Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Pakistan says not part of U.S. operation to kill bin Laden (Reuters)

Pakistan says not part of U.S. operation to kill bin Laden (Reuters)

Pakistan says not part of U.S. operation to kill bin Laden (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2011 10:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan's president acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that his security forces were left out of a U.S. operation to kill Osama bin Laden, but he did little to dispel questions over how the al Qaeda leader was able to live in comfort near Islamabad.

Twenty-five fighters killed, wounded near Afghan-Pakistan border (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Twenty-five foreign fighters, including Arabs, Chechens and Pakistanis, were killed and wounded by Afghan security forces after they crossed the border from Pakistan into Afghanistan's volatile east overnight, a government official said on Tuesday.

Canada's Conservatives score massive election win (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:42 PM PDT

Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper gestures while talking with children after casting his ballot at a polling station in a school in Calgary, Alberta May 2, 2011. REUTERS/Chris WattieReuters - Canada's Conservatives stormed to a decisive victory in Monday's federal election, winning 54 percent of the seats in Parliament and securing a stable four-year term in power after vowing to focus on the economy.

Bin Laden killing will embarrass authorities: Pakistani media (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistani media on Tuesday said the killing of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden in a U.S. commando raid would heap embarrassment on authorities hard pressed to explain how he had been able to live in the country undetected for years.

Fighting rages in Libya's Western Mountains (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:05 PM PDT

A Rebel fighter takes up position in the western entrance of Ajdabiyah May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemReuters - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi stepped up their onslaught on rebel areas of Libya's Western Mountains late on Monday, rebels said, and refugees said towns in the isolated region were on the brink of starvation.

Al-Qaeda's Big Post-Bin Laden Cash Crunch (Time.com)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Even before the terrorist network's charismatic leader was killed, al-Qaeda was practically pleading for cash from its once avid supporters.

Sub recovers second black box from Rio-Paris flight (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:46 AM PDT

The Remora 6000 submarine discovers an Air France Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from the plane that crashed in June 2009 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.(AFP/BEA/ECPAD/Johann Peschel)AFP - A robot submarine has retrieved the second black box data recorder from an Air France plane that crashed mysteriously into the Atlantic in 2009 en route from Rio to Paris, killing all 228 people on board.

Bahrain detains 2 former Shiite opposition MPs (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:47 AM PDT

AP - A senior leader in Bahrain's main Shiite opposition party says two of its former parliament members have been arrested as part of a wide crackdown on dissent in the Gulf kingdom.

Honduras drops all charges against ex-president (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:00 PM PDT

AP - A Honduran court dismissed the last two remaining charges Monday against former President Manuel Zelaya, removing a key obstacle to his return to the country.

Freedom in the air for Libyan returnee (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:56 PM PDT

63-year-old Bechir Habba, pictured here crossing the Tunisian-Libyan border, returns to his native country Libya for the first time in 36 years.(AFP/File/Mohamed Haddad)AFP - Bechir does not even glance at the Tunisian customs official who stamps his US passport. His eyes are drawn to the left, to Libya, to the country he has not seen in 35 years.

Report: 7-story building collapses in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:46 AM PDT

AP - Turkish media say a 7-story building has collapsed in the south of the country.

Canada's Conservatives score massive election win (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's Conservatives stormed to a decisive victory in Monday's federal election, winning 54 percent of the seats in Parliament and securing a stable four-year term in power after vowing to focus on the economy.

Fired Australian bishop calls church authoritarian (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:11 PM PDT

AP - An Australian bishop who was fired by Pope Benedict XVI after suggesting the church consider ordaining women and married men defended his actions on Tuesday and accused the Vatican of becoming increasingly authoritarian.

Bin Laden bodyguard's satellite phone calls helped lead US forces to hiding place (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:22 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Satellite phone calls that Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard made from July to August last year are believed to have helped US forces hunt down the Al Qaeda leader in the Pakistani compound where he was killed early Monday, according to local Pakistani intelligence sources.

Afghanistan: Where Even the Taliban Don't Care About Bin Laden (Time.com)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:15 PM PDT

Supporters of hardline pro-Taliban party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Nazaryati (JUI-N) shout anti-US slogans during a protest in Quetta. Hundreds took to the streets of Pakistan's city of Quetta on Monday to pay homage to Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to a US flag, witnesses and organisers said.(AFP/Banaras Khan)Time.com - Most Afghans feel he has been irrelevant to their lives for years. But they do feel vindicated that he was found and killed in Pakistan, not on their soil

Persistence over bin Laden may reverse Europe's image of a US in decline (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:14 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - US persistence in ending the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden may reverse a long-held perception in Europe that America is in decline â€" both in terms of its soft power as well as its military clout.

Global poverty at mercy of corn harvest (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:05 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - May 2 (OneWorld.net) - "If we have any kind of weather problem in the northern hemisphere, we don't have enough corn." This was the alarming verdict of Alberto Weisser, chief executive of Bunge, during last Thursday's presentation of first quarter results for the US agribusiness and food multinational.
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