Friday, April 1, 2011

More disciplined Libyan opposition force emerging (AP)

More disciplined Libyan opposition force emerging (AP)

More disciplined Libyan opposition force emerging (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:25 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel holds a rocket launcher on his shoulder as he looks towards the position of pro Gadhafi forces along the front line near Brega, Libya, Friday, April 1, 2011 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Something new has appeared at the Libyan front: a semblance of order among rebel forces. Rebels without training — sometimes even without weapons — have rushed in and out of fighting in a free-for-all for weeks, repeatedly getting trounced by Moammar Gadhafi's more heavily armed forces.

FACT CHECK: Senate did favor Libya no-fly zone (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:43 PM PDT

Libyan rebels shout slogans as they hear about air strikes at front line near Brega, Libya, Friday, April 1, 2011. Libya's rebels will agree to a cease-fire if Moammar Gadhafi pulls his military forces out of cities and allows peaceful protests against his regime, an opposition leader said Friday as rebels showed signs that their front-line organization is improving. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Some lawmakers are grousing loudly that President Barack Obama sent the nation's military to Libya without Congress' blessing. They're ignoring a key fact: The Senate a month ago voted to support imposing a no-fly zone to protect civilians from attacks by Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

Pentagon defends lifting ban on gays in military (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:15 PM PDT

Defense Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness Clifford L. Stanley, co-chair Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Implementation Team, left, and Navy Vice Admiral William E. Gortney, director, Joint Staff Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 1, 2011, before the House Military Personnel subcommittee hearing on implementation plans for the repeal of law and policies governing service by openly gay and lesbian service members. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The Pentagon said Friday the military should be trained in working with openly gay members by summer's end, prompting House Republicans to complain that repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" was moving too quickly in wartime.

Japanese, US military search for tsunami victims (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:57 PM PDT

In this Thursday, March 24, 2011, photo available Friday, April 1, 2011, inside of the Unit 4 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is seen in Okumamachi, northeastern Japan. Steam comes out of debris by a crane device, in green, at the unit, Kyodo reports. The March 11 earthquake off Japan's northeast coast triggered a tsunami that barreled onshore and disabled the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Co. via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - SENDAI, Japan — Japanese and U.S. military ships and helicopters trolled Japan's tsunami-ravaged coastline looking for bodies Friday, part of an all-out search that could be the last chance to find those swept out to sea nearly three weeks ago.

Obama: GOP, Dems close to deal on budget cuts (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, center, is joined by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, as GOP senators call for an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Pushing negotiators to avoid a looming government shutdown, President Barack Obama warned Friday that outcome could be ruinous and said a deal was in sight.

Yemenis hold largest protest yet against leader (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Supporters of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh walk by a tank following a rally supporting Saleh in Sanaa,Yemen, Friday, April 1, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis have packed a main square in the capital and are on the march elsewhere across the nation, demanding the country's ruler of 32 years step down. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital and marched in villages and cities across the nation on Friday in what appeared to be the largest demonstrations in more than a month of demands the country's longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh step down.

Joke's on New England with April Fools' snowstorm (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:41 PM PDT

The tail lights of a car traveling down a road during a spring snowstorm leave a light trail in this 30-second time exposure in Freeport, Maine, Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - An April Fools' storm brought heavy snowfall to parts of New England on Friday, creating a late-season winter wonderland that sent scores of cars sliding off roads, knocked out power for thousands and gave kids a surprise reprieve from school.

Army group says there ARE atheists in foxholes (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:40 PM PDT

In this March 31, 2011 photo, Army Sgt. Justin Griffith sits in front of his Army uniform at home in Fayetteville, N.C. Griffith, an atheist before he joined the Army, decided to become a public advocate for other members of the Army who shared his lack of belief in God. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)AP - The cliche notwithstanding, there are atheists in foxholes. In fact, atheists, agnostics, humanists and other assorted skeptics from the Army's Fort Bragg have formed an organization in a pioneering effort to win recognition and ensure fair treatment for nonbelievers in the overwhelmingly Christian U.S. military.

Sheen kicks off 20-city tour Sat. night in Detroit (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, actor Charlie Sheen is interviewed at an event in Los Angeles. The 45-year-old unemployed actor's 20-city road show kicks off Saturday, April 2, 2011 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - Charlie Sheen has been, duh, winning in the showbiz world for years, starring in top-grossing movies and hit TV shows. He even wrote a book of poetry 20 years ago.

Phillies rally for 3 in 9th to beat Astros (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:27 PM PDT

Philadelphia Phillies' Carlos Ruiz, right, and Wilson Valdez celebrate after John Mayberry Jr.'s game-winning RBI-single off Houston Astros' Brandon Lyon in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 1, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Phillies won 5-4. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Pinch-hitter John Mayberry Jr. lined an RBI single off closer Brandon Lyon that capped a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros 5-4.

Gaddafi forces storm Misrata, rebels offer truce (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:37 AM PDT

A rebel fighter breaks into a dance as he waits for his convoy to move out after refuelling at a staging post on the western outskirts of Ajdabiyah April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Muammar Gaddafi's forces stormed the western rebel outpost of Misrata with tanks and artillery on Friday, a rebel spokesman said, while insurgents marshaled defenses in their eastern heartland.

Employers step up hiring, jobless rate drops (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. employment grew firmly for a second straight month in March and the jobless rate hit a two-year low of 8.8 percent, underscoring a decisive shift in the labor market that should help to underpin the recovery.

Nasdaq, ICE bid to snatch NYSE from Germans (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:08 PM PDT

A cab drives past the NASDAQ market site in New York's Times Square, March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange bid $11.3 billion for NYSE Euronext in an effort to trump Deutsche Boerse's deal, and pushed their case with an appeal to U.S. patriotism.

Japan PM to visit nuclear disaster zone (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT

An overview shows the damage in the interior of reactor No. 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant complex in this still image taken from a March 24, 2011 handout video released to Reuters on April 1, 2011. Japan will take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co, also known as TEPCO, the operator of a stricken nuclear plant, in the face of mounting public concerns over the crisis and a huge potential compensation bill, a local newspaper reported on Friday. TEPCO has come under fire for its handling of the emergency at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, triggered by a March 11 earthquake and tsunami that left more than 27,500 people dead or missing. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/TEPCO Handout via Reuters TVReuters - Japan's prime minister was 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.

Fierce fighting spreads in Ivory Coast showdown (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 11:12 AM PDT

Pro-Ouattara fighters from a group which calls itself the Reuters - Fierce fighting spread across Abidjan on Friday as troops loyal to Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo fended off attacks by forces supporting Alassane Ouattara's rival claim to the presidency.

U.S. says Syria releases two detained Americans (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 11:54 AM PDT

Reuters - Two American citizens who were detained in Syria have been released, the State Department said on Friday as it renewed its criticism of President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on protesters.

Up to 20 U.N. staff killed in north Afghan city (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Afghans chant anti-American slogans as smoke rises from a United Nations compound, during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a U.S. pastor, in Mazar-i- Sharif April 1, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Afghan protesters angered by the burning of a Koran by an obscure U.S. pastor killed up to 20 U.N. staff, beheading two foreigners, when they over-ran a compound in a normally peaceful northern city on Friday in the worst ever attack on the U.N. in Afghanistan.

Syria frees Reuters reporter, photographer missing (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Reuters senior correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi is seen in Amman December 2010. REUTERS/Ali JarekjiReuters - Reuters correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi was released by the Syrian authorities on Friday, three days after he was detained in Damascus.

Libya rebels propose ceasefire, clean up act (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 10:34 AM PDT

The head of Libya's rebel Provisional Transitional Council Mustafa Abdul Jalil has offered to implement a ceasefire with Moamer Kadhafi on condition Kadhafi's forces withdraw from besieged western cities.(AFP/Marc Burleigh)AFP - Libyan rebels proposed a conditional ceasefire on Friday as their fighters did their utmost to shed their rag-tag image in a battle with Moamer Kadhafi's forces for the oil town of Brega.

Gbagbo fights off attacks as pressure mounts to step down (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Millitaimen loyal to Alassane Ouattara walk along a street in Abidjan. Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's cornered strongman Laurent Gbagbo fought off an attack by his rival's army as fighting shook Abidjan Friday and world leaders piled pressure on him to resign.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's cornered strongman Laurent Gbagbo fought off an attack by his rival's army as fighting shook Abidjan Friday and world leaders piled pressure on him to resign.
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