2011年6月11日星期六

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Suspected suicide bombing kills 34 in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Security officials survey the site of multiple bomb blasts in Peshawar on June 12, 2011. REUTERS/Fayaz AzizReuters - At least 34 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Peshawar late Saturday, the latest attack since Osama bin Laden's killing last month.

Fighting in Zawiyah shuts Libya road to Tunisia (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:58 PM PDT

A rebel poses with rocket-propelled grenades taken from an armoured personnel carrier (APC) captured from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on the outskirts of the town of Zlitan, west of the rebel-held port city of Misrata June 10, 2011. REUTERS/Abdelkader BelhessinReuters - Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fought gun battles with rebels in the town of Zawiyah Saturday, witnesses said, shutting the coastal highway that links the capital Tripoli with Tunisia.

Thousands rally for reform in Bahrain (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters flee after riot police fire rounds of tear gas to disperse them in the mainly Shi'ite village of Diraz, west of Manama, March 25, 2011. REUTERS/Hamad I MohammedReuters - Thousands of Bahrainis shouting "we are victorious" gathered for a rally for political reform on Saturday, in the first large demonstration since the Gulf Arab state crushed a democracy protest movement in March.

Thirty killed in Yemen amid Saleh power vacuum (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters shout slogans while holding a defaced portrait of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration demanding his ouster in Sanaa June 4, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Twenty one al Qaeda members and nine Yemeni soldiers were killed in fighting on Saturday in a province where the main city was seized by Islamist militants during the chaos of the country's bloody political crisis.

Erdogan set for comfortable win as Turks vote (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 03:52 PM PDT

Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), and his wife Emine Erdogan greet their supporters during an election rally in Istanbul June 11, 2011. Turkey will hold parliamentary elections on June 12. REUTERS/Murad SezerReuters - Turks vote in an election on Sunday that is expected to see Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan win a third consecutive term in office and could give him a mandate to rewrite the constitution.

Solar-powered plane's Paris flight abandoned (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 04:37 PM PDT

The solar powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Brussels Airport, in Zaventem. Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse landed in Brussels Saturday after the pilot aborted a flight to Paris following a series of technical problems, his team said.(AFP/BELGA/Bruno Fahy)AFP - Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse landed in Brussels Saturday after the pilot aborted a flight to Paris following a series of technical problems, his team said.

Fayyad nominated to head Palestinian government (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad, center, takes part in Friday prayers at a mosque following renovations undertaken after a fire, in the West Bank village of Al Mughayer, near Ramallah, Friday, June 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - The Fatah movement nominated Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to head a transitional Palestinian government Saturday as part of a unity deal with their rivals in the Islamic militant group Hamas.

Mexico seizes 1 1/2 tons of meth in border state (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 03:46 PM PDT

Relatives of people who disappeared react during a rally in support of the peace caravan led by Mexican poet Javier Sicilia in El Paso, Texas June 11, 2011. Mexicans arrived to this border city after a week-long procession through Mexico to protest the country's bloody drug war, led by Sicilia, a crusading poet whose son was murdered by suspected cartel hitmen. Human rights activists and families of victims of violence formed a peace caravan and piled into 13 buses and more than two dozen cars to set out on a 12-state tour that ended in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's most violent drug war city on the U.S. border. The primary goal of the pact is to halt the violence of the drug war via a AP - Mexico's Defense Department says it has discovered 1 1/2 tons of methamphetamine stored in water tanks and buried in the ground in the northern state of Coahuila.

1998 US Embassy blasts suspect killed in Somalia (AP)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 04:31 PM PDT

A picture taken from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website of their AP - The al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces who didn't immediately realize he was the most wanted man in East Africa, officials said Saturday.

Japan anti-nuclear protesters rally after quake (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 04:17 PM PDT

An anti-nuclear protester takes part in a demonstration in Tokyo June 11, 2011, on the three month anniversary of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami which triggered a nuclear disaster. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters marched in Japan on Saturday, three months after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years, urging the government to cut reliance on atomic power.

Air Canada customer agents serve strike notice (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 10:02 PM PDT

Reuters - The union representing customer service and ticket sales agents at Air Canada Inc on Friday gave the airline 72 hours notice of a strike after negotiators failed to agree on a new labor contract.

More than 900 saxophonists in Australia set record (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:22 PM PDT

More than 940 saxophone players gather and play a tune at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, June 11, 2011 in a bid to become the world's largest saxophone ensemble. To break the Guinness world record set in 2008, organizers said they must have more than 918 saxophones playing the same tune at the same time.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - Six-year-olds with saxophones hanging past their knees have joined more seasoned professionals as saxophonists in Australia set a world record by forming the largest ensemble of the jazz instrument in history.

Spain police crack Anonymous cell accused of hacking PlayStation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Spanish police today said they have arrested three key members of Anonymous â€" a group of hacker-activists involved in denial-of-service computer attacks on government and corporate websites as well as the Sony PlayStation online store.

Sources: Panetta Confronts Pakistan Over Collusion With Militants (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Time.com - In a development certain to further strain relations between the U.S. and its nuclear-powered ally, the next Secretary of Defense flies in to confront Islamabad's military establishment

In Albania, a mayoral vote gone awry threatens EU membership bid (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:02 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Albania’s two-year political crisis risks spiraling out of control, the opposition is now calling for international intervention.

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