Sunday, October 30, 2011

Syria's Assad warns Western powers (Reuters)

Syria's Assad warns Western powers (Reuters)

Syria's Assad warns Western powers (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:08 PM PDT

Demonstrators protesting against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad march through the streets after Friday prayers in Hula, near Homs October 28, 2011. Picture taken October 28, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Western powers risk causing an "earthquake" across the Middle East if they intervene in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad said, after protesters called for foreign protection from a crackdown in which 3,000 people have been killed.

No sign of truce taking effect over Gaza flare-up (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:11 AM PDT

Reuters - An Egyptian-brokered truce failed to take effect as planned on Sunday to halt a flare-up of violence between Israel and Gaza militants in which nine Palestinian gunmen and an Israeli civilian have been killed, an Israeli military official said.

Latest China mine disaster kills 29 people: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:36 PM PDT

Rescue officials gather at the Xialiuchong colliery in Hengyang, China's Hunan province, October 30, 2011 in this still image taken from video. A blast at a coal mine in southern China has killed 28 people, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, in the latest disaster to hit the accident-prone industry. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TVReuters - A blast at a coal mine in southern China has killed 29 people, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, in the latest disaster to hit the accident-prone industry.

Five killed by Yemen pro-government forces: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Four people, including three children, were killed overnight when troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh shelled a petrol filling station in a region north of the capital, tribal sources said on Sunday.

Kabul suicide bomb kills 13 troops, civilian workers (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:54 PM PDT

An Afghan policeman covers as a U.S. helicopter prepares to land at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - A suicide car bomber on Saturday killed 13 troops and civilian employees of the NATO-led force in Kabul, including Americans and a Canadian, in the deadliest single ground attack against the coalition in 10 years of war in Afghanistan.

How Emerging Economies are Altering the World's Flow of Goods (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Emerging Economies are Altering the World's Flow of Goods

Billionaire battle: Russians take feud to UK court (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2000 file photo Boris Berezovsky, left, a controversial business tycoon, and Roman Abramovich, Russian oil tycoon, with reported political connections, both parliament members, walk after the session of the State Duma, parliament's lower house, in Moscow, Russia. They were once said to be like father and son, vacationing, signing deals, and socializing at the Kremlin together. But these days two of Russia's richest men can't stand each other — and they're trading insults in a spectacularly expensive public feud. At more than $6.5 billion, the lawsuit brought by Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky against fellow oligarch Roman Abramovich is a financial drama of giant proportions. (AP Photo/IvanSekretarev, File)AP - They were once said to be like father and son, vacationing, signing deals, and socializing at the Kremlin together. But these days two of Russia's richest men can't stand each other — and they're trading insults in a spectacularly expensive public feud.

Syria's Assad says intervention will burn region (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:23 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 handout photo, U.S. Army soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 8th Cavalry Regiment, pass the time before their flight back to the United States at a terminal on Contingency Operating Base Adder, south of Baghdad, Iraq. President Barack Obama announced Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 that the U.S. has abandoned plans to keep a substantial force in Iraq and that all service members will be home by Dec. 31.(AP Photo/Pvt. Andrew Slovensky, U.S. Army, HO)AP - Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned that a western intervention in Syria will lead to an "earthquake" that "would burn the whole region."

Mexico: Resort town shoppers trapped by gunfight (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:57 PM PDT

AP - Hundreds of people cowered for about two hours inside a shopping mall in this resort town Saturday while security forces traded sporadic gunfire with armed men in the parking lot and then searched stores for suspects.

U.S. flying drones out of Ethiopia: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:46 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Air Force has been secretly flying drones from a civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of an aggressive campaign against al Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

In Kabul, a bowling center offers respite from war (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:23 AM PDT

AP - In an Afghan capital scarred by years of war, a young Afghan woman has bet $1 million that her countrymen could use a little fun.

Commonwealth leader summit ends in Australia (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:49 AM PDT

AP - Commonwealth nation leaders insisted Sunday that they had made sweeping progress at their biennial summit, despite failing to agree on a key human rights reform recommended by a group that questioned the forum's very relevance.

Kabul suicide attack marks one of deadliest days in Afghanistan war (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:16 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - American forces in Afghanistan may be facing one of the deadliest days in the history of the 10-year war here after a car bomb exploded next to a NATO convoy on Saturday morning.

Bangkok's Pain: Floodwater Surges Into the Thai Capital (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The runoff from months of flooding in central Thailand, combined with this weekend's unusually high tides, has put parts of the city under stinking, chest-high water. And things may get worse.

Occupy Europe: How a generation went from indifferent to indignant (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:55 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The most significant current youth movement in Europe started with a tweet on Justin Bieber, the boyish Canadian crooner.
Posted by Harshad at 1:36 AM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)