Friday, July 1, 2011

Chavez cancer upends Venezuelan politics (Reuters)

Chavez cancer upends Venezuelan politics (Reuters)

Chavez cancer upends Venezuelan politics (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT

People walk past graffiti depicting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas June 27, 2011.REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsReuters - Venezuela's socialist leader Hugo Chavez acknowledged he had surgery for cancer, shaking the political system he has dominated for more than a decade and alarming supporters counting on him to win re-election in 2012.

French arms to Libya rebels expose tensions over war (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Rebel fighters demonstrate their skills during their graduation ceremony in Benghazi June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Libyan rebels gathered on a ridge overlooking a strategic town only 80 km (50 miles) from Tripoli on Thursday, preparing for a battle that could allow them to march directly to the seat of Muammar Gaddafi's power.

Lebanon receives Hariri killing indictments (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:13 PM PDT

Workers adjust a giant billboard of Lebanon's assassinated former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri at Sidon, southern Lebanon, February 13, 2011. REUTERS/Ali HashishoReuters - A U.N.-backed tribunal seeking the killers of statesman Rafik al-Hariri handed indictments and arrest warrants to Lebanon on Thursday that officials said accused members of the militant Hezbollah group of involvement.

Roadside bomb kills 13 Afghan civilians (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Thirteen Afghan civilians, including children, were killed and 33 wounded when their passenger bus was hit by a roadside bomb late on Thursday in western Afghanistan, police said on Friday.

Failing to move Russia, EU and U.S. slam Syria at U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Europe and the United States heaped criticism on Syria at the United Nations on Thursday after failing to persuade Russia to support condemning Damascus for its crackdown on anti-government protesters.

China's Gay Community Fights Online Censorship (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups in Beijing say a popular social-networking website is deleting their posts. It's all part of China's on-again off-again crackdown on gay rights

Russia to supply nuclear submarine to India-RIA (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 01:06 AM PDT

Reuters - Russia will deliver a nuclear submarine to India by the end of the year, Russia's navy chief was quoted as saying on Friday by state news agency RIA.

Moroccans get set to vote on new constitution (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Moroccan workers install a banner with poster of Morocco's king Mohammed VI in support of Yes in the referendum expected on July first at the center of Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday June 29, 2011. The banner reads 'The Confederation of Traders cassette and CD audio and video we all say yes to referendum'. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - Moroccans will vote Friday on a new constitution that the king has presented as wide-ranging reform, even as activists maintain it simply perpetuates an autocracy.

Chavez reveals he is fighting cancer after surgery (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:23 PM PDT

In this frame grab taken from Venezolana de Television, VTV, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez delivers a televised speech aired from Cuba, Thursday, June 30, 2011. Chavez said he underwent a second surgery in Cuba that removed a cancerous tumor. It was unclear when and where the message was recorded. At right, a painting depicting Venezuela's Independence hero Simon Bolivar. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed that he is fighting cancer after having a tumor removed in Cuba, raising uncertainty about his political future even as he assured his country he expects to fully recover.

Polls open in Morocco vote on curbing king's power (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:19 AM PDT

Security forces separate pro and anti reform protestors during demonstrations in Rabat June 30. Polls opened in Morocco Friday for a referendum on curbing the vast powers of King Mohammed VI, who has offered reforms in the wake of pro-democracy uprisings in the Arab world(AFP/Abdelhak Senna)AFP - Polls opened in Morocco Friday for a referendum on curbing the vast powers of King Mohammed VI, who has offered reforms in the wake of pro-democracy uprisings in the Arab world, an AFP journalist said.

Hu warns of risks as Communist Party turns 90 (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:48 AM PDT

A visitor passes in front of a communist party campaign poster in Beijing amid celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party's 90th anniversary. Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday warned that the ruling Communist party was facing AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao warned the ruling Communist Party faced severe "growing pains" as it turned 90 on Friday and said corruption, and alienation from China's masses, could erode public support.

Prince William, Kate begin Canadian tour in Ottawa (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Reuters - White cowboy hats, an emergency helicopter landing and a flight over the fictional home of Anne of Green Gables await Prince William and his new bride Kate in Canada on their first official trip overseas.

Australian Facebook killer gets life (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:23 AM PDT

A vengeful Australian man who wrote on his Facebook page he was AFP - A vengeful Australian man who wrote on his Facebook page he was "bout to kill ma kid" minutes before stabbing his two-year-old daughter to death was jailed for life on Friday.

Canada Day celebrated with Prince William and Kate [VIDEO] (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:02 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Canada Day will be celebrated across Canada, Friday, but in the capital of Ottawa, special guests are expected to garner more attention than usual. Prince William and Kate Middleton start their 11-day whirlwind tour of Canada and the US in Ottawa, Thursday.

Can Europe Tempt Ukraine Back to Democracy? (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:25 AM PDT

Time.com - As Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko goes on trial on charges of abuse of power, observers worry that this is yet another step in President Viktor Yanukovych's move back toward authoritarianism

Hugo Chavez cancels Latin summit as health rumors swirl (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:39 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The (new) video is certainly made to convince us that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is fine, showing him talking this time (unlike the last video released) and reading newspaper headlines as “proof of life,” but the president is certainly thinner, less energetic, and definitely recovering from something.

Libyan fallout hits Chad (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:44 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - DAKAR, 29 June 2011 (IRIN) - Chadian families are facing worsening food insecurity, becoming more indebted, and selling off personal possessions as they try to cope with the loss of remittances from relatives who have returned home from Libya.
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