Thursday, June 30, 2011

Greek lawmakers clear way for loans

Greek lawmakers clear way for loans


Greek lawmakers clear way for loans

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Greece's Parliament has approved a key law needed to implement the five-year austerity package demanded by international lenders. Conditions "are now in place" for a new round of emergency funds.

35 Yemeni soldiers killed in clashes with militants

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:11 PM PDT

Clashes continued Thursday in southern Yemen after 30 soldiers and at least 14 militants were killed in fighting a day earlier, two security officials said.

Syrian military raids villages; protests in Aleppo

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:32 PM PDT

Syrian tanks and helicopters opened fire and killed at least two civilians as the military advanced through a series of villages in northwestern Syria on Thursday, a push that sent residents running for the hills, several villagers said in phone calls with CNN.

British labor strikes could cause chaos for schools, travel

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:34 AM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of British teachers, air traffic controllers, customs officers and other public sector workers went on strike Thursday, causing disruption to schoolchildren and travelers.

Man grabs Sarkozy before being tackled

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:17 AM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy was grabbed by the arm and nearly pulled to the ground by an unknown assailant, television footage shows, as he visited the town of Brax in south-west France Thursday.

ISAF: Haqqani network leader killed in airstrike

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:47 PM PDT

Ismail Jan, a top Haqqani network leader suspected of providing support for Tuesday's deadly attack at a Kabul hotel, was killed in an airstrike in southeast Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force said.

Women volunteering to help Gadhafi

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is calling for fresh volunteers in a months-long war with rebels attempting to bring about an end to his 42-year rule -- and women of all ages are answering, CNN has learned.

Tropical Storm Arlene lumbers across Mexico

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:36 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Arlene picked speed as it set its eye for a Thursday morning landfall along Mexico's eastern coast, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Indictments issued in 2005 killing of Lebanese PM

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Four members of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah have been indicted in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a high-placed source in the Lebanese Army confirmed on Thursday.

Freed French journalists arrive home

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:05 AM PDT

Two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan for 547 days are expected to arrive in Paris early Thursday morning.

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