2011年5月30日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News


Mladic could be sent to war crimes court in days (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Riot policemen charge protesters on the sidelines of a demonstration in front of Serbian Parliament on May 29, in Belgrade. Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic appealed on Monday against his transfer to a UN court where he faces genocide and war crimes charges, after thousands rallied in Belgrade against his arrest.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)Reuters - Serbia may send Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges in The Hague within four days, a justice official said on Monday, despite rallies by nationalists angry at the Bosnian Serb general's capture after 16 years on the run.


Officers disown Gaddafi as peace bid stalls (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:24 PM PDT

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen briefs the media during his monthly news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels May 4, 2011. REUTERS/Thierry RogeReuters - Under pressure from a new round of defections, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi renewed a ceasefire call in talks with an African mediator but gave no sign he will heed Western-led demands that he step down.


Yemeni jets bomb al Qaeda-held city (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:39 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - At least 30 people were killed in Yemen after military jets pounded a southern town held by al Qaeda and troops opened fire on demonstrators demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's nearly 33-year rule.


Sri Lanka war atrocities video credible: U.N. envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:12 PM PDT

An aerial view of the former battlefront is seen from the helicopter carrying U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during his visit to the refugee camp known as Manik Farm, on the outskirts of the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya May 23, 2009. REUTERS/Louis CharbonneauReuters - Video footage of summary executions apparently committed during the Sri Lankan civil war appears to be convincing evidence of "serious international crimes," a U.N. special envoy said on Monday.


Russian ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky files for parole (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Reuters - A jailed former Russian oil tycoon kept up his fight against the Kremlin on Monday, filing for parole following last week's court decision to keep him in jail for 13 years.

Commander warns over troop cuts in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:59 PM PDT

British army soldiers sit on their Jackal patrol vehicle in Trikh Nawar, Afghanistan, in 2010. The army general leading British soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday warned leading politicians that a significant reduction in troop levels could undo the gains made since last year's US surge.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - The army general leading British soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday warned leading politicians that a significant reduction in troop levels could undo the gains made since last year's US surge.


Yemen warplanes bomb Islamists who seized town (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT

Armed Yemeni tribesmen, flash the victory sign while gathering outside the Ministry of Local Administration in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, May 29 ,2011. Yemen's embattled president and the country's most powerful tribal leader have agreed to end five days of gun battles that killed scores of  people and pushed the country's political crisis closer to civil war. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Yemeni forces opened fire on a protest camp and killed more than 20 demonstrators Monday in the southern city of Taiz while government warplanes launched airstrikes on another southern town seized by radical Islamists.


Brazil federal leaders discuss Amazon conflict (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Police officers inspect the dead body of rubber tapper Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva in Brazil's Amazon state of Para, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Ribeiro da Silva, an activist who was fighting to protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers, was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday. The killings occurred just hours before Brazil's lower house of Congress passed legislation environmentalists warned will increase deforestation in the region. (AP Photo/O Liberal)  NAO USAR NO BRASILAP - Brazil's government will protect rural activists and increase policing in its Amazon rain forest in an effort to stem deadly disputes over illegal logging, officials said following a meeting Monday on how to halt the violence.


Nigeria probes deadly blasts after president's inauguration (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:09 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan (C) inspects an honour guard during a parade following his inauguration in Abuja on May 29. Nigerian police Monday probed a series of explosions following Jonathan's inauguration, including bombs that ripped through a crowded beer garden, with about 20 feared dead.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian police Monday probed a series of explosions following President Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration, including bombs that ripped through a crowded beer garden, with about 20 feared dead.


India GDP figures set to show growth above 8% (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:56 PM PDT

A bank employee counts currency notes in Mumbai. India is expected to post economic growth of more than eight percent when it reports data for the fiscal fourth-quarter on Tuesday, despite a series of rate hikes that have hit industrial output.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India is expected to post economic growth of more than eight percent when it reports data for the fiscal fourth-quarter on Tuesday, despite a series of rate hikes that have hit industrial output.


CMHC ups 2011 housing starts view (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp (CMHC) slightly raised its forecast for 2011 housing starts on Monday, citing an improving economy and still-low interest rates.

Afghan soldier shoots dead Australian mentor (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:19 PM PDT

AP - An Afghan soldier shot dead his Australian mentor at a guard tower in Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.

Germany turns back on nuclear power (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:56 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In a move officials called "irreversible," German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right coalition agreed Monday to phase out nuclear power by 2022, setting Europe’s biggest economy the formidable challenge of finding a replacement for 20 percent of its current energy supply.

Karzai gives US ultimatum on civilian deaths (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Hours after reports appeared that a NATO air strike had killed 14 civilians in Helmand Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued an ominous statement, giving his “last warning” to US officials.

Population experts demand funding for international family planning (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:18 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - LONDON, May 30 (OneWorld.net) - A high-level population conference has appealed to international donors to step up financial support for family planning and reproductive health services in developing countries.

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