2011年6月8日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Turkey offers Syrians refuge, West pushes U.N. vote (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:28 PM PDT

Reuters - Turkey threw open its borders to anxious Syrian refugees on Wednesday and urged their government to curb violence against civilians after thousands abandoned a town near the Turkish frontier in fear of a military assault.

Bin Laden will "haunt" America: al Qaeda deputy (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:46 AM PDT

Osama bin Laden (L) sits with his adviser and purported successor Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured), in a file image supplied by the Dawn newspaper on November 10, 2001. Osama bin Laden's longtime lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, said the United States faces rebellion throughout the Muslim world after killing the al Qaeda leader, according to a 28-minute YouTube recording posted on June 8, 2011. In what appeared to be his first public response to bin Laden's death in a U.S. commando raid in Pakistan in May 2011, the Egyptian-born Zawahri warned Americans not to gloat and vowed to press ahead with al Qaeda's campaign against the United States and its allies. REUTERS/Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn/Files (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - Osama bin Laden's longtime lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, said the United States faces rebellion throughout the Muslim world after killing the al Qaeda leader, according to a YouTube recording posted on Wednesday.

Fighting turns southern Yemen town into "hell" (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Armed guards walk inside the house of Yemeni tribal leader Sadeq al-Ahmar in Sanaa, June 7, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Bodies lay in the streets of a southern Yemeni town Wednesday as government forces battled Islamist militants, a local official said, underscoring the gravity of Yemen's multiple conflicts.

Western, Arab talks to focus on Libya "end-game" (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:20 PM PDT

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrives to a news conference at The Hague in May 2011. Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of sex drugs for troops to attack women, the chief ICC prosecutor said Wednesday.(AFP/ANP/File/Robert Vos)Reuters - Western and Arab nations meet in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to focus on what one U.S. official called the "end-game" for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi as NATO once again stepped up the intensity of its air raids on Tripoli.

Defiant Iran plans big rise in nuclear enrichment (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a news conference in Tehran June 7, 2011. No offer from world powers could persuade Iran to stop enriching uranium, Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Caren FirouzReuters - Iran will shift its production of higher-grade uranium to an underground bunker and triple production capacity, it said on Wednesday in a defiant response to charges of trying to make atomic bombs.

In Yemen, a High-Stakes Power Game as Saleh Is in Limbo (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:15 PM PDT

Time.com - With the president recuperating -- or perhaps dying -- in Saudi Arabia, tribal militias, military factions and street protests maneuver for advantage.

Blair calls for elected European leader (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in March 2011, on Thursday warned the European Union that it must elect a leader or face being left behind by the world's emerging economies.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair on Thursday warned the European Union that it must elect a leader or face being left behind by the world's emerging economies.

Existence of Syrian-American blogger questioned (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT

AP - The existence of a blogger who claimed to be a Syrian-American lesbian came into question on Wednesday after a woman in Britain said photographs circulating on the Internet were of her, not the blogger supposedly in Damascus.

Eruption at Chile volcano beginning to weaken (AP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Volcanic lightning is seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 5, 2011. Authorities have evacuated about 600 people in the nearby area. The volcano was calm on Sunday, one day after raining down ash and forcing thousands to flee, although the cloud of soot it had belched out still darkened skies as far away as Argentina. (AP Photo/Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno) CHILE OUT, NO PUBLICAR EN CHILE, NO SALESAP - Scientists say the eruption at Chile's Cordon Caulle volcano has diminished, although they warn that ash likely will keep spewing out for at least several more days.

Kadhafi ordered sex drugs for Libya rapes: prosecutor (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:36 PM PDT

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrives to a news conference at The Hague in May 2011. Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of sex drugs for troops to attack women, the chief ICC prosecutor said Wednesday.(AFP/ANP/File/Robert Vos)AFP - Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of sex drugs to encourage troops to attack women, the chief ICC prosecutor said Wednesday.

Lawmakers call for reduced Afghan role (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Senator John Kerry (D-MA) speaks during a news conference in Islamabad May 16, 2011. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - U.S. lawmakers called for a reduced role in Afghanistan on Wednesday, piling pressure on the Obama administration to accelerate the end to a long, costly war as it debates an initial drawdown this summer.

Canada Post cuts deliveries due to rotating strike (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Mail delivers in Canadian cities will be cut to three days a week because rotating strikes have slashed mail volumes by up to half, Canada Post officials said on Wednesday.

Indonesia to buy N.Zealand beef after Australia ban (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 05:22 AM PDT

Dock workers unload Australian cattle upon arrival in Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port. Australia has suspended all live cattle exports to Indonesia for up to six months after a public outcry following shocking images of mistreatment in slaughterhouses.(AFP/File)AFP - Indonesia said Wednesday it could buy more beef from New Zealand after Australia suspended live cattle exports due to concerns over animal cruelty.

In Saudi Arabia, Lingerie Reveals All (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud ordered government officials to clear the way for women-only sales assistants in lingerie shops by the end of the month

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