Friday, November 4, 2011

Greek prime minister faces knife-edge survival vote (Reuters)

Greek prime minister faces knife-edge survival vote (Reuters)

Greek prime minister faces knife-edge survival vote (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Greek Finance minister Evangelos Venizelos (R) attends a Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) parliamentary group meeting at the parliament in Athens October 31, 2011. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a cliff-hanger confidence vote on Friday after his plan for a referendum on an EU/IMF bailout -- supposed to save both Greece and the euro zone from disaster -- backfired spectacularly.

U.S., UK, France ratchet up pressure on Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:32 PM PDT

A general view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, some 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran October 26, 2010. REUTERS/IRNA/Mohammad BabaieReuters - The United States, Britain and France turned up the pressure on Tehran on Thursday ahead of next week's release of a keenly awaited U.N. report that may offer new details about the military side of Iran's nuclear program.

Syrian tank fire kills three in Homs: activists (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:53 PM PDT

Syria's ambassador to the Arab League Yousef al-Ahmed attends a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers to discuss Syria at the League headquarters in Cairo, November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Syrian tank fire killed at least three people in a poor residential district in Homs on Friday, local activists said, in the second day of heavy bombardment after the authorities agreed to an Arab League plan to pull the army out of cities.

Engine trouble forces Qantas A380 to divert to Dubai (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Reuters - An engine fault forced a Qantas Airways A380 plane bound for London to divert to Dubai on Friday, exactly a year since a mid-air engine blowout prompted the Australian airline to ground its entire fleet of A380 superjumbos for nearly a month.

Cuba to permit buying, selling of real estate (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:09 PM PDT

A woman sells household items at a private-licenced stall set up at the front of her home, as a private-licenced barber gives a man a haircut, on the outskirts of Havana February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Desmond BoylanReuters - Cuba's government has given Cubans the right to buy and sell their homes for the first time since the early days of the 1959 revolution in a long-awaited reform that creates a real estate market and promises to put money in people's pockets.

Should Greece Ditch the Euro? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:40 AM PDT

Time.com - The whole idea of a member of the euro zone bolting the union has been completely taboo, even as a debt crisis has raged through Europe for two years

Shares rally on hopes Greece will drop referendum (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:55 PM PDT

A man is reflected on an electronic board displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo October 31, 2011. REUTERS/Issei KatoReuters - Asian shares rallied more than 3 percent and the euro steadied on Friday on hopes Greece will abandon a proposed referendum on a European Union bailout, but investors remained cautious over a confidence vote scheduled for later in the Greek parliament.

US military: American service member dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:16 AM PDT

Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr prays during his visit to the holy shrine of Imam Hussein in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad January 9, 2011. REUTERS/StringerAP - The U.S. military says an American service member has been killed while conducting military operations in northern Iraq.

14 Mexican soldiers sentenced in killing of 5 (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:58 PM PDT

AP - Mexico's military says 14 soldiers have been convicted and sentenced to prison in the fatal shooting of two women and three children whose vehicle failed to stop at an army checkpoint in 2007.

Libyans want jobs from "grey men" of government (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he greets supporters in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Jobs, normality and democracy are high on the wish lists of Libyans questioned on the streets of their capital, but after months of civil war, meeting their expectations is a challenging assignment for the "grey men" now trying to run the country.

Tibetan exile sets self on fire in Indian capital (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:46 AM PDT

AP - Police overpowered a young Tibetan exile who set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Indian capital Friday in solidarity with Tibetans who self-immolated in China recently.

Canada high court blocks Khadr extradition to U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Reuters - The Supreme Court of Canada blocked on Thursday the extradition to the United States of Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian wanted by Washington on terrorist charges.

Qantas diverts flight to Dubai over engine problem (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:11 PM PDT

AP - A Qantas Airways flight diverted to Dubai landed safely Friday after an oil problem forced the shutdown of one of the superjumbo jet's four engines.

Thailand floods: At the floodwaters' edge, entrepreneurs flourish (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As floodwaters edge closer to some of Bangkok's hitherto-dry central areas some enterprising people â€" including those affected by the waters â€" are doing a steady business selling flood-related provisions.

Paraguay: A Quaint Inn with a Dark Nazi Past (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Paraguay was infamous as a favorite hiding destination of Nazi fugitives after World War II. But the links to the Third Reich live on at Hotel Del Lago, which was frequented by notable Nazi supporters before the war and is still a prime tourist spot

US pushes toward more biting Iran sanctions (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:23 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The United States has taken a step closer to imposing a raft of further sanctions on Iran, even as increasingly shrill rhetoric, Israeli military tests, and British media coverage signal intensifying saber-rattling toward Iran.
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