Monday, February 28, 2011

Gaddafi unflinching as rebel city fears counter-attack (Reuters)

Gaddafi unflinching as rebel city fears counter-attack (Reuters)

Gaddafi unflinching as rebel city fears counter-attack (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:40 PM PST

A Libyan anti-government fighter carries a tank shell seized during clashes between anti-government protesters and Libyan government forces in the eastern city of Benghazi. The United States said Sunday it was prepared to offer Reuters - Libyan rebels awaited a counter-attack by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Monday, after the country's leader defied demands that he quit to end the bloodiest of the Arab world's wave of uprisings.

Omani protesters block road to port after 6 die (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:24 AM PST

Still image taken from a video footage shows a man taking pictures of burning cars set alight by protesters at a covered car park in the industrial town on Sohar February 27, 2011. REUTERS/via Reuters TVReuters - Omani protesters demanding political reforms blocked roads to a main export port and refinery on Monday and a doctor said the death toll from clashes with police in the Gulf Arab sultanate had risen to six.

South Korea, U.S. brush off North threat, begin big drills (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:37 AM PST

A South Korean military vehicle passes by the barbed-wire fence near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Paju, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. North Korea threatened Sunday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and mercilessly attack South Korea and the United States, as the allies prepared to start annual joint military drills, maneuvers Pyongyang calls a rehearsal for an invasion. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lim Byung-shick) KOREA OUTReuters - South Korean and U.S. forces began on Monday military exercises that they say are defensive but which have raised tension and led to North Korean threats to use nuclear weapons and turn Seoul into a "sea of flames."

Quake hits southern Chile, a year after huge one (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 06:36 PM PST

Reuters - A strong quake of 6.0 magnitude struck on Sunday about 23 miles south of Concepcion, Chile, at a depth of 10.4 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

NZ buildings' quake safety questioned as burials start (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 09:14 PM PST

Relief workers sift through the rubble of the CTV building in central Christchurch following Tuesday's earthquake February 26, 2011.REUTERS/Mark Baker/PoolReuters - New Zealand authorities said on Monday they were investigating reports that buildings damaged by a quake in Christchurch last year were allowed to remain in use, compromising their ability to withstand last week's tremor that killed at least 148 people.

Meeting Gaddafi: Should the U.S. Negotiate with Dictators? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:30 PM PST

Time.com - Even before Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, the U.S. had a long and often disastrous history of dealing with unsavory strongmen. But sometimes it's the only way to achieve real progress

HSBC's 2010 net profit more than doubles (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:01 AM PST

Banking giant HSBC says its net profit more than doubled to $13.16 billion (£11.23 billion) last year as bad debts plunged to the lowest level since 2006. HSBC said in a results statement that pre-tax profits soared by nearly 170 percent to $19 billion (£16.2 billion) in 2010, while loan impairments and other credit risk provisions nosedived to $14.04 billion from $26.49 billion.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Banking giant HSBC said on Monday that its net profit more than doubled to $13.16 billion (£11.23 billion) last year as bad debts plunged to the lowest level since 2006.

Iraqi court sentences Briton to 20 years (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:46 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2011 file photo, Danny Fitzsimons, center, walks out of a court in Baghdad. The Iraqi court is expected to issue Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 a verdict against the British man accused of murdering two contractors in Baghdad in a first trial for a Westerner in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - An Iraqi court on Monday convicted a British man and sentenced him to 20 years in prison over the shooting deaths of two contractors, making him the first Westerner convicted in an Iraqi court since the 2003 U.S. invasion.

Carnival accident kills 17 in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 10:10 PM PST

AP - Brazilian police say 17 people were electrocuted during a freak accident during a large pre-Carnival parade.

Libyan envoy to S. Africa calls on Gadhafi to quit (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:42 AM PST

AP - Libya's ambassador to South Africa on Monday urged leader Moammar Gadhafi to resign, joining other foreign envoys around the world in rejecting his regime.

China says its population has passed 1.34 billion (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:03 AM PST

AP - China's population grew to 1.34 billion people last year, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Monday, marking a modest jump for a massive population and leading experts to suggest China may relax its generation-old one-child policy.

Taliban say they have Canadian missing in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:16 PM PST

Reuters - A Canadian man is missing in Afghanistan, Canadian officials said on Sunday, with the Taliban claiming they had captured him in a volatile central province because he was a spy.

Infant boy the first NZ quake victim laid to rest (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:16 PM PST

Joanne Fagan-Oslawskyj weeps as she attends a church service at St. Barnabas with her son eight-year-old Jamie in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. New Zealand's premier said Tuesday's quake may be the country's worst disaster ever, as officials raised the death toll nearly 150 and more than 200 missing. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A 5-month-old boy was laid to rest Monday at the first funeral for the victims of New Zealand's devastating earthquake, as the confirmed death toll rose to 148 and the government considered a nationwide levy to help pay for reconstruction.

Tunisia's PM Ghannouchi quits amid new protests for real change (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Tunisia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announced his resignation Sunday, responding to more than a month of demonstrations by protesters who said they did not want to be ruled by a crony of the president they ousted in a popular uprising.

Libya: Can There Be Liberation Without Leadership? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:30 PM PST

Time.com - The people who have liberated themselves from Muammar Gaddafi know exactly what they want. Now they have to figure out how to go about achieving it

Opposition declares new Libya government as Qaddafi hangs on (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:30 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A key city in western Libya appeared to have been taken completely out of Muammar Qaddafi’s grasp today, as opposition forces in Libya's 'liberated' east made initial, symbolic steps toward creating a new transitional government.
Posted by Harshad at 1:21 AM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)