Sunday, January 2, 2011

Record floods swamp Australia's northeast (Reuters)

Record floods swamp Australia's northeast (Reuters)

Record floods swamp Australia's northeast (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:36 AM PST

Houses in the town of Theodore, about 410km (255 miles) north west of Brisbane, are partially submerged by flood waters in this January 1, 2011 handout picture. REUTERS/Queensland Police Service/HandoutReuters - Large parts of Australia's coastal northeast disappeared under floodwaters on Sunday in a spreading disaster that has brought some of the highest floods on record and forced thousands from their homes.

U.N. peacekeepers focus on reported Ivory Coast abuses (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:53 PM PST

Reuters - U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast are doing everything possible to gain access to areas of the country where human rights abuses are alleged to have occurred, the United Nations said on Saturday.

Rousseff becomes first woman to lead Brazil (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:15 AM PST

Shamans hold a photograph of Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff as they perform a ritual for new year wishes in Lima December 29, 2010 . REUTERS/Mariana BazoReuters - Dilma Rousseff became Brazil's first female president on Saturday and promised to build on an unprecedented run of economic success achieved by her popular predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Cardinal says Cuba will free prisoners as promised (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 07:23 PM PST

Reuters - Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega assured on Saturday that "in coming months" Cuban leaders would release 11 political prisoners as promised under a landmark deal with the government.

A Brief History of Anarchism: The European Tradition (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:05 AM PST

Time.com - Anarchists have claimed to be behind recent bombs in Rome -- but the political ideology they espouse had its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Spain enacts tough anti-smoking law (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:06 AM PST

Robert, left, the owner of a bar, removed of the window the banner reading, 'Smoking is Allowed,' at his bar as a man looks at in Pamplona, Spain, early Sunday, Jan.2, 2011. Spain, a country famed for its smoke-filled bars, corner cafes and restaurants, is poised to enact a tough new anti-smoking law eliminating its status as Western Europe's last country where lighting up in indoor public places is allowed until today on January 2. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)AP - Spain has introduced a tough anti-smoking law that prohibits lighting up in enclosed public places including bars, restaurants, discotheques, casinos, airports and even some outdoor spaces, in line with the European Union's strictest anti-smoking legislation.

Worshippers back in Egyptian church hit in attack (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:48 AM PST

An Egyptian Copt observes the scene, wrapped in a sheet on which a Christian cross has been painted in blood, outside the Coptic Christian Saints Church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. A car exploded in front of the church early Saturday as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass, killing at least 21 people according to officials, and sparking clashes between Christians and Muslims, a sign of the sectarian anger that has been arising with greater frequency in Egypt. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Christians are back praying in a church targeted a day earlier by an apparent suicide bomber in an attack that killed 21 and wounded 97.

Ciudad Juarez residents flee Mexico's 'dying city' (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:04 AM PST

In this photo taken on Dec. 11, 2010, a man walks along an empty downtown street in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. No one knows how many Juarez residents have left the city of 1.4 million since a brutal turf battle over border drug corridors unleashed an unprecedented wave of cartel murders and mayhem in 2008. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - The mother of four raised a finger, pointing out abandoned and stripped concrete homes and counting how many families on her street alone have fled the Western Hemisphere's deadliest city.

Nigerian militant group says not behind Abuja bomb (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:38 AM PST

Reuters - Nigeria's main militant group, which claimed responsibility for October car bombings in Abuja, said it was not behind the New Year's Eve blast in the capital.

N.Korea calls for better relations with South (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:00 AM PST

North Korean border guards look at their South Korean counterparts (L) along the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two Koreas. The hardline Stalinist state has begun 2011 with calls for improved relations with the South after a year of tensions marked by the first deadly attack on a civilian area since the peninsular's bloody conflict nearly six decades ago.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - North Korea began 2011 with calls for improved relations with South Korea after a year of tensions marked by the first deadly attack on a civilian area since the war.

Catastrophic Australian floods claim first victim (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:15 PM PST

A map showing the area in northeastern Australia hit by some of the country's worst-ever flooding. Australian emergency services have been battling floods in the region that have affected up to 200,000 people.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Devastating floods in northeastern Australia claimed their first victim Sunday, with the body of a missing woman recovered as the surging waters continued to rise and a fresh storm loomed.

Is Anarchist Violence on the Rise in Europe? (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 03:50 AM PST

Time.com - According to Europol, attacks by far-left and anarchist groups jumped dramatically between 2008 and 2009, as militants take advantage of public anger over economic woes
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