Friday, April 8, 2011

Ivory Coast: Disturbing reports of killings, abuses

Ivory Coast: Disturbing reports of killings, abuses


Ivory Coast: Disturbing reports of killings, abuses

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:27 PM PDT

For four long months Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president was confined to a besieged Abidjan hotel, at the mercy of United Nations troops for protection. Now it is his rival who's holed up in a basement bunker, unwilling to surrender power even as the nation plunges deeper by the day into chaos.

Report: Forces fire on Syrian protesters

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:23 PM PDT

At least four people died after security forces in Daraa, Syria, fired on protesters who gathered after Friday prayers, according to a doctor at the scene.

Demonstrations swell in Yemen

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday rejected a mediation plan put forth by the Gulf Cooperation Council seeking a compromise between his embattled administration and a ground swell of anti-government demonstrations.

Cairo protest to pressure military

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Egypt's ruling military council is threatening immediate prosecution before a military tribunal for any troops seen participating in a planned protest in Cairo on Friday.

More bodies found in Mexico mass graves

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:31 AM PDT

Thirteen more bodies of men have been uncovered from a series of mass graves in northeastern Mexico, bringing the total to 72, officials in Tamaulipas state said Friday.

Shooting aboard British sub kills 1

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:39 AM PDT

A shooting on board the HMS Astute, a British nuclear submarine making a visit to Southampton, left one person dead and another critically wounded, authorities said Friday.

Workers return to crippled nuclear plant

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:18 AM PDT

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station returned to the plant Friday after a strong aftershock forced them to leave a day earlier, the plant's owner said.

TV head, activist killed in Baghdad shooting

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:44 AM PDT

The head of a television station and a human rights activist were shot dead by gunmen who attacked their car with small arms fire Friday, Iraq's interior ministry said.

America obsessed! Will & Kate

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:01 AM PDT

As a Brit living in Kentucky, everything changed for me last November. My accent always caused a surprised smile or a suppressed giggle, of course, in this land of the Hillbilly twang but I'd generally been allowed to go about my business with little fuss.

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