时事经纬
05-06-09

巴基斯坦清真寺爆炸10人丧生

一枚炸弹在巴基斯坦西北部的一座清真寺爆炸，至少造成10人丧生。当时清真寺正在举行星期五的祈祷活动。警方表示，爆炸发生在靠近阿富汗的上第尔区，巴基斯坦军方一直在那里打击塔利班叛乱分子。

中美就对朝决议是否写入《联合国宪章》第七章对峙

在安理会就朝鲜第二次核试验问题进行的磋商中，对日美提出以《联合国宪章》第七章为依据、朝鲜船只临检义务化一事，中国以“会引发武装冲突”为由，表示强烈反对。第七章是联合国采取强制性行动的依据，如果被明确写入决议则将为军事行动开绿灯。

美拟单独制裁北韩 切断一切可疑交易

戈尔准备为“女记者释放问题”前往平壤

日媒：金正男将流亡中国

朝鲜的国家安全保卫部4月3日晚在平壤市内拘留多名金正男的亲信，在建构金正云
领导的新体制之下，开始对接近金正男的人士展开肃清的工作。日本产经新闻报道
指出，金正男在澳门获知这项消息后已数度电话通知在海外的亲友，暂时不要回去。据报道，朝鲜国防委员张成泽3月上旬和金正男，次男金正哲及金正云3人见面了解他们的意愿，前两者均拒绝成为接班人，军方随后开始建构由金正云接班的新体制，就在此过程中，金正男的亲信纷纷被捕。

李明博呼吁通过对话恢复南北正常关系

“我们韩国愿意随时与朝鲜见面，讨论无核化及南北合作问题。”“为实现关系正常化，我们应该见面对话。”李明博还表示：“所有国家都希望朝鲜尽早弃核，重返六方会谈。六方会谈当事国中国和俄罗斯也在强烈谴责朝鲜核试验。这次的核试验不会再一次地不了了之。”

今年金正日活动频繁 每月出席十次以上公开活动

报告：经济危机影响美国家安全

美国国家安全网络发表报告说，经济危机加剧了从地缘政治上来说对美国至关重要
的几个国家失败的可能性；令全球对美国的资本主义发展模式以及美国在世界经济
中的领导地位产生怀疑。报告说，巴基斯坦、乌克兰以及墨西哥经济上的羸弱、地
缘政治上的特殊位置以及他们对美国国家安全及其所在区域的潜在影响使得他们成为美国国家安全上的令人最担心的问题--这些国家一旦失败就会沦为恐怖分子和犯罪分子的藏身地，会导致大规模杀伤性武器的扩散以及其他混乱现象的出现，会令已有的环境、健康和人道危机进一步加剧。

奥巴马：促中东和平正是时候

美国总统奥巴马表示，“现在正是时候”来努力促成中东和平协议，在以-巴冲突解决方案问题上，今年就能够取得重大的进展。奥巴马总统表示，华盛顿不能把和平强加给以色列人和巴勒斯坦人，但是可以帮助消除某些误解以开启这一进程。奥巴马总统和默克尔总理都承诺支持建立一个稳定的巴勒斯坦国并与以色列并立。美德两国领导人还承诺一道努力处理伊朗核问题，应对气候变化并恢复经济增长。

澳大利亚新国防部长走马上任

约翰 福克纳6月5日被任命为新国防部长。前任国防部长费兹吉本于周四辞职，他被
指责和一位中国出生的女商人关系密切，并且接受对方资助两度前往中国而未申报。媒体还抨击费兹吉本和中国情报部门有关联。澳大利亚有关部门的最新调查发现，费兹吉本的办公室还参与了他弟弟经营的公司和政府部门之间举行的商业会晤。

力拓集团取消和中铝公司协议

矿业巨头力拓集团(Rio Tinto)星期五取消了一项和中国中铝公司(Chinalco)有争议的价值195亿美元的交易，转而要与劲敌必和必拓(BHP Billiton)组建合资企业。中铝收购力拓在澳大利亚政坛引发了一场风暴。澳大利亚总理陆克文是否批准交易的决定带有政治风险，而力拓集团如今取消协议，让陆克文躲过了难关。

中国外管局愿购买至多500亿美元IMF新债券

中国表示愿在安全、收益合理范围内购买不超过500亿美元的IMF新债券。据称，中
国考虑购买新债券的前提是，IMF最终通过的发债条件符合中国外汇储备投资对于安全和合理收益的要求。

Friday prayers blast kills 40 in Pakistan

A deadly explosion has struck Friday prayers at a mosque in northwest Pakistan, leaving some 40 people killed, and many others wounded. The explosion site in the northwestern area is close to Swat valley, where the Pakistani military forces have been engaged in a huge offensive against pro-Taliban militants since last month. The incident is the latest in a fresh spate of violence in the country with insurgents threatening to launch more attacks, already numbering to nine since the start of the military campaign to destroy militant havens in Swat.

Taliban Stir Rising Anger of Pakistanis

Iraq hails Obama's withdrawal commitment

The Iraqi government has welcomed the renewal of the US administration's commitment towards Iraq following president Obama's landmark speech to the Muslim world.

"The Iraqi government welcomes the speech by President Obama," Iraq's government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement on Thursday. Iraq "welcomes the renewal of the American administration's commitment towards Iraq and the respect for the dates of American forces' withdrawal," he added. "The speech reflected a positive direction for the American administration towards the understanding of the culture of the people in the region," he further explained.

Hezbollah coalition may win Lebanese vote

A Hezbollah-led coalition may expand its power in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, helping the group not to disarm its militia, a media analysis says.

The US supports Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and his pro-Western coalition. It also backs United Nations resolutions calling on Hezbollah to disarm its militia, which fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006, the Bloomberg website reported.

Significant electoral gains for the Hezbollah bloc would challenge President Barack Obama's efforts to pacify the Middle East and move toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The group mocks pro-U.S. Arab states such as Egypt for failing to help the Palestinians, and says its private army is essential to defend Lebanon against Israeli attacks, it added.

“When the party is in control of the government, it will be harder for Hezbollah's internal and external opponents to call for its disarmament,” said Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, a professor at the Lebanese American University. "It would mean the end of a pro-Western government."

A poll conducted earlier this year of about 4,000 people showed the Hezbollah coalition, which includes Christian and other Muslim parties, would win a majority of two or three seats in the 128-member parliament if the election were held at that time. Taken between February and April by the Beirut Center for Research and Information, the poll had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

The Hezbollah-led bloc currently has 58 seats and the Siniora coalition 70 seats.

When US Vice-President Joe Biden visited Lebanon in May in a bid to bolster Siniora's coalition, he said aid to Lebanon -- the US has poured USD 1b into the country since 2006 -- would be re-evaluated depending on what type of government was formed after the election. Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah accused the U.S. of interfering in Lebanese affairs.

N Korea 'ready to launch missile'

There is growing speculation that North Korea may be preparing to launch another new medium or long-range missile.

Satellite images from the GlobalSecurity website show the new Tongchang-ni launch site in the North's west coast near China and is reportedly ready for use after nearly a decade of construction.

The news of the suspected launch preparation came as South Korean media reported on Friday of US intentions to implement financial sanctions on Pyongyang in an effort to punish the country over its weapons trading and counterfeit activities.

As international pressure heightens, tensions continue to rise on the Korean peninsula, and on Thursday, South Korean officials said a patrol boat from the North entered its waters around their disputed maritime border, but backed off after nearly an hour following repeated warnings.

Meanwhile, international powers continue to work on an appropriate response to the North's nuclear test and missile launches.

On Thursday. ambassadors from key nations say they are nearing an agreement on new UN-backed sanctions against North Korea for violating UN resolutions and conducting a second nuclear test.

The proposals for a new UN resolution are being discussed by the five veto-wielding Security Council nations - the US, China, Russia, Britain and France - and also Japan and South Korea, the two countries most closely affected by the test.

They have been holding closed-door meetings since May 26, a day after North Korea's underground nuclear test.

Thai 'Yellow Shirts' form new party

Leaders of Thailand's "Yellow Shirt" protesters, who organised a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year, have applied to form a political party. Formerly known as the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the group has renamed itself the New Politics Party, and says its key aim is to crack down on corruption in the country. "The election commission can legally take 30 days to approve our petition, but in our case I hope it will be quicker and could just be one week," Suriyasai Katasila, the acting party secretary general, told AFP news agency.

Dagestan interior minister Adilgerei Magomedtagirov was assassinated by a sniper

Dagestan Interior Minister Adilgerei Magomedtagirov was assassinated by a sniper-- a preliminary report said an unidentified man opened fire at the minister and the people around him from an apartment of a nine-storey house nearby. "The minister was wounded in the heart and died without regaining consciousness. The other wounded people, including Col Magomedov, have been operated upon. They are in very serious condition," chief doctor at the orthopedic-traumatological center Magomed Omarov told Tass.

Viktor Yushchenko urges West to help prevent "constitutional coup"

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has urged “the world public”, specifically, the leading Western countries, to “help maintain the democratic processes in Ukraine.” In his opinion, a new coalition – that of Yulia Timoshenko Bloc and of the Party of Regions – is being created in the Ukrainian parliament. It will be headed by Viktor Yanukovich, who was Yushchenko’s rival at the presidential elections. Yushchenko believes that the purpose of this hypothetic coalition will be “the dismantling of all democratic initiatives and the staging of a constitutional coup.”

“I appeal to the world public to render assistance in maintaining democratic processes in our country,” Yushchenko said at a meeting with the ambassadors of seven leading Western countries here on Friday.

The ambassadors of the United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, Germany, France and Italy, as well as of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Sweden, and the head of the office of the European Commission in Ukraine attended the meeting.

“All the masks were removed last week at the talks on the creation of a coalition by the Party of Regions and Yulia Timoshenko Bloc,” Yushchenko said. “The making of amendments to the Constitution will be initiated next week, so that Timoshenko would remain prime minister for the next decade. Besides, it is planned to turn over to the parliament the right to elect a president.”

Yushchenko described it as “an illegal initiative” running counter to the right of individuals to take part in elections.

Ukrainian parliament dismisses defence minister Yuri Yekhanurov

Mining Giant Scraps China Deal