2011年6月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

NATO chief says alliance will finish job in Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Rebel fighters rest at the frontline in Ajdabiyah June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - NATO's chief on Thursday dismissed a call from Italy for a suspension of hostilities in Libya and tried to reassure wavering members of the Western coalition that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi can be beaten.

Syrian troops near Turkey border, refugees flee (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad take part in a rally to support him at al-Umawiin square in Damascus June 21, 2011, in this photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/Sana/HandoutReuters - Syrian troops massed near the Turkish border, witnesses said on Thursday, raising tensions with Ankara as President Bashar al-Assad increases the use of military force against a popular revolt.

Iraq blasts kill at least 23, scores wounded (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:59 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand at a checkpoint in Baghdad's Karkh area. Explosives packed into three shopping carts ripped through a crowded market in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 107, an interior ministry official said.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)Reuters - Three bombs exploded near a busy street market and a religious site in a mainly Shi'ite area of southwestern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding scores of others, security sources said.

Yemeni president not returning home soon (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:27 AM PDT

A girl raises her hand with her fingers painted with flags of Yemen, Egypt, Syria, Tunisia and Libya as she marches during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is not likely to return home soon from Saudi Arabia, where he is recovering from serious injuries suffered in an attack on his palace this month, a Western diplomat said on Thursday.

In Damascus, calm at the eye of the storm (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:37 AM PDT

Reuters - The following story headlined "In Damascus, calm at the eye of the storm" was filed by a writer who has spent several weeks reporting in the Syrian capital during a period in which foreign journalists have been barred from entering the country.

Venezuela's Horrific Prison Riot: Why is Hugo ChÁvez Silent? (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Crime is one of Venezuela's major problems. But so is the brutality of its prisons, as one ongoing uprising sho

Official: Greek deal contains extra cuts (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 04:38 PM PDT

A protester wearing a Greek flag plays the drums in front of a police formation during a rally against austerity outside the parliament in Athens June 22, 2011. The Greek government won a vote of confidence early on Wednesday, overcoming a first hurdle in winning new financing to avoid bankruptcy. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST)AP - A European Union official says that a deal reached between the Greek government and its international debt inspectors contains an additional euro3.8 billion ($5.4 billion) in spending cuts.

Blasts rip through western Baghdad, killing 40 (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:28 PM PDT

An Iraqi policeman uses a dog to search a car, with an Iraqi flag in the background, at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 23, 2011. (AP Photo / Hadi Mizban)AP - Four bombs ripped through Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad Thursday evening, killing at least 40 people in the worst violence the capital has seen in months, Iraqi officials said. An American civilian aid specialist working to improve education in Iraq was killed in a separate attack.

Mexico sends camera into unexplored Maya tomb (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 04:16 PM PDT

AP - Researchers have lowered a small camera into a previously unexplored early Mayan tomb at the Palenque archaeological site in southern Mexico, revealing an intact funeral chamber, apparent offerings and red-painted wall murals.

Malia, Sasha in media spotlight during Africa (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama stands with her mother Marian Robinson, left, and daughters Sasha and Malia as they listen to former resident Noor Ebrahim as they visit the District Six museum, in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, June 23, 2011. Founded in 1867 as a mixed community of freed slaves, merchants, and immigrants, the apartheid government in 1965 declared it 'white' and forcibly removed 60,000 residents and bulldozed their homes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)AP - A weeklong trip to Africa with their mother has offered a rare look at Malia and Sasha Obama, sisters who are largely kept out of public view.

Afghan drawdown poses risk, U.S. military warns (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 04:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is photographed with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, many of whom have just returned from Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in Fort Drum, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Reuters - The U.S. military distanced itself Thursday from President Barack Obama's plan for a faster-than-expected withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, but the top commander there said it was not the kind of decision he would quit over.

Canada set to force postal workers back to work (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian members of Parliament will sit continuously, even overnight, until the House of Commons passes a law to force postal workers back to work and restore mail service, the Conservative government said on Thursday.

Beleaguered Aussie PM to work on 1st anniversary (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:44 PM PDT

AP - A year after becoming Australia's first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard finds herself weighed down in opinion polls by an unpopular greenhouse gas tax policy and lingering anger over how she overthrew her predecessor.

How serious are Pakistan's latest moves to purge its military of extremists? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 03:47 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Pakistani Army is interrogating four army majors in connection with a brigadier who was arrested last month for links to the global Islamist party Hizb-ut-Tahrir, highlighting mounting pressure on the military to expel extremists within its ranks.

'Pottermore' Secrets Revealed: J.K. Rowling's New Site is E-Book Meets Interactive World (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Just when it seemed the Harry Potter franchise was finally avada kedavra-ed, J.K. Rowling has launched the website "Pottermore" to continue the story of the young boy wizard

Canada's 'kid' lawmakers poised to shake-up staid Parliament (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:18 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - At 20 years old and just halfway through college, history and cultural studies student Laurin Liu has little in common with the middle-aged white men who dominate Canadian politics.

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