Monday, May 30, 2011

Gen. Dempsey chosen to head Joint Chiefs of Staff (AP)

Gen. Dempsey chosen to head Joint Chiefs of Staff (AP)

Gen. Dempsey chosen to head Joint Chiefs of Staff (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama announces his nominee for the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)AP - President Barack Obama moved Monday to seal an overhaul of his national security team, selecting Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman amid protracted battle in Afghanistan, U.S. involvement in the NATO-led effort against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and a winding down of the war in Iraq.

Germany decides to abandon nuclear power by 2022 (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:15 PM PDT

FILE -- A March 15, 2011 file photo shows the nuclear plant of Neckarwestheim, southern Germany. Germany's environment minister said MOnday May 30, 2011 that Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government has agreed to shut down all of the country's nuclear power plants by 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst/file)AP - Europe's economic powerhouse, Germany, announced plans Monday to abandon nuclear energy over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.

Memorial Day marked by parades, flyovers, flags (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT

People applaud as President Barack Obama pays tribute to Adm. Mike Mullen, outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the Memorial Day ceremony in the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Americans from Washington to California marked Memorial Day with parades, barbecues and somber reflection in a holiday infused with fresh meaning by the approaching 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Suicide blasts in normally calm Afghan city kill 5 (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:22 AM PDT

An Italian soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is helped by a colleague after a suicide attack outside the gates of an Italian military base, after a suicide attack in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 30, 2011. A suicide attacker blew up an explosives-packed car Monday at the gates of an Italian military base in western Afghanistan, killing several people, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at the gates of an Italian military base Monday in one of two attacks on the relatively secure western city of Herat, killing at least five Afghans in a major commercial center slated to be handed over by NATO to Afghan control in July.

AP Interview: Tadic says EU must act (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:44 AM PDT

A man poses next to a picture of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic during a protest in support of Mladic in Kalinovik, 50 km (30 miles) southeast of the capital Sarajevo, May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Dado RuvicAP - Serbia's president Boris Tadic said Monday it's time the European Union did its part by boosting his nation's efforts to join the bloc, arguing the arrest of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic proves it is serious about rejoining the international fold.

Wildfires destroy 12 homes in Texas Panhandle (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:04 PM PDT

AP - Two wildfires have destroyed at least 12 homes on the outskirts of the Texas Panhandle city of Amarillo.

Hackers post phony Tupac story on PBS website (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:57 AM PDT

This frame grab of the PBS website shows a screen that appeared Monday, May 30, 2011, as PBS officials confirmed early Monday on its official Twitter account that the website had been hacked. (AP Photo)AP - PBS officials say hackers have cracked the network's website, posting a phony story claiming dead rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand, and a group that claimed responsibility for the hacking complained about a recent "Frontline" investigative news program on WikiLeaks.

Armed residents put up resistance to Syrian army (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Syrians walk past Srian flags with portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad at a popular market in downtown Damascus , Syria, on Monday, May 30, 2011. Syrian troops shelled a town in the center of the country Monday, and for the first time in the two-month-old revolt against the president, residents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades put up fierce resistance, activists said. State media said four soldiers were killed. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Residents used automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to repel advancing government troops in central Syria on Monday, putting up a fierce fight for the first time in their two-month-old revolt against President Bashar Assad's autocratic regime.

GOP presidential contenders drift to the right (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:54 AM PDT

Former Massachsetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes his way to his vehicle after speaking at the Mediacom 2012 Presidential Candidate Series, Friday, May 27, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. The event was cut short when a smoke alarm went off in the building. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - In the first presidential election since the tea party's emergence, Republican candidates are drifting rightward on a range of issues, even though more centrist stands might play well in the 2012 general election.

Jim Tressel resigns as Ohio State's football coach (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:54 AM PDT

FILE - In a March 30, 2011, file photo, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel pauses before answering questions during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State announced Monday, May 30, 2011 that football coach Jim Tressel has resigned as the NCAA investigates the Buckeyes for possible rules violations. Tressel says in a statement that he met with university officials and agreed that it is in Ohio State's best interest that he resign. The school says Luke Fickell, an assistant head coach under Tressel, will serve as interim head coach for the 2011-2012 season. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam, File)AP - Jim Tressel, who guided Ohio State to its first national title in 34 years, resigned Monday amid NCAA violations from a tattoo-parlor scandal that sullied the image of one of the country's top football programs.

EU racing to draft second Greek bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Reuters - The European Union is racing to draft a second bailout package for Greece to release vital loans next month and avert the risk of the euro zone country defaulting, EU officials said on Monday.

Obama picks warrior-scholar Dempsey for top military job (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:07 AM PDT

President Barack Obama (3rd L), with Defense Secretary Robert Gates (2nd L) and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon (L), announces the nominations of U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (3rd R) to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Navy Admiral James Winnefeld (2nd R) to be the new vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and General Ray Odierno (R) to be the new Chief of Staff of the Army in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Army General Martin Dempsey, a warrior-scholar who commanded troops in the Iraq war, as the top U.S. military officer.

Three killed as army enters central Syrian town (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:34 AM PDT

A Syrian protester is silhouetted behind a Syrian flag during a demonstration against President Bashar Al-Assad in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman May 22, 2011. REUTERS/Majed JaberReuters - At least three civilians were killed on Monday when security forces entered the town of Talbiseh in central Syria to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad, a rights group said.

Ohio State coach Tressel resigns (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Reuters - Ohio State University's Jim Tressel, one of the top U.S. college football coaches, has quit in the continuing fallout from payment violations that led to suspensions for five of his players.

Mladic could be sent to war crimes court in days (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Combination photo shows Bosnian Serb army commander General Radko Mladic in Pale dated May 7, 1993 and in Belgrade after he was arrested on May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Files/Politika/HandoutReuters - Serbia may send Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges in The Hague within four days, a justice official said on Monday, despite rallies by nationalists angry at the Bosnian Serb general's capture after 16 years on the run.

Greek opposition sets demands as EU/IMF verdict nears (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Greece's conservative opposition demanded tax cuts on Monday as the price for a consensus deal with the Socialist government on imposing yet more austerity, a major condition for getting further aid from the EU and IMF.

German government wants nuclear exit by 2022 at latest (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:04 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives the report of the so-called Ethics Commission for a Secure Energy Supply from former German Environment Minister Klaus Toepfer (L) and Matthias Kleiner, president of the German Research Foundation DFG in Berlin May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayReuters - Germany plans to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition announced on Monday, in a policy reversal drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

Zuma on Libya peace shuttle, officers defect (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:43 AM PDT

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen briefs the media during his monthly news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels May 4, 2011. REUTERS/Thierry RogeReuters - South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tripoli on Monday to try to broker a peace deal with Muammar Gaddafi, just hours after NATO's secretary-general said the Libyan leader's "reign of terror" was coming to an end.

German nuclear shutdown sets global example: Merkel (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:41 AM PDT

A Greenpeace activist places an anti-nuclear sign on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Sunday. Germany will shut down all its nuclear plants by 2022, and eight reactors shut down after Japan's nuclear disaster in March will not be reactivated, the government announced Monday.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany could serve as a global trailblazer with its decision Monday to phase out nuclear power by 2022 in favour of renewable energy sources.

Yemeni forces kill 21 protesters as sit-in smashed (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:33 PM PDT

Yemeni anti-regime mourners pray in front of the body of a fighter loyal to opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, who as killed in clashes with Yemeni government security forces, during his funeral in Sanaa. Forces loyal to Yemen's embattled president killed 21 protesters as they crushed a sit-in demonstration in Taez, an organiser said on Monday.(AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)AFP - Forces loyal to Yemen's embattled president killed 21 protesters as they crushed a sit-in demonstration in Taez, an organiser said on Monday, as suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed six soldiers in the south.
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