Thursday, March 24, 2011

Western air strikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi armor (Reuters)

Western air strikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi armor (Reuters)

Western air strikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi armor (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:10 AM PDT

A Libyan holds a portrait of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at a naval military facility damaged by coalition air strikes, in eastern Tripoli, March 22, 2011. Anti-aircraft fire and explosions reverberated across Tripoli for a third night on Monday and state television said several sites had come under attack in the capital. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Western warplanes hit Libya for a fifth night on Thursday, but so far have failed to stop Muammar Gaddafi's tanks shelling rebel-held towns or dislodge his armor from a strategic junction in the east.

Radiation scare sparks run on bottled water in Tokyo (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:43 AM PDT

Hiroshi Murayama, 82, walks past ships that were washed to shore, at Otsu port in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki prefecture, March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Stores in Tokyo were running out of bottled water on Thursday after radiation from a damaged nuclear complex briefly made tap water unsafe for babies, while more nations curbed imports of Japanese food.

Bombing near Jerusalem bus stop kills woman, 30 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:39 PM PDT

A damaged bus is seen at the scene of an explosion in Jerusalem, March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunReuters - A bomb planted in a bag exploded near a bus stop in a Jewish district of Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a woman and injuring at least 30 people, in an attack police blamed on Palestinian militants.

Rebels say 16 dead in Misrata, hospital attacked (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 02:01 PM PDT

Revolutionary graffiti caricaturing Muammar Gaddafi adorns a wall in Benghazi March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Western airstrikes hit positions of Libyan government forces in the rebel-held city of Misrata on Wednesday, but government snipers firing from rooftops killed 16 people, a rebel spokesman said.

Mystery Deepens over Deadly Jerusalem Bus Bomb (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Time.com - One person dies after four pounds of homemade explosives detonate in the Holy City. Meanwhile, Israel and militants in Gaza engage in a dangerous tit-for-tat

Politics to block debt crisis steps at EU summit (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates announces his resignation to journalists during a news conference at his official residence in Sao Bento in Lisbon March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Rafael MarchanteReuters - Political turmoil in Portugal and looming elections in other countries are expected to prevent a summit of European Union leaders this week from taking tough decisions to address the region's debt crisis.

Gaza police report Israeli airstrike, no injuries (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:13 AM PDT

An Israeli police officer scans the site of an explosion, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. A bomb exploded near a crowded bus, wounding at least eight people in what appeared to be the first militant attack in the city in several years. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Israeli aircraft struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in response to rocket and mortar fire, stoking concerns that a grave new round of hostilities will fill the vacuum left by an impasse in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.

Mexico, Ecuador bust transnational drug operation (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Ramon Pequeno, head of Mexico's federal police anti-narcotics division, gives a press conference in Mexico City, Wednesday March 23, 2011. Mexican authorities have detained Victor Manuel Felix, an in-law of top drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, who allegedly ran a transnational drug operation that reached as far as Ecuador, according to Mexican authorities. Suspect Felix is both an in-law of Guzman and the godfather of one of the drug lord's children. Pequeno said Wednesday that eight other people had been detained in Mexico along with Felix in raids that began last week. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Mexican authorities detained an in-law of top drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman who allegedly ran a transnational drug operation that reached as far as Ecuador, federal police said Wednesday.

NATO's top military commander in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:48 AM PDT

AP - Turkey's military says U.S. Adm. James Stavridis, NATO's top military commander, is holding talks in Ankara, which has been seen as holding up agreement on a NATO command structure for a no-fly zone over Libya.

Jury mulls US woman's fate in 'milkshake murder' (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:05 AM PDT

AP - A Hong Kong jury has begun deliberating in the retrial of an American woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband after drugging his milkshake.

Canada opposition to force confidence vote (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PDT

Reuters - The leader of Canada's main opposition Liberal Party said on Wednesday he will present a motion of nonconfidence in the minority Conservative government, setting the stage for an election.

Australian admiral calls time on drunken sailors (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:36 PM PDT

Australian navy chief Vice-Admiral Russ Crane on Thursday demanded an end to the service's booze culture, warning of mandatory breath-tests and curfews on shore leave.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australian navy chief Vice-Admiral Russ Crane on Thursday demanded an end to the service's booze culture, warning of mandatory breath-tests and curfews on shore leave.

Nicaragua opposition unites to contest legality of President Ortega's candidacy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 02:17 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Nicaragua’s contentious presidential elections are already off to a rocky start as civil society groups and opposition parties move to block President Daniel Ortega’s controversial candidacy for reelection.

Are Bahrain's Medical Workers Being Persecuted? (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Time.com - The opposition as well as doctors, nurses and other medical staffers, say hospitals and hospital worker are being harassed -- or worse -- by the regime

Jordan aims to avoid unrest with dialogue on sweeping reforms (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:57 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Throughout two months of surprising upheaval, the feeling that a wave of democratic change was sweeping their region has galvanized Arab publics. Here in Jordan, beginning in January, thousands took to the streets, asking not for a revolution but for substantial democratic and economic reforms.
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