Monday, November 1, 2010

Brazil steps toward post-Lula era with Rousseff (Reuters)

Brazil steps toward post-Lula era with Rousseff (Reuters)

Brazil steps toward post-Lula era with Rousseff (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Brazil's president-elect Dilma Rousseff vowed to step up the fight against poverty without forfeiting economic stability in Latin America's largest nation when she takes over from her charismatic former boss on Jan 1.

Japan in new diplomatic row after Russian isle visit (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:24 PM PDT

An aerial view shows Kunashiri Island, one of four islands known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and Northern Territories in Japan, is seen in this photo taken 2005. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited an island claimed by Moscow and Tokyo on Monday, sparking a diplomatic row with Japan as it struggles to mend ties with rising rival China.

Korean border shooting likely an accident-lawmaker (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:19 AM PDT

A South Korean soldier checks his rifle before patrolling along a fence in the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea in Paju, about 50 km (31 miles) north of Seoul in this November 13, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/FilesReuters - An exchange of gunfire across the heavily armed border between the two Koreas last week was likely an accident and not a deliberate provocation by the prickly North, a top lawmaker and former army general said on Monday.

Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:08 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced a young Canadian to 40 years in prison, but he may serve only a few more years under a deal that included his admission he was an al Qaeda conspirator who murdered a U.S. soldier.

Yemen frees student held over parcel bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT

Men walk past the offices of FedEx in Sanaa, Yemen, October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen on Sunday freed a woman suspected of mailing two parcel bombs found on U.S.-bound planes, saying she had been a victim of identity theft.

Burma: Hope Among the Young (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Burma: Hope Among the Young

Russia leader visits disputed isle, Tokyo protests (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:16 AM PDT

In this photo released by a resident of Kunashiri Island via Kyodo News, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with Russian kindergarten teachers and officials during his visit to Kunashiri Island in Japan's Northern Territories Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Medvedev visited the island, known in Russian as Kunashir, part of a group of four claimed by both countries, that Russian calls the southern Kurils, triggering immediate protests from Tokyo, which is already involved in a heated dispute with China over islands to the south. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA, EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Russia's president visited an island in the Pacific Ocean claimed by both Russia and Japan on Monday, triggering immediate protests from Tokyo, which is already involved in a heated dispute with China over islands to the south.

Iraqi MPs get handsome pay for little work (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 14, 2010 file photo a member of the Iraqi Parliament makes a phone call before a session of Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi lawmakers have collected their $90,000 stipend, they're raking in $22,500 a month in salaries and allowances, and they're spending free nights in Baghdad's finest hotel — and they've only worked about 20 minutes this year, without passing a single law. As the parliament prepares to hold what will be only its second session since the inconclusive election in March, lawmakers' lavish salaries and privileges are deepening resentment among Iraqis struggling to make ends meet and frustrated with the political deadlock. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraqi lawmakers have collected their $90,000 stipend, they're raking in $22,500 a month in salaries and allowances, and they're spending free nights in Baghdad's finest hotel — and they've only worked about 20 minutes this year, without passing a single law.

Big task ahead for Brazil new leader Rousseff (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:34 AM PDT

Supporters of Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff wave flags of the Workers Party, in front of a campaign banner that shows her with current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the victory rally in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010. Governing party candidate Dilma Rousseff was elected Brazil's president, becoming the nation's first female leader, and will take office Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - From three years in a dictatorship's jail cell to just two months away from the presidential palace, the journey has been long for Brazil's newly elected leader Dilma Rousseff, who will be the first woman to direct Latin America's biggest nation.

Cowherds discovering that ticks are for the birds (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:18 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 picture, a red-billed oxpecker collects fur from a donkey to build a nest inside an enclosure at the Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre in Mokopane, South Africa. Generations of cattle owners who dipped their livestock in pesticides ended up killing not only the ticks that feast on them, but also the red-billed oxpeckers that eat the ticks. Now environmentalists want to cut out the pesticides, hand the job back to the endangered birds, and in the process save it from extinction. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)AP - South African cowherds are discovering that when it comes to debugging their cattle, nature knows best.

Myanmar junta says will keep power if voters abstain (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Myanmar's military rulers threatened on Monday to cling to power if the public abstained from voting in Sunday's long-awaited election and blamed foreign media for trying to derail the poll.

Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:09 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced a young Canadian to 40 years in prison, but he may serve only a few more years under a deal that included his admission he was an al Qaeda conspirator who murdered a U.S. soldier.

'Dude, it's a whale', says boy who rode sea giant (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:57 AM PDT

Photo illustration. An Australian teenager who climbed onto a whale and rode on its back has said he never intended to hurt the animal and had been acting instinctively when he put his arms around the massive sea creature.(AFP/File/Omar Torres)AFP - An Australian teenager who climbed onto a whale and rode on its back has said he never intended to hurt the animal and had been acting instinctively when he put his arms around the massive sea creature.

Istanbul suicide attack highlights Turkey's struggle with militant groups (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:13 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A suicide bomber targeted Turkish police in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, killing himself, injuring 32, and prompting police gunfire.

Reshaping British Politics from Within (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Reshaping British Politics from Within

Yemeni officials free suspect in Al Qaeda bomb plot (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On Sunday evening local time, the Yemeni government released bomber suspect Hanan Al Samawi and her mother, according to Samawi's lawyer Abdulrahman Barman, of the National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms.
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