Friday, December 2, 2011

Myanmar's Suu Kyi praises U.S. engagement (Reuters)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi praises U.S. engagement (Reuters)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi praises U.S. engagement (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:39 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talk as they have dinner at the U.S. Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, December 1, 2011. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/PoolReuters - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed on Friday U.S. engagement with Myanmar, saying she hoped it would set her long-isolated country on the road to democracy.

Egypt awaits poll results as Tahrir protest planned (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:33 PM PST

Reuters - Egypt will hear the results of elections which Islamist parties look set to win on Friday, and protesters have called a rally to remember 42 people killed in clashes with police last month.

Syrian army rebels attack intelligence base, kill 8: group (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:21 AM PST

Demonstrators march against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Deir Balaba near Homs November 27, 2011. The banner reads, Reuters - Syrian army deserters killed eight people in an attack on an intelligence building in the north of the country, an opposition group said on Friday.

NATO attack threatens war on militants: Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:25 PM PST

Reuters - Pakistan, enraged by a NATO cross-border attack that killed 24 soldiers, could end support for the U.S.-led war on militancy if its sovereignty is violated again, the foreign minister said, warning that "enough is enough."

Afghan woman, jailed for being raped, wins pardon (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 10:05 PM PST

Reuters - Afghanistan has pardoned a woman who was raped by a family member but then jailed for adultery, a statement from the presidential palace has said, in a case that highlights deep concerns about women's rights in the country.

Maybach Cars No More: Daimler Kills Off Its Rolls Rival (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:05 PM PST

Time.com - The Maybach is the biggest and blingiest of luxury cars, but a chronic sales slump has forced Daimler to give the auto the ax

France increasing security for Syrian exiles (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 01:09 AM PST

AP - French authorities have increased security for Syrian opposition members based here who have come under threat, the interior minister said Friday.

Soiled start for candidates of Egypt's Mubarak (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:35 AM PST

In this Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 photo, Egyptians stand outside a polling station in El Aal village south of Assuit, 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt. In conservative Egyptian villages where tribal and familial affiliations reign supreme, parliamentary candidates can no longer rely on the former ruling party's blessing to carry them to victory. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - In conservative Egyptian villages where tribal and familial affiliations reign supreme, parliamentary candidates can no longer rely on the former ruling party's blessing to carry them to victory.

Mexican army dismantles gang's antennas, radios (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 08:21 PM PST

An activist holds a photo of Mexico's President Felipe Calderon during a protest in Saltillo December 1, 2011. People on Thursday gathered outside Congress and on the streets to protest against Humberto Moreira, now head of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), for leaving the state with billions of debt, according to local media. The protest was also against President Felipe Calderon who is under investigation after a Mexican human rights lawyer filed a complaint with the ICC on November 25, 2011 requesting an investigation into the deaths of hundreds of civilians at the hands of the military and drug traffickers in Mexico, where more than 45,000 have died in drug-related violence since 2006. REUTERS/Stringer (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)AP - Mexican army troops dismantled a telecommunications system set up by organized crime in four northern states, authorities said Thursday.

Court: Appointment of S.Africa prosecutor improper (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 10:56 PM PST

AP - A top appeals court has ruled South Africa's president acted improperly when he appointed the national prosecutor in a case that has been central to a debate about corruption at high levels of government and political meddling in the fight against crime.

Workers mass at Shanghai factory in latest unrest (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:42 AM PST

Workers on strike gather at the factory gate of Hi-P International, a Singaporean company, in Shanghai, China Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Hundreds of workers gathered outside the factory, a supplier to major consumer electronics companies such as Apple, Motorola and HP, in the eastern industrial suburbs of Shanghai for their third day of protesting. The banner, in part, reads: 'Where is the government's credibility?' (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China is seeing a fresh upsurge in labor unrest as slowing demand for its exports in Europe and the U.S. hits manufacturers already juggling tight credit and weakening growth at home.

Supreme Court to hear corn syrup price-fixing (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:18 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's Supreme Court said on Thursday it will hear a case that alleges producers of high-fructose corn syrup, including U.S. agribusiness giants Cargill Inc and Archer Daniels Midland Co, conspired to fix the sweetener's price.

Australian police worker faces child porn charges (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:29 PM PST

AP - A man who once worked for the Australian Federal Police has been arrested after police said they found more than 35,000 child pornography photos in his home.

Al Qaeda claims kidnapping of American Warren Weinstein (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:45 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Al Qaeda chief Ayman al- Zawahiri announced in a recording that the terror outfit is holding hostage an American development worker abducted in August.

The Gentleman Rebel: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933-2011) (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:05 PM PST

Time.com - In 1967, the millionaire's son turned military man broke away from Nigeria with the state of Biafra and, as the new age of televised news covered the resulting civil war, began the stereotype of a bereft and besieged Africa

As EU tightens the screws, Iran looks toward China (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:54 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Iranian government narrowly escaped a European ban on its oil exports today, as France failed to garner enough support for the unprecedented measure. But there is still a latent fear in Tehran that the sharpening decline in European relations â€" accelerated by this week's attack on the British Embassy in Iran â€" will lead to a disadvantageous rise in Russian and Chinese influence over Iran's economy.
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