Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Gaddafi forces mass as world raises pressure on Libya (Reuters)

Gaddafi forces mass as world raises pressure on Libya (Reuters)

Gaddafi forces mass as world raises pressure on Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:50 PM PST

A poster mocking Libyan leader Muamar Kadhafi is seen during a protest against the North African strongman. Kadhafi has insisted his people loved him but was slammed as Reuters - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were massed in the west of the country on Tuesday, residents said, and the United States said it was moving warships and air forces closer to Libya.

Oman army tries to disperse protests, wounds one (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:33 AM PST

Reuters - Omani troops fired in the air, wounding one person, when they moved in to disperse a crowd demanding jobs and political reforms near the northern port of Sohar on Tuesday, the fourth day of protests, witnesses said.

South Korea urges North Korea to hold talks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:17 PM PST

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, third from right, inspects a multi-rocket launcher unit in Paju, South Korea, on a frontline army base facing North Korea Tuesday, March 1, 2011. President Lee Myung-bak called Tuesday for serious talks with North Korea, warning that the rivals must not repeat their 'dark history' and urging Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear programs. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUTReuters - South Korea's president on Tuesday urged North Korea to return to talks but the chances looked slim as he stopped short of dropping his demand for the North to take responsibility for attacks last year.

New Zealand falls silent in quake memorial as toll rises (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:53 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 came to a standstill on Tuesday as people marked the moment a deadly earthquake shattered the country's second-biggest city Christchurch a week ago, and the number of confirmed dead rose by one to 155.

Japan lower house passes budget, PM's outlook bleak (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:30 AM PST

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a budget committee meeting in the lower house of parliament in Tokyo February 28, 2011.REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japan's government pushed through a $1 trillion budget for the year from April in the lower house on Tuesday, but some MPs from Prime Minister Naoto Kan's own party boycotted the vote in a sign of his weakening clout.

Can Germany's Teflon Defense Minister Survive Plagiarism Accusations? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST

Time.com - Germany's hugely popular defense minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has weathered a series of scandals, but if allegations of plagiarism take him down, Merkel's party may never recover

Record 241 nominations for Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:59 AM PST

AP - The Norwegian Nobel Committee says it has received a record 241 nominations for the 2011 peace prize.

Settlers suspected of harming Palestinian property (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:10 AM PST

Israeli police officers detain an Israeli right-wing demonstrator during a protest in Jerusalem February 28, 2011. Israeli police on Monday arrested at least 20 of the demonstrators after they tried to block roads in Jerusalem in protest of earlier demolitions of illegal Israeli dwellings at a West Bank settler outpost. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - Police say Jewish settlers are suspected of smashing windows of seven Palestinian cars and throwing a fire bomb at a Palestinian house in the West Bank.

Chavez says he won't condemn Libya's Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:10 PM PST

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that he won't condemn Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and he warned that the United States is preparing an invasion of the North African country to seize control of its oil reserves.

Pro-Gadhafi forces try to retake strategic city (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:29 AM PST

Soldiers and dozens of tanks from the Libyan military's elite Khamis Brigade, led by Gadhafi's youngest son Khamis Gadhafi, take positions and check vehicles after arriving hours earlier on the road in Harshan, 10km east of Zawiya, in Libya, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Rebel forces in Zawiya were locked in a standoff with Gadhafi loyalists and residents inside the city said they were anticipating a possible attack. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Government opponents in rebel-held Zawiya repelled an attempt by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to retake the city closest to the capital in six hours of fighting overnight, witnesses said Tuesday.

South says Koreas mustn't repeat 'dark history' (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:08 AM PST

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak waves upon his arrival to participate in the 92th anniversary ceremony of Independence Movement Day against Japan in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Lee says the rival Koreas must not repeat their 'dark history' and urged the North to abandon its nuclear and missile programs.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea's president called Tuesday for serious talks with North Korea, warning that the rivals must not repeat their "dark history" and urging Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear programs.

Strong Canada growth adds pressure for rate hike (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:12 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's economy revved back to life in late 2010 on the back of surging exports, raising expectations its central bank will hike interest rates by mid year and pushing the Canadian dollar to a three-year high.

Voice from history exposed by New Zealand quake (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:26 PM PST

In this Feb. 24, 2011 photo, two police walk towards the fallen statue of the city's founder, Irishman John Robert Godley in Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch Major Bob Parker said Tuesday, March 1, 2011 that a handwritten parchment in a bottle and a sealed copper cylinder believed to contain documents were discovered inside the statue of the city's founder. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - The New Zealand earthquake has exposed potentially historic documents hidden inside a 19th century statue that toppled in the disaster.

With Russia's $650 billion rearmament plan, the bear sharpens its teeth (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:22 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The graying bear is getting a make-over. Russia's military is launching its biggest rearmament effort since Soviet times, including a $650 billion program to procure 1,000 new helicopters, 600 combat planes, 100 warships, and 8 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.

After the Vote, Can a New Coalition Fix Ireland's Economy? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST

Time.com - Irish voters overwhelmingly punished long-ruling Fianna Fail in the election on Friday, giving power instead to a likely coalition of Fine Gael and Labour in the hopes that together they can drag the country out of economic collapse

Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega renominated for president, despite term limits (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:52 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Daniel Ortega on Saturday accepted his party's nomination for the presidency, even though his reelection is barred by the Constitution.

Mukherjee budget menaces Indian forests (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:09 AM PST

OneWorld.net - Feb 28 (OneWorld.net) - India is the first major economy to present an annual budget since the disruption of oil production in Libya. Plans for the economy in 2011/12 revealed earlier today surprised observers by making no provision for volatile oil prices.
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