Monday, November 28, 2011

China shocked, Pakistan fumes over NATO attack (Reuters)

China shocked, Pakistan fumes over NATO attack (Reuters)

China shocked, Pakistan fumes over NATO attack (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:06 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistan's ally China said on Monday it was "deeply shocked" by a cross-border attack by NATO forces in Afghanistan that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at the weekend, with Islamabad denying reports the NATO troops had first come under fire.

Voters queue in Egypt's first post-Mubarak election (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 10:41 PM PST

Reuters - Egyptians queued up to vote Monday in the first big test of a transition born in popular revolutionary euphoria that soured into distrust of the generals who replaced their master, Hosni Mubarak.

Bomber hits Iraq military base, 11 dead: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:10 AM PST

Jose Guerena Ortiz, front row on left, is shown in this 2005 photo provided by fellow Marine William Moore while deployed at Camp Korean Village FOB in Iraq with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371. Guerena was shot and killed at his house in Tucson, Ariz., May 5, 2011 by the Pima County Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff's Department said its SWAT team was at the home because they suspected Guerena of being involved in a drug-trafficking organization that specialized in ripping off smugglers. The SWAT team fired 71 times, riddling Guerena 22 times, while his wife and child cowered in a closet. (AP Photo/William J. Moore)Reuters - A suicide bomber struck a military base in the Iraqi town of Taji Monday, killing at least 11 people in the latest attack by insurgents attempting to undermine the government.

Congo vote begins despite delay fears, violence (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 10:35 PM PST

Reuters - Voting began in Congo's second-post war election Monday after poll organizers defied fears that a delay would be needed to deal with logistical problems and critics who called for a review because of irregularities.

IMF denies in Italy aid talks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:56 AM PST

Reuters - Italy's prime minister faces a testing week as he seeks to shore up the country's strained public finances, with an IMF mission expected in Rome and market pressure building to a point where outside help may be needed to stem a full-scale debt emergency.

Egypt: In Run-Up to Elections, a Tense Waiting Game (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:00 AM PST

Time.com - Everyone -- the military, the protesters, the Muslim Brotherhood -- is trying to outwait the other and to see what the first phase of the country's crucial vote will bring

Child labor probed in Ivory Coast's cocoa fields (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:00 AM PST

AP - The world's biggest food company, Nestle SA, says it will work with a nonprofit group to investigate child labor on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast that supply its factories.

A battle is raging for the soul of Israeli society (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:44 AM PST

In this Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 photo, Israelis are reflected in a window as they watch dancers perform with open curtains for the first time in three years outside a dance studio in Jerusalem. The studio says they've been put under pressure by ultra-Orthodox officials in Jerusalem's municipality to close the curtains to avoid the sight they believe may inflame the passions of men. Jerusalem's municipality denied any such pressure. On billboards, on buses and in the halls of parliament, a battle is raging over the nature of Israel, raising ever more urgent questions over its future as a democracy. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP - On billboards, on buses and in the halls of parliament, a battle is raging over the nature of Israel, raising ever more urgent questions over its future as a democracy.

Ecuador volcano spews red-hot rocks, billows ash (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 06:50 PM PST

AP - The Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador is spewing out red-hot rocks and billowing coarse ash.

Congo polls open after weekend of violence (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:03 AM PST

Voters wait for election material to arrive at a polling station in Kinshasa, Congo, Monday Nov. 28, 2011. Polls opened in Congo's capital as the government of this nation pummeled by war vowed to go ahead with its much-anticipated election despite massive logistical challenges. As day broke on Monday, a trickle gathered outside polling stations as residents waited to take part in a presidential and legislative election that could further consolidate the country's peace, or else drag it back into conflict. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Voting began Monday with delays and setbacks in this massive nation pummeled by war for an election that could further consolidate the country's peace or drag Congo back into conflict.

Pakistan says NATO ignored its pleas during attack (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:01 AM PST

People offer funeral prayers of Saturday's NATO attack victims in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, Nov 27, 2011. Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters and fighter jets of firing on two army checkpoints in the country's northwest and killing 24 soldiers. Islamabad retaliated by closing the border crossings used by the international coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers went on for almost two hours and continued even after Pakistani commanders had pleaded with coalition forces to stop, the army claimed Monday in charges that could further inflame anger in Pakistan.

Canada to eliminate tariffs on more goods: Flaherty (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 10:38 AM PST

Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Sunday the government would eliminate tariffs on dozens more products used by Canadian manufacturers, aiming to lower their costs and encourage more hiring.

Sydney man convicted of killing mother's lover (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 10:01 PM PST

AP - A Sydney man accused of killing his mother's lover in a bid to protect his family's honor has been convicted of murder.

Afghan schadenfreude as Pakistan reels in wake of deadly NATO strike (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 08:33 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A day after NATO warplanes apparently struck a border checkpoint, accidentally killing at least 24 Pakistani soldiers, US-Pakistani relations stand on the brink of failure. Pakistan cut NATO supply trucks coming into Afghanistan and ordered America to close a secret airbase inside Pakistan.

Syria: Can the Arab League Add More Pressure on Assad? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:00 AM PST

Time.com - Damascus is more isolated than ever and beset by more biting sanctions. However, the regime has an important pressure valve: Lebanon

China's younger generation: lifestyle counts as much as work (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 12:15 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Early this year Song Hao, a stocky, bearded video editor in his late 20s, began to feel that the job he'd been doing for nearly four years was boring, leading nowhere, and certainly not worth the overtime he was made to do every evening.
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