Monday, May 30, 2011

Zuma: Gadhafi ready for cease-fire

Zuma: Gadhafi ready for cease-fire

Zuma: Gadhafi ready for cease-fire

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Fresh explosions rang out early Tuesday near Tripoli, hours after South African President Jacob Zuma held talks with Moammar Gadhafi and signalled he was ready to accept an African Union plan for a cease-fire.

Egypt general admits 'virginity checks'

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:59 PM PDT

A senior Egyptian general admits that "virginity checks" were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities.

Lawyer: Mladic to fight extradition

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:33 AM PDT

Ratko Mladic's lawyer does not believe his client is healthy enough to be extradited to face charges of genocide at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, he told reporters. MLADIC FOUND IN SHED | FULL STORY

Officials: E. coli kills 6, sickens hundreds in Germany

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:14 AM PDT

German health authorities have confirmed that an E. coli outbreak linked to some raw vegetables has killed least three people and sickened more than 300 in the country.

Spanish court indicts 20 Salvadoran military officials

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:57 AM PDT

Spain's National Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for 20 Salvadoran military officials in connection with the slayings of six priests, their housekeeper and her daughter more than two decades ago.

Officials: 11 dead as demonstrators fight Yemen troops

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:10 PM PDT

The toll from reported clashes between Yemeni security forces and anti-government protesters in Taiz grew to 11 dead and 160 wounded, medical officials said Monday.

Police violence reaching new levels in Morocco

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Security forces in Morocco appear to be intensifying their hard-line crackdown on demonstrators, with a second violent clash over the weekend leaving scores of youths injured.

Israeli raid on Gaza-bound flotilla remembered

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT

On the first anniversary of the Israeli raid on a flotilla headed to Gaza, organizers of another flotilla planned for June held a news conference Monday that concluded with a minute of silence for the nine activists killed in that raid.

China: Food safety violators to face death penalty

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:34 AM PDT

Amid deepening public concerns over the country's food safety following a wave of recent scandals, China's highest court has ordered judges nationwide to hand down harsher sentences, including the death penalty, to people convicted of violating food safety regulations.

Afghan soldier kills NATO soldier

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:49 PM PDT

An Afghan soldier shot and killed a NATO soldier Monday in southern Afghanistan, high-ranking officials from the country's National Directorate for Security said.
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