Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Libya says Gaddafi stays, wounded relate siege hell (Reuters)

Libya says Gaddafi stays, wounded relate siege hell (Reuters)

Libya says Gaddafi stays, wounded relate siege hell (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:46 PM PDT

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., moves his chair on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 4, 2011, after speaking about military operations in Libya. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Reuters - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are staging a "massacre" in the besieged city of Misrata, evacuees said on Monday, as Libya said it was ready to discuss political reform, led by Gaddafi.

Special Report: Japan power crunch could get worse in summer (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 08:31 PM PDT

A businessman walks past a restaurant in Tokyo April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - At first glance, business at Miwa Amauchi's precision metal-parts factory near Tokyo appears normal. A laser beam carves through metal sheets while nearby a worker, cigarette hanging from his lips, makes small adjustments to a machine press bending delicate steel components.

Heavy fighting loosens Gbagbo grip on Ivory Coast (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:29 AM PDT

French troops patrol a street of Abidjan. About 1,900 foreigners are under French military protection in Abidjan and 447 others have already left Ivory Coast, according to the French military which had taken over control of the airport in Abidjan and boosted its troop numbers.(AFP/ECPAD/File/Sch Blanchet)Reuters - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's presidential claimant launched a major assault on the presidential palace on Tuesday, shaking Laurent Gbagbo's grip on power to the core after U.N. and French helicopters left his military bases in flames.

Yemen toll rises as U.S. seen pressing Saleh to go (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:10 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters run after police fired tear gas during a demonstration in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz April 4, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Police and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the Yemeni cities of Taiz and Hudaida on Monday, witnesses said, as a drive to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh gathered pace.

Outsider Martelly sweeps Haiti's presidential election (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 08:48 PM PDT

A woman walks through a damaged area in downtown Port-au-Prince March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Eduardo MunozReuters - Michel Martelly, a shaven-headed singer and political outsider, won Haiti's presidential election in a landslide victory that tapped into deep popular desire for change in the poor, earthquake-battered Caribbean state.

Spain: Can Zapatero's Exit Redeem the Socialist Party? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:20 AM PDT

Time.com - By announcing that he won't run for re-election next year, Spanish Prime Minister JosÉ Luis RodrÍguez Zapatero is hoping to keep his party in government. But is it too little, too late?

Gbagbo negotiating surrender, says Ouattara ally (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:42 AM PDT

AP - Ivory Coast's ambassador to France, who was appointed by the country's democratically elected leader Alassane Ouattara, says embattled strongman Laurent Gbagbo is negotiating his surrender.

Official: Goldstone invited to visit Israel (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2009, file photo, UN investigator Richard Goldstone visits the destroyed house where members of the Samouni family were killed in an artillery strike during Israel's offensive in January 2009 in Gaza City. Goldstone, the head of a U.N.-appointed expert panel that investigated the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas in the winter of 2008-2009 said in a newspaper article published Friday April 1, 2011 by the Washington Post that new accounts by Israel's military indicate that it did not deliberately target civilians. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra, File)AP - Israel's interior minister says jurist Richard Goldstone has accepted an invitation to visit Israel, a significant turn after Israel refused to cooperate with his U.N. team investigating Israeli conduct in the Gaza offensive two years ago.

Haiti's pop-star president knows politics (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:27 AM PDT

Supporters of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly celebrate outside Martelly's home after the announcement of preliminary results for the presidential election runoff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday April 4, 2011. According to electoral officials, preliminary results show Martelly won the presidential election runoff, defeating former first lady Mirlande Manigat. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - The presidential campaign of musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly at first seemed like an afterthought, overshadowed by the short-lived run of the better-known star Wyclef Jean and dismissed as little more than a sideshow to an election that featured major Haitian political figures.

Final battle rages in Ivory Coast, forces prepare (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:21 AM PDT

This handout photo provided by the French Defense Ministry on Sunday April 3, 2011, shows a French soldier patrolling as part of the French Force Licorne, in Port Bouet district of Abidjan, Saturday, April, 2, 2011. The United Nations mission in Ivory Coast began moving some 200 employees out of the main city Sunday after repeated attacks on its headquarters, as fighters loyal to the internationally recognized president prepared for a battle to oust the incumbent leader. (AP Photo/Sch. Blanchet, ECPAD) NO SALESAP - United Nations and French forces prepared to attack Ivory Coast's presidential palace Tuesday after launching full assaults on the residence of the entrenched leader, the republican guard, two major military bases and state TV.

Cameron in Pakistan talks to urge 'fresh start' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:41 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured) flew into Pakistan for talks on Tuesday, seeking a AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron held talks in Pakistan on Tuesday, seeking a "fresh start" in relations with Islamabad, nine months after accusing it of turning a blind eye to terrorism.

Conservatives extend lead in latest poll (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:38 AM PDT

Reuters - The Conservatives widened its lead against the opposition Liberals in an opinion poll released on Monday.

Chinese become top Australian visitors (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:36 PM PDT

China became Australia's top inbound tourism market for the first time in February, data showed Tuesday, with Chinese New Year celebrations and international students driving a surge in arrivals.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - China became Australia's top inbound tourism market for the first time in February, data showed Tuesday, with Chinese New Year celebrations and international students driving a surge in arrivals.

Greens' growth in Germany spurs deputy chancellor's departure (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 07:49 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When Germany's Green Party was born 30 years ago, then-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt dismissed it outright. "They're just environmental idiots who will have disappeared again soon," he said.

Hanoi's Reclusive Lake Turtle Forced Out of Its Shell (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:20 AM PDT

Time.com - On Sunday, Hanoi's legendary urban turtle, Cu Rua, was finally captured in the capital's central Hoan Kiem Lake

Ivory Coast's besieged city of Abidjan braces for impending attack (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 07:33 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Four days into the siege of Ivory Coast's largest city, Abidjan, it's almost as if the internationally recognized President Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo, the man who stubbornly refuses to cede power, have decided to leave this half-done battle for another day.

Pershing may feel heat in global warming talks (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 01:53 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - April 4 (OneWorld.net) - As a fresh round of UN climate change talks gets under way in Bangkok today, there are signs that developing countries are losing patience with global leaders in general and with the regressive attitude of US Congress in particular.
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