Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Stores limit supplies as Thai flood crisis deepens (Reuters)

Stores limit supplies as Thai flood crisis deepens (Reuters)

Stores limit supplies as Thai flood crisis deepens (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 12:21 AM PDT

An elderly flood victim sits outside an evacuation center at an unused airport terminal at Dan Mueang Airport in Bangkok October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Bazuki MuhammadReuters - Some shops in the Thai capital began imposing emergency rationing on Wednesday as anxious residents stockpiled food and other necessities, with Bangkok under threat of inundation for weeks to come.

Search for Turkish quake survivors enters third day (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:03 PM PDT

A Turkish woman looks out of a tent in a camp for people displaced by the earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - Turkey clung to hopes on Wednesday of finding survivors under rubble three days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 459 people, and the government finally requested foreign help to shelter thousands of homeless families.

Italy keeps Europe on tenterhooks over reform (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:04 AM PDT

Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi goes to the European Union on Wednesday with an offer of economic reforms after bickering coalition parties hammered out a last-minute deal.

Oil rises near $94 as traders eye Europe debt plan (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:07 AM PDT

A group of demonstrators rally against the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline outside President Barack Obama's fundraiser at the W Hotel in San Francisco, California October 25, 2011. The 1702-mile, $7 billion pipeline, built to transport crude oil from the Canadian oil sands in Alberta to its eventual stop in Texas, is facing strong opposition from environmentalists and politicians for its long-term environmental impacts across various Midwestern states. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)AP - Oil prices rose to near $94 a barrel in Asia as traders bet Europe will announce a plan later Wednesday that helps solve its debt crisis.

Car bombs in northern Iraqi city kill 5 people (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Kurdish residents take part in a protest against the recent Turkish military operation at the border area between Turkey and Iraq, outside the Turkish consulate in Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad, October 25, 2011. Picture taken October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)AP - Iraqi officials say two car bombs have exploded in the northern city of Mosul, killing five people and wounding 18.

Mexican army raids bulletproofing auto shop (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:48 PM PDT

A police officer stands as she guards the crime scene where two decapitated heads were found in Ciudad Juarez October 25, 2011. Two mutilated bodies were found with the heads cut off next to a cooler with a message left by a suspected drug cartel, local media reported. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - The Mexican army have found an auto shop used to bulletproof vehicles for drug gangs.

Insider describes Gaddafi son's escape from town (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam called his father frequently on the telephone and increasingly feared being hit by a mortar bomb as he tried to escape from the town of Bani Walid last week, an officer who had been with him told Reuters.

Dozens killed and wounded in an Afghan tanker blaze (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:09 AM PDT

An Afghan policeman rides in the back of a police truck as it moves past a car that was destroyed after a fuel tanker blast in Parwan province, north of Kabul, October 26, 2011. At least 10 Afghan civilians were killed and 35 wounded on a road near Bagram Airfield, a major U.S. base, after a small bomb punctured a hole in the side of a fuel tanker that was later engulfed by a large blaze, eyewitnesses and officials said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)Reuters - At least 10 Afghan civilians were killed and 35 wounded on a road near a major U.S. base after a small bomb punctured a hole in the side of a fuel tanker that was later engulfed by a large blaze, eyewitnesses and officials said on Wednesday.

Government cuts growth outlook, says not gloomy (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Reuters - The Canadian government cut its estimate of 2011 real economic growth on Tuesday to 2.2 percent from 2.9 percent, based on private-sector forecasts, but said the economic future was not doom and gloom.

Australian charged after child dies alone in car (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:06 PM PDT

AP - Police have charged an Australian mother with manslaughter after her young child died of dehydration after allegedly being left alone in a car.

Egypt's military takes aim at activists for anti-Christian violence (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:28 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Egypt’s military prosecution has summoned two Egyptian activists for questioning over the Army’s attack on a mostly Christian protest two weeks ago, in another indication that the Army is seeking scapegoats for the violence that killed as many as 28 people.

Secularists voice dismay at election gains for Tunisia's Islamist party (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:00 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Tensions flared momentarily in Tunis on Tuesday as citizens awaited the official announcement of electoral results in the country's first democratic elections. Hundreds of secular-leaning voters, fearing they had suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the moderate Islamist party, Al Nahda, gathered in front of the electoral commission office, carrying signs decrying what they believed to be fraud.
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