Saturday, April 2, 2011

Libyan rebels say airstrike killed 13 of their own (AP)

Libyan rebels say airstrike killed 13 of their own (AP)

Libyan rebels say airstrike killed 13 of their own (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:03 PM PDT

Libyan rebels pray near the a graves of their fellow rebels who were allegedly killed in a NATO coalition airstrike overnight at the front line near Brega, Libya, Saturday, April 2, 2011 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - A NATO airstrike intended to thwart Moammar Gadhafi's forces killed 13 rebel fighters in eastern Libya instead, the opposition said Saturday, but they described it as an "unfortunate accident" and stressed it did not diminish their support for the international air campaign.

Gov't focus on nuke crisis angers tsunami victims (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, center, walks past the rubble in front of municipal building Saturday, April 2, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - As Japan's prime minister visited tsunami-ravaged coastal areas for the first time Saturday, frustrated evacuees complained that the government has been too focused on the nuclear crisis that followed the massive wave.

Fuselage hole forces Southwest emergency landing (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:21 PM PDT

In this photo provided by passenger Christine Ziegler, shows an apparent hole in the cabin on a Southwest Airlines aircraft Friday, April 1, 2011 in Yuma, Ariz. Authorities say the flight from Phoenix to Sacramento, Calif., was diverted to Yuma due to rapid decompression in the plane. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says the cause of the decompression isn't immediately known. But passengers aboard the plane say there was a hole in the cabin and that forced an emergency landing. (AP photo/Christine Ziegler) NO SALESAP - Flight attendants had begun to take drink orders when the explosion rocked the cabin.

AP sources: Obama set to launch re-election bid (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:05 AM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking during his visit to a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Md., Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama is about to make one of Washington's worst kept secrets official: He wants a second term.

Anger over Quran burning spreads in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:49 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers stand guard in front the gate of a U.S. base after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Three insurgents attacked a NATO base on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Saturday but were killed by coalition forces before they could enter the compound, NATO and Afghan police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Anger over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a Florida church fueled a second day of deadly violence half a world away in Afghanistan, where demonstrators set cars and shops ablaze Saturday in a riot that killed nine protesters, officials said.

High-end medical option prompts Medicare worries (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT

Dr. Lewis Weiner speaks with a patient at his office in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Weiner limits his practice to patients who pay an annual fee of $1,500, whether they needs his services or not. Instead of juggling 2,000 or more patients, these doctors can concentrate on a few hundred, stressing prevention and acting as advocates with specialists and hospitals. 'I get to know the individual,' he said. 'I see their color. I see their moods. I pick up changes in their lives, new stressors that I would not have found as easily before. It's been a very positive shift.' (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Every year, thousands of people make a deal with their doctor: I'll pay you a fixed annual fee, whether or not I need your services, and in return you'll see me the day I call, remember who I am and what ails me, and give me your undivided attention.

Entrenched Ivory Coast leader calls for resistance (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo patrol a street in the central Plateau neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, April 2, 2011. Answering a call to arms, hundreds of members of a violent youth militia allied with Ivory Coast's strongman swarmed one of two bridges leading to his presidential palace. Gbagbo is facing the biggest threat to his 10-year rule after an armed group swept across the country taking nearly 80 percent of the territory.(AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra)AP - With most of the country now controlled by his opponent, and with both his home and the presidential palace surrounded, Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Saturday issued a final call to arms, fighting to defend his 10-year grip on power.

State budget crises push sentencing reforms (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:32 AM PDT

A prisoner carries a mattress as he moves through the state prison Thursday, March 3, 2011 in Jackson, Ga. Conservative legislators who once heralded strict three-strikes laws and other tough measures that led to bloated prisons are now considering what was once deemed unthinkable: Reducing sentences for some drug and non-violent offenders. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - As costs to house state inmates have soared in recent years, many conservatives are reconsidering a tough-on-crime era that has led to stiffer sentences, overcrowded prisons and bloated corrections budgets.

London boot camp held for pint-size 'princesses' (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Maude Fisher, 7, sips a cup of tea, during the 'A Princess Tea Party' event, at a hotel in London, Saturday, April 2, 2011. A scene straight from 'My Fair Lady' played out at a posh London hotel Saturday as a dozen girls in frilly dresses attended a 'princess boot camp' ahead of this month's royal wedding. The pint-size wannabe princesses learned how to walk straight, eat with decorum and curtsy. Never mind that it's doubtful any of them will come within spitting distance of the royals at the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - With Britain's royal wedding around the corner, wannabe princesses gathered Saturday at a posh London hotel for a crash course on how to curtsy, what to say to the queen and how keep pesky crumbs off their lips when eating finger sandwiches.

Elder Calipari enjoying son's 3rd Final Four trip (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:58 AM PDT

AP - Kentucky coach John Calipari's father, Vince, has turned into a good luck charm for the Wildcats during the NCAA tournament.

Ten dead in Afghan Koran burning protests (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:11 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers keep watch after an attack at Camp Phoenix in Kabul April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - At least 10 people have been killed and 83 wounded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said on Saturday, on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist Christian in the United States.

UAE forces storm hijacked ship, detain pirates (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Reuters - United Arab Emirates special forces stormed a cargo ship hijacked in the Arabian Sea, freeing the crew and detaining the pirates on Saturday, the official news agency WAM said.

Coalition air strike hits Libya rebels, 13 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:18 AM PDT

A rebel stands at the front line outside Brega in eastern Libya, April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - A NATO-led air strike killed 13 Libyan rebels in a "regrettable incident," a rebel spokesman said on Saturday, in an increasingly chaotic battle with Muammar Gaddafi's forces over the oil town of Brega.

Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor pit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) bows as he speaks to tsunami victim Ryoko Otsubo during his visit to an evacuees shelter in Rikuzentakata, after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami April 2, 2011. Kan headed on Saturday to the disaster zone where workers are braving radiation from a crippled nuclear plant to battle the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl. Kan was due to visit a sports camp turned into a base for military, firefighters and engineers working inside an evacuation zone to cool the six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi complex and contain contamination before Japan seeks a permanent solution. REUTERS/Damir SagoljReuters - Japanese officials grappling on Sunday to end the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl were focusing on a crack in a concrete pit that was leaking radiation into the ocean from a crippled reactor.

Reuters concerned for photographer held in Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Reuters senior correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi is seen in Amman December 2010. REUTERS/Ali JarekjiReuters - Reuters said on Saturday it was concerned for the safety of its photographer Khaled al-Hariri, who has been detained by Syrian authorities for five days.

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

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Forces loyal to presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara prepare to advance onto Abidjan, April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Emmanuel BraunReuters - 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 becoming so brutal that it killed 800 people in one town alone.

Southwest cancels 300 flights after emergency (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Southwest Airlines said it expected to cancel 300 flights scheduled for Saturday to allow inspections of 79 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet, after one of its planes made an emergency landing with a gaping hole in the fuselage.

Yemen opposition transition plan awaits Saleh answer (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh is seen during a rally of supporters in Sanaa April 1, 2011. Embattled Saleh told a huge rally of supporters on Friday that he would sacrifice everything for his country, suggesting he has no plans to step down yet. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen's opposition proposed a transition plan on Saturday which would see President Ali Abdullah Saleh hand power to a vice president while steps are taken toward a national unity government and new elections.

Battle for Abidjan rages, carnage in western Ivory Coast (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:02 AM PDT

A millitaman loyal to Alassane Ouattara walks along a street in Abidjan on April 1. Heavy artillery fire and explosions shook downtown Abidjan Saturday on the third day of a fierce battle for the city, as rival forces were accused of massacring hundreds in western Ivory Coast.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Heavy artillery fire and explosions shook downtown Abidjan Saturday on the third day of a fierce battle for the city, as rival forces were accused of massacring hundreds in western Ivory Coast.

NATO frets at report of civilian deaths in Libya raid (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:57 AM PDT

The bodies of fighters loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi lie on the ground close to the strategically oil town of Brega, some 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of the capital Tripoli. NATO voiced concern on Saturday about reports of civilian deaths in a coalition air strike near Brega as rebels claimed victory in the battle for the key Libyan oil town.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)AFP - NATO voiced concern on Saturday about reports of civilian deaths in a coalition air strike near Brega as rebels claimed victory in the battle for the key Libyan oil town.
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