Saturday, May 28, 2011

Serb court says Mladic fit for genocide trial (Reuters)

Serb court says Mladic fit for genocide trial (Reuters)

Serb court says Mladic fit for genocide trial (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 05:40 PM PDT

A protestor waves a flag by Bosnian Serbs gathered in Pale, near Sarajevo, to show anger over the arrest of former wartime miltary leader, General Ratko Mladic after 16 years in hiding.(AFP/Elvis Barukcic)Reuters - Ratko Mladic is fit enough to face genocide charges in The Hague, a Belgrade court ruled on Friday after the Bosnian Serb wartime general's son said he appeared too frail after more than 15 years on the run.

Yemen on brink of civil war as clashes spread (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters attend a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the northwestern city of Saada May 27, 2011. Yemeni tribesmen said they wrested a military compound from elite troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside the capital Sanaa on Friday as fighting spread, threatening to tip the country into civil war. The placards read, Reuters - Yemeni tribesmen said they wrested a military compound from elite troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside the capital Sanaa on Friday as fighting spread, threatening to tip the country into civil war.

North Korea releases American as U.S. envoy visits (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:53 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (pictured) returned Friday from China full of praise for his country's key ally, but analysts saw few signs of firm agreement with Beijing on economic reform or denuclearisation.(AFP / KCNA via KNS/Kns)Reuters - An American citizen detained in North Korea on unspecified charges for six months has been released, U.S. rights envoy Robert King said on Saturday following a visit to the secretive state's capital to assess its pleas for food aid.

Bomb blast in NW Pakistan kills five (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:19 AM PDT

Supporters of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami attend an anti-American rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 27, 2011. Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that relations between the United States and Pakistan had reached a turning point after the killing of Osama bin Laden and Islamabad must take 'decisive steps' in the days ahead to fight terrorism. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Reuters - A bomb exploded in a market in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region on the Afghan border on Saturday, killing five civilians and wounding 10, officials said.

Air strikes and Russian pressure squeeze Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 06:28 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) arrive at the G8 summit in Deauville May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/KremlinReuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi faced tightening military and diplomatic pressure as NATO airstrikes hit Tripoli for the fifth straight night and Russia joined Western powers in demanding his departure.

Medvedev's Improbable Mission: Mediating Peace with Gaddafi (Time.com)

Posted: 27 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Time.com - Moscow is suddenly the only real power with any influence in Tripoli. But can the Russian President convince the Colonel that it's time to go?

Last surviving Austrian who hid Jews honored (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT

Edeltrud Posiles poses in front of her name that was attached on a fence in downtown Vienna, on Friday, May 13, 2011. 94-year old Posiles is the last one of 88 Austrians known to have saved Jews from the Holocaust who is still alive. She has hidden her Jewish fiance and his two brothers. They had fled to Prague after the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. But by 1942, that city too was in the hands of Hitler's henchmen. The three were told to pack essentials for deportation into a concentration camp. They wrote suicide letters to make authorities think they were dead — and then did what no one thought any Jew would do, taking a night train straight to Vienna, back into the heartland of the Nazi Reich. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - It was 1942 in Hitler's Austria, a time when a late-night knock on the door could have resulted in deportation or death. Edeltrud Becher shuddered as she heard the rap of knuckles from unannounced visitors.

Egypt permanently opens Gaza border crossing (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:53 AM PDT

A Palestinian man waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 26, 2011. Egypt's decision to end its blockade of Gaza by opening the only crossing to the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory this weekend could ease the isolation of 1.4 million Palestinians there. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - After four years, Egypt on Saturday permanently opened the Gaza Strip's main gateway to the outside world, bringing long-awaited relief to the territory's Palestinian population and a significant achievement for the area's ruling Hamas militant group.

Ousted leader's return ends Honduras' long crisis (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2011 11:06 PM PDT

A vendor displays T-shirts with images of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Friday May 27, 2011. Supporters are making preparations for the Saturday return of the deposed president who was forced out of the country in his pajamas at gunpoint on June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The return of ousted former President Manuel Zelaya from exile on Saturday brings Honduras' nearly two-year political crisis to an end and hope to one of the poorest nations in the Americas.

Egypt reopens Rafah border with Gaza (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT

A Palestinian child holds a key representing that of her home which, it is claimed, was snatched from her family during the creation of the state of Israel at the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Egypt has reopened the controversial border with the Gaza Strip, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years, an AFP correspondent reported.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)AFP - Egypt on Saturday reopened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years, in a move hailed by Hamas but criticised by Israel.

NKorea freed American without aid promise, US says (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 01:16 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Robert King, left, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, and U.S. citizen Eddie Jun, center, prepare to leave Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday May 28, 2011. The American held by North Korea for a half year reportedly for proselytizing is returning to the United States, brought out by the U.S. envoy who negotiated his release. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Li) NO SALESAP - North Korea freed an American it held for a half year for reportedly proselytizing, handing him Saturday to a U.S. envoy who said Washington had not promised to provide aid in exchange for the man's release.

Government sees smaller 2010-11 deficit than forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada is set to post a smaller 2010-11 budget deficit than the government had predicted, the Department of Finance said on Friday, possibly helping the Conservatives meet their goal of a quicker return to surplus.

Solomons offer to host Australia migrant centre: report (AFP)

Posted: 27 May 2011 08:50 PM PDT

This aerial file photo shows a few islands in the Western Province of the Solomons. South Pacific nations including the Solomon Islands have offered to host processing centres for boatpeople arriving in Australia, according to a report.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - South Pacific nations including the Solomon Islands have offered to host processing centres for boatpeople arriving in Australia, according to a report.

Egyptians rally in Tahrir Square for 'second revolution' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 May 2011 01:39 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - More than three months after Hosni Mubarak was ousted from presidency, tens of thousands of Egyptians converged on Tahrir Square for what some are calling a "second revolution." While they have ousted their dictator, many are impatient with the pace of change under Egypt's interim military rulers and see a need for steady pressure.

Syria: If Protesters Don't Get Assad, the Economy Will (Time.com)

Posted: 27 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Time.com - Panicking over the demonstrations, Assad has backtracked on economic liberalization -- a move that may seal his doom

Battle for Abyei could ignite civil war in Sudan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 May 2011 01:33 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When northern Sudanese troops seized the disputed border town of Abyei last month, it was a sign that the fragile six-year-old peace between North and South Sudan was teetering on the brink. Some called it the first shots of Sudan's next civil war, following the two-decade-long war that killed an estimated 2 million people.
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