Sunday, October 23, 2011

Clues to Gaddafi's death concealed from public view (Reuters)

Clues to Gaddafi's death concealed from public view (Reuters)

Clues to Gaddafi's death concealed from public view (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 06:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi's body in a cold storage room let in members of the public to view the deposed leader for a second day on Saturday, but the wounds that may hold the clue to how he died were covered up.

Police break up "Occupy Sydney" protest in raid (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 06:52 PM PDT

Reuters - Police broke up a Sydney protest camp inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in an early morning raid on Sunday, making dozens of arrests, police and protesters said.

Tunisians begin voting in first "Arab Spring" vote (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 12:12 AM PDT

A government employee carries a ballot box as he setups a polling station in Tunis October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Tunisians began voting on Sunday in the first election of the "Arab Spring" uprisings, and were expected to hand a share of power to Islamists for the first time.

Libyan PM says wishes Gaddafi had not been killed (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 03:53 PM PDT

Reuters - Libya's Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said in an interview with the BBC on Saturday he wished former dictator Muammar Gaddafi had not been killed and instead had been put on trial for his crimes.

Tunisia Prepares to Vote: A Harbinger of More Spring or Stormy Weather? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 11:45 PM PDT

Time.com - The first nation to throw off autocracy in the so called Arab Spring gets ready to elect an assembly to rewrite the nation's constitution. And the Islamists may have the upper hand

Highlights: Comments from European Union leaders' summit (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:08 AM PDT

Reuters - European Union leaders hold talks on Sunday to try to hammer out a comprehensive plan for tackling the euro zone debt crisis, but a breakthrough is not expected until another summit on Wednesday.

Tunisia vote in first free elections (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 12:20 AM PDT

Tunisians walk past bills presenting candidates standing for national elections pasted on a wall in Tunis, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Tunisians on Sunday will elect an assembly that will appoint a new government and then write the country's constitution to replace a half-century-old dictatorship that was overthrown by a popular uprising on Jan. 14. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)AP - Tunisians began voting at dawn Sunday in their first truly free elections, the culmination of a popular uprising that ended decades of authoritarian rule and set off similar rebellions across the Middle East.

Argentine president looking at landslide victory (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 11:12 PM PDT

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez gives a speech during her closing campaign rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Fernandez is seeking a second term on the Oct. 23 general election.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - President Cristina Fernandez could rest easy ahead of Sunday's elections in Argentina, with polls suggesting a landslide victory over six rivals.

Libyans urged to unite after death of Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:50 PM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters returning from Sirte gesture to crowds welcoming them back at Al Guwarsha gate in Benghazi October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - Libya is to declare its bitter eight-month civil war against Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years of eccentric one-man rule over Sunday and embark on building a democracy with the country's first free elections next year.

Thailand says floods may ease early next month (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:18 AM PDT

Workers ride on their vehicle through a flooded road in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Thailand's catastrophic floods may take up to six weeks to recede, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Saturday. Excessive monsoon rains have drowned a third of the Southeast Asian nation since late July, causing billions of dollars in damage and putting nearly 700,000 people temporarily out of work. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - The threat that floodwaters will inundate Thailand's capital could ease by the beginning of next month as record-high levels in the river carrying torrents of water downstream from the country's north begin to decline, authorities said Sunday.

Aussie authorities hunt shark that killed American (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT

AP - Shark hunters set baited hooks off Australia's southwest coast on Sunday hoping to catch a great white that killed an American recreational diver in the area's third recent fatal attack.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's comeback president? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 07:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Soon after taking office in 2007 in a first-round victory, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner began butting heads: first with grain exporters, then with the news media. Critics called her arrogant, stubborn, and a puppet of her husband.

Saudi crown prince dies, leaving succession uncertain (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 06:20 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, died undergoing treatment for illness in New York. The death of the prince, who was in his 80s, opens questions about the succession in the critical, oil-rich U.S. ally.
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