Saturday, June 25, 2011

Hezbollah says finds three spies within group (Reuters)

Hezbollah says finds three spies within group (Reuters)


Hezbollah says finds three spies within group (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a giant screen to express solidarity with the Arab uprisings and in support of their sacrifices, during a rally in Beirut's suburb, March 19, 2011. REUTERS/ Sharif KarimReuters - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday the group had captured three spies among its members, two of whom were recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency.


Sarkozy defends Libya mission as House keeps funding (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:42 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, walks from the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2011, during debate over funding for U.S. military action in Libya.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Reuters - France rejected on Friday U.S. criticism of Europe's performance in the NATO operation against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi while the U.S. administration survived Congressional anger in a funding vote.


Yemenis pray for end to deadlock as blast rocks Aden (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz June 23, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Tens of thousands of Yemenis protested in Sanaa on a "Friday of the Revolutionary Will" to press for the overthrow of their wounded president.


Released Chinese artist-activist Ai's associates freed (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei stands in the entrance of his studio after being released on bail in Beijing June 23, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Four associates of Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei detained along with him in a controversial case were freed after Ai's release, friends of the artist said on Saturday.


Future of Air Travel: Airbus Predicts 'Transparent' Airplanes, 9 Billion Customers, By 2050 (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Airbus engineers are coming up with startling new ideas for how planes could look -- and operate -- 40 years from now. By 2050, commercial aircraft may have transparent cabins, fly in formations and shuttle some 9 billion passengers

Bulgaria: Border guards against cherry thieves (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:08 PM PDT

AP - Bulgarian forces with night-vision goggles and firearms appear to be winning an extraordinary fight over this year's lucrative cherry harvest against thieves using rope ladders, sacks and rusty getaway cars.

Mubarak supporters clash with opponents in Cairo (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT

AP - Supporters of Hosni Mubarak are clashing in central Cairo with opponents of the ousted Egyptian leader.

Mexico discovers 117 migrants hidden in truck (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:55 PM PDT

AP - The Mexican army has discovered 117 migrants hidden inside a trailer truck in the southern state of Oaxaca.

US lawmakers rebuke Obama over Libya (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:28 PM PDT

The war-weary US House of Representatives delivered a harsh, symbolic rebuke to President Barack Obama over the conflict in Libya but beat back efforts to cut funds for direct US air strikes.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The war-weary US House of Representatives delivered a harsh, symbolic rebuke to President Barack Obama over the conflict in Libya but beat back efforts to cut funds for direct US air strikes.


30 die in Afghan hospital car bomb: officials (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:48 AM PDT

Thirty people were killed in a suicide car bombing Saturday targeting a hospital in Afghanistan's Logar province, just south of the capital Kabul, a provincial official said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Thirty people were killed in a suicide car bombing Saturday targeting a hospital in Afghanistan's Logar province, just south of the capital Kabul, a provincial official said.


Ex-media mogul Conrad Black sent back to prison (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:37 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former media baron Conrad Black back to prison for 13 more months, cutting his original 6 1/2-year sentence nearly in half for remaining fraud and obstruction of justice convictions.

Comedy icon Jerry Lewis ill in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:35 AM PDT

Veteran US comedian Jerry Lewis (pictured in 2009) had to cancel a sell out Sydney tour after collapsing from exhaustion as he prepared to take the stage, according to promoters. Lewis, 85, was due to perform before a packed house in western Sydney Friday night to raise money for muscular dystrophy but the event was called off at the last minute after Lewis fell ill.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)AFP - Veteran US comedian Jerry Lewis has had to cancel a sell-out Sydney tour after collapsing from exhaustion as he prepared to take the stage, promoters said Saturday.


Egyptian men explain their relentless catcalls (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:24 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Mohammad Anter hands out flyers to evening crowds on a packed Cairo street, trying to catch the attention of any passerby â€" until one catches his.

Japanese Scientists Build a Perfect (and Fake) Pop Star (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Eguchi Aimi is your typical Japanese pop star: perfect skin, high-pitched girlish voice, lithe figure, and a team of computer designers, photographers, and other pop stars artificially constructing her every movement

Libya war cuts financial lifeline for Ghana (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:52 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Once an important financial lifeline to Ghana, more than 18,000 Ghanaian migrant workers are back in their home country and unemployed after having fled the violence of the Libyan civil war.

Human Barricade Stops India's Big Ticket Steel Project (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:57 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - BHUBANESWAR, Jun 24 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Satikanta Sahu loves going to school, but these days, he would rather spend his time manning the barricade and facing down policemen in the sandy coastal village of Govindpur in India’s eastern state of Orissa.

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