Saturday, November 27, 2010

South Korea Marines vow "thousand-fold" revenge (Reuters)

South Korea Marines vow "thousand-fold" revenge (Reuters)

South Korea Marines vow "thousand-fold" revenge (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:39 AM PST

Reuters - South Korea's Marine commander on Saturday vowed "thousand -fold" revenge for a North Korean attack that killed two servicemen as protesters demanded tougher action by the government against its reclusive neighbor.

Federal troops and police prepare Rio slum offensive (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:38 PM PST

Reuters - Backed by armored personnel carriers and 800 soldiers, police prepared a major offensive on Friday to occupy one of Rio de Janeiro's largest slums where heavily armed drug traffickers bunkered up after days of violence.

Taiwan local polls test pro-China party after shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:42 AM PST

Reuters - Taiwan began counting ballots on Saturday in tense races to choose mayors of the island's biggest cities, a test of the popularity of the China-friendly ruling party ahead of the 2012 presidential race.

Where do I vote? Much confusion clouds Haiti polls (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:33 PM PST

Reuters - Canaan, a 10-month-old tent and tarpaulin settlement of thousands of earthquake survivors carpeting bare hillsides north of Haiti's capital, has a prefabricated police station, a tin-roof meeting center, tent schools and churches, and even a barber shop.

Haiti's Presidential Election: Ready to Vote, But Where? (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 03:55 PM PST

Time.com - While officials expect turnout to be low, Haitians, on the streets, say they are eager to cast their ballots. But many don't know where to go.

Thousands expected to protest Irish austerity plan (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:29 AM PST

AP - Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected in Dublin to oppose the government's harsh austerity plan, aimed at slashing the country's budget deficit to meet the terms of a bailout for its humbled economy.

Egyptians protest police violence before election (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:12 PM PST

Passsengers on a bus watch as activists march through the low-income neighborhood of Imbaba, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Egyptian activists organized several small 'Day of Anger' rallies across the country to protest police violence during the parliamentary election campaign, with the rallies organised via Facebook and Twitter and locations announced at the last minute via text messages. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Egyptian activists held several rallies across the country Friday to protest police violence, especially against candidates running in this weekend's parliamentary election.

Rio cops, troops seem ready to invade gang haven (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:00 PM PST

Soldiers aim weapons from an armored vehicle during an operation at the Grota slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Brazilian military forces took fire from drug-gang members holed up in a massive slum complex Friday, but stood their ground, trapping the traffickers inside. At least 23 people have been killed in clashes since late Sunday, most of them suspected drug gang members, and police has arrested more than 150 people in raids on nearly 30 shantytowns in the northern and western parts of Rio. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Soldiers and police fought with gangsters hunkered down in the twisting alleys of a sprawling shantytown, blocking the escape of drug traffickers in an escalating confrontation that promised residents a dangerous weekend.

Egypt Facebook pages vanish before vote: members (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:29 PM PST

Supporters of former head of the U.N. nuclear agency Mohamed ElBaradei (pictured on posters) chant slogans during a rally in Fayoum, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Cairo, June 4, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - Two Egyptian opposition pages on the social network site Facebook were deleted from the Internet ahead of Egypt's parliamentary election on Sunday then restored after discussions with the site's administrators, web activists who run the pages said on Friday.

Pakistani Sunni Muslims rally against terrorism (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:50 AM PST

In this picture taken on Nov. 14, 2010 Soldiers of Pakistani militia stand guard at Pakistan-Afghanistan border post in Borki, 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of Parachinar, capital of Pakistani's tribal region of Kurram along the Afghanistan border. Shiite Muslim militias in Pakistan's tribal regions are helping some of NATOs fiercest enemies evade missile attacks from U.S. drones to cross safely into Afghanistan, a tribal activist told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Dilawar Hussain)AP - Hundreds of Sunni Muslims have started a nearly 200-mile (320-kilometer) high-risk trek across Pakistan in a protest against Taliban attacks on the country's religious sites.

Tax deal could help Canada government avoid defeat (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:07 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's minority Conservative government is working on a possible tax deal with the influential province of Quebec that could help Prime Minister Stephen Harper stay in power longer than expected.

Qantas resumes A380 flights after engine failure (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:41 PM PST

The damaged number two engine of a Qantas Airbus A380 in Singapore is removed from the wing in this November 13, 2010 handout picture. REUTERS/Australian Transport Saftey Authority/HandoutReuters - Australia's Qantas Airways resumed flights of its Airbus A380 superjumbos on Saturday, after a mid-flight engine failure grounded all six of the planes earlier this month, witnesses said.

Amid violent flareup in Rio, Brazil defends its security strategy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:07 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - With more than two dozen killed in a week across Rio de Janeiro in gang-related violence, reporters pressed the visibly weary Rio State Security Secretary José Mariano Beltrame on the efficacy of an aggressive two-year-old security program: Are criminals being effectively vanquished or just changing their addresses?

With World Cup and Olympics Approaching, Rio de Janeiro Takes On Gangs (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 03:55 PM PST

Time.com - With the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics looming, Rio de Janeiro begins an onslaught against gangs who have held it hostage for years. Can it defeat them?

Wikileaks release: in Russia, fear of damage to future US relations (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:32 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Wikileaks is about to drop its biggest-ever bombshell â€" some 2.7-million confidential diplomatic cables from US embassies around the world â€" and, although US credibility is likely to take the worst hit, much of the collateral damage may end up in Moscow.
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