Saturday, June 4, 2011

NATO uses helicopters to strike Libya targets (Reuters)

NATO uses helicopters to strike Libya targets (Reuters)

NATO uses helicopters to strike Libya targets (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:59 PM PDT

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gives a speech in Rome in this August 30, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Max Rossi/FilesReuters - NATO employed attack helicopters to hit targets in Libya for the first time on Saturday, an alliance statement said.

Mladic wary then defiant in dramatic Hague debut (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:12 PM PDT

Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic appears in court at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague in this still image taken from video June 3, 2011. REUTERS/ICTY via Reuters TVReuters - Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic faced the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Friday as a defiant general who never lost a battle, denying the charges against him as "obnoxious" and "monstrous."

Indian anti-graft yoga guru begins fast to death (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:25 AM PDT

India's yoga guru Swami Ramdev speaks during a yoga camp in the northern Indian town of Haridwar in this April 8, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/FilesReuters - India's most famous yoga guru began a mass fast to the death on Saturday to demand reforms including the death penalty for corrupt officials in an anti-graft campaign that has undermined an embattled and scandal-tainted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Injured Yemeni officials flown to Saudi hospitals (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 01:08 AM PDT

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa June 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Several top Yemeni officials injured in an attack on the presidential palace Friday have been flown to neighboring Saudi Arabia for treatment, a medical source said Saturday.

Seeking Calm, Bahrain's Government Lifts Martial Law (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - While there's been no end to the violent crackdown on dissent, Bahrain's rulers hope to reassure international bankers and auto-racing promoters that the crisis is over

Foreign Office urges British citizens to leave Yemen (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 01:22 AM PDT

Tens of thousands of Yemeni anti-regime protesters shout slogans against President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration calling for his ouster. Britain on Friday intensified calls for its citizens to immediately leave Yemen and warned of an AFP - Britain on Friday intensified calls for its citizens to immediately leave Yemen and warned of an "extremely serious escalation of violence" as the country teetered on the brink of civil war.

British, French helicopters bomb Gadhafi's troops (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:51 AM PDT

A young boy holds a weapon given to him by a rebel fighter as he poses for a portrait after Friday prayers in Benghazi, Libya, June 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - British Apache and French attack helicopters struck targets for the first time in NATO's campaign in Libya, hitting Moammar Gadhafi's troops early Saturday in several locations, including near a key coastal oil city, the alliance said.

US: Flaws in death toll report on Haiti quake (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, a woman walks down a devastated street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a week after powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck. Far fewer people died or were left homeless by last year's devastating earthquake than claimed by Haitian leaders, a report commissioned by the U.S. government has concluded — challenging a central premise behind a multibillion-dollar aid and reconstruction effort. The report, a copy of which was obtained Monday, May 30, 2011 by The Associated Press, estimates that the death toll was between 46,000 and 85,000, far below the Haitian government's official figure of 316,000. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)AP - Flaws have been found in a controversial U.S. report estimating the death toll from Haiti's earthquake last year was far lower than previously thought, a U.S. official said Friday.

NATO combat helicopters enter Libya fray (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:54 PM PDT

A French Navy Puma helicopter is seen hovering over the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Mediteranean sea. NATO announced Saturday it had for the first time used attack helicopters in Libya, striking military vehicles, military equipment and forces backing embattled leader Colonel Moamer Kadhafi.(AFP/File/Alexander Klein)AFP - Attack helicopters have struck Moamer Kadhafi's forces, NATO said Saturday as China acknowledged contact with rebels fighting to oust the Libyan leader and Russia prepared to send an envoy to broker a truce.

Gates vows new weapons for US role in Asia (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 01:20 AM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is attending the Asia-Pacific security forum in Singapore. Gates vowed the US military will maintain a AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates vowed the US military would maintain a "robust" presence across Asia backed up with new high-tech weaponry to protect allies and safeguard shipping lanes.

Government unveils plan for jobs, balanced budget (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Reuters - The Conservative government will focus on jobs and growth while eliminating the federal budget deficit, it said on Friday as it unveiled a plan for the four-year mandate it won in last month's election.

Australia assures UN on Malaysia plan (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:43 AM PDT

This file photo shows Sri Lankan asylum-seeking children holding drawings they made on their boat destined for Australia, in 2009. Australia on Saturday vowed to work closely with the United Nations to ensure unaccompanied asylum seeker children sent to Malaysia were protected after the world body withdrew support for the scheme.(AFP/File/Kris Aria)AFP - Australia vowed Saturday to work closely with the United Nations to ensure unaccompanied asylum seeker children sent to Malaysia were protected after the world body withdrew support for the scheme.

Defiant Mladic sets stage for contentious war crimes trial (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:01 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - “Good morning, Mr. Mladic,” intoned senior tribunal judge Alphons Orie just after 10 a.m. today at The Hague, as he turned to arraign the most senior military figure accused of destruction and murder in the Balkans in the 1990s.

Syria: Inside Bashar Assad's Dungeons (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Algerian journalist Khaled Sid Mohand spent 25 days last month locked up in one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's prisons. Questioned, threatened and beaten, here is his story

Why Japan's Prime Minister Kan survived ouster bid (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:39 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Japan’s prime minister, Naoto Kan, has lived to fight another day by offering to resign as soon as he has placed the country on the road to recovery from the March 11 tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis.

Thirty Years of HIV (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:45 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Jun 3 (IRIN/PlusNews) - It is three decades since the first HIV case was reported and in that time, an estimated 30 million people have died, another 34 million are living with the virus and an estimated 7,000 new infections occur every day. But it is not all bad news - according to a new report by UNAIDS, a record 1.4 million people started antiretroviral drugs in 2010, and the global rate of new HIV infections declined by nearly 25 percent between 2001 and 2009.
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