Saturday, April 2, 2011

Author of U.N. report accusing Israel backtracks

Author of U.N. report accusing Israel backtracks


Author of U.N. report accusing Israel backtracks

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:05 PM PDT

The chairman of a U.N. mission whose report accused Israel of "actions amounting to war crimes" during its fight against Hamas says he would have reached different conclusions "if I had known then what I know now."

Southwest to ground 79 planes

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:56 PM PDT

Southwest Airlines said Saturday that it is grounding 79 planes for inspection following an incident in which one of its planes made an emergency landing Friday after a 3- to 4-foot hole tore open in the fuselage.

House GOP targets Medicare, Medicaid

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:24 PM PDT

House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, will unveil a highly anticipated 2012 Republican budget next week that proposes dramatic changes to political lightning rods -- entitlements.

Navy panel lets gay sailor serve

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:57 PM PDT

Gay rights advocates claimed victory Saturday after an administrative panel in California this week recommended not to discharge an openly homosexual sailor.

Japan battles radioactive water leak

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:01 PM PDT

A first attempt to plug a cracked concrete shaft that is leaking highly radioactive water into the ocean off Japan failed Saturday. Officials are now exploring alternatives, Tokyo Electric said.

800 reported killed in Ivory Coast

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:30 PM PDT

Hundreds of people have been killed in western Ivory Coast, which has been in turmoil since November presidential elections. The death tolls from the U.N. and Red Cross range from 330 to 800.

Libya rebels: Coalition killed 13 of ours

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:55 PM PDT

Coalition airstrikes have hit several rebel vehicles in Libya and killed at least 13 rebel fighters, spokesmen for the Libyan opposition said today. Seven others were wounded.

Protests over Quran burning spread

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:46 PM PDT

A provincial spokesman in Afghanistan said more than 100 people were demonstrating against the the burning of a Quran by a American pastor in Florida.

Syria hunts for snipers

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:19 AM PDT

The anti-regime demonstrations pulsating across Syria have resulted in a security hunt for armed snipers and a wave of arrests Saturday.

Divebombing hawk not gone just yet

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Dud Gordon just can't seem to beat those birds.

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