Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Ash cloud hits Scottish flights, Ryanair complains (Reuters)

Ash cloud hits Scottish flights, Ryanair complains (Reuters)

Ash cloud hits Scottish flights, Ryanair complains (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Picture shows the growing ash plume from the Grimsvotn volcano, under the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland, as its eruption begins May 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ingolfur BruunReuters - Ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the cancellation of dozens of flights to and from Scotland on Tuesday and Ireland's Ryanair said it would protest against "unnecessary" restrictions as airlines braced for the heavy cost of grounding planes.

Netanyahu to outline peace vision in speech to Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would set forth his view of a future Middle East peace in an address to Congress on Tuesday and reaffirmed Israel would never return to its old, narrow borders.

NATO bombs Tripoli, U.S. says time against Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:25 AM PDT

Libyans walk along Tripoli street in central Misrata May 22,2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - NATO warplanes hammered Tripoli on Tuesday with some of their heaviest air strikes yet after the United States said Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi would "inevitably" be forced from power.

U.S. rights envoy makes groundbreaking trip to North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:27 AM PDT

File photo shows a bird's eye view of Nanjing, capital of eastern China's Jiangsu province. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has traveled to the city in a roughly 40-car convoy with an armed police escort after two nights in the nearby city of Yangzhou.(AFP/File/Go Chai Hin)Reuters - Rights envoy Robert King became the first U.S. official to visit secretive North Korea in 17 months on Tuesday, as Washington considers whether to resume food aid and as momentum builds to resume nuclear disarmament talks.

Black boxes indicate pilot error in Air France crash: report (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 07:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Preliminary findings from the recorders of an Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 have found that the pilots became distracted with malfunctioning airspeed indicators and failed to properly manage other critical systems, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Fear and Trembling in Damascus: A Pretense of Calm in Syria's Capital (Time.com)

Posted: 24 May 2011 12:45 AM PDT

Time.com - Everyone spouts the official line in Assad's capital -- until they are certain no one else is listening in. Why many believe anger will soon overcome fear

Official: Ash will cancel up to 500 flights (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:21 AM PDT

Passengers rest as their flights have been canceled at Edinburgh Airport in Edinburgh, Scotland Tuesday, May 24, 2011. A dense ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano blew toward Scotland, causing airlines to cancel Tuesday flights and raising fears of a repeat of last year's huge travel disruptions in Europe that stranded millions of passengers. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - The European air traffic agency says up to 500 commercial flights in Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of Scandinavia may be canceled Tuesday because of the spread of volcanic ash.

Powerful tribe takes over vital Sanaa district (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:27 AM PDT

Wounded men lay in a hospital bed after being injured in clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 23, 2011. Buildings in Sanaa were blasted and government offices set on fire in an eruption of violence after President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign an agreement calling on him to step down. (AP Photo)AP - With chains and locks, a powerful Yemeni tribe has sealed several government buildings as it lays siege to a vital Sanaa district in fierce clashes with government forces.

Gunmen wound manager of Honduran newspaper (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:56 PM PDT

AP - Police in Honduras say gunmen opened fire on the manager of a daily newspaper Monday night as he was driving home in the Central American country's capital.

Swaziland resists democracy pressure from West (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:18 AM PDT

AP - The prime minister of sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy says Swaziland will resist pressure from the West over democratic reforms.

Oil rises to near $99 as Goldman boosts forecasts (AP)

Posted: 24 May 2011 01:20 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seen here in 2010, will not attend the meeting of the oil cartel OPEC in June despite being in charge of Iran's oil ministry, a senior Islamic republic official has said.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AP - Oil prices rose to near $99 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after Goldman Sachs raised it crude forecasts on concern the shutdown of Libyan output will drain spare OPEC supplies.

Australia reaffirms commitment to Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:21 PM PDT

Australian Defence Force issued photo shows a funeral for army members killed in Afghanistan. Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has insisted that the country would see its mission through in Afghanistan despite losing another soldier in the conflict on a day that saw five others wounded.(AFP/HO/AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE/FILE)AFP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard insisted Tuesday that Australia would see its mission through in Afghanistan despite another of its soldiers being killed and five more wounded.

In Yemen, Saleh's military forces showing signs of strain (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:54 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Hopes for a negotiated settlement to Yemen’s mounting political crisis sank yesterday when President Ali Abdullah Saleh turned down for a third time a deal that would have offered him immunity from prosecution in exchange for stepping down.

Is India's E-Waste Problem Spiraling Out of Control? (Time.com)

Posted: 24 May 2011 12:45 AM PDT

Time.com - India's informal market for buying and selling electronic waste is both a crucial source of income and a serious environmental problem. Why India's e-waste problem is going to get worse before it gets better

Is Georgia on the brink of a 'day of rage'? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 May 2011 10:18 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - After three days of sometimes violent street demonstrations, Georgian opposition leaders on Monday promised a "day of rage" on May 25 that will sweep away President Mikhael Saakashvili â€" who has withstood similar protest waves against his controversial seven-year rule in the past.

No place to hide for G8 leaders on foreign aid (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:22 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - May 23 (OneWorld.net) - International pressure to honor pledges of foreign aid contends with domestic imperatives to slash public spending. This is just one of the dilemmas facing leaders of the world's most powerful economies at their summit starting on Thursday in the French town of Deauville.
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