2011年5月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News


Israeli rebuke of Obama exposes divide on Mideast (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told President Barack Obama on Friday his vision of how to achieve Middle East peace was unrealistic, exposing a deep divide that could doom any U.S. bid to revive peace talks.

Syrian forces shoot dead 30 in protests: lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 10:41 AM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR A supporter of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad holds aloft a photograph of the president at Hamidiya market in Damascus April 30, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled al-HaririReuters - Syrian security forces shot dead at least 30 demonstrators on Friday during protests that broke out across the country in defiance of a military crackdown which has killed hundreds of people, a rights activist said.


NATO says Libya airstrikes cripple Gaddafi's forces (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT

Reuters - NATO's bombing campaign in Libya has crippled the government's ability to attack rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi and effectively forced the leader into hiding, the alliance said on Friday.

Saleh calls for early election as Yemenis protest (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 09:17 AM PDT

A man displays a sign during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa May 19, 2011. The sign reads Reuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has agreed to sign a Gulf-brokered power transition, called on Friday for early elections to prevent bloodshed as three months of protests raged on in the fractious country.


U.N. launches study of Japan nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT

Reuters - The United Nations on Friday launched a study of the health, safety and security impact of the accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in March.

Can Obama's Middle East Speech Aid Reform in Bahrain? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Opponents of the regime hail the U.S. President's remarks, but the key question is whether Obama's words will boost the reformists in the ruling clique

Spanish anti-crisis protesters cheer as ban takes effect (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT

People cheer during a protest against Spain's economic crisis and its sky-high jobless rate at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid. Young people camped in main squares across Spain in the largest wave of spontaneous protests since the country plunged into recession after the collapse of a property bubble in 2008.(AFP/Pedro Armestre)AFP - Thousands of protesters in Madrid furious over soaring unemployment staged a silent protest and then erupted in cheers of joy as a 48-hour ban on their demonstration took effect on Saturday.


27 die in Syria as conflict moves toward stalemate (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:49 PM PDT

Syrian army soldiers are seen reinforcing the village of Arida near Talkalakh opposite the Lebanon-Syria border, in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Syrian government says troops have begun withdrawing from a western border town following a six-day military operation that activists say killed at least 36 people. The Syrian government is accusing President Barack Obama of meddling in its internal affairs. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - Thousands of Syrians flooded the streets across the country Friday, defying an unrelenting government crackdown that has failed to crush a two-month uprising against the country's authoritarian regime. Human rights activists said security forces opened fire, killing at least 27 people, including a 10-year-old boy.


Mexican border city sees drop in homicides (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Police stand near a bullet-riddled car after its driver crashed it into a wall while trying to escape gunmen in Ciudad Juarez April 10, 2011. REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez/FilesAP - Mexico's federal security spokesman says homicides in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez have dropped from an average of 11 a day to about four during the last six months.


White House skips legal deadline on Libya (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT

AP - The White House is skipping a legal deadline to seek congressional authorization of the military action in Libya — but few on the Hill are objecting.

Leaders of Japan, China, S. Korea meet in Fukushima (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:56 PM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 18. Leaders of Japan, China and South Korea were to gather in Fukushima City Saturday in a gesture of solidarity over the ongoing nuclear crisis -- but with Tokyo's neighbours reportedly concerned by its actions.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Leaders of Japan, China and South Korea were to gather in Fukushima City Saturday in a gesture of solidarity over the ongoing nuclear crisis -- but with Tokyo's neighbours reportedly concerned by its actions.


Alberta fire count drops as PM tours devastation (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Reuters - Damp weather helped crews douse the number of wildfires raging across northern Alberta on Friday as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper toured the town of Slave Lake, where hundreds of homes, businesses and public buildings went up in flames.

Fire at Australian factory ignites gallons of oil (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:16 AM PDT

AP - Firefighters have brought a massive fire at a Melbourne petrochemical factory under control after it ignited tens of thousands of gallons (liters) of mineral oil.

Obama's Middle East speech missed 'historic opportunity,' say many Arabs (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:12 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama pledged American support for pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East Thursday, trying to put the US on the right side of history as he laid out his vision for US involvement in the region after the Arab Spring.

Syria Critical of Obama's Middle East Speech Warning Assad (Time.com)

Posted: 20 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Time.com - A day after the U.S. President's speech, the Damascus regime continues its repressive ways

Upwardly mobile in Brazil: Pedicures as a path from Rio slum to a mortgage (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A paper cap corralling her long, curly hair and a white paper mask muffling the lilt of her salon gossip, Meire adjusts a neon ring of light and peers businesslike at the calloused foot of a client lying on a white leatherette recliner. Pedicures are serious business in this mecca of sun worship and sandals.

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