2011年5月26日星期四

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Ratko Mladic hunted for massacre to face tribunal (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT

FILE  Undated file photo showing top war crimes fugitives Bosnian Serb wartime military commander Ratko Mladic, right, and political leader Radovan Karadzic. Belgrade media reports Thursday May 26, 2011 that a man suspected to be Europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic has been arrested in Serbia. Serbia state TV said a man who identified himself as Milorad Komadic when he was arrested Thursday is the wartime Bosnian Serb army commander. It gave no other details. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic, File)Reuters - Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic will face trial on genocide charges in the Hague following his arrest in Serbia after 15 years on the run, with European officials expecting his extradition within 10 days.


Civil war looms in Yemen, Saleh urged to quit (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters hold up a sign that reads: Reuters - Yemen teetered on the verge of civil war on Friday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh defied calls from opponents and world leaders for him to relinquish power.


Syrian forces fire on Deraa protesters: witnesses (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:50 PM PDT

People run as gunfire is heard on the main highway in Homs, in this still image taken from video uploaded on a social media website, May 21, 2011. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TVReuters - Syrian security forces fired live rounds on Thursday at hundreds of protesters marching in a night demonstration in the southern city of Deraa to demand the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, two witnesses said.


Explosions rock Gaddafi compound in Tripoli (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Bullet marks and a poster showing a defaced Muammar Gaddafi are seen on a Libyan rebel fighter's car in the eastern outskirts of Misrata, May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Several large explosions rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday night and a column of smoke was seen rising from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound.


Roadside bomb kills eight U.S. troops in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:23 PM PDT

Reuters - Eight U.S. troops were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the deadliest single attack on foreign forces in a month, the U.S. military said.

Turkey's Role in Arab Spring: Can Erdogan Influence Assad? (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - When Erdogan whispers, Assad usually listens. So why can't Turkey get Syria to let up on the violence unleashed against its protesters?

IMF presses Greece on funding, policy plans (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:20 PM PDT

Protesters demonstrate in front of the Greek parliament in Athens against a new austerity package. The International Monetary Fund warned Athens Thursday to firm up its broad financing plans and policy actions to be able to continue receiving IMF bailout funds in concert with the European Union.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - The International Monetary Fund warned Athens Thursday to firm up its broad financing plans and policy actions to be able to continue receiving IMF bailout funds in concert with the European Union.


Libyan premier says he's ready to talk to rebels (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:59 PM PDT

Rebel fighters cross the front line between Libyan rebel forces and Moammar Gadhafi's forces, 25 km west from Misrata, Libya, Thursday, May 26, 2011. Spain says it and other European governments have received a message from Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi proposing an immediate cease-fire in his country's war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Libya's government pushed a cease-fire proposal Thursday and said for the first time it was prepared to speak with its rebel adversaries, signaling that months of fighting and NATO bombardment may be closer to forcing some concessions.


29 dead, 700 flee as gang battles hit west Mexico (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT

General Attorney's office personnel set up a billboard with portraits of the members La Familia drug cartel along the Lazaro Cardenas-Uruapan road, Michoacan state, Mexico, in 2010. A clash between rival gangs left 29 dead in Nayarit, western Mexico, while more fighting further south has prompted the exodus of almost 2,000 people, local authorities said Thursday.(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)AP - A gunbattle between rival drug gangs in western Mexico left 29 bullet-ridden bodies in fake military uniforms heaped across a roadway and inside bullet-riddled vehicles in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, the army said Thursday.


UK approves use of Apache helicopters for Libya (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT

AP - The British government has given clearance for the use of its attack helicopters in Libya, putting the final decision on deployment in NATO's hands.

45 senators urge Obama to sell F-16s to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT

AP - Nearly half the Senate is urging President Barack Obama to authorize quickly a contentious sale of F-16 jet fighters to Taiwan.

NDP names shadow cabinet (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's main opposition party named its "shadow cabinet" on Thursday, including former labor negotiator Peggy Nash as chief critic of the Conservative government's finance policies.

Suicide, depression hit Australia detainees (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Australia's asylum seeker policy came under more fire Thursday with the Human Rights Commission warning that suicide and depression were major concerns in the country's detention centres.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australia's asylum seeker policy came under more fire Thursday with the Human Rights Commission warning that suicide and depression were major concerns in the country's detention centres.


Can Afghanistan hang on to its newly minted college grads? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On a well-manicured lawn lined with rose bushes in full bloom â€" 211, boasts one brochure â€" members of American University of Afghanistan’s first graduating class mingle and take pictures with former presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah. Though there are just 32 graduates in the first class, most of the university’s 789 students have turned out for the ceremony.

Love Don't Cost a Thing: Can Educating Girls Alone Curb China's Mistress Epidemic? (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - This fall, young girls in China's Guangdong province will be learning a new subject in school: how to avoid becoming a mistress

G8 gives unpopular host Nicolas Sarkozy a platform to polish his image (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:29 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Leaders of the G8 countries are discussing a wide range of issues at their two-day meeting in the French beach resort of Deauville: the Arab Spring, nuclear energy, International Monetary Fund leadership, and rules and regulations for the Internet.

A Dark Day for Brazil's Amazon Jungle (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:11 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - RIO DE JANEIRO, May 25 (IPS) - The same day that the lower house of the Brazilian Congress approved a reform of the forestry code that would make it easier to clear land in the Amazon jungle for agriculture, a husband and wife team of activists who spent years fighting illegal deforestation in the rainforest were murdered.

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