2012年5月28日星期一

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Violence flares after Egypt election results

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:52 PM PDT

The revolutionary youth of Egypt return to Tahrir to protest the outcome of the Egyptian presidential election, Cairo, Egypt, Monday May 28, 2012. The runoff vote for Egypt's next president will pit the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate against the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, according to full official results released Monday by the election commission. Commission chief Farouq Sultan told a news conference that the Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, a former air force commander and a longtime friend of the ousted leader, were the top two finishers in the first round of voting held on May 23-24. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)A mob set fire late Monday to the campaign headquarters of one of the two Egyptian presidential politicians facing each other in a runoff that will decide a new leader after last year's popular uprising, the first sign of unrest after the voting yielded divisive candidates.

Beach memorial

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:49 PM PDT

Beach memorialA woman walks past Arlington West Memorial built on the beach next to Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California.

Michigan wildfire destroys nearly 100 buildings

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:44 PM PDT

In this Saturday, May 26, 2012 photo provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, a wildfire burns in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The fire that began last week has burned 95 structures, with a third of them being homes or cabins. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Monday, May 28, 2012, that the Duck Lake Fire has burned more than 22,000 acres, or 34 square miles, in Luce County. (AP Photo/Michigan Department of Natural Resources)Homes and cabins make up a third of the nearly 100 structures destroyed by a wildfire burning across more than 30 square miles of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, officials said Monday.

Mickelson joins group trying to buy Padres

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:58 PM PDT

San Diego Padres' Nick Hundley, left, high-fives teammate Chase Headley after Headley hit a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Monday, May 28, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)Phil Mickelson has joined a group of investors who want to buy his hometown Major League Baseball team, San Diego Padres.

Egyptians torch Shafiq headquarters as vote triggers violence

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:40 PM PDT

Flyers of Egyptian presidential candidate and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq are seen on the ground outside his campaign headquarters in CairoCAIRO/ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister made it into the run-off for the country's presidential election set ablaze his campaign headquarters on Monday, underscoring the divisive outcome of the nation's historic vote. The campaign offices of Ahmed Shafiq, viewed as a symbol of Mubarak's rule, were set on fire after a group of protesters broke into and vandalized the premises, the state news agency reported. An official in the fire service confirmed the blaze had been extinguished without causing any casualties. ...

Witness says naked attacker was chewing man's face

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:31 PM PDT

A witness says a naked man chewing on the face of another naked man on a downtown highway ramp kept eating and growled at a police officer who fatally shot him to make him stop.

Qatar says 13 children among dead in mall fire

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:27 PM PDT

Smoke rises above the Villaggio Mall, in Doha's west end, as a fire took hold of the upscale mall in the Qatari capital of Doha Monday May 28, 2012. Qatar's Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out at one of the Gulf state's fanciest shopping mall on Monday. The Villaggio opened in 2006 and is one of Qatar's most popular shopping and amusement destinations. It includes an ice skating rink and indoor Venice-style gondola rides. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)Qatar's Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out in one of the country's fanciest shopping malls late Monday morning, raising questions about building safety in the booming Gulf state.

Sale has 15 strikeouts as White Sox beat Rays 2-1

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:24 PM PDT

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale deliver to the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, May 28, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)Chris Sale nearly made White Sox history in a dominating victory.

New Zealand triplets likely among Qatar mall dead

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:19 PM PDT

Young New Zealand triplets are believed to be among the 13 children killed in a fire in a shopping mall in Qatar.

Ga. woman battling flesh-eating bacteria speaks

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - This undated photo provided by the family shows Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection that she contracted after an accident. Copeland's father tells The Associated Press, Monday, May 28, 2012, that his daughter has spoken for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital weeks ago for treatment. (AP Photo/Copeland Family, File)A young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease could hardly believe it when she was able to speak Sunday for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital more than three weeks ago, her father said Monday.

Cubs end 12-game losing streak, beat Padres 11-7

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Chicago Cubs' Alfonso Soriano hits a two-run home run scoring Bryan LaHair during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Monday, May 28, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)On a windy day at Wrigley Field, the fortunes finally blew in the Chicago Cubs' favor.

Blair says feared fight with Britain's media barons

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:05 PM PDT

A still image from broadcast footage shows Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair reacting after a protester disrupted his testimony at the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the media at the High Court in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - British leaders have no choice but to court powerful media barons such as Rupert Murdoch or risk savage press attacks which are "full on, full frontal, day in, day out," former Prime Minister Tony Blair told an inquiry on Monday. Interrupted by a heckler who accused him of being a war criminal for supporting the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Blair paused briefly before continuing calmly to justify his ties to Murdoch with whom he developed a close friendship. ...

UK politicians "bowed" before Murdoch: deputy PM

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:05 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's political class competed to "bow and scrape" before media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Tuesday, in comments aimed at setting his Liberal Democrats apart from the country's two other main parties. The Lib Dems, Britain's third-largest party, has had relatively few dealings with Murdoch and his News Corp media empire, which paid them little attention until they came to power in 2010 as part of a coalition government. ...

Romney promises world's strongest military

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks during a campaign event at the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center, Monday, May 28, 2012 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised Monday to maintain an American military "with no comparable power anywhere in the world."

Trainer says boxer Williams paralyzed in US crash

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:56 PM PDT

Boxer Paul Williams was paralyzed from the waist down Sunday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in the Atlanta suburbs and doctors said it is unlikely he will continue his career, his manager, George Peterson said Monday.

Va. girl is youngest ever in National Spelling Bee

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:50 PM PDT

Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Lake Ridge, Va., looks at a snail she collected while playing with friends in McLean, Va., on Friday, May 11, 2012. Lori Anne is the youngest contestant in the 2012 National Spelling Bee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)The youngest person ever to qualify for the National Spelling Bee was running around in a stream with a friend, hunting for rocks. Suddenly, she came charging up the bank and headed straight for her mother.

Assad faces new international pressure after massacre

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:47 PM PDT

Residents shout as they gather around a vehicle carrying United Nations observers in HoulaAMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad faces renewed international pressure to end the bloodshed in Syria but, with peace envoy Kofi Annan visiting Damascus, his government blamed Islamist militants for a massacre in which U.N. observers had implicated his army. Annan, on a mission from the United Nations and Arab League, is scheduled to meet Assad on Tuesday, when he can be expected to urge compliance with the tattered ceasefire deal which he brokered between government and rebels nearly seven weeks ago. ...

Trainer says boxer Williams paralyzed in Ga. crash

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:41 PM PDT

Boxer Paul Williams was paralyzed from the waist down Sunday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in the Atlanta suburbs and doctors said it is unlikely he will continue his career, his manager, George Peterson said Monday.

Despite downgrade, Beryl still soaks Memorial Day

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:38 PM PDT

UPDATES EVENT STATUS - People attending the American Legion Post 21 Memorial Day observance head for cover just as the event was about to begin when rain from outer bands of Tropical Depression Beryl passed through the Summerville, S.C., area Monday, May 28, 2012. Organizers quickly elected to cancel the observance due to the inclement weather, but moved it to the VFW Post 3433 in nearby Ladson, S.C. (AP Photo/The Post and Courier, Brad Nettles) NO SALES; MAGS OUTJoyce Connolly and her daughters left their home in Hurricane, W.Va., to head south for a Memorial Day beach vacation — and ended up in the center of Tropical Storm Beryl.

New approach tested for hard-to-treat hypertension

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:36 PM PDT

In this image taken May 23, 2012, Dr. Manesh Patel, an interventional cardiologist at Duke Heart Center, poses for a photo in the lab at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C. Patel is participating in a research study of a way to treat high blood pressure by threading a catheter to the kidney and zapping nearby nerves that fuel blood pressure. Duke is one of more than 60 hospitals taking part in the clinical trial of what's called renal denervation. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)"Maxed out on the medications," is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It's dangerously high even though the North Carolina man swallows six different drugs a day.

Timeline : Egypt since revolt against Hosni Mubarak

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:31 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Here is a timeline of events in Egypt since protests against former President Hosni Mubarak began. January 25, 2011 - Anti-government protests begin across Egypt following the January 14 overthrow of Tunisia's president in the first of a series of Arab uprisings. January 28 - Mubarak orders troops and tanks into cities to quell demonstrations. Thousands cheer at news of intervention of the army, which is widely seen as a neutral force in politics, unlike police who are regularly deployed to stifle dissent. January 31 - New government is sworn in. ...

Manager says boxer Williams paralyzed in Ga. crash

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:58 PM PDT

Boxer Paul Williams was paralyzed Sunday after being involved in a motorcycle crash in the Atlanta suburbs and doctors said it is unlikely he will continue his career, his manager said Monday.

Beryl cuts soggy path across U.S. southeast

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:24 PM PDT

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl cut a soggy path across the U.S. southeast on Monday after swirling ashore in Florida at near hurricane strength. The second named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season lashed the East Coast from north Florida to southern parts of North Carolina, and created a risk of flooding inland, even after it was downgraded to a tropical depression late Monday morning. ...

Prison cell

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:21 PM PDT

Prison cellAn inmate gestures from her cell inside the national female prision in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 28, 2012. Female inmates ask to join the March truce declared by the Mara-18 and Salvatrucha gangs, to get benefits in jail.

Loyola beats Maryland 9-3 for NCAA lacrosse title

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:11 PM PDT

Loyola lacrosse players, including Greg Catalano, center, rush the field after defeating Maryland 9-3 in the Division I NCAA men's lacrosse championship game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, May 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)Unranked at the beginning of the season, Loyola of Maryland is No. 1 at the end.

Seeing red

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:09 PM PDT

Spanish Matador Alejandro TalavanteSpanish Matador Alejandro Talavante makes a muleta pass on a Juan Pedro Domecq's fighting bull during the Pentecost Feria, in Nimes, southern France.

Cool drink

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:52 PM PDT

Cool drinkDonna, a two-year-old elephant, sprays water in her mouth after playing a game of football with her keepers at Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable, central England.

Britain announces "pasty tax" U-turn

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:52 PM PDT

File photogrpah shows Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to George Osborne in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservative-led government is to modify a levy on hot takeaway food after months of criticism that its planned "pasty tax" showed it was out of touch with ordinary people. A Treasury spokeswoman said that Value Added Tax (VAT) would not be applied to hot takeaway food that is cooling down after being cooked - for example the popular Cornish pasties which shops rarely sell straight from the oven. ...

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:48 PM PDT

In this May 17, 2012 photo, Hairston Fullerton, a residing patient at Coler Goldwater Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility on Roosevelt Island, drives his motorized wheelchair outside the facility's main entrance, in New York. The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, is partnering with New York's Cornell University to create CornellNYC Tech, a 10-acre $2 billion campus, to replace the acute long-term care hospital facility located on Roosevelt Island's southern end. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex to be built on an island in the East River.

Backhand

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:48 PM PDT

BackhandSerbia's Novak Djokovic hits to Italy's Potito Starace during their Men's Singles 1st Round tennis match of the French Open.

Memorial Wall

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:39 PM PDT

Memorial wallA man visits the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington. People around the United States celebrate Memorial Day to honor veterans and those members of the US military who have fallen in past and present wars. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI

Vote results

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:35 PM PDT

Vote resultsSupporters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq celebrate after the officials results for the first round were announced in Cairo.

Azarenka overcomes terrible start to win at French

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns in her first round match against Alberta Brianti of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday May 28, 2012. (AP Photo/David Vincent)Only 22, just recently a Grand Slam champion and ranked No. 1 for the first time, Victoria Azarenka is still learning to think like a top player.

A photo helps case of German teen alleged abused

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:24 PM PDT

Undated photo of a German girl who was allegedly enslaved and abused by a Bosnian couple for years in the village of Karavlasi, 140 kms north of Sarajevo. A couple who allegedly beat a young woman while keeping her locked up for years have been arrested in Bosnia, an official said Sunday May 27, 2012. The 19-year-old girl was rescued after villagers tipped off authorities that she was being abused, the spokesman for the prosecutor's office in Tuzla, Admir Arnautovic, told The Associated Press. He said Milenko Marinkovic, 52, and his wife Slavojka, 45, were detained on suspicion of illegal imprisonment in a particularly cruel way. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)The German teen was beaten, forced to sleep and eat with pigs, and whipped while pulling a horse cart, the villagers said. But every time Bosnian police responded to the neighbors' calls about her, they simply couldn't track her down.

US commandos parachuted into N. Korea: report

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:23 PM PDT

US paratroopers are dropped by a US airforce C17 (not pictured) during a training exercise over ManiagoUS and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground military installations, a US officer has said in comments carried in US media.

Egypt's Brotherhood scrambling to broaden support

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:18 PM PDT

Judge Farouk Sultan, chairman of Egypt's election committee, left, announces the result in the presidential election at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 28, 2012. The chairman of Egypt's presidential election commission says the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister will context next month's runoff vote. Farouq Sultan said Monday the official final results show the Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, a former air force commander, as the top two finishers in the first round of voting on May 23-24. He said Morsi won 5.76 million votes, while Shafiq garnered 5.5 million votes. (AP Photo/Frederik Persson)The Muslim Brotherhood is scrambling to broaden its appeal to liberals, leftists and Christians after official results Monday showed that the Islamist group's candidate will face ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister in next month's runoff for president of Egypt.

Egypt crowd attacks candidate's office

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:15 PM PDT

Judge Farouk Sultan, chairman of Egypt's election committee, left, announces the result in the presidential election at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 28, 2012. The chairman of Egypt's presidential election commission says the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister will context next month's runoff vote. Farouq Sultan said Monday the official final results show the Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, a former air force commander, as the top two finishers in the first round of voting on May 23-24. He said Morsi won 5.76 million votes, while Shafiq garnered 5.5 million votes. (AP Photo/Frederik Persson)Security officials and witnesses say several hundred people have ransacked the campaign headquarters of an Egyptian presidential candidate who was ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister.

Stevens wins Exergy, stakes claim to Olympic berth

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:15 PM PDT

Evelyn Stevens won the Exergy Tour following a final-stage breakaway, firmly cementing her claim to a berth on the U.S. Olympic team for the London Games.

Elvis Presley crypt up for auction next month

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:58 PM PDT

In this undated image released by Julien's Auctions, shows singer Elvis Presley's Crypt in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., that will be auctioned as part of Music Icons June 23rd & 24th, 2012, at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, Calif. Presley was interred there alongside his mother, Gladys, after he died Aug. 16, 1977. They were later reburied at his Graceland home. (AP Photo/Julien's Auctions)For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King.

RIM loses another senior executive

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:53 PM PDT

Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief legal officer is retiring from the company after 12 years.

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