Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Daily Mail says no published stories based on hacking (Reuters)

Daily Mail says no published stories based on hacking (Reuters)


Daily Mail says no published stories based on hacking (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Reuters - UK newspaper group Daily Mail & General Trust has not published any stories based on hacked messages, its chief executive said, as rival News Corp battles a phone-hacking crisis at its now defunct News of the World tabloid.

Forensic experts attack Amanda Knox trial evidence (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:46 AM PDT

Amanda Knox, the U.S. student convicted of killing her British flatmate in Italy three years ago, arrives escorted by police in court during a trial session in Perugia July 25, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiReuters - Independent forensic experts took the stand on Monday to attack key pieces of evidence used to convict U.S. student Amanda Knox of the murder of her British roommate in the Italian city of Perugia in 2007.


Horn of Africa aid caravan too late, again (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:54 AM PDT

Reuters - A besuited U.N. official wearing well-buffed shoes crouches in the orange dust near a cluster of huts in northern Kenyan, and, as his tie wafts in the breeze, raises an iPad and carefully films the rotting carcass of a cow.

Strauss-Kahn's accuser: Schemer or immigrant survivor? (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Reuters - First she was portrayed as a model of virtue who was violated by a rich and powerful man.

China's New Dictionary: Agricultural Cooperative Is Out, Hair Gel Is In (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 09:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The latest edition of China's best-known dictionary shows how the country has changed -- and not changed. Terms included for the first time include TV show and migrant worker. The word firewall is not

BP Q2 earnings below forecast at $5.3 billion (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:36 AM PDT

British energy giant BP announced Tuesday that it rebounded into profit in the second quarter of 2011, after a huge loss last year that was linked to the devastating US Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AP - BP PLC on Tuesday reported lower than expected earnings for the second quarter even as costs from last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill diminished.


UN: Gadhafi-held part of Libya facing shortages (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:29 AM PDT

A LIbyan man sits near his shop in the Old City of Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, July 24, 2011. Germany said Sunday that it is loaning Libya's rebel leadership euro 100 million ($144 million) to help with the country's rebuilding and humanitarian needs. The Foreign Ministry said it is granting urgently needed funding as a loan because frozen assets related to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi cannot yet be released. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - A U.N. fact-finding mission says the part of Libya under Moammar Gadhafi's control is beset by food, cash and fuel shortages despite a veneer of normalcy.


Acapulco, Zihuatanejo beaches register pollution (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:52 PM PDT

AP - Mexican health authorities say two beaches in Acapulco are severely contaminated and one in Zihuatanejo registered pollution slightly above permitted levels.

Libya accuses NATO of bombing clinic, killing 7 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:32 PM PDT

Libyans gather on the rubble of destroyed buildings, a school and mosque, on July 25, 2011, in eatsern Zliten, east of Tripoli, following reported NATO air raids on the area.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - Libya accused NATO of a deadly raid on a medical clinic as Britain joined France in saying strongman Moamer Kadhafi may be allowed to remain in his oil-rich country if he gives up power.


Worried by inflation, India hikes rates by 50 points (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:54 AM PDT

Security personnel stand near the entrance to the Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai. The country's central bank hiked interest rates by a higher-than-expected 50 basis points on Tuesday, its 11th increase since March 2010, as it struggles to combat near double-digit inflation.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussein)AFP - India's central bank hiked interest rates by a higher-than-expected 50 basis points on Tuesday, its 11th increase since March last year as it struggles to combat near double-digit inflation.


Opposition leader Layton steps down to battle cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Reuters - The leader of Canada's main opposition party, limping heavily and looking pale and drawn, said on Monday he would step down temporarily because of cancer but vowed to return once Parliament resumes in mid-September.

'Substantial' explosives seized in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:23 AM PDT

Photo illustration shows Australian police manning a checkpoint. Heavily-armed police on Tuesday seized a AFP - Heavily-armed police on Tuesday seized a "substantial" stockpile of explosives in a raid on a house north of Melbourne, but ruled out any religious or racial connections.


Norwegians rally around victims as Breivik appears in court (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:36 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Flashes of anger appeared in a subdued but increasingly defiant Oslo today as Norway got its first glimpse of the man accused of carrying out coordinated attacks that some fear may forever change this open nation.

Facing Economic Turmoil at Home, Young Spaniards Flee for Germany (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 09:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Spurred by soaring unemployment at home and Berlin's active recruitment of skilled workers, young educated Spaniards are heading for Germany like southern Europeans last century

Friendliest country in Asia for entrepreneurs? Try Indonesia. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:40 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Nadiem Makarim, the young founder of Go-Jek, a motorcycle taxi company in Jakarta, represents the new face of business in Indonesia.

Madagascar at mercy of neo-colonial fishing plunder (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:39 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - July 25 (OneWorld.net) - A UN human rights mission to Madagascar has alleged that European and Asian exploitation of the island's fishing grounds is comparable to the pillage of African resources by 19th century imperialists.

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