Sunday, May 1, 2011

Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed - government (Reuters)

Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed - government (Reuters)

Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed - government (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren, a government spokesman said on Sunday.

Huge crowds descend on Vatican for beatification (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:56 PM PDT

Nuns hold candles during a prayer vigil at the ancient Circus Maximus arena in Rome April 30, 2011. REUTERS/Alessia PierdomenicoReuters - Hundreds of thousands of people converged on St Peter's Square in one of the biggest crowds ever seen at the Vatican on Sunday to participate in the beatification of Pope John Paul II.

Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 19 in Northern Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Grieving family members of Pfc. Antonio G. Stiggins gather around his casket upon the deceased soldiers' arrival at Great Southwest Aviation in Roswell, N.M, Saturday, April 30, 2011. Stiggins, 25, died of wounds suffered April 22, in Numaniyah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record Mark Wilson)Reuters - Eight people were killed and 19 wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an Iraqi army checkpoint next to a market in the northern city of Mosul, police and hospital sources said.

Yemen transition deal teeters as Saleh fails to sign (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 03:29 PM PDT

An anti-government protester waves Yemen's national flag during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz April 30, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen's Gulf-brokered deal to remove President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power was on the verge of collapse on Sunday after Saleh refused to sign, raising the threat of further instability in the Arabian Peninsula state.

St. Peter's jammed for John Paul II beatification (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:22 AM PDT

Faithful gather as they wait for a solemn celebration led by Pope Benedict XVI where late Pope John Paul II will be beatified, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in the fastest beatification in modern times. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims jammed St. Peter's Square and the streets around it Sunday for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, a joyful celebration to honor one of the best loved popes and a morale boost for a church scarred by the priestly sex abuse scandal.

Syrian troops send more troops into restive city (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:53 AM PDT

In this citizen journalism image taken on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrians gather after Friday prayers during an anti-government protest in the coastal city of Banias, Syria, Friday, April 29, 2011. Thousands of Syrian protesters chanting 'We are not afraid!' were met with bullets and tear gas Friday as security forces opened fire, killing more than 40 people. Many of the dead were villagers who tried to break a military blockade in the city at the heart of the six-week uprising, witnesses said. (AP Photo)AP - An eyewitness says a convoy of armored vehicles and buses packed with troops are rolling into the besieged southern Syrian city of Daraa.

Chavez defends decision to deport alleged rebel (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:43 AM PDT

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defended his decision to deport to Colombia a man accused of being a leftist rebel after some of his left-wing supporters criticized the handover.

NATO strike kills Gadhafi's son but leader escapes (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:42 AM PDT

In this photo taken on a government organized tour, government officials and members of the media inspect ruins of a house at the site of a NATO missile attack in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, April 30, 2011. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi survived a NATO missile strike Saturday that killed his youngest son, Saif al-Arab Gadhafi and three grandchildren and wounded friends and relatives, Libya's spokesman said. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli on Saturday, but one of his sons and three grandchildren under the age of 12 were killed, a government spokesman said.

Sony apologises for breach, boosts security (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:51 AM PDT

Sony on Sunday apologised for a security breach that compromised millions of users, and said that while it had no evidence that credit card information was stolen it could not rule it out.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Sony on Sunday apologised for a security breach that compromised millions of users, and said that while it had no evidence that credit card information was stolen it could not rule it out.

Canada's Conservatives, NDP woo fading Liberals (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 05:59 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday made a pitch to Liberal Party supporters, saying a vote for the struggling centrist opposition could put the left-leaning New Democrats in power.

Australia to flag 4.5% unemployment in budget (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 08:23 PM PDT

A reclaimer is seen in the Yandicoogina stockyard in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The country's upcoming budget will forecast 500,000 new jobs to be created in two years as the country rides a mining boom, bringing unemployment down to 4.5 percent, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday.(AFP/HO/RIO TINTO/FILES/Christian Sprogoe)AFP - Australia's upcoming budget will forecast 500,000 new jobs to be created in two years as the country rides a mining boom, bringing unemployment down to 4.5 percent, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday.

A Spanish Island's Quest to Be the Greenest Place on Earth (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 11:20 PM PDT

Time.com - When its innovative wind-power system goes online at the end of the year, Spain's El Hierro island could be on its way to becoming the world's most sustainable inhabited landmass
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