Sunday, April 10, 2011

Increased NATO strikes help rebels beat Misrata assault (Reuters)

Increased NATO strikes help rebels beat Misrata assault (Reuters)

Increased NATO strikes help rebels beat Misrata assault (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan rebels beat off a new assault by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the besieged western city of Misrata, losing as many as 30 fighters but helped by more intense NATO air strikes.

Army "ready to use force" to clear Cairo square (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT

An Egyptian protester holds a sign reading Reuters - Egypt's ruling generals said on Saturday they were ready to use force to end protests in Tahrir Square after troops cracked down on demonstrators overnight and sparked violence that medical sources said killed two people.

Lone gunman shoots six dead in Dutch shopping mall (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:46 PM PDT

Reuters - A lone gunman shot dead six people with an automatic weapon as he walked calmly through a Dutch shopping mall on Saturday, and threatened to blow up three other shopping malls before eventually killing himself.

Syrian forces fire at mourners, U.N. "greatly disturbed" (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:54 PM PDT

Syrian ethnic Kurds demonstrate after Friday prayers in the Syrian town of Qamishli, April 8, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrian security forces opened fire on mourners near a mosque in the flashpoint city of Deraa after a mass funeral for pro-democracy protesters, two witnesses said.

Gbagbo's forces attack Ouattara's Ivory Coast base (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:51 PM PDT

A French soldier speaks to locals during a patrol in the Reuters - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo have stepped up a counter-attack on presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara by firing on his hotel headquarters in Abidjan.

Can the Syrian Regime Divide and Conquer Its Opposition? (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The uprising against the Assad dynasty continues despite attempts to appease -- and threaten -- the country's complex of interests

Poles mark anniversary of plane crash tragedy (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:48 AM PDT

Poles protest and demand that Russia hand over important evidence and the wreckage of the plane that crashed last year in Russia killing Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, First Lady Maria Kaczynska and 94 other military and civilian officials, in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, April 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Church bells rang out across Poland on Sunday to mark the exact minute one year ago that President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were killed in a plane crash in Russia.

Libya says shoots down 2 rebel helicopters (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:34 AM PDT

A Libyan rebel vehicle drives toward the town as a large explosion, possibly a NATO airstrike, rises above it in Ajdabiya, Libya Saturday, April 9, 2011. NATO officials did not immediately confirm the attack but the British military said its warplanes hit seven tanks around Ajdabiya and the rebel-held city of Misrata in western Libya on Friday as part of the NATO-led mission. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Libyan government forces shot down two U.S.-built attack helicopters being used by rebel forces in the east of the country, the deputy foreign minister said early on Sunday.

Leftist leads in Peru election but runoff likely (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:24 PM PDT

Presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, of the political party Peru Wins, speaks during a press conference with foreign media in Lima, Peru, Friday April 8, 2011. Peru will hold general elections on April 10. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - A leftist former military officer who promises to favor the poor by redistributing Peru's mineral wealth was expected to win the most votes in Sunday's presidential elections but fall far short of the outright majority needed to avoid a runoff.

Diplomacy takes centre stage in Libyan conflict (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:55 AM PDT

Rebel fighters are seen close to the town of Ajdabiya. NATO has destroyed key ammunition stockpiles and armoured vehicles in recent airstrikes across Libya, while leader Moamer Kadhafi's loyalists have pushed rebels back in clashes between the groups.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - A high-ranking African Union delegation was due in Libya on Sunday to present a blueprint for an end to the current crisis as plans for a new constitution were unveiled by parliament.

7 militants killed in Pakistan's Swat Valley (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 01:02 AM PDT

A man carries cotton candy for sale near a bus stop in Karachi April 10, 2011. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)AP - Seven suspected militants were killed early Sunday in a clash with Pakistani security forces in a northwest valley once controlled by the Taliban, police said.

Peru's Presidential Vote: Looking Out for No. 2 (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa has described a likely run-off between leading candidates as a choice between "terminal cancer and AIDS." It all depends on who comes in second on Sunday
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