2012年5月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News


China says dissident may apply to study in U.S.

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Handout photo from the U.S. Embassy Beijing Press office shows U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke talking on a mobile phone as he accompanies blind activist Chen Guangcheng in a car, in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday that blind dissident Chen Guangcheng could apply to study abroad, a move praised by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and suggesting an end may be near to a diplomatic standoff between Beijing and Washington. But rights activists sounded a note of caution, saying Beijing could move slowly on granting Chen permission to leave out of fear that appearing soft might embolden other challengers to Communist Party rule before a power handover late this year. ...


Senator likely to be rebuffed in News Corp inquiry

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News Corporation Chief Executive and Chairman, Rupert Murdoch, leaves after giving evidence for the second day at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in LondonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The British judicial inquiry investigating questionable reporting practices by Rupert Murdoch's media properties is unlikely to cooperate with a prominent senator's request for evidence of misconduct in the United States, three people familiar with the inquiry said. The sources said that the judicial inquiry, created by British Prime Minister David Cameron and chaired by Sir Brian Leveson, a senior English judge, is not authorized to provide legal assistance or evidence to other bodies or organizations, including foreign government agencies or components. ...


U.S. doesn't expect Pakistan to reopen Afghan war supply routes soon

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Fuel tankers, which are used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, are seen parked at a compound in KarachiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Taliban kicks off its spring fighting season in Afghanistan, an agreement with Pakistan that would help NATO supply its troops there could be weeks or months away, forcing military leaders to spend two-and-a-half times as much to ship some supplies through Central Asia. The Obama administration remains locked in negotiations with Pakistan to reopen the key supply routes into Afghanistan, and officials do not expect talks bogged down over proposed tariffs and U.S. military assistance to reach resolution anytime soon. ...


Syrian forces kill five in Damascus, Aleppo protests

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Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad after Friday prayers in ZabadaniDAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed at least five people on Friday when they fired at demonstrations calling for the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, activists said. The shootings occurred despite a three-week-old ceasefire agreement aimed at ending 14 months of bloodshed in Syria, part of a wider peace plan that international mediator Kofi Annan's spokesman said was still "on track". ...


Turkey court gives Ferguson time to settle -media

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Sarah Ferguson, Britain's Duchess of York, arrives at a benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New YorkISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court trying British duchess Sarah Ferguson for secretly filming the treatment of mentally handicapped children adjourned after opening on Friday to give time for an out-of-court settlement, Turkish media said. Ferguson, who holds the title Duchess of York as the ex-wife of Britain's Prince Andrew, was not present in court. She signaled when the charges were brought in January that she would not return to face trial. The offences carry a maximum sentence of up to 22 years and six months. ...


Bodies of 23 found dumped near U.S. border in Mexico drug war

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The bodies of 23 people were found hanging from a bridge or dismembered in ice boxes and garbage bags in northeastern Mexico on Friday, in an escalation of brutal violence involving rival drug gangs on the U.S. border. In a first incident, the bodies of five men and four women were found hanging from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo, in Tamaulipas state just across the border from the Texas city of Laredo. ...

Armenia campaign rally blast hurts 144-officials

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A view shows the explosion of gas-filled balloons during a campaign rally in the central Republic Square in YerevanYEREVAN (Reuters) - More than 140 people were hurt at a campaign rally in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Friday, when hundreds of small balloons went up in flames, burning people and sparking panic, two days before an election, an emergency official said. Gas-filled balloons appeared to have exploded after being ignited by a cigarette at the rally, staged by the ruling Republican Party in Republic Square in the centre of Yerevan, local media said. "I heard an explosion and saw flames rising high," said a 30-year-old woman who identified herself as Susan. ...


Army imposes curfew in Cairo district after clashes

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Security forces throw stones back at protesters near Egypt's Defence MinistryCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army imposed an overnight curfew around the defense ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters clashed with troops there during demonstrations against the country's military rulers, leaving one soldier dead and 373 people wounded. The crowd hurled projectiles and insults at the soldiers sent to defend the ministry after 11 people were killed in fighting there on Wednesday, and called for the overthrow of the head of the ruling army council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi. ...


Greek euro membership at stake in poll: Socialists

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A girls smokes a cigarette before the arrival of Greek Socialist party leader Evangelos Venizelos during a rally in Athens(Reuters) - Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos told voters on Friday that Greece may have to abandon the euro if they fail to support him in Sunday's general election. His last appeal before the poll echoed a stark warning by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who said earlier that Greece's next government must abide by the commitments Athens made in exchange for a 130 billion euro international bailout or "bear the consequences". ...


Khamenei factions look set to dominate in Iran vote

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Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei meets with members of the Assembly of Experts in TehranDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians voted on Friday in a run-off parliamentary election in which allies of hardline Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hoped to complete victory over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a conservative increasingly criticized by the clerical elite. Khamenei's expected majority is likely to mean a tougher final year for Ahmadinejad in his second and last term. ...


Boris Johnson re-elected mayor of London

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Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive at the polling station at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, to vote in the mayoral and council elections Thursday May 3, 2012. Opinion polls indicate that London's outspoken, but well-liked, Conservative mayor Boris Johnson seems on course to retain City Hall in British elections. (AP Photo / Peter Macdiarmid)London's rumpled, comic and often outright offensive Boris Johnson has been declared the winner of a surprisingly close mayoral race in the British capital.


US, China forge tentative deal on Chinese activist

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A police officer stands guard in the middle of two images featuring blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng during a protest in front of the Chinese central government's liaison in Hong Kong Friday, May 4, 2012. Chen at the center of a diplomatic standoff between the United States and China said Friday his situation is With a series of quickly choreographed steps, the U.S. and China outlined a tentative deal Friday to send a blind legal activist to America for study and potentially bring a face-saving end to a delicate diplomatic crisis.


Egyptian troops, protesters clash in Cairo

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Egyptian security forces, unseen, fire a water cannon at protesters during clashes outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 4, 2012. Egyptian armed forces and protesters clashed in Cairo on Friday, with troops firing water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators who threw stones as they tried to march on the Defense Ministry, a flashpoint for a new cycle of violence only weeks ahead of presidential elections. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)Egyptian troops blasted protesters with water cannons, tear gas and live ammunition, trying to prevent them from marching on the Defense Ministry Friday in clashes that left one soldier dead and scores of people injured just three weeks ahead of presidential elections.


Egypt's ousted president turns 84 in detention

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Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak turned 84 on Friday and celebrated his birthday at a Cairo hospital where he is detained, according to a security official and Egyptian daily papers.

Suicide bombing in Pakistani market kills 20

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A man who was injured in a suicide bombing in the tribal region of Khar in Bajur, is comforted by relatives, in a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, May 4, 2012. A suicide bombing in a Pakistani market close to the Afghan border killed 20 people Friday, officials said, a day after the U.S. released letters seized from Osama bin Laden's compound that criticized Pakistani militants for killing too many civilians. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)A teenager blew himself up near a Pakistani market close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 20 people, officials said. The suicide bombing came a day after the U.S. released letters seized from Osama bin Laden's compound that criticized Pakistani militants for killing too many civilians.


Syrian forces kill teen in Aleppo protests

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This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Friday, May 4, 2012, purports to show Syrians chanting slogans and caring Kurdish flags during a demonstration in Qamishli, the capital of Syria's Kurdish heartland. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALSyrian forces fired on thousands of protesters Friday in Aleppo, killing a teenager, after a raid on dormitories at the city's main university killed four students and enflamed tensions in a key bastion of support for the regime.


Woman in Secret Service case calls agents 'fools'

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This Friday, May 4, 2012 frame grab taken from the Spanish radio station Cadena SER website shows Dania Londono Suarez during an interview at an undisclosed location. Suarez says she was the woman who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia. Suárez also says she never would have complained about not being paid by an agent had she known he was part of President Barack Obama's security detail. (AP Photo/Cadena SER)A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia said Friday that the agents involved were "idiots" for letting it happen, and declared that if she were a spy and sensitive information was available, she could have easily obtained it.


New French accusations: Strauss-Kahn in Washington

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FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2011 file photo, former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn gestures as he speaks at an economy conference organized by Chinese Internet company Netease in Beijing, China. A hotel maid's sexual assault lawsuit against Strauss-Kahn can go forward to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday, May 1, 2012, rebuffing the former International Monetary Fund leader's diplomatic-immunity claim. The housekeeper, Nafissatou Diallo, 33, said Strauss-Kahn, 63, tried to rape her when she arrived to clean his Manhattan hotel suite. Strauss-Kahn has denied doing anything violent during the encounter. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)French investigators are studying accusations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been involved in a rape during a sex party in a Washington hotel in 2010 while he was chief of the International Monetary Fund, a judicial official said Friday.


Leaders fall in Europe crisis: Sarkozy next?

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France's President and conservative candidate for re-election in 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, from his car to supporters as he leaves a campaign meeting in Sables d'Ollonne, western France, Friday, May 4, 2012. The final polls before France's presidential election Sunday show a shrinking gap between President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, but still predict a Hollande victory. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)French President Nicolas Sarkozy is widely expected to be kicked out of office in elections Sunday. If he goes, he'll be in good company: Almost every crisis-hit European country that has held an election since disaster struck in 2009 has thrown out its leader.


Ahmadinejad rivals ahead in parliamentary runoff

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An Iranian woman casts her ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections, in a polling station, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 4, 2012. The country has begun runoff elections for more than one-fifth of parliamentary seats. Friday's report says 130 hopefuls will compete for 65 seats in 33 constituencies including the capital Tehran with 25 undecided seats. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Early returns in Iran's parliamentary runoff elections Friday showed conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leading in many constituencies in the vote that was billed as an endorsement of the country's controversial nuclear program.


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