2011年6月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News


Tunisia's Ben Ali sentenced in absentia to 35 years in jail (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is seen at a Tunis airport in this April 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/PoolReuters - A Tunisian court sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on Monday to 35 years in jail, six months after his overthrow in a revolution helped to inspire the "Arab Spring."


Assad blames unrest on saboteurs, pledges reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 12:04 PM PDT

In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the foreign diplomats and for the media, foreign diplomats cover their noses from the smell of the dead bodies during their visit to a mass grave, in Jisr el-Shughour, northern  Syria, on Monday, June 20, 2011. In an attempt to guide media coverage of the unrest, the government took journalists and foreign diplomats on a trip to a northern town Monday where authorities say armed groups killed 120 security personnel two weeks ago.  (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Monday pledged to introduce reforms within months to address a wave of protests against his rule, but blamed saboteurs for the unrest and warned that no deal could be reached with gunmen.


Fresh Libya civilian deaths pile pressure on NATO (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:56 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON A GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR A rescue worker inspects the Al Khawaildi Al Hamadi residential compound which, according to the Libyan government, has been damaged by NATO air strikes, in Surman, 70 km (43 miles) west of Tripoli, June 20, 2011. RUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - The Libyan government said on Monday 19 civilians were killed in a NATO air strike on the home of one of Muammar Gaddafi's top officials, a day after NATO admitted killing civilians in a separate aerial attack.


Forty dead in plane crash in northern Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:31 PM PDT

Reuters - At least 40 people were killed when a Tupolev-134 plane broke up and caught fire on landing in northern Russia, an Emergency Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

Egypt's ex-president Mubarak has cancer: lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:33 AM PDT

An anti-government protester shows off the front page of a local newspaper as they wake up inside Tahrir Square in Cairo February 12, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cancer, his defense lawyer said on Monday, citing a medical report to assess whether the former leader is fit enough to face trial.


Iceland's Face of Immigration Is Distinctly Polish (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Although their numbers have been halved by the recent economic meltdown, Poles -- who now number an estimated 10,000 -- continue to be Iceland's largest ethnic minority.

Reports: 40 killed in Russian passenger jet crash (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:49 PM PDT

AP - Forty people were killed when a passenger jet crashed late Monday in northwestern Russia, news agencies said.

Libya says NATO airstrike kills 15 west of capital (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:58 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel fires his heavy machine gun towards pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces on the front line of Dafniya in Misrata, Libya, Monday, June 20, 2011. Libya's government said a NATO airstrike west of Tripoli early Monday destroyed a large family compound belonging to a close associate of Moammar Gadhafi, killing at least 15 people, including three children. The alliance said the strike hit a 'command and control' center. (AP Photo/Abdel-Kader Fassouk)AP - Libya's government said a NATO airstrike west of Tripoli early Monday destroyed a large family compound belonging to a close associate of Moammar Gadhafi, killing at least 15 people, including three children. It was the second claim of civilian deaths at a home in as many days.


Freed former Tijuana mayor says no hard feelings (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:37 PM PDT

AP - The eccentric former mayor of Tijuana says he has no hard feelings toward Mexican officials following his 10-day imprisonment after a military raid that yielded an arsenal of illegal weapons in his house.

Nigerian Islamist kill 7 in police station, bank raid (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:04 PM PDT

A Nigerian soldier interrogates motorcyclists at a checkpoint in Katsina in 2007. Suspected members of the radical Boko Haram Islamist sect on Monday staged simultaneous bomb and gun attacks on a police station and a bank killing seven people, witnesses and local journalists said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Suspected members of the radical Boko Haram Islamist sect on Monday staged simultaneous bomb and gun attacks on a police station and a bank killing seven people, witnesses and local journalists said.


Obama to reveal Afghan troop decision Wednesday (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT

US soldiers from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry hold a briefing prior to a patrol at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in eastern Afghanistan early on June 19. US President Barack Obama will lay out the size of his planned drawdown of US troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, in an announcement likely to map out an endgame for a bloody and costly 10-year war.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)AFP - President Barack Obama will announce the size of his drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday, mapping out an endgame for a 10-year war that has exacted a fearsome human and financial toll.


Government introduces bill to restore mail service (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 01:59 PM PDT

Reuters - The government introduced legislation on Monday to force an end to a labor disruption at Canada Post and restore national mail service in a matter of days.

Young Aboriginal prisoners are 'national crisis' (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 03:17 AM PDT

AP - Australia's burgeoning population of young Aboriginal prisoners is a "national crisis" that needs urgent and wide-ranging government action, a parliamentary report warned Monday.

Can fresh Morocco protests build momentum for reform? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:12 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Morocco's pro-democracy activists launched fresh protests Sunday, despite King Mohammed VI's Friday speech announcing a draft constitution that would limit the powers of his country’s centuries-old monarchy.

A Four-Legged Illegal Immigrant: The Sheep that Fled from Tunisia (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - A sheep that crossed the sea from Tunisia adds a light twist to the daily human drama of immigrants landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa. But the warmth doesn't last.

Karzai blasts US, NATO for 'using' Afghanistan, announces Taliban talks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:22 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In what’s become a familiar pattern, Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivered a speech on Saturday afternoon blasting the US and NATO for “using our country.”

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