2012年6月1日星期五

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Annan frustrated over Syria, Russia gives no ground

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:29 PM PDT

A man reacts near bodies of people whom anti-government protesters say were killed by gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad near the town of QusairBEIRUT (Reuters) - International envoy Kofi Annan said on Friday he was "frustrated and impatient" a week after a massacre in Syria of 108 people shocked the world, but Russia said his peace plan was still the best hope for Syria. Speaking after separate talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, President Vladimir Putin urged countries to continue to back Annan's peace initiative as the best way to avoid full civil war. "Mr. Annan is a very experienced and respectable person and we must do everything for his mission to succeed. ...

Exclusive: China arrests security official on suspicion of spying for U.S.

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Chinese state security official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States, sources said, a case both countries have kept quiet for several months as they strive to prevent a fresh crisis in relations. The official, an aide to a vice minister in China's security ministry, was arrested and detained early this year on allegations that he had passed information to the United States for several years on China's overseas espionage activities, said three sources, who all have direct knowledge of the matter. The aide had been recruited by the U.S. ...

Gaddafi extradition postponed pending court ruling

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:42 AM PDT

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is seen sitting in a plane in ZintanTHE HAGUE (Reuters) - The son of late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi can stay in detention in Libya while the International Criminal Court decides if it has the jurisdiction to try him, the court ruled on Friday. The ICC issued a warrant for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi last June after prosecutors accused him of involvement in the killing of protesters during the revolt that toppled his father, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for 42 years. Libya has resisted handing over the dictator's western-educated son, saying he should be tried at home. ...

Sudan says it pulls police from disputed region

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:39 AM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan said it had pulled its police forces from a disputed border region, removing a possible obstacle to troubled peace talks with its neighbor South Sudan which also claims the fertile area. The ownership of Abyei is a major bone of contention between the African countries which came close to war last month after border fighting escalated - the worst violence since South Sudan seceded last year under a 2005 peace agreement. Sudan said on Thursday it had withdrawn its army from Abyei but would keep police forces in the region, defying a call by U.N. ...

Mexico's Pena Nieto feels the heat with finish in sight

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate from PRI, gives a speech during the First Citizen Summit in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two months before Mexico's presidential election, Enrique Pena Nieto was strolling to victory. But with just a month to go, he may suddenly have a race on his hands. Long dormant opposition to Pena Nieto and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has welled up over the past three weeks to throw the result of the July 1 election into some doubt, raising the risk of yet another government with no majority in Congress. ...

Mexico police scour highways after PepsiCo truck torched

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:25 PM PDT

A fire truck stands near the burnt remains of a delivery truck on a road on the outskirts of MoreliaMORELIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police on Friday hunted assailants who set ablaze a delivery truck for PepsiCo's local snack food subsidiary in what appeared to be the latest attack against the firm by a drug cartel. A series of attacks on trucks and warehouses belonging to PepsiCo's Sabritas brand started last weekend and are thought to be the first to directly target a global company during Mexico's bloody war on drug traffickers. ...

U.S. told to decide Iranian group's fate in four months

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton attends a luncheon organized by the American Chamber of Commerce at Island Shangri-La in Hong KongWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to decide within four months whether to remove an Iranian dissident group from a U.S. terrorism list. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled for the group, Mujahadin-e Khalq, or MEK, which has sought to force the State Department to take it off the list or decide within a specified time period on its request to be removed. The appeals court ordered Clinton to either grant or deny the group's petition in four months. ...

U.S. asks Iraq to extradite Hezbollah suspect

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:19 AM PDT

A U.S. solider shows a picture of Ali Mussa Daqduq during a news conference at the heavily fortified Green Zone area in BaghdadWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has formally asked Iraq to extradite a suspected Hezbollah operative accused of killing American troops, a U.S. official told Reuters, amid heightened concerns in Washington that he may go free. It was not immediately clear when the request was filed and Iraqi officials approached by Reuters denied knowledge of it, casting doubt on whether an extradition was seriously being considered at this point in Baghdad. ...

Prophet cartoons haunt Denmark as verdict nears

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish court will rule on Monday whether four men plotted a slaughter at a newspaper in revenge for its publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad - an event that took place seven years ago, and is set to haunt Denmark for years to come. Three Swedes and a Tunisian have pleaded not guilty to planning a massacre at the Copenhagen offices of Jyllands-Posten. Police said the attack was meant to "kill as many as possible" and been foiled with just days to spare. It was only the latest of a number of incidents stemming from the cartoons. ...

Vatican has long history of intrigue and controversy

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:11 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful in front of a replica of the Grotto of Lourdes to celebrate the end of May, a month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Vatican Gardens at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict is fighting the worst crisis of his papacy, but his problems are only the latest in a long history of controversies and intrigue in the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. The "Vatileaks" scandal, in which the pope's private papers are alleged to have been pilfered by his own butler, pales in comparison to the scandals of centuries past when popes were accused of violence, nepotism and sexual excesses. ...

UN rights body condemns Syria over massacre

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT

This Thursday, May 31, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, purports to show Syrian mourners gathered around the bodies of eleven workers killed by gunmen on their way to work Thursday at a state-owned fertilizer factory in the central province of Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO.The U.N.'s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, but Damascus appeared impervious to the crescendo of global condemnation following a string of horrific massacres.

Danger sign for US economy: Job growth disappoints

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:11 PM PDT

In this Thursday, May 31, 2012, job seekers gather for employment opportunities at the 11th annual Skid Row Career Fair at the Los Angeles Mission in Los Angeles. U.S. employers created 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up. The dismal jobs figures could fan fears that the economy is sputtering. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)The American economy is in trouble again.

Pope to attend La Scala concert

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:33 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI salutes attendees at the end of a concert at La Scala theater in Milan, Italy, Friday, June 1, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI greeted the faithful in the square outside Milan's cathedral after his arrival Friday afternoon for the seventh World Encounter of Families, a welcome pastoral respite from an embarrassing and damaging leaks scandal at the Vatican that has engulfed the pontiff's personal butler. Then, a concert at the nearby La Scala theater will be followed by a private prayer inside the cathedral with a special focus on the victims of the twin temblors that rocked the Emilia-Romagna region last month. (AP Photo/Daniel Dal Zennaro, Pool)Pope Benedict XVI praised the performance of Beethoven's Ninth symphony on Friday evening at Milan's La Scala theater as "a moment of elevation of the soul."

PepsiCo's Mexico snack subsidiary attacked again

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:24 PM PDT

Assailants in western Mexico burned another delivery truck of a PepsiCo-owned Mexican snack company, shortly after a drug cartel claimed responsibility for last week's arson attacks against the company, police said Friday.

Canada police: Body parts victim a Chinese student

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:50 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by City of Montreal Police Service media relations shows Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, who is wanted for homicide. Montreal police said on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, they have identified Magnotta as a suspect in the gruesome case of severed body parts discovered in packages mailed to Ottawa, Ontario, and in a garbage heap in Montreal. (AP Photo/City of Montreal Police Service)The man killed in a videotaped attack that was discovered after body parts were mailed to Canada's top political parties was a Chinese student, police said Friday, as authorities in France searched for the suspect, a Canadian porn actor.

French president says Syria's Assad has to go

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:34 PM PDT

Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui, Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to Geneva, delivers his statement during a special session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, June 1, 2012. The Human Rights Council holds a special session on "the deterioration of the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and the recent killings in Houla". (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)France's president said Friday that only the departure of Bashar Assad would end the violence in Syria, saying his regime had acted in an "intolerable way."

Egyptians rally against Mubarak-era candidate

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:36 AM PDT

Egyptian protesters show the soles of their shoes in a sign of disrespect as they shout slogans against Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, who was forced to step down as prime minister after Mubarak's ouster last year, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 1, 2012. Several hundred protesters rallied Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the Egyptian uprising. Arabic at left reads ,"revolution law and not military law" and at center on poster showing the face of Shafiq with the star of David reading, "Ahmed Shafiq."(AP Photo/Amr Nabil).Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Egypt on Friday to demand that Ahmed Shafiq, a former senior official in Hosni Mubarak's ousted regime, be disqualified from next month's presidential runoff.

Diamond Jubilee: Britain marks Queen's reign

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2006 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets the public during a walkabout to celebrate her 80th birthday in Windsor, England. In the next four days, the normal ebb and flow of British life will give way to a series of street parties, flotillas, outdoor concerts and finally the appearance of an elderly great-grandmother on her balcony to wave to her subjects. The pageantry is very grand and very British. But at the heart of the Diamond Jubilee celebration is a nearly universal sense of appreciation for the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who is marking 60 years on the throne. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)The patriotic bunting is ready, the golden carriage on standby, the boats freshly painted, the shops filled with royal souvenirs.

Irish say yes to EU pact, now seek EU growth deal

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Ballot Boxes are opened as counting begins in European Fiscal Treaty Referendum at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland Friday June 1, 2012. Saying yes could mean dooming Ireland to more long, hard years of austerity. But saying no could mean national bankruptcy next year. Ireland's debt-burdened voters confronted an existential dilemma Thursday as they decided in a referendum whether to ratify the European Union's deficit-fighting treaty, a measure backed by Germany as a confidence-building measure but criticized by many economists as exactly the wrong kind of medicine for countries drowning in red ink. Results come Friday. (AP Photo/Niall Carson/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUTIreland's voters have agreed to ratify the European Union's deficit-fighting treaty with a resounding 60.3 percent "yes," results Friday showed, but government leaders and pro-treaty campaigners alike expressed relief rather than joy because of the stark economic challenges ahead.

Queen Elizabeth II to make horses part of Jubilee

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 07:51 AM PDT

FILE This Tuesday, April 2, 2002 file photo shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, riding out with Anne, the Princess Royal, at Windsor Castle, England. Queen Elizabeth II kicks off a long weekend of celebrations of her 60-year reign by going to the races, and perhaps no other event will give her so much pleasure. The Epsom Derby is the richest event on Britain's horse-racing calendar, and never mind that this is the only major race in which the queen has never entered a winner. Pleasure, in the gilded life of Queen Elizabeth II, often comes on four hooves.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)Don't call her at the office Saturday — Queen Elizabeth II will be off to the races.

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