Sunday, April 3, 2011

Libya shells town in west as rebels name "crisis team" (Reuters)

Libya shells town in west as rebels name "crisis team" (Reuters)

Libya shells town in west as rebels name "crisis team" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:17 PM PDT

Rebel fighters pray at the graves of around 10 fellow rebels who were killed in what they say was a coalition airstrike on a group of vehicles along the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shelled a building in Misrata early on Sunday to try to dislodge rebels from their last big stronghold in western Libya where a doctor says hundreds have been killed.

Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor pit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Japanese engineers grappling on Sunday to end the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl tried to seal a crack that has been leaking radiation into the ocean from a crippled reactor.

Peaceful protesters march on U.N. office in south Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:59 AM PDT

A U.S. soldier (2nd L) gestures after an attack at Camp Phoenix in Kabul April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - Hundreds of peaceful protesters blocked the main highway in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday and marched through the southern city of Kandahar toward a United Nations office, denouncing the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist U.S. pastor.

Fighting rages in Ivory Coast, 800 dead in west (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Forces loyal to presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara ride on the back of a pickup about 20 km (12 miles) north of Abidjan April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (Reuters - Soldiers of Ivory Coast's rival leaders battled for the presidential palace, military bases and state TV in the main city Abidjan Saturday, in a conflict so brutal that 800 people have been killed in just one town.

Six times to hell and back in Chernobyl, says nuclear "jumper" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Six times, Sergei Belyakov says, he has been through the doorway to hell and back.

A Mystery in Tripoli: Blood on the Street? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:20 PM PDT

Time.com - In Gaddafi's besieged capital, a burst of gunfire in the night leads to rumor and bitter speculation.

European bank appears set for landmark rate hike (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:12 PM PDT

European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet. The ECB is expected to announce its first interest rate hike since July 2008 this week even as the eurozone crisis deepens with three members missing key deficit targets(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - The European Central Bank is expected to announce its first interest rate hike since July 2008 this week even as the eurozone crisis deepens with three members missing key deficit targets.

Oman frees 57 detainees following unrest (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:51 AM PDT

Omani army troops patrol the streets of the key industrial area of Sohar, northwest of the capital Muscat in March 2011. Omani police have released 57 people arrested in a crackdown on protests in the northern industrial city of Sohar, a day after a protester was shot dead, ONA state news agency reported.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AP - Omani authorities say they have released 57 people arrested in crackdowns against pro-reform protesters.

Mexico alcohol distillery blast kills 3, injures 3 (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT

A fire burns at an alcohol factory after an explosion near the city of Orizaba, Mexico, Saturday April 2, 2011. According to local police and civil protection, four people died due to the explosion. (AP Photo/Juan Jose Enriquez)AP - An explosion and fire has hit a Mexican factory that distills raw alcohol, killing three people and injuring three others.

US demands Gbagbo step down 'immediately' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT

Troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara drive along a street in Abidjan. The United States early Sunday called on Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo to step down immediately, saying he was pushing the West African nation into lawlessness(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - The United States early Sunday called on Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo to step down immediately, saying he was pushing the West African nation into lawlessness.

Japan's dim capital faces further power crunch (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:58 AM PDT

In this Saturday, April 2, 2011 photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the inside view of the maintenance pit of Unit 2 reactor, where highly radioactive water spilled into the sea through a crack, is photographed before pouring concrete into it to keep from further leas, at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Highly radioactive water was leaking into the sea Saturday from a crack discovered at the nuclear power plant destabilized by last month's earthquake and tsunami, a new setback as frustrated survivors of the disasters complained that Japan's government was paying too much attention to the nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - When a boiling summer hits power-starved Tokyo, even Japan's culture of self-restraint will hit its limit.

Canada's Conservatives gain ground in new poll (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservatives gained ground in an opinion poll released on Saturday, coming into territory that might hand them a majority in Parliament in the May 2 federal election.

Woman, 92, to stand trial for murder in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:11 PM PDT

A 92-year-old has become the oldest woman committed to stand trial for murder in Australia, accused of bludgeoning and stabbing her wealthy 98-year-old husband to death, according to a report. Clara Tang, who allegedly killed Ching Yung Tang after 70 years of marriage in their Sydney apartment in March last year, has pleaded not guilty on the grounds of mental illness, the Sun-Herald said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - A 92-year-old has become the oldest woman committed to stand trial for murder in Australia, accused of bludgeoning and stabbing her wealthy 98-year-old husband to death, according to a report.

The peacebuilders: Making conflict resolution permanent (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:58 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Michael von der Schulenburg drove deliberately into the riot. Angry men filled a main road here in Freetown; they quickly surrounded his car. They were members of the APC, the All People's Congress, and their leader, Ernest Koroma, was Sierra Leone's president. They were in a dispute with their opposition over a local election that had taken place a day's drive deep into the countryside.

Slaughter in Ivory Coast as the Grisly Political Standoff Intensifies (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Hundreds die as the town of Duekoue changes hands, and the forces of Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara continue to battle for control of the nation

Why Terry Jones Quran burning spurred two days of deadly Afghan protests (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Protests in response to a US pastor burning the Koran spread across Afghanistan for a second day on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 70 in the southern city of Kandahar. On Friday, a demonstration in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif turned violent when an angry mob stormed a United Nations compound killing seven members of the foreign staff and five Afghans.
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