing to return home, after providing what a U.S. official said was "useful information" about Iran's nuclear program.

Uganda bombings: Somalis in Uganda's capital now fear reprisal attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:55 AM PDT

A Ugandan family sits next to a coffin of a dead relative in a truck at the Mulago Hospital for burial, in Kampala July 13, 2010. Ugandan police have found an unexploded suicide vest and made a number of arrests after coordinated bomb blasts ripped through two bars and killed at least 76 soccer fans watching the World Cup final on Sunday. REUTERS/Ronald Kabuubi (UGANDA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP CIVIL UNREST)The Christian Science Monitor - As Uganda struggles to come to terms with the Uganda bombings that claimed the lives of 76 people watching the World Cup final Sunday, the roughly 10,000 Somalis living in the country are growing increasingly concerned that they could face a backlash from the local population â€" and from authorities â€" after Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group Al Shabab claimed responsibility for the slaughter.

Italy Arrests Alleged Dangerous 'Ndrangheta Mobsters (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Time.com - From Milan to the toe of Italy's boot, the government rounds up suspected mobsters, including the head of what may be the country's most dangerous gang

Getting Away with Rape (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:00 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - GOMA, Jul 12 (IRIN) - When nine-year-old Jeanne* from North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was raped by a neighbour, her parents were determined he would not get away with it.

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