Sunday, August 1, 2010

Iran says 3 Americans should stand trial (AP)

Iran says 3 Americans should stand trial (AP)

Iran says 3 Americans should stand trial (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:39 AM PDT

Laura Fattal, left, Cindy Hickey, center, and Nora Shourd, mothers of three American hikers jailed in Iran, participate in a demonstration outside Iran's mission to the United Nations, in New York, Friday, July 30, 2010. Saturday marks a year since the hikers were arrested along the Iraqi border. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Iran reiterated on Sunday that three Americans jailed a year ago should stand trial on charges of illegally crossing the country's borders.

Philippines remembers late democracy icon Aquino (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:18 AM PDT

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, delivers a speech beside a portrait of his mother, the late President Corazon Aquino, during the 1st anniversary of her death in suburban Manila, Philippines, on Sunday Aug. 1, 2010. Aquino died of colon cancer last year. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool)AP - Filipinos paid tribute Sunday to democracy icon Corazon Aquino, who helped lead a 1986 "people power" revolt that ousted a dictator and whose death last year became a springboard for her son's triumphant run for the presidency.

UAE to block many BlackBerry services in October (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:13 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Verizon Wireless shows the Blackberry Pearl smart phone. The United Arab Emirates said Sunday Aug. 1, 2010 it plans to block some messaging and web services on BlackBerry smart phones beginning in October. UAE authorities said last week BlackBerry services could pose a threat to national security. (AP Photo/Verizon Wireless/File)AP - The United Arab Emirates says it plans to block some messaging and web services on BlackBerry smart phones beginning in October.

July deadliest month for Iraqis since 2008 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:58 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces carry an Iraqi flag as they patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 31, 2010. Militants. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - July was the deadliest month for Iraqis in more than two years, according to newly released figures that show 535 were killed in violence.

US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, Camp Justice is seen near a high-security courtroom which held pre-trial sessions for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants on charges related to the 9/11 attacks, on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama on Aug. 9, 2010, it's most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan,Pool, File)AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.

Argentina Belatedly Celebrates a Journalist Hero (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:45 AM PDT

Time.com - When the generals began disposing of thousands of young people in the late 1970s, only one journalist dared stand up for the rights of the "disappeared." And then he seemed to vanish from history.

Moody wants England rugby captaincy permanently (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:59 PM PDT

England's flanker Lewis Moody is tackled by Italy's hooker Martin Castrogiovanni (L) in a match earlier this year. Moody has revealed he is eager to become England's full-time captain.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - Bath flanker Lewis Moody has revealed he is eager to become England's full-time captain.

Turkey, Syria engage in bird diplomacy (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:12 PM PDT

In this June 20, 2010 photo released by Walldrappteam, the last three remaining wild adult northern bald ibis birds in Syria sun-bathe in Wadi Abiat, about 20 kms north of Palmyra in Syria. Since discovering a tiny colony of critically endangered northern bald ibis birds in Syria, conservationists watched with dismay as their numbers dwindled to just three birds and extinction in the country seemed almost guaranteed, until late June when neighboring Turkey agreed to donate two juveniles and four adult birds to the Syrian colony. (AP Photo/Maladapted, Lubomir Peske) -- EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES--AP - The latest beneficiary of improved relations between Turkey and Syria is the rare northern bald ibis.

Panama prosecutor: Jailed American admits 5 slays (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 06:08 PM PDT

Detainee identified by authorities as William Adolfo Cortez of Texas, walks upon his arrival in Panama City after being extradited from Nicaragua Thursday, July 29, 2010. Authorities said Cortez and his wife, detained near the Nicaraguan border with Costa Rica, have been identified as the couple wanted in Panama in the death of U.S. woman Lynn Hughes and that they matched photographs Panamanian authorities provided of William Cortez and his wife Jane. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)AP - A jailed U.S. man has admitted killing five other Americans so he could take over their businesses and other properties in a Panamanian resort area, a government prosecutor said Saturday.

Building boom transforms Mozambique, but not for poor (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:03 PM PDT

File phtoo shows a Mozambican working on a construction site in Maputo. Since its civil war ended in 1992, the southern African country has spent billions of dollars to build and repair roads, enlarge harbours and rehabilitate railways.(AFP/File/Carlos Litulo)AFP - Heavily pregnant Adelaide Mangwel balances 18 kilos of prawns on her head as she slowly descends the crowded ferry that carried her across Maputo Bay to sell her seafood in Mozambique's capital.

Dutch troops leave Afghanistan after four years (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:05 AM PDT

Dutch soldiers of Charlie Air assault company are seen erecting a tent beside their Bushmaster at an overnight halt during a patrol in The Chora Valley, in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan Province. Dutch troops were to leave Afghanistan after four years on Sunday, handing over control of military operations in central Uruzgan province after a political row at home forced their draw-down.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Dutch troops were to leave Afghanistan after four years on Sunday, handing over control of military operations in central Uruzgan province after a political row at home forced their draw-down.

Aussie PM struggles to get campaign back on track (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:11 AM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (centre) mingles with locals as she arrives to make policy announcements at Maroubra Beach near Sydney, on August 1. Gillard's popularity has dropped after former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd was accused by opposition politicians and political pundits of being behind a series of damaging leaks against his former deputy Gillard.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard struggled Sunday to put her election campaign back on track after a poll showed her heading for defeat following a series of damaging leaks.

Why is Iran still holding US hikers? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 06:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A year ago, Iranian soldiers arrested three Americans along the border with Iraq.

Signs of Uzbek Persecution Rising in Kyrgyzstan (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:45 AM PDT

Time.com - Six weeks after deadly violence between the Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities of southern Kyrgyzstan, Uzbeks are being persecuted under the guise of an investigation into the fighting
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