2011年5月14日星期六

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Libya buries imams it says NATO killed in air strike (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2011 02:17 PM PDT

Reuters - Tears, chants and volleys of gunfire fired into the air punctuated the funeral for nine imams Libya said NATO killed in an air strike, but the alliance said the building it struck was a command-and-control center.

Two Egyptian protesters shot, blast near Sinai tomb (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2011 03:46 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Egyptian protesters were shot in Cairo during Christian and Muslim demonstrations and an explosion occurred near the tomb of a prominent Muslim sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA said.

Pakistan's parliament warns U.S. over bin Laden raid (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2011 10:27 AM 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 - Pakistan's parliament condemned on Saturday the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, warning Pakistan might cut supply lines to U.S. forces in Afghanistan if there were further military incursions.


North Korea, Iran trade missile technology: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea and Iran appear to have been regularly exchanging ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report obtained by Reuters on Saturday.

Gunmen fire on protesters in Yemen, wounding 35 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2011 12:16 PM PDT

General view of anti-government protesters rallying to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa May 13, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Gunmen in plain clothes opened fire repeatedly on protesters in Yemen's southern city of Taiz on Saturday, wounding 35 people, a doctor said, and a Gulf envoy arrived to try to revive a plan to end the crisis.


Targeting Corruption, Egypt Goes After Mubarak's Wife (Time.com)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Suzanne Mubarak suffers what may be a heart attack as Egyptian prosecutors prepare to level corruption charges against her

Military chief urges wider targeting in Libya (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:05 PM PDT

The head of Britain's armed forces, General David Richards, pictured here in 2007, urged NATO to AFP - The head of Britain's armed forces urged NATO to "up the ante" in Libya by widening its bombing campaign to include infrastructure targets, in an interview with a Sunday newspaper.


Mob attacks Christian protest in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2005 file photo distributed by the Egyptian Interior Ministry, Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, standing under a portrait of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, announces the results of the national referendum in Cairo, Egypt. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's top security official, Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, was convicted Thursday, May 5, 2011 of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison.  The conviction of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly was the first against any of the some two dozen Mubarak-era Cabinet ministers and regime-linked businessmen who have been detained since Mubarak's Feb. 11 ouster. (AP Photo/Egyptian Interior Ministry, File)AP - An Egyptian security official says an angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tensions, and scores of people have been injured.


Oaxaca violence leaves at least 8 people dead (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:38 PM PDT

AP - Violence motivated by an electoral dispute between indigenous communities in the Mexican state of Oaxaca has left at least eight people dead.

Libya buries 11 imams killed in NATO strike (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2011 12:46 PM PDT

A Libyan woman walks past an anti-Kadhafi drawing in the rebel-held eastern port of Benghazi. Libyans on Saturday buried 11 Muslim clerics killed in what Moamer Kadhafi's regime said was a NATO air strike on the oil city of Brega that the alliance said had targeted a military site.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Libyans on Saturday buried 11 Muslim clerics killed in what Moamer Kadhafi's regime said was a NATO air strike on the oil city of Brega that the alliance said targeted a military site.


Florida imams arrested for aiding Pakistani Taliban (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Reuters - The imam of a Florida mosque and his two sons, one also a Muslim spiritual leader, were arrested on Saturday on charges of financing and supporting the Pakistani Taliban, U.S. officials said.

Manitoba floods farms to avoid "catastrophic" breach (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:38 PM PDT

Reuters - Manitoba opened its dike on the swollen Assiniboine River on Saturday, starting a slow creep of water across rich farmland to avert a potentially catastrophic, unplanned breach in the Canadian province.

Australia says 32 asylum seekers will go overseas (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:16 PM PDT

AP - A boat load of 32 asylum seekers found in Australian waters will become the first to be sent to Malaysia, Papua New Guinea or another Asia-Pacific country under the government's contentious new strategy to deter future refugees from making the same journey, an official said on Saturday.

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

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:10 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
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