Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Libya rebels demand Algeria return Gaddafi family (Reuters)

Libya rebels demand Algeria return Gaddafi family (Reuters)


Libya rebels demand Algeria return Gaddafi family (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 11:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 file photo, Libyans search for documents inside Abu Salim prison, Libya's most notorious prison of Gadhafi's regime and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners, in Tripoli, Libya. For decades, Libyans knew Tripoli's Abu Salim prison as one of the darkest tools of Moammar Gadhafi's regime: A hulking lockup where perceived threats to his absolute rule were confined or tortured, or where they simply disappeared. That changed when neighbors stormed the prison this week, using rocks and metal bars to smash the locks off cell doors and freeing thousands of prisoners. The swift fall of Abu Salim ends a dark chapter in Libya's history and shows how little remains of Gadhafi's control. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)Reuters - Libya's rebels accused neighboring Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children, but the whereabouts of the former strongman himself remains a mystery a week after his overthrow.


Mexico arrests 5 linked to deadly casino attack (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 11:17 AM PDT

A soldier stands guard outside a casino after it was torched by armed men in Monterrey August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Victor Hugo ValdiviaReuters - Mexico has arrested five suspected drug gang members in connection with the torching of a casino last week that killed at least 52 people, one of the worst attacks on civilians in the country in years.


New Japan PM Noda faces party feud, split parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 10:01 PM PDT

Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers his policy speech during Japan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan leadership vote to pick Japan's next prime minister, in Tokyo August 29, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Japan Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda was voted in on Tuesday as the country's sixth prime minister in five years amid doubts he can unite his fractious ruling party while tackling myriad economic ills and a nuclear crisis.


Russia's Putin revs up vote campaign astride a bike (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 03:11 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides with enthusiasts during his visit to a bike festival in the southern Russian city of Novorossiisk August 29, 2011. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/PoolReuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin kicked off an election campaign on Monday revving up his three-wheeled Harley Davidson at the head of a bikers motorcade -- the latest in a series of macho stunts that have punctuated his political career.


Why India's Corruption Fight Is Just Beginning (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Anna Hazare ended his hunger strike after the government agreed to a new anti-corruption bill. But it may take more than a new law to cleanse India of corruption.

Mount Etna's eruption intensifies in Italy (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT

AP - Mount Etna is spewing out ash and shooting spectacular bursts of lava high into the air as the eruption on the island of Sicily intensifies.

Gadhafi's wife, 3 children flee to Algeria (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:46 AM PDT

Smoke rises from a pickup truck driven by two pro-Gadhafi soldiers on a reconnaissance mission that came under fire by Libyan rebels on the front line, 86 miles (138 kilometers) from Sirte, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The car was destroyed and the two loyalist soldiers were captured, injuring one, after trying to escape. Rebels have been converging from the east and west on Sirte, 250 miles east of Tripoli, preparing to battle Gadhafi loyalists. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)AP - Moammar Gadhafi's wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country.


5 detained in attack that killed 52 in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 08:54 PM PDT

Federal police officers, left, and soldiers patrol in Monterrey, Mexico, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Police in northern Mexico arrested five alleged members of the Zetas drug cartel suspected of setting a casino fire that killed 52 people, authorities said Monday. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)AP - Police in northern Mexico have arrested five alleged members of the Zetas drug cartel suspected of setting a casino fire that killed 52 people, authorities said Monday.


Why Is Much of Africa Giving Libya's Rebels the Cold Shoulder? (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 09:45 PM PDT

Time.com - The African Union was coddled by Gaddafi and so, though they sometimes cringed at his antics, they aren't happy at the way he was ousted

Powerful 6.8 quake hits waters off East Timor (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:47 AM PDT

AP - A powerful earthquake hit waters off East Timor on Tuesday, but officials said there was no threat of a tsunami. There also were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

3 Australian commandos cleared of 6 Afghan deaths (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:18 AM PDT

AP - Australia's defense minister says all charges have been dropped against three commandos who had faced Australian courts-martial over the deaths of five Afghan children and an adult during a raid in 2009.

String of accidents could leave International Space Station without crew (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 11:24 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A string of accidents has raised doubts about Russia's capability to resupply the International Space Station and prompted worries that the orbiting research platform â€" continuously inhabited for a decade â€" may have to be abandoned, at least temporarily.

U.S. Soldiers Take Laptops and BlackBerrys to Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:15 AM PDT

Time.com - As electronics get more and more portable, soldiers are taking laptops, tablets and BlackBerrys all the way to distant military outposts

Atrocities and lack of supplies strain Tripoli (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 09:50 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - After a week of fierce fighting between Libyan rebels and loyalists in Tripoli that sealed the ouster of strongman Muammar Qaddafi, a sense of normality is beginning to return to the city’s streets.

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