Thursday, October 27, 2011

Gaddafi son wants to surrender to ICC, says NTC (Reuters)

Gaddafi son wants to surrender to ICC, says NTC (Reuters)

Gaddafi son wants to surrender to ICC, says NTC (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT

Mustafa Abdul Jalil (L), Chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC), Qatar's Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C) and Qatar's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major-General Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyah attend the Conference of The Friends Committee in Support of Libya in Doha, October 26, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed DabbousReuters - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who once vowed to die fighting on Libyan soil, now wants to face international justice instead and avoid any chance of meeting the same grisly end as his father, Libyan officials said.

Turk quake survivors desperate for tents as cold descends (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:31 AM PDT

A boy carrying a plastic bag walks to his tent at a stadium currently used as a relief shelter campsite for earthquake victims in Ercis October 26, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlReuters - Survivors of a deadly earthquake in southeast Turkey scrambled for tents on Thursday, fearful that more people would die from exposure to plunging temperatures four days after the tremor killed at least 481.

U.S. drone "kills five Taliban commanders" in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. drone strike on a vehicle on Thursday killed five commanders of one of Pakistan's most influential Taliban leaders, Maulvi Nazir, one of the faction's senior commanders told Reuters.

Mexican presidential hopeful vows drugs war shift (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 08:18 PM PDT

Reuters - A leading presidential candidate of Mexico's ruling party said on Wednesday he would break with government policy and withdraw the army from the fight against drug gangs if he wins the election in 2012.

Twenty killed in Syria, Assad meets Arab ministers (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Hula, near Homs October 24, 2011. Picture taken October 24, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - At least 20 people died in clashes and strikes paralyzed parts of Syria on Wednesday as President Bashar al-Assad held an inconclusive meeting with Arab ministers seeking to end months of violence.

An American Teenager in Yemen: Paying for the Sins of His Father? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:15 AM PDT

Time.com - A drone strike took the life of Anwar al-Awlaki and another took that of his 16-year old son. Collateral damage from such U.S. missions are stoking anger against America in the troubled nation

Turkey quake death toll rises to 523 (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:55 AM PDT

Turkish and Azeri rescuers work to excavate the debris of a collapsed building, where seven people are believed to be trapped, in Ercis, eastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. A 2-week-old baby girl, her mother and grandmother were pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment building in a dramatic rescue Tuesday, 48 hours after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake toppled some 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkish officials say the death toll from an earthquake four days ago has gone up to 523.

Mideast envoys make no breakthroughs (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks to the media during a joint press conference with Cypriot foreign minister Marcos Kyprianou, unseen, at Foreign house in capital Nicosia, Cyprus. Lieberman charged Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is an 'obstacle' to peace and that he hopes Abbas will soon resign. The comments drew an angry response from Palestinians, who accused him of calling for an assassination and appealed to the United States and the European Union to intervene. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)AP - International mediators on Wednesday failed to make any breakthroughs in their quest to bring Israeli and Palestinian officials back to the negotiating table, but in a small sign of progress, they announced that both sides would present "comprehensive proposals" for resolving key aspects of their conflict within three months.

Ex-baseball executive key to anti-Chavez strategy (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:57 AM PDT

In this photo taken Oct. 13, 2011, Ramon Guillermo Aveledo, secretary general of the country's anti-Chavez coalition, known as the Democratic Unity Table, speaks during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela. Aveledo helped the opposition make major gains in congressional elections last year, and then convinced a diverse array of parties to agree to compete in a presidential primary for the first time next February. The bearded 61-year-old is now setting his sights on channeling the opposition's momentum into a broad-based challenge against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez next year. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - A former baseball executive is plotting strategy for Venezuela's political opposition, and he's on a winning streak.

Young South Africans call for jobs, end to poverty (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:50 AM PDT

AP - Young South Africans are bringing their frustration over poverty and joblessness to the streets of their country's economic hub.

Europe looks to China for possible bailout help (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:47 AM PDT

AP - As Europe's leaders struggle toward a solution to its debt crisis, hopes are growing that cash-rich China will take a major role in a rescue — expectations that are likely to be dashed.

Harper says he is encouraged by euro zone deal (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 10:53 PM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday said he was encouraged by the deal agreed by euro zone leaders, calling Europe's economic crisis the most immediate and imminent threat to global recovery.

Palestinian statehood bid adds urgency for Israeli-Palestinian peace (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:10 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Quartet envoy Tony Blair held talks in Jerusalem and Ramallah today to convince Israelis and Palestinians to resume negotiations, a mission given added urgency by a looming vote on Palestinian membership in the United Nations.

Turkey's Earthquake Toll a Grim Reminder of Lessons Not Learned (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Changes in the building code that followed a devastating 1999 quake were never fully implemented in Van

Egyptians unhappy with lenient sentence for Khaled Said's killers (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 12:51 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A lenient prison sentence for the killers of a man whose death helped spark Egypt’s revolution has outraged Egyptians, who had hoped their uprising would wipe out the corruption and injustice symbolized by the case.
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