2010年5月13日星期四

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Obama wants $80 billion to upgrade nuclear arms complex (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 04:11 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev sign a landmark treaty at the Prague Castle in Prague in April 2010. Obama on Monday resubmitted a US-Russia nuclear energy cooperation pact to Congress, after the deal fell into limbo following Moscow's conflict with Georgia in 2008.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)Reuters - President Barack Obama sent a landmark arms-reduction treaty with Russia to the Senate on Thursday for ratification and called for $80 billion in nuclear funding, which could help win opposition support.

Travel blog posted of crash survivor's last safari (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 03:04 PM PDT

9 Year-old Dutch boy Ruben van Assouw is seen in his hospital bed in Tripoli's El Khadra hospital, Libya Thusday, May 13, 2010. Ruben is the only survivor of a Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane with 104 people on board that crashed on landing Wednesday, May 12 at the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Ruben van Assouw had a dream vacation. His father's travel blog offers a poignant look at the 9-year-old's journey with his family, witnessing the spectacular natural wonders of South Africa's Mac Mac Falls, a vista called "God's Window," and a tableau of rhinos, impalas and other wild animals.

New British PM bans mobile phones at cabinet meetings (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 02:59 PM PDT

Britain's new Conserative Party Prime Minister, David Cameron (C) speaks during the first Cabinet meeting of the new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition Government, in 10 Downing Street, central London. Cameron on Thursday banned the use of mobile phones at cabinet meetings in a bid to ensure his top team stay focused on the challenges facing them, his spokeswoman said.(AFP/POOL/Andrew Winning)AFP - Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday banned the use of mobile phones at cabinet meetings in a bid to ensure his top team stay focused on the challenges facing them, his spokeswoman said.

1 hurt in bomb blast outside Greek prison (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 02:05 PM PDT

AP - A powerful bomb blast outside Greece's largest prison late Thursday left one woman injured and nearby homes damaged, police said.

Britain's new coalition gov't meets for first time (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 01:41 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, left, leads his first cabinet meeting at number 10 Downing Street in London Thursday May 13, 2010. Britain's new coalition government held its inaugural meeting Thursday, with members of once-rival parties sitting around the Cabinet table together for the first time in decades. Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, second right, sits across from Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. (AP Photo/Andrew Winning, Pool))AP - Britain's first coalition government in seven decades held its inaugural meeting Thursday, as members of once-rival parties sat around the Cabinet table together — and signaled their seriousness about deficit-slashing by agreeing to an immediate pay cut.

Fed official: European crisis shows vulnerability (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 01:26 PM PDT

AP - Although financial conditions in the United States have improved since the 2008 crisis, events in Europe show their fragile underside, a Federal Reserve official said Thursday.

New coalition holds 'constructive' first cabinet (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 01:23 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron(C) calls an end to pictures after posing with other members of his Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government in the garden of 10 Downing Street, central London.(AFP/POOL/File/Andrew Winning)AFP - New Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday chaired his first cabinet meeting, gathering former rivals together as he rebuffed suggestions that their historic coalition cannot last.

Reveler dies in massive French drinks party (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 01:16 PM PDT

Reuters - A man fell to his death after taking part in a mass cocktail party which was organized over the Internet and drew almost 10,000 revelers, the prefecture for Nantes in western France said on Thursday.

Clashes at Iran embassies in Denmark, Sweden (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold up Iranian national flags as they gather during a protest while riot policemen watch outside the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm. Police and protesters opposed to Iran's rulers clashed in front of the Iranian embassies in Denmark and Sweden on Thursday when demonstrators threw rocks and tried to enter, authorities said.(AFP/SCANPIX/Jonas Ekstromer)AFP - Police and protesters opposed to Iran's rulers clashed in front of the Iranian embassies in Denmark and Sweden on Thursday when demonstrators threw rocks and tried to enter, authorities said.

Kremlin: Medvedev, Obama speak about Mideast (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 12:53 PM PDT

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Barack Obama on Thursday discussed Iran's suspect nuclear program and the need to look for "non-standard" approaches to resolving problems in the Middle East, the Kremlin said.

Reveler dies at giant cocktail party in France (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:32 AM PDT

AP - A 21-year-old man died Thursday after an accident at a huge alcohol-drenched party organized on Facebook — one of two such events held simultaneously in two French cities that drew nearly 20,000 people and, police say, are a dangerous trend.

Brother faces brother in bid to succeed UK's Brown (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:20 AM PDT

Combination picture of former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, left, in London, Friday Dec. 19, 2008 and his brother, then Environment Secretary and later Foreign Secretary, David Miliband in Manchester, England, Wednesday Sept. 27, 2006. David Miliband, 44, has long been seen as the front-runner for the job of Labour Party leader following Gordon Brown but may face competition from his brother Ed. (AP Photos/Oli Scarff, pool, Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Britain's humbled Labour Party has begun a potentially bitter race for Gordon Brown's successor following its ouster after 13 years in office — likely pitting brother against brother and possibly even husband against wife in a race riddled with intrigue and rivalries.

Libyan Airbus may have been attempting go-around (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 10:55 AM PDT

The wreckage of Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 is seen from an airplane flying over the crash site in Tripoli, Libya Thursday, May 13, 2010. The Dutch boy who was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed 103 people greeted his relatives with a smile Thursday after they rushed from Holland to his hospital room in Libya and doctors said the 9-year-old was out of danger after successful surgery on his shattered legs.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - The Afriqiyah Airways jet that crashed just before touchdown in Libya may have been attempting a go-around in poor visibility caused by sunlit haze, safety officials and pilots familiar with the airport said Thursday.

Pope decries abortion, same-sex marriage at Fatima (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI kisses a child prior to celebrate an open mass at Fatima's sanctuary,Thursday, May 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of pilgrims flooded the famous shrine town of Fatima on Thursday for Pope Benedict XVI's Mass celebrating the anniversary of the day when three shepherd children reported having visions of the Virgin.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday called abortion and same-sex marriage some of the most "insidious and dangerous" threats facing the world today, asserting key church teachings as he tried to move beyond the clerical abuse scandal.

Poland unveils memorial to Warsaw ghetto fighters (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 08:31 AM PDT

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, left, holds an umbrella to shelter Simcha Rotem-Ratayzer,right, a former insurgent in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising from the rain, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday May 13, 2010. Rotem-Ratayzer, whose nom-de-guerre was Kazik, was a 19-year-old in 1943 when he led the last group of fighters out of the ghetto through sewage canals to the 'Aryan' side of the city. Polish officials honored Rotem-Ratayzer as they unveiled a new monument in the Polish capital, once home to Europe's largest Jewish community, honoring the Jewish insurgents. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Polish officials unveiled a new monument Thursday honoring the last group of Jewish insurgents to escape from Warsaw's burning ghetto in 1943 as the Nazis crushed the revolt against their brutal rule.

New UK govt says no deadline for Afghan withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 08:16 AM PDT

William Hague, the newly appointed Foreign Secretary, arrives for the first cabinet meeting at British Prime Minister David Cameron's official residence at 10 Downing Street in central London, Thursday, May 13, 2010. Britain ushered in its first coalition government since World War II as a pair of rivals-turned-partners pledged to set aside their deep policy differences and tackle the country's disastrous budget deficit.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain's new foreign minister says both partners in the coalition government want British troops to stay in Afghanistan until their job is done.

Spanish union calls civil servant strike (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 07:51 AM PDT

AP - Spain's leading labor union has called a civil servants strike next month to protest government plans to cut salaries as part of a plan to reduce the deficit.

UN prosecutor files amended Mladic indictment (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 07:16 AM PDT

AP - U.N. prosecutors have filed an amended indictment against Europe's top fugitive Ratko Mladic, seeking to speed up the court proceedings once he is arrested, the chief U.N. prosecutor for former Yugoslavia said Thursday.

5 workers killed in attack in Russia's Dagestan (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 07:00 AM PDT

AP - Five repairmen on their way to fix a cell phone tower in Russia's violent southern province of Dagestan were killed Thursday in an explosion and subsequent gun attack, officials said.

Serbia plans to open mass grave (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 05:20 AM PDT

FILE - This is June 5, 2007 file photo shows general view location of Majdan in the village of Rudnica, 180 kilometers (108 miles) south of Belgrade. A mass grave has been discovered in Serbia believed to contain the bodies of 250 ethnic Albanians who were killed in Kosovo during the 1998-99 Serb crackdown against the separatists. Serbia's war crimes prosecutor's office said the grave is located in a hilly, rural area of Rudnica, in the vicinity of the location of Majdan which was searched for dead bodies several years ago without a result. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - Serbian investigators will open a mass grave that could contain up to 350 bodies of Albanians who were killed during the 1998-99 war in Kosovo, then secretly buried in Serbia to hide the atrocities, an official said Thursday.

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