Saturday, September 24, 2011

Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N. (Reuters)

Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N. (Reuters)

Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:12 PM PDT

A banner with an image of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas which supports his planned bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations, is seen in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ras al-Amud September 22, 2011, as Al-Aqsa Mosque, on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount is seen in the background. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations on Friday to recognize a state for his people, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the world body as a "theater of the absurd" and said only direct talks could deliver peace.

Israel PM: Peace impossible through U.N. resolutions (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:24 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that he was reaching out to the Palestinian people but cautioned that peace could not be won with a U.N. resolution.

Yemeni forces attack main opposition camp (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 12:13 AM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh is seen during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism advisor John Brennan in Riyadh in this picture taken on July 10, 2011 and received by Reuters on July 11, 2011. REUTERS/Yemen Army's Media Department/HandoutReuters - The main opposition protest camp in Sanaa came under heavy mortar fire and sniper attack early on Saturday, just hours after President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned from a three-month absence calling for peace and an end to fighting in the capital.

Greece says not seeking new way out of crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:28 AM PDT

Workers walk near a tram terminal station during a 24-hour strike in urban transport sector in Helleniko suburb near Athens September 22, 2011. Greece said it would deepen pension cuts, extend a painful property tax hike and put tens of thousands of workers on notice on Wednesday to secure a new injection of aid and save the country from bankruptcy.With public anger high over a belt-tightening campaign that is driving the country into a fourth year of recession, the powerful labour unions and public transport workers announced strikes starting on Thursday in opposition to the measures. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Greece sought to play down reports on Friday that it was considering a solution to its debt crisis involving bigger losses for its banking creditors, while a fresh round of strikes gripped the country in protest against new austerity measures.

The New Spanish Scent That's Good Enough to Eat (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Chef Jordi Roca is already known for making pastries that taste like popularperfumes smell. Now he's reversing the concept with scents based on hisrestaurant's dessert list

Pope praises East German faithful (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 02:01 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass in front of the St. Mary's cathedral in Erfurt, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day official visit to his homeland Germany. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Facing discontent within his German flock, Pope Benedict XVI made a gesture by meeting with victims of clerical sex abuse as he called for Roman Catholics in the former communist East to rediscover their faith.

Egypt's military ruler testifies in Mubarak trial (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2009, file photo released by the U.S. Department of Defense, Egyptian Minister of Defense Mohamed Hussein Tantawi stands next to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, not seen, during the playing of the U.S. national anthem at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo before reviewing troops. Egypt's military rulers say he will testify in the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak after failing to attend a previous session. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi said Friday he decided to testify because of the importance of the case. Such high profile testimonies are rare in Egypt. (AP Photo/DOD, Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison, File) NO SALESAP - Egypt's military ruler and Hosni Mubarak's former confidant is testifying in the trial of the ousted president charged with complicity in the killings of protesters during the crackdown on Egypt's uprising.

Nyad defies age, fatigue, jellies on marathon swim (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:02 PM PDT

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad begins her swim from Cuba to Florida at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Endurance athlete Nyad will attempt for a second time to swim from Cuba to Florida in hopes of setting a world record at the age of 62. The Los Angeles woman fell short in a previous attempt at the swim last month, calling it off after 29 hours in the water and about halfway through the 103-mile (166-kilometer) journey. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad stroked laboriously through the waters north of Cuba early Saturday, braving schools of jellyfish while testing the limits of human endurance on a quest to break her own 3-decade-old distance record.

UN food chief: famine relief focus on youngest (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:11 PM PDT

AP - The World Food Program is moving to address hunger among the most vulnerable in famine-ravaged Horn of Africa — young children and their mothers, the U.N. food chief said Friday.

Military dogs and handlers patrol in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:30 AM PDT

In this Sept. 14, 2011 photo, a U.S. Marine dog handler plays with military working dog Fuli, at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Handlers and their dogs, that sniff for explosives or narcotics or track down wanted persons, patrol together, day after day. Sometimes, they sleep side by side in military cots. They face the same dangers together. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - After the suicide bombing, the U.S. Marine dog handler lay on a stretcher, his bloodied legs laced with shrapnel. They brought in his wounded dog, too. Blood dripped from the haunches of the Belgian Malinois.

Big-name celebs irk Ottawa in pipeline debate (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's energy minister shot back on Friday at Hollywood celebrities protesting a plan to build a $7 billion oil pipeline to Texas from Alberta in the first public indication that the protests are getting under Ottawa's skin.

Australian man charged in 'collar bomb' hoax (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2011 file photo, Paul Douglas Peters, left, of Sydney, Australia, is escorted from the Federal Courthouse in Louisville, Ky., after he was arraigned in connection with a bomb hoax in Australia. The Australian man accused of chaining a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck as part of an extortion attempt is being extradited from the U.S. to Australia. New South Wales police said Friday Sept. 23, 2011 that Australian detectives were sent to the U.S. to assist in the extradition (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Sam Upshaw Jr., File)AP - An Australian investment banker accused of chaining a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt was charged Saturday with kidnapping and other offenses after being extradited from the U.S.

Palestinian statehood bid brings Abbas a personal victory (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:24 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Thousands of Palestinians gathered in central Ramallah Friday night to hear Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speak to the United Nations and formally announce the bid for UN statehood membership.

Peace Hopes Grim as Abbas, Netanyahu Clash at U.N. (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Competing visions of the causes of conflict and the terms of ending it cloud hopes for a breakthrough any time soon

Zambia's fiery populist, Michael Sata, wins presidential election (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:43 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Zambia’s new president Michael Sata is known for his fiery speeches, his harsh criticism of Chinese investment in the Zambian copper mining industry, and his fondness for the governing philosophy of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. But in his first major statement since being declared the winner of this week’s presidential elections, the opposition leader struck a gentler line, albeit a still skeptical one.
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