Monday, May 30, 2011

Serbian police detain 180 in pro-Mladic violence (Reuters)

Serbian police detain 180 in pro-Mladic violence (Reuters)

Serbian police detain 180 in pro-Mladic violence (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:53 AM PDT

A man holds a flag of Serbia during a protest in support of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic in Kalinovik, 50 km (30 miles) southeast of the capital Sarajevo, May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Dado RuvicReuters - Serbian authorities detained 180 people who had attacked police injuring 32 during a protest against the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said on Monday.

Yemeni soldiers killed near al Qaeda-held city (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:05 AM PDT

An anti-government protester carries a wounded colleague after clashes with police in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Four Yemeni soldiers were killed in what appeared to be an ambush near an al Qaeda-held southern city after renewed protests in another city were met with deadly force, stoking concern about civil war.

NATO's Rasmussen says Gaddafi rule coming to an end (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:44 AM PDT

A Libyan rebel adds an aluminium ring to a used rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), which will be refitted with high explosives and reused, at a weapons workshop in Misrata May 29,2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - NATO's military campaign in Libya is achieving its goals and the rule of Muammar Gaddafi is coming to an end, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday.

Blast injures 10 in Pakistan's North Waziristan (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:43 PM PDT

Reuters - A blast at a restaurant in Pakistan's tribal North Waziristan region near the Afghan border wounded ten people on Monday, officials said.

Pakistan to launch offensive in North Waziristan: report (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:26 AM PDT

Women begging along a side walk sit under flyers announcing the 22nd death anniversary of Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Karachi May 30, 2011. Khomeini's 22nd death anniversary will be commemorated on June 4. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS ANNIVERSARY)Reuters - Pakistan will launch a military offensive in North Waziristan, a newspaper reported on Monday, days after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a U.S. demand to tackle sanctuaries for al Qaeda and the Taliban on the Afghan border.

Germany decides to abandon nuclear power by 2022 (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:01 AM PDT

AP - Germany's coalition government decided early Monday to shut down all of the country's nuclear power plants by 2022, a policy change prompted by Japan's nuclear disaster, the environment minister said.

Memorial Day comes as troops fight in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:04 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers holds candles to mark the Memorial Day at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Some U.S. troops in Afghanistan have held a candlelit remembrance for those lost ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan paused Monday to remember the fallen in Memorial Day services, as a war nearly a decade old trudges on.

Zelaya: Honduras coup was international conspiracy (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:48 PM PDT

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya gestures during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, May 29, 2011. Zelaya returned from exile Saturday, ending a nearly two-year political crisis that started when the country's military deposed him in an internationally condemned coup. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Sunday the coup that toppled him two years ago was an international conspiracy and that some of those plotting his ouster wanted to kill him.

Police: Death toll in Nigeria blast at 10 (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:45 AM PDT

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, left, takes the oath of office before Justice Sunday Olorundanusi, center, and Chief Justice of Nigeria Katsina Alu during his inauguration ceremony at the main parade ground in Nigeria's capital of Abuja Sunday, May 29, 2011. Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Sunday for a full four-year term as president of Nigeria and is now faced with the challenge of uniting a country that saw deadly postelection violence despite what observers called the fairest vote in over a decade. (AP Photo/Felix Onigbinde)AP - The death toll from multiple blasts in Nigeria's restive north that came hours after a southern president was inaugurated is now at 10, a police official said Monday.

NKorea threatens to cut off hotline with SKorea (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:04 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (1st row, 18th L) and his son and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Jong-un (1st row, 14th L) pose with other officials and military officers as they visit the construction site of the Huichon Power Station in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang May 29, 2011. KCNA reported on Saturday that Kim Jong-il provided field guidance to the construction site upon his return home after his unofficial visit to China. The placard reads,AP - North Korea is threatening to cut off a military communication channel with South Korea and to stop engaging with its southern rival.

Canada hopes U.S. reaches agreement in budget fight (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:59 PM PDT

Reuters - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Sunday he has talked with U.S. Republican budget leaders about the need to reach a resolution with the White House.

Australian robots have learnt to talk the talk (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:45 PM PDT

Reuters - They're not discussing the latest celebrity gossip or passing on stock tips just yet, but Australian robots have begun talking to each other -- and in a language of their own devising.
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