Monday, November 8, 2010

Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)

Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)

Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:43 AM PST

Security personnel from Myanmar hold their weapons as they walk on the Moei river bank in Myanmar's Myawaddi town, from across border in Thailand, November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - Myanmar's military will keep its grip on power after the country's first election in 20 years through parties that emerged on Monday as the likely winners of a vote marred by fraud, and condemned by Washington and London.

U.S. urges Iraq to form inclusive government (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 10:35 PM PST

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iraq on Monday to develop an inclusive power-sharing government as Iraqi political factions prepared to hold a meeting that could break an eight-month deadlock.

North Korea's heir apparently rises again (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 10:42 PM PST

North Korean soldiers march during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)Reuters - The death of a North Korean military official and the naming of leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un to the funeral preparation committee was jumped on by South Korean media on Monday as showing he had risen to second-in-command.

Accused drug kingpin will go to Venezuela: Chavez (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:19 PM PST

Reuters - Colombia will extradite a businessman accused of being a major drug kingpin back to his native Venezuela to face justice, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday on Cuban television.

Yemen needs aid to fight al Qaeda: foreign minister (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PST

Reuters - Yemen needs more help from its allies to combat al Qaeda, its foreign minister said on Monday, just two days after the militant group said it had been responsible for sending U.S.-bound parcel bombs on two aircraft.

In Spain, Shepherds Try to Revive a Medieval Tradition (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PST

Time.com - Spanish shepherds take a flock on a 750-mile trek in the hopes of reviving an ancient tradition that benefits the sheep and the environment and, they hope, preserves a way of life

Art believed destroyed by Nazis found in Berlin (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:15 AM PST

AP - Artwork deemed "degenerate" by the Nazis and believed to have been destroyed has been unearthed during construction near Berlin's city hall and is going on display.

Iraqi political leaders meet to break deadlock (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:15 AM PST

Candles are lit for the victims of an attack at the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral, or Syrian Catholic Church, in central Baghdad on November 5, 2010. More than 40 people including two priests were killed at the church on October 31 in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda gunmen.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Leaders of Iraq's main political blocs are meeting in the northern city of Irbil in a rare face-to-face gathering that could signal progress in breaking the country's political deadlock.

Deadline gone, Cuban dissident vows hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:00 PM PST

Laura Pollan, leader the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White, demonstrates after the group's weekly march in Havana, Cuba, Sunday Nov. 7, 2010. Ladies in White is an organization made up of wives and mothers of political prisoners. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - A prominent Cuban dissident is vowing to begin a hunger strike Monday to pressure the government to free the last 13 political prisoners jailed in a 2003 crackdown on dissent, after a midnight deadline for the men's release passed without any news of their fate.

Guinea vote goes ahead as ethnic tensions simmer (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:26 PM PST

Guineans line up to cast their ballot at a polling station in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday Nov. 7, 2010. Guineans began casting their ballots in a vote that has been delayed multiple times following violent ethnic clashes pitting the nation's two largest ethnic groups against each other. The ethnic divide between the supporters of rival candidates Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Conde has overshadowed what was supposed to be a historic vote for the African nation of 10 million on Sunday.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Guineans cast their ballot Sunday in a vote that has been delayed multiple times following violent ethnic clashes that pitted the nation's two largest ethnic groups against each other.

Pentagon chiefs: Afghans can manage by 2014 (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:19 AM PST

U.S Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, speaks as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during a press conference after the annual Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) at Government House in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)AP - The top U.S. defense chiefs say Afghanistan should be ready to handle its own security by the year 2014.

Qantas extends A380 groundings over oil leaks (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:58 AM PST

A Qantas aircraft takes off from Changi International airport in Singapore. The airline has extended the grounding of its Airbus A380 superjumbos for at least three more days on Monday after finding oil leaks in some engines, heightening safety fears after two mid-air blow-outs last week.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Qantas extended the grounding of its Airbus A380 superjumbos for at least three more days on Monday after finding oil leaks in some engines, heightening safety fears after two mid-air blow-outs last week.

In Spain, Pope Benedict XVI lambasts 'aggressive secularism' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:14 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Pope Benedict XVI spent this weekend in Spain trying to reclaim one of the most important Roman Catholic strongholds.

Haiti Confronts Cholera After Dodging Tropical Storm Tomas (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PST

Time.com - Haiti dodged one bullet in tropical storm Tomas, but there is growing evidence that the ravaged country may not be able to stop the spread of an even bigger threat: cholera

Killing of top Mexico drug lord 'Tony Tormenta' may boost rival Zetas cartel (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:49 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico’s armed forces killed one of the nation’s top drug kingpins this weekend, but signs that the death will lead to more violence and turf battles have terrified residents.

Iraqi Kids Struggle on Dangerous Edges in Syria (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:01 PM PST

OneWorld.net - DAMASCUS, Nov 7 (IPS) - Leila, 17, presses her hijab-clad head against the front door and strains to hear outside. "There's nothing," she says cautiously, turning towards her mother Rawda, the head of the household, in their quiet basement apartment. Along the brocade couch sit her two sisters, Mona, 19, Nadja, 15, and 10-year-old brother Khaled.*
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