Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean (AP)

Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean (AP)

Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:01 AM PDT

Hurricane Earl is seen moving west-northwest in the Caribbean, in this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image taken and released on August 30, 2010. Hurricane Earl strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm on Monday after lashing the northeast Caribbean islands, and was expected to swipe the U.S. East Coast in the next few days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. REUTERS/NOAA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - Hurricane Earl, now a powerful Category 4 storm, barreled toward the U.S. coast early Tuesday after battering tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and winds that damaged homes and toppled power lines.

4 American troops killed by bomb in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:04 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a trilateral regional summit in Tehran, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiAP - NATO says four American troops have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan.

Mexico captures reported drug lord 'the Barbie' (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:52 PM PDT

In this image released by Mexico's Public Safety Department on Monday Aug. 30, 2010, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias 'the Barbie,'' is escorted by police officers in the state of Mexico, which borders the capital, Mexico City. Federal police on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, captured Valdez Villarreal, a Texas-born alleged drug kingpin, who faces trafficking charges in the U.S. and has been blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hung from bridges and shootouts in central Mexico.(AP Photo/Mexico's Public Safety Department)AP - Texas-born fugitive Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias "the Barbie," is the third major suspected drug lord to fall in Mexico in the past 10 months and a coup for President Felipe Calderon in his embattled war on powerful cartels.

Drill begins hard work of drilling to reach miners (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:03 PM PDT

Men work on a new drill to be used in the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive on Aug. 22 when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Thirty-three men stuck a half mile underground are now the longest-trapped miners in recent history as a huge drill is the early stages of digging a planned escape route.

Fearing the future, few Iraqis cheer US departure (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:34 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, walks with Gen. Ray Odierno, right, after he arrived, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden returned to Iraq Monday to mark this week's formal end to U.S. combat operations and push the country's leaders to end a six-month postelection stalemate blocking formation of a new government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - As Vice President Joe Biden presides over the formal end to U.S. combat operations in Iraq, few Iraqis are cheering the American exit.

Will Bureaucracy Bring Down Spain's One Man Cathedral? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:35 AM PDT

Time.com - For the past 40 years, Justo Gallego has dedicated his days to single-handedly building a full-sized cathedral. But at 85, Gallego will never finish his project -- and an issue with building permits could force officials to tear down his life's work

Franco-British navy tie-up report is 'speculation' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:52 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) speaks with deck-landing Officer Commodore Lulu on the flight deck of the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier on June 10, 2010. The Ministry of Defence in London has declined to discuss a report that Britain and France could share their aircraft carrier capability, calling it early AFP - The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London declined to discuss a report on Tuesday that Britain and France could share their aircraft carrier capability, calling it early "speculation".

Armed militias: a quandary for Lebanon, US (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:08 AM PDT

People check damages to their shops a day after street gun battles in Beirut's residential area of Bourj Abu Haidar, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Lebanese soldiers patrolled a Beirut neighborhood and residents stepped over spent bullet casings and broken glass Wednesday after deadly street battles between the Shiite Hezbollah group and a small Sunni faction killed at least four people. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - It started with a dispute over a parking space and erupted into a four-hour street war between Hezbollah and a rival militia, with masked snipers running through alleyways and rocket-propelled grenades exploding in the middle of a Beirut neighborhood.

Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:29 PM PDT

AP - A Venezuelan farmer who staged repeated hunger strikes to protest a government-sanctioned takeover of his farm has died in a military hospital in Caracas.

Amnesty slams Rwandan 'genocide ideology' laws (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:53 PM PDT

A Rwandan stands next to the skulls and bones of people murdered during the 1994 genocide at a memorial site in the church of Kibeho. Rwanda's new government must urgently review their AFP - Rwanda's new government must urgently review their "vague 'genocide ideology' and 'sectarianism' laws", which are being used to suppress political dissent, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

JAL to slash workforce as part of restructuring (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:06 AM PDT

Japan Airlines planes park at Tokyo's Haneda Airport Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010. Japan Airlines Corp. outlined restructuring plans Tuesday, including job cuts of about 30 percent of its global work force and additional financing, to keep flying after filing for bankruptcy in January. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan Airlines outlined restructuring plans Tuesday that include cutting 30 percent of its global workforce and additional financing to keep flying after filing for bankruptcy protection in January.

Australian PM rejects new polls despite deadlock (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:38 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, seen in Melbourne on August 22, 2010, has rejected a quick return to the polls and welcomed a AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday rejected a quick return to the polls and welcomed a "new political landscape" after inconclusive national elections prompted the biggest upheaval in decades.

Mexico arrests 'La Barbie,' accused drug lord wanted by U.S. (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 07:03 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — Mexican police Monday captured a Texas-born accused drug kingpin wanted by the United States and known for his unusual nickname — La Barbie.

German banker comments raise concerns about new 'intellectual racism' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:39 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A German central banker, who stirred controversy last week with disparaging remarks about Muslims living in Germany, is now being pressured to resign following his comment yesterday â€" widely perceived as anti-Semitic â€" that “all Jews share a certain gene.”

Is Mexico's Next War of Independence Against the Narcos? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - The horror of the Tamaulipas massacre has depressed the country even as it heads toward the bicentennial of its independence. Can it turn the tide in the drug war?

Land, Mineral Rights in Conflict in Zambia (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - MANSA, Aug 30 (IRIN) - Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to villagers in the region.
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