Thursday 30 June 2011

Mexico troops detain hit man linked to mass graves (AP)

Abraham Barrios Caporal, alias 'Erasmo,' is shown to the media during a news conference in Mexico City, Thursday June 30, 2011. Barrios, who was detained by Army soldiers on Tuesday, is allegedly a member of Los Zetas drug cartel and was presumably involved in the kidnapping and killing of people founded in clandestine mass graves in the northern state of Tamaulipas. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - Soldiers have detained an alleged hit man who is accused of kidnapping bus passengers, killing them and burying them in mass graves in northern Mexico, authorities said Thursday.



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Libya opposition says need more weapons (AP)

Austria's Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, right, welcomes Mahmoud Jibril , executive bureau chairman of the transitional national council in Libya, for talks in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, June 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - Libya's opposition leader said Thursday that rebels needed more weapons and funding, as China and Russia raised concerns over revelations that France had supplied arms to civilians fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces.



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Taiwan protests to Japan after activist boat 'barred' (AFP)

A Taiwanese fishing boat carrying Taiwanese activists near the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan or Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea. The group of uninhabited islands have been at the centre of a string of diplomatic spats between Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei in recent years.(AFP/Jiji Press/Ho/Japan Coast Guard)AFP - Taiwan protested to Japan on Thursday after it allegedly blocked a local fishing boat carrying anti-Japan protesters from sailing to a disputed island chain in the East China Sea.



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Ivory Coast has urgent need to restore order: U.N. (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.N. envoy to Ivory Coast urged the government Thursday to restore law and order by deploying police and sending former rebels who helped President Alassane Ouattara seize power back to their barracks.


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Irish boat drops out of flotilla, cites sabotage (AP)

An activist plays a trumpet as others hold banners on their boat named 'Audacity of Hope' moored in Perama, near Athens, Greece, Thursday, June 30, 2011. Organizers of a pro-Palestinian flotilla that will try to break Israel's sea blockade of the Gaza Strip accused Israel of sabotaging a second ship. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)AP - An Irish ship on Thursday dropped out of the pro-Palestinian flotilla planning to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, citing sabotage, and a U.S. ship declared it may set sail from a Greek port for Gaza without permission, activists said.



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Iraq to help Iranians who fled from exiles' camp (AP)

Relative of suspects in the Argana cafe bombing protest outside the courthouse in Sale, Morocco Thursday, June, 30, 2011 ahead of the trial of seven suspects accused of the Marrakech Argana cafe bombing where chief suspect, Adil Al Athmani, set off a nail-packed bomb, late April 28, killing at least 17 people, including eight French nationals. Among the charges facing the suspects are premeditated murder, explosives possession, and membership in a banned religious group, according to the state news agency MAP. Moroccan police say the main suspect has loyalties to al-Qaida and tried to travel to Iraq and Chechnya. The banners read from right to left 'Detainees' families cling to the innocence of their relatives and demanding a fair investigation and fair trial. 'Families of the detainees hold the Minister of Justice and the Interior Minister and the Director of Prisons the responsibility of the deprivation of the right of visit' and 'Families of the detainees condemn the press incitement of a pre-trial verdict'. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - An Iraqi official claimed Thursday that 58 people have fled from an Iranian exiles' camp northeast of Baghdad and promised the government would help them immigrate into another country.



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Harry Potter to cast final spell with 8th, last film (Reuters)

Actors (L-R) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton pose at the premiere of Reuters - As the studio behind the Harry Potter films likes to remind us, "It all ends here".



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Wednesday 29 June 2011

7 cops investigated in slay of Mexico police chief (AP)

AP - Mexican authorities are investigating seven police officers in the killing of a police chief in a northern Mexico town.


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NKorea vows military retaliation against SKorea (AP)

A group of South Korean government officials and businessmen leaves for North Korea's Diamond mountain at the inter-Korean immigration office in Goseong, South Korea, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. North Korea has threatened to launch a 'sacred war' against South Korea for slandering the country, ahead of a meeting on a stalled joint tourism project.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Jong-gun) KOREA OUTAP - North Korea's military vowed Wednesday to retaliate for anti-Pyongyang signs posted at front-line South Korean army units, as rare talks between the rivals on a stalled joint tourism project broke down.



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Defector promotes Korea unification message (AFP)

Administrator of the Education Center for Unification North Korean defector Cho Myung-Chul at his office in Seoul. Leaving behind his family and a top job, Cho fled North Korea in 1994 to show the world its regime was headed in the wrong direction.(AFP/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - Leaving behind his family and a top job, Cho Myung-Chul fled North Korea in 1994 to show the world its regime was headed in the wrong direction.



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Morocco heads for vote on curbing king's powers (AFP)

Morrocan children hold pictures of King Mohammed VI as they join a demonstration calling for a AFP - Morocco entered the final day of campaigning Thursday for a referendum on curbing the near absolute powers of King Mohammed VI, who has offered reforms in the wake of pro-democracy uprisings in the Arab world.



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Vietnam jails 3 for trafficking women to China (AP)

AP - Three women in southern Vietnam have been sentenced to prison for trafficking women to China.


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Bahrain sets up commission to probe recent unrest (Reuters)

Reuters - Bahrain said on Wednesday it was setting up an independent fact-finding commission to investigate weeks of protests that rocked the Gulf Arab island after international criticism of its handling of the unrest.


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Unlike France, Britain won't arm Libya rebels: minister (AFP)

Libyan rebels leave after loading their pick-up trucks with weapons captured from a depot that is part of a network of bunkers belonging to Moamer Kadhafi's forces, in the desert around 25 kms from the hilltown of Zintan southwest of Tripoli, on June 28. Britain will not deliver arms to Libya's rebels as France has done, a senior defence official said, saying it raises AFP - Britain will not deliver arms to Libya's rebels as France has done, a senior British defence official said Wednesday, saying it raises "quite a few issues".



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Chavez makes first TV appearance after surgery (AFP)

A man walks past a mural of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas. Chavez appeared on Cuban state television, with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, for the first time since the Venezuelan president underwent emergency surgery in Cuba.(AFP/Leo Ramirez)AFP - Hugo Chavez appeared on Cuban state television, with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, for the first time since the Venezuelan president underwent emergency surgery in Cuba.



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Tuesday 28 June 2011

Chavez makes first TV appearance after surgery (AFP)

A man walks past a mural of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas. Chavez appeared on Cuban state television, with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, for the first time since the Venezuelan president underwent emergency surgery in Cuba.(AFP/Leo Ramirez)AFP - Hugo Chavez appeared on Cuban state television, with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, for the first time since the Venezuelan president underwent emergency surgery in Cuba.



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Argentine president cancels trip on health grounds (Reuters)

Reuters - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez canceled a trip to Paraguay on Tuesday on doctors' advice she should not fly following a minor fall last week in which she hit her head.


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Britain summons Syria envoy over intimidation claims (AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II receives the Ambassador of Syria, Sami M. Khiyami, at Buckingham Palace in 2005. Britain on Tuesday summoned the Syrian ambassador to express concerns about reports that a diplomat at the embassy had been intimidating Syrians in Britain, the foreign ministry said.(AFP/POOL/File/Fiona Hanson)AFP - Britain on Tuesday summoned the Syrian ambassador to express concerns about reports that a diplomat at the embassy had been intimidating Syrians in Britain, the foreign ministry said.



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Sudan seeks $1 bln in Darfur water-fo

Picture released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in January 2011 shows displaced women collecting water outside the UNAMID team site in Kor Abeche, 83 km northeast of Nyala (South Darfur). Sudan's government and the UN launched a $1-billion cash appeal to help reverse the rapid decline in Darfur's water supplies, seen as one the key drivers in the region's conflict.(AFP/UNAMID/File/Albert Gonzalez Farran)AFP - Sudan's government and the United Nations launched a $1-billion cash appeal Monday to help reverse the rapid decline in Darfur's water supplies, seen as one the key drivers in the region's conflict.



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Lady Gaga sued over fundraising effort for Japan (AP)

In this June 25, 2011 photo, U.S. singer Lady Gaga holds a news conference in Chiba, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - A lawsuit filed in Detroit claims music star Lady Gaga is misleading her fans with an online pitch for donations for victims of the Japan earthquake.



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Monday 27 June 2011

Sudan seeks $1 bln in Darfur water-fo

Picture released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in January 2011 shows displaced women collecting water outside the UNAMID team site in Kor Abeche, 83 km northeast of Nyala (South Darfur). Sudan's government and the UN launched a $1-billion cash appeal to help reverse the rapid decline in Darfur's water supplies, seen as one the key drivers in the region's conflict.(AFP/UNAMID/File/Albert Gonzalez Farran)AFP - Sudan's government and the United Nations launched a $1-billion cash appeal Monday to help reverse the rapid decline in Darfur's water supplies, seen as one the key drivers in the region's conflict.



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Iran: Space monkey next step in rocket program (AP)

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Int'l court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi (Reuters)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gives a speech in Rome in this August 30, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Max Rossi/FilesReuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital.



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Australian boy knocked unconscious by whale's tail (AP)

AP - A humpback whale has hit a dinghy with its tail off Australia's coast, knocking a 13-year-old boy unconscious and breaking his collarbone.


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Police nab Australian cult leader in Fiji raid (AFP)

Police are seen in Suva in 2006. A fugitive Australian cult leader has been arrested during a raid on a former resort in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji, authorities and reports said Sunday.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - A fugitive Australian cult leader has been arrested during a raid on a former resort in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji, authorities and reports said Sunday.



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