Saturday, January 1, 2011

North Korea calls for end to hostility with South (Reuters)

North Korea calls for end to hostility with South (Reuters)

North Korea calls for end to hostility with South (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:46 PM PST

A former North Korean resident, now residing in the the South since the 1950-53 Korean War, walks away from a fence erected by the military in Paju, north of Seoul January 1, 2011. North Korea called for end to confrontation and emphasised the need for dialogue with the South in a joint editorial published on Saturday by official newspapers, repeating the line from a year ago in the wake of clashes in 2010. The military fence is the closest residents of the capitalist south can get to the communist north. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS)Reuters - North Korea on Saturday called for an end to confrontation with the South, urging dialogue after one of the most violent years on the divided peninsula since the 1950-53 Korean War.

Car bomb hits church in Egypt, 21 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 12:23 AM PST

People gather after a bomb exploded in Egypt's northern city of Alexandria January 1, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A car bombing outside a church killed 21 people in Egypt's northern city of Alexandria as worshippers gathered to mark the New Year, security and medical sources said on Saturday.

Bomb kills at least four in Nigerian capital (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:48 PM PST

A soldier stands near an ambulance carrying victims of a bomb blast near a military barracks in Nigeria's capital Abuja December 31, 2010. REUTERS/Afolabi SotundeReuters - A bomb at a crowded market in Nigeria's capital Abuja killed at least four people and injured more than a dozen during New Year's Eve celebrations late on Friday.

U.N. official warns Gbagbo on rights violations (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:02 PM PST

An Ivory Coast soldier stands guard during a rally by Ivory Coast's Young Patriots, supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, in Abidjan on December 29, 2010. West African regional military chiefs have set in motion plans to oust the strongman if negotiations by regional mediators fail(AFP/Sia Kambou)Reuters - A senior United Nations official warned incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and other senior officials on Friday they may be held criminally accountable for human rights violations.

Now coastal Queensland braces for 30-foot flood waters (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:43 PM PST

An aerial view shows properties and houses inundated by floodwaters in the Queensland town of Emerald, 900 km (560 miles) north-west of Brisbane December 31, 2010. REUTERS/Jono Searle/POOLReuters - Floods that have inundated 22 Australian towns and forced more than 200,000 from their homes headed toward the northeast coast on New Year's Day, forcing further evacuations and warnings of 30-ft flood waters.

How Marine Le Pen is Changing the Face of France's Far-Right (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:40 PM PST

Time.com - Championing the same extreme-right policies, but using more moderate language, Marine Le Pen is running to succeed her father Jean-Marie as leader of France's National Front Party -- and gaining the kind of support that makes the mainstream nervous

Anglican leader focuses on 'big picture' in New Year (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:10 PM PST

File photo of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who said people needed to reflect on the AFP - The leader of the world's Anglicans said people needed to reflect on the "big picture" in 2011, however remote it might seem as they battle personally with the global financial downturn's repercussions.

Bomb hits Egypt church at New Year's Mass, 21 dead (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:27 PM PST

Egyptian firemen try to put out a fire on a vehicle following a car bombing in front of a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, Egypt, early Saturday Jan. 1, 2011. The car exploded in front of the church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Mediterranean port city early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - A car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least 21 people, officials said.

Brazil prepares to inaugurate first female leader (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:44 PM PST

Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff smiles during a meeting with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyco Borissov in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Rousseff will take office on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - A one-time Marxist guerrilla who was tortured under Brazil's long dictatorship will become the first female president of Latin America's largest nation when she is sworn in Saturday.

Egypt church blast kills 21 (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 12:45 AM PST

An Egyptian man mourns over a family member killed in a car bomb attack on a Christian church Alexandria on January 1, 2011. Saturday morning dozens of Christians were protesting outside the church after the blast, demanding the government take action.(AFP)AFP - President Hosni Mubarak urged Egypt's Christians and Muslims to unite and confront "terrorism" after a New Year's day car bomb killed 21 people at a Coptic church in Alexandria, in the latest blow to the Middle East's largest Christian community.

Taliban accuses France over kidnapped journalists (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 12:30 AM PST

On the first anniversary of the kidnapping of French journalists Stephane Taponier and Herve Guesquiere in Afghanistan, 365 candles are lit in Strasbourg, eastern France. The Taliban said Saturday that France had AFP - The Taliban said Saturday that France had "not paid much attention" to their demands for securing the release of two French journalists held captive for more than a year.

Liberals pressure government on corporate tax (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:41 AM PST

Reuters - Opposition parties should unite to fight corporate tax cuts planned by the Conservative government, the Liberal Party said on Thursday amid expectations it may seek to trigger an election next year.

Activists, Japan whalers clash in Southern Ocean (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:43 PM PST

Sea Shepherd's latest high speed pursuit boat 'Gojira' is seen close to Fremantle, Western Australia. Militant anti-whalers from the group have said they had clashed with Japanese harpoonists in the Southern Ocean, chasing them through ice packs, throwing stink bombs at them and being hit with water cannon.(AFP/HO/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/File)AFP - Militant anti-whalers Saturday said they had clashed with Japanese harpoonists in the Southern Ocean, chasing them through ice packs, throwing stink bombs at them and being hit with water cannon.

Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon becoming less of a hotbed for militancy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:30 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The murder of a senior Al-Qaeda-inspired jihadi and the exodus of other militants from here in recent months may herald some welcome stability for this impoverished Palestinian refugee camp.

Can Sudan Split Without Falling Apart? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 12:35 AM PST

Time.com - Can Sudan Split Without Falling Apart?

'Digital Confucius' introduces Chinese students to liberal arts at Yale and beyond (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:14 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - When Prof. Shelly Kagan sat cross-legged on his desk in front of a class of Yale University students in the spring of 2007, introducing his course “Philosophy 176 â€" Death,” he could hardly have expected that he would one day gather an enormous and avid fan base in China.

Cote d'Ivoire: Back to square one? (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 03:24 AM PST

OneWorld.net - LOGUATU, Dec 30 (IRIN) - NGOs working in northeastern Liberia say many of the 30,000 refugees arriving from neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire are reporting widespread violence and intimidation from both Ivoirian government troops and soldiers from the former rebel Forces Nouvelles operating in the west.
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