World June 13th, 2010 (10)

#1 — BBC | Shoot-to-kill in Kyrgyz south amid deadly ethnic unrest

Kyrgyzstan’s interim government has given security forces shoot-to-kill powers in a bid to stop ethnic fighting which has taken nearly 80 lives.

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#2 — BBC | Arab League head calls for end of Gaza blockade

The blockade on the Gaza Strip “must be broken”, the head of the Arab League Amr Moussa has said.

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#3 — CNN | ‘For Neda’ tells story of symbol of Iran’s post-election protests

(CNN) — Music posters still hang on the walls; stuffed animals decorate a twin bed in the corner of the room. Clothes lie neatly folded in the closet.

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#4 — Fox | Search for Flood Victims Goes from Frantic to Grim

LANGLEY, Arkansas — The search for nearly two dozen people who disappeared after flash floods swept through a popular campground went from desperate to grim on Saturday, after teams that scoured miles of river and rugged wilderness found just two bodies.

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#5 — Fox | Pakistan Agency Funds, Influences Taliban in Afghanistan, Report Says

KABUL — Pakistani military intelligence not only funds and trains Taliban fighters in Afghanistan but is officially represented on the movement’s leadership council, giving it significant influence over operations, a report said.

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#6 — NY Times | U.S. Military Intelligence Puts Focus on Afghan Graft

WASHINGTON — The military’s intelligence network in Afghanistan, designed for identifying and tracking terrorists and insurgents, is increasingly focused on uncovering corruption that is rampant across Afghanistan’s government, security forces and contractors, according to senior American officials.

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#7 — Times | D’oh, we may never decode the universe

SOME of the greatest mysteries of the universe may never be resolved because they are beyond human comprehension, according to Lord Rees, president of the Royal Society.

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#8 — Times | US silent over a disaster of its own that killed thousands

President Barack Obama’s vilification of “British Petroleum” stands in stark contrast to the approach taken to Union Carbide, the US firm responsible for the Bhopal disaster which killed about 3,000 people instantly in India in 1984. Some estimates put the final death toll at about 25,000.

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#9 — Times | China’s long march to high wages

The saying goes that the Chinese worker must “eat bitterness”. But a new generation of young strikers is defying the old order and may be writing the epitaph for the world’s low-cost workshop.

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#10 — Telegraph | Dozens of teenage girls have had three abortions or more

Dozens of teenage girls have had three abortions or more, according to figures that campaigners say paint a profoundly depressing picture of modern Britain.

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