Thursday, September 23, 2010

Juarez editorial ignites a beleaguered Mexico (AP)

Juarez editorial ignites a beleaguered Mexico (AP)

Juarez editorial ignites a beleaguered Mexico (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:39 PM PDT

Federal police officers stand guard during the burial of Diario de Juarez newspaper photographer Carlos Santiago in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Carlos Santiago, a news photographer with the local Diario de Juarez newspaper, was shot and killed on Sept. 16 while another photographer was seriously injured when gunmen in two cars intercepted them and opened fire. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A newspaper's stunning, front-page editorial of seeming surrender to drug capos has set off a national debate from the presidential palace to Mexico's equivalent of the water cooler — its ubiquitous town squares.

Partial Afghan poll results to be released (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:53 AM PDT

An Afghan woman walks past election posters of parliamentarian candidates in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Afghan authorities said it was too early to judge the validity of the country's parliamentary ballot despite observers' reports of widespread fraud in the vote that was to help consolidate its shaky democracy. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghan officials plan to release the first partial results Thursday from last week's parliamentary election amid mounting allegations of fraud in a poll seen as a test of the Afghan government's commitment to rooting out corruption.

Athletes delay arrival at troubled games in India (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:47 AM PDT

An Indian security force officer stands guard outside the weightlifting venue near Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, following an incident with the interior ceiling in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Commonwealth Games chief rushed to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with the prime minister over India's chaotic preparations, as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes' village have left the sporting event on a 'knife-edge.' (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - A growing number competitors are putting off travel to the Commonwealth Games to allow organizers time to finish their frantic preparations and clean the filthy accommodations that were slated to open Thursday.

France braces for day of strikes Thursday (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:15 PM PDT

AP - Protesters are counting on people power to pressure the government to back down on its plan to up the retirement age from 60 to 62, with a second round of September strikes expected to hobble public transport, air traffic and schools across France.

US: Dead in Afghan chopper crash were all American (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:11 PM PDT

An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun of Elkhart Ind., upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Department of Defense says Calhoun was killed in a helicopter crash in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - All nine troops killed in the worst helicopter crash for the coalition in Afghanistan in four years were Americans, the Pentagon has confirmed without providing further information on why the aircraft carrying Navy special forces went down.

Farce Threatens as Athletes Pull Out of India's Showcase Games (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Officials had promised a world-class Commonwealth Games to announce New Delhi's arrival as a global capital, but concerns over hygiene and safety have cast India in an unflattering light

England says first athletes to fly out for C.Games as planned (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:50 AM PDT

An worker dismantles the collapsed Jawaharlal Stadium footbridge in New Delhi on September 22. England said its first 22 Commonwealth Games athletes will fly out as planned to New Delhi on Thursday, despite concerns over the event that prompted Scotland to delay its team's departure for India.(AFP/File/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - England said its first 22 Commonwealth Games athletes will fly out as planned to New Delhi on Thursday, despite concerns over the event that prompted Scotland to delay its team's departure for India.

Violence in east Jerusalem clouds peace efforts (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:05 PM PDT

A masked Palestinian youth uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli police officers during clashes at the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Violence erupted after a 32-year-old Palestinian laborer was killed by a private security guard watching over Jewish families in the Silwan neighborhood in east Jerusalem. During the man's funeral, a mob of protesters set tires on fire, smashed the windows of several buses and called for revenge. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Crowds of Palestinian youths violently rampaged in east Jerusalem Wednesday following the shooting death of a local man, clouding fragile peace efforts even as the Palestinian president signaled he may back away from threats to quit negotiations if Israel resumes West Bank settlement construction.

Mexico prepares plan to protect journalists (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:21 PM PDT

AP - President Felipe Calderon announced a plan Wednesday to protect journalists in Mexico, where violence against reporters has surged since the government launched a crackdown on drug traffickers nearly four years ago.

South Sudan starts talks with renegade militia chief (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:38 AM PDT

Reuters - Southern Sudanese officials have started talks with a renegade militia commander who joined a rebellion that has threatened the stability of the region in the run up to a sensitive referendum, the south's army said.

N.Korea reshuffles officials ahead of party meet (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:57 AM PDT

Chinese tourists use binoculars to look into the town of Sinuiju in North Korea from a vantage point in Dandong, northeastern China. A communist party meeting in North Korea will be the first major gathering of the Workers' Party of Korea since a congress in 1980 confirmed Kim Jong Il as successor to his own father and founding president Kim Il-Sung, who died in 1994.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - North Korea announced a reshuffle of senior officials Thursday just days ahead of a key communist party meeting expected to pave the way for a power transfer from leader Kim Jong-Il to his son.

Canadian government loses bid to ease gun laws (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's minority Conservative government narrowly lost its bid on Wednesday to relax the country's gun-control laws, an issue that is likely to feature heavily in an election campaign expected within the next year.

China protest Sydney roof jump threat: activist (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:01 AM PDT

Detainees stage a rooftop protest at the Villawood detention centre near Sydney on September 22, 2010. The Chinese nationals have threatened to jump off the roof of the detention facility following days of protests by Sri Lankan Tamils and a suicidal leap by a Fijian inmate.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - Chinese nationals threatened to jump off a Sydney immigration detention building Thursday following days of rooftop protests by Sri Lankan Tamils and a suicidal leap by a Fijian inmate.

An Al Qaeda affiliate getting rich in Niger (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:29 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Saharan chapter of Al Qaeda claimed responsibility Tuesday for the abduction of five Frenchmen and two of their African colleagues working at a Uranium mine in remote Niger.

An Election Dilemma for Egypt's Opposition: To Boycott or Not? (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Time.com - President Mubarak's elections are hardly democratic, but his opponents differ on whether staying away from the polls is an effective response

Yemen goes on offensive against Al Qaeda (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Yemeni government’s fight against Al Qaeda reached a new high this week after government forces launched a major military offensive against a city in southern Yemen known as a base for Al Qaeda-affiliated operatives. Fighting between government forces and militants started on Tuesday in Hawta, a city in the highly volatile Shabwa Province, and has continued for the past three days.

'Compassion Is Contagious' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:48 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 22 (New America Media) - Radio Saigon Houston co-founder and journalist Thuy Vu recently returned from a five-day humanitarian mission to Haiti, where residents are still recovering from the earthquake eight months ago that has left the country’s capital Port au Prince in ruins and crippled the rest of the island-nation.
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