2010年6月10日星期四

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Venezuela's Chavez offers cure for kids' imsomnia (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 07:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don't want to go to sleep. Have them watch his televised speeches.

Pope defends celibacy for priests at Vatican rally (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 06:25 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to celebrate the end of the Church's year of the priest, Thursday, June 10, 2010. Thousands of priests from around the world have massed in Rome in one of the largest such gatherings ever in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI amid the clerical abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended celibacy for priests as a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world Thursday, insisting on a church tradition that has increasingy come under scrutiny amid the clerical sex abuse scandal.

Westwood seizes lead as US golfing Open looms (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:57 PM PDT

Lee Westwood, pictured, has made the most of a rain-softened course to fire a sizzling seven-under 63 and grab the lead in the weather-disrupted first round of the St. Jude Classic.(AFP/Getty Images/John Sommers Ii)AFP - Lee Westwood made the most of a rain-softened course to fire a sizzling seven-under 63 Thursday and grab the lead in the weather-disrupted first round of the St. Jude Classic.

England football run could trigger big power surge (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:51 PM PDT

Britain's electricity network has said it is bracing itself for record-breaking power surges should England do well in the football World Cup.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - Britain's electricity network said Friday it was bracing itself for record-breaking power surges should England do well in the football World Cup.

British crash death toll in S.Africa rises to three (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 04:05 PM PDT

The death toll of a fatal crash in South Africa of an overland truck carrying a group of British students rose to three on Thursday, the eve of the World Cup, police said.(AFP/Martin Bernetti)AFP - A third British national was confirmed dead late Thursday after an overland truck carrying British students in South Africa crashed, on the eve of the World Cup, Britain's Foreign Office said.

Cameron abandons Afghan base visit over attack scare (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 03:44 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron meets with British soldiers, before having dinner with some of them, in Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Cameron was forced to abandon a visit to a military base in Afghanistan on Thursday after intelligence suggested he could be targeted in an insurgent rocket attack.(AFP/Pool/Stefan Rousseau)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to abandon a visit to a military base in Afghanistan on Thursday due to suspicions that Taliban insurgents might try to shoot down his helicopter.

U.S. industry eyes win in IT trade case versus EU (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 03:42 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. technology companies hope a preliminary World Trade Organization ruling expected on Friday will persuade the European Union to drop tariffs on three products at the center of the dispute.

Swiss held for nearly 2 years in Libya released (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 03:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 file photo, handcuffed Swiss businessman Max Goeldi sits inside a police vehicle in front of the Swiss Embassy in Tripoli, Libya. A Libyan prison official and a lawyer say the Swiss businessman Max Goeldi held for nearly two years at the center of a diplomatic row has been released. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid Al-Fergany, File)AP - Libya released on Thursday a Swiss businessman held for nearly two years at the center of a diplomatic row, a prison official and the man's lawyer said.

Putin visits France amid warship row (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 02:55 PM PDT

French republican guards stand to attention as Prime Minister Francois Fillon (2nd L) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (L) leave the Hotel Matignon in Paris after a meeting. Putin arrived in Paris Thursday for a series of talks with French leaders and to open a big exhibition, but a row over a warship sale could put a damper on the fete.(AFP/Joel Saget)AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Paris Thursday for a series of talks with French leaders and to open a big exhibition, but a row over a warship sale could put a damper on the fete.

Borders cuts jobs at U.K. chain Paperchase (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 03:30 PM PDT

AP - Borders Group Inc. has cut an undisclosed number of jobs at its British stationery and gift business Paperchase, the company said Thursday.

France should press Putin on rights, watchdog says (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 02:11 PM PDT

AP - Human rights activists say fighting torture and racism in Russia should be on the agenda for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to France, a trip more likely to focus on gas pipelines and Iran's nuclear program.

2 Bosnian Serbs get life for Srebrenica genocide (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:45 PM PDT

Bosnian Serbs Vujadin Popovic, left, and Ljubisa Beara, right, wait for he court to hand down judgment in the trial of the seven Bosnian Serb army and police officials at the War Crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, June 10, 2010. Two Bosnian Serbs were convicted Thursday of genocide and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1995 massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica, the harshest judgment ever delivered by the U.N. war crimes tribunal on the Balkan wars. A third Bosnian Serb officer was given a 35-year prison sentence for aiding and abetting genocide. Two others were acquitted of genocide charges but convicted of extermination, murder and persecution, while a final two officers were found guilty of lesser charges of war crimes. (AP Photo/Lex van Lieshout, Pool)AP - Two Bosnian Serbs were convicted of genocide and sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday for the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica — the harshest judgment ever delivered by the U.N. war crimes tribunal on the Balkan wars.

US urges Iran to fulfill human rights pledges (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:05 PM PDT

AP - The United States on Thursday urged Iran to make good on its pledge to improve human rights in the country, almost one year after the government's bloody crackdown on postelection protests.

AP Exclusive: Iranian says he was kidnapped (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:56 AM PDT

AP - An Iranian dissident who went missing for almost two weeks in Germany told The Associated Press on Thursday he was kidnapped by four Arabic-speaking man who threatened to kill him for a film he made that is critical of the Iranian regime.

(AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:56 AM PDT

AP - Iranian dissident who went missing for weeks tells AP he was kidnapped, threatened with death.

General: Kandahar taking longer than planned (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:26 AM PDT

U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, pauses in the hall before attending a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, not pictured, at NATO headquarter in Brussels, Thursday, June 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)AP - Afghans have not yet rallied behind a U.S. military-led effort to push the Taliban out of the city where the insurgency began, and the top commander conceded Thursday that he needs more time to win them over.

Report: China, Cuba more peaceful than US (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 09:11 AM PDT

AP - Cuba and China are more peaceful than the United States, according to a report published Thursday.

NATO: More trainers needed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:35 AM PDT

AP - NATO's secretary-general urged members of the alliance Thursday to step up efforts to train the rapidly expanding Afghan security services to help the nation defeat the Taliban.

Demjanjuk expert: ID card photo removed (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 08:15 AM PDT

AP - A former U.S. Secret Service forensics expert testified Thursday that the photo on a Nazi-issued identity card being used by prosecutors against John Demjanjuk, which the defense argues is a fake, appears to have been removed and later reattached.

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