Sunday, June 26, 2011

Syrian general: Soldiers, police killed

Syrian general: Soldiers, police killed


Syrian general: Soldiers, police killed

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Syria says more than 400 members of security forces have been killed in months-long unrest in the country, a charge that came as videos surfaced allegedly showing children killed in the violence. FULL STORY | Video

Israel denies fiscal pressure on Greece to block flotilla boats

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:58 AM PDT

The Israeli foreign ministry on Sunday rejected as "ludicrous" suggestions that Israel and the United States were using economic pressure to force fiscally strapped Greece into preventing boats from participating in an international flotilla to the Gaza Strip.

Anti-corruption websites pop up in China

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 04:45 PM PDT

Chinese web developers are using a new weapon aimed at fighting corruption: sites encouraging people to share stories of bribes online.

2 killed at Iraqi police station

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 04:38 AM PDT

A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-laden belt targeted a police station Sunday in northern Baghdad, killing two civilians, an Iraqi official at the police station said.

Turkish gay pride march draws thousands

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Thousands of Turks marched through Istanbul in a demonstration calling for improved rights and greater social acceptance for the country's homosexual community.

Militants in Pakistan attack 2nd police station in 2 days

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 03:03 AM PDT

In the second such attack in two days, militants attacked a police station in Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least three officers.

Hacking collective LulzSec says it is disbanding

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 01:53 AM PDT

LulzSec, the gleeful and secretive band of hackers who appear to be responsible for a string of high-profile and sometimes embarrassing Internet attacks, said it was disbanding.

E. coli strain behind German deaths back in France

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 01:10 PM PDT

The strain of E. coli blamed for 46 deaths in Germany appears to have resurfaced in France, the French Ministry of Health said.

Report: Two confess to helping al Qaeda inmates escape in Yemen

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Two prisoners have confessed to digging a tunnel that led to the escape of 63 inmates last week, Yemen's state-run SABA news agency reported Sunday.

6 bodies found in French Alps

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 09:35 AM PDT

The bodies of six climbers were found Sunday in the French Alps, authorities said.

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