2011年5月13日星期五

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Bombers take bin Laden revenge in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Osama bin Laden sits during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by the respected Dawn newspaper November 10, 2001. Osama bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, U.S. officials said on Sunday. U.S. President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, had repeatedly vowed to bring to justice the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, but never did before leaving office in early 2009. REUTERS/Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf/Newspaper for Daily Dawn (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - Suicide bombers killed 80 people at a Pakistani paramilitary academy on Friday in revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid and militants in Pakistan vowed to carry out more attacks.

5.9 magnitude quake hits near Costa Rica capital (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Reuters - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 hit Costa Rica on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Libyan TV carries audio of Gaddafi taunting NATO (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:33 PM PDT

A rebel fighter stands on a tank captured from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the rebel-held town of Zintan in the Western Mountains, some 150 km southwest of the capital, Tripoli, May 12,2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Libyan state television carried brief audio remarks it said were by leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday in which he taunted NATO as a cowardly crusader and said he was in a place they could not reach.

Syrian forces kill 6 protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Syrian residents stand on an army vehicle, holding posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, during their withdrawal from Deraa city in southern Syria, May 5, 2011 in this picture provided by Government news agency SANA on May 6. REUTERS/SANA/HandoutReuters - Security forces killed six people in demonstrations across Syria on Friday calling for an end to autocratic rule, rights campaigners said, after the government promised to hold a "national dialogue" in the coming days.

Egypt rulers vow crackdown on "deviant groups" (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Egypt's interim ruling military council vowed on Friday to use all means to crack down on what it called "deviant groups" threatening stability and security.

Berating General Pasha: Pakistan's Spy Chief Gets a Tongue-Lashing (Time.com)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:40 PM PDT

Time.com - In a closed door meeting with lawmakers, the controversial spy master offers to resign amid harsh criticism over the bin Laden episode

Swiss solar-powered aircraft lands in Brussels (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Solar-powered airplane, the Solar Impulse, is pictured after landing at Brussels Airport in Zaventem. The plane, operating fully on solar energy, completed its first international flight, which departed at 6 a.m. this morning from the Payerne airfield in Switzerland.(AFP/John Thys)AFP - Pioneering Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse landed in Brussels on Friday after completing its first international flight, 13 hours after it took off from Switzerland.

Mubarak's wife in hospital after arrest (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2003 file photo, Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, smiles at the Free University Berlin. Egyptian authorities have ordered the detention of Suzanne Mubarak, wife of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, the government-run MENA news service says. The move on Friday May 13, 2011 comes a day after the government reported that Mubarak and his wife were questioned over suspicions they illegally amassed vast wealth. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns, File)AP - Suzanne Mubarak, wife of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit Friday after suffering severe chest pains upon hearing the news that she had been ordered detained on corruption allegations.

Strong earthquake shakes Costa Rica's capital (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:46 PM PDT

AP - A 6-magnitude earthquake shook the capital city of Costa Rica Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

US disappoints Libya rebels on recognition (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:53 PM PDT

Mahmud Jibril of Libya's rebel national council answer to journalists at the end of a meeting in Paris on March 2011. The United States on Friday stopped short of granting Libyan rebels full diplomatic recognition, as Jibril became the opposition's first senior official to have talks at the White House.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - The United States on Friday stopped short of granting Libyan rebels full diplomatic recognition, as Mahmud Jibril became the opposition's first senior official to have talks at the White House.

Moderate 5.2 quake strikes off Indonesia (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:40 PM PDT

A quake reading on a seismograph. A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck beneath the sea between Australia's Christmas Island and the Indonesian island of Java on Saturday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck beneath the sea between Australia's Christmas Island and the Indonesian island of Java on Saturday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.

Discouraging year for rights in Australia: Amnesty (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:49 PM PDT

Photo illustration of Aboriginal performers. Australia's human rights record has taken backward steps on refugees and Aborigines, Amnesty International warned Friday as it criticised a plan to send boatpeople to Malaysia.(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)AFP - Australia's human rights record has taken backward steps on refugees and Aborigines, Amnesty International warned Friday as it criticised a plan to send boatpeople to Malaysia.

Opposition leader's return to Uganda met with renewed violence (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:28 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Ronald Ssenkumbi was among the crowd who thronged Uganda's airport to greet Kizza Besigye, the opposition leader who many Ugandans consider the country's true president after February's contested polls.

Yemen's Death Spiral: How the Economy and the Military Will Play (Time.com)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Even as the President and the protesters play a repetitive but brutal game on the streets, the divided military and the economy could spin the country into catastrophe

Yemen thrust into deeper uncertainty after Gulf deal falls through (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:03 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When demonstrations began in February aimed at toppling long-ruling President Ali Abdullah Saleh, they were of a humble size, filling only the area immediately outside the entrance to Sanaa University, an area now known as Change Square.

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