2011年5月3日星期二

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U.S. seeks answers on whether Pakistan aided bin Laden (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States vowed on Tuesday to "get to the bottom" of whether Pakistan helped Osama bin Laden elude a long manhunt before he was killed in a U.S. raid, even as Islamabad denied it gave shelter to the al Qaeda leader.

Bin Laden not armed during assault: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT

The compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad is seen framed by nearby trees May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not armed when U.S. special forces stormed his compound in Pakistan but he did resist before he was shot, the White House said on Tuesday.


Libyan refugees flee fighting by land and sea (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Libyans pray during the funeral of Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed after air strikes by coalition forces last Saturday, at the El Hani cemetery in Tripoli May 2, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi LarbiReuters - Fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi is forcing thousands of refugees to flee western Libya on foot to the Tunisian border and by boat to Europe, the United Nations said on Tuesday.


Should bin Laden have been captured and tried? (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Reuters - While many world leaders applauded the U.S. operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, there were concerns in parts of Europe that the United States was wrong to act as policeman, judge and executioner.

North Korea holding 200,000 political prisoners: Amnesty (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea is holding around 200,000 people in huge political prison camps where inmates are forced to work in conditions approaching slavery and are often tortured, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

The bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Feels the Heat of U.S. Mistrust (Time.com)

Posted: 03 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Time.com - The fact that Pakistani officials weren't informed of the U.S. operation on their soil until after it was over is the strongest sign yet that Washington no longer trusts its ally

Sub recovers second black box from Rio-Paris flight (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT

This handout picture taken on May 2, and released by France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA), shows the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Air France plane from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that crashed in 2009. A robot submarine has retrieved the second data recorder from the Air France plane, raising hopes the mystery of the crash will be solved.(AFP/BEA/ECPAD/Johann Peschel)AFP - A robot submarine has retrieved the second data recorder from an Air France plane that plunged into the Atlantic in 2009 en route from Rio to Paris, raising hopes the mystery of the crash will be solved.


Libyan rebels: Regime forces shelling supply route (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Injured Libyans lie in an intensive care until at Hikma hospital in the besieged city of Misrata, Libya, Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Doctors say they are running low on medical supplies since attacks by Gadhafi's troops on Misrata's port have halted boat traffic for the past several days. The city, besieged by Gadhafi for two months, receives all its food and medical supplies by sea. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi shelled a rebel supply route and a besieged opposition stronghold in western Libya on Tuesday, even as the embattled Libyan leader's international isolation deepened with a demand by Turkey that he resign now.


Colombia capital's mayor suspended (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT

AP - Colombia's solicitor general has suspended Bogota's mayor from office for three months for alleged negligence in overseeing public contracts.

Car bomb hits Libya rebel HQ in Benghazi (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT

People gather around the remains of car which exploded near the headquarters of Libya's rebels in their eastern bastion of Benghazi. A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of Libya's rebels in their eastern bastion of Benghazi on Tuesday night, causing no confirmed casualties, but unsettling nerves in the generally peaceful city.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of Libya's rebels in their eastern bastion of Benghazi on Tuesday night, wounding two people and fraying nerves in the recently peaceful city.


Bin Laden's neighbors noticed unusual things (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Pakistan army soldiers seen near the house where it is believed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of people, was slain in his hideout in Pakistan early Monday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - When a woman involved in a polio vaccine drive turned up at Osama bin Laden's hideaway, she remarked to the men behind the high walls about the expensive SUVs parked inside. The men took the vaccine, apparently to administer to the 23 children at the compound, and told her to go away.


Canada Tories to follow tax-cut, pro-business agenda (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, now backed by a powerful parliamentary majority, said on Tuesday the energy sector can rest easy that his government will not impede plans to vastly expand the country's oil sands output and ship some of the crude to Asia.

New Zealand's largest city hit by tornado (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 03:31 AM PDT

A car is crushed by a fallen tree in suburban Auckland, New Zealand after a tornado ripped through Tuesday, May 3,  2011. The tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city, upturning cars and sending debris slicing through the air, witnesses and news reports said.  (AP Photo/New Zealand, Steven McNicholl) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTAP - A tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city on Tuesday, upturning cars and sending debris slicing through the air, witnesses and news reports said. At least one person was killed and about 20 injured, a hospital official said.


Anti-Americanism pulses through Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was killed (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 May 2011 09:45 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Residents in the area surrounding the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, say Pakistani security officials only arrived on the scene after Sunday's night's fighting had ended and did not know what had happened or where it happened.

Why Pakistan is Bin Laden's Lone Success Story (Time.com)

Posted: 03 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Which world leader has the biggest headache caused by the death of Osama bin Laden? General Ashfaq Kayani, commander of Pakistan's military and the most powerful man in the country where al-Qaeda's fugitive leader had been hiding in plain sight

Syria wants to talk to opposition leaders, but there aren't any (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 May 2011 09:13 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The beleaguered Syrian authorities are seeking negotiations with opposition leaders to end six weeks of unprecedented street protests that threaten to topple the Assad regime, according to Western diplomatic sources. They say that Bouthaina Shaaban, a top adviser to President Bashar al-Assad, has been placed in charge of exploring ways to launch a dialogue.

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