Friday, April 1, 2011

Rebels cheer cracks in Gaddafi rule (Reuters)

Rebels cheer cracks in Gaddafi rule (Reuters)

Rebels cheer cracks in Gaddafi rule (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:52 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates,, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011, to testify before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on military operations in Libya. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Reuters - Rebels cheered the defection of a Libyan minister as a sign that Muammar Gaddafi's rule was crumbling, but U.S. officials warned he was far from beaten and made clear they feared entanglement in another painful war.

Special report: The West's unwanted war in Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:11 AM PDT

Reuters - It is a war that Barack Obama didn't want, David Cameron didn't need, Angela Merkel couldn't cope with and Silvio Berlusconi dreaded.

Japan crisis drags, France wants global nuclear reform (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:37 PM PDT

Five-year-old Ami Matsuya is being tested for possible radiation exposure at an evacuation center in Koriayama, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, March 29, 2011, located about 70 km (44 miles) from the tsunami-crippled nuclear reactor. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Japan's nuclear and humanitarian crisis stretched to three weeks Friday with radiation still leaking from a crippled nuclear power plant, thousands of homeless people struggling to rebuild their lives, and little hope of a quick resolution to either.

Ouattara forces fighting for Gbagbo residence (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:58 AM PDT

A pro-Gbagbo militiaman opens fire in Abidjan. Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, cornered in Abidjan by rival forces, faced being forcibly ousted Friday as he missed a deadline set by recognised leader Alassane Ouattara to cede power.(AFP/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)Reuters - Presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara's forces battled loyalists of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo on Friday after attacking his Abidjan residence and seizing control of Ivory Coast's state television, a Ouattara spokesman said.

Tokyo tiptoes toward normality as disaster effect lingers (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Yoko Hashiguchi and her toddler fled Tokyo after a deadly earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and triggered a nuclear disaster at a power plant 240 km (150 miles) away.

News Trickles Out of Burma's Fishing Disaster (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Time.com - While the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the Burma's northeast killed hundreds this month, a storm that raged off Burma's southern coastline took the lives of thousands of fishermen caught out at sea

Reports: Libyan government envoy was in London (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:57 AM PDT

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen prepares to testify as an anti-war protestor makes her point at the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Gates said Thursday Libya's rag-tag rebels needed training more than guns in their battle against Moamer Kadhafi's army but that other nations should do the job.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - British media say an envoy of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi visited London in the past few days to meet with U.K. authorities.

Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:50 PM PDT

AP - A look at the latest developments in political unrest across the Middle East on Thursday:

Teachers strike fuels unrest in polarized Honduras (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:17 AM PDT

Plainclothes and riot police detain a protester during a general strike in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday March 30, 2011. Union workers, farmers and other organizations demanding better education, an increase in the minimum wage and against fuel price hikes clashed with police as they tried to block many of the capital city's main roads.(AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - The Honduran government wants to impose a law aimed at ensuring the country's frequently striking teachers show up for work the number of days legally required.

US ending its air combat role in Libya (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:47 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on military operations in Libya. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - The Pentagon is about to pull its attack planes out of the international air campaign in Libya, hoping NATO partners can take up the slack.

Japan may inject tax money into TEPCO: reports (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:11 AM PDT

Screengrab taken from a Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces video shows Tokyo Electric Power Co's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japan may inject tax money into the troubled firm to ensure the company stays afloat while grappling with the nation's worst ever nuclear disaster.(AFP/HO/Japanese Self-Defense Force/File)AFP - Japan may inject tax money into troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to ensure the company stays afloat while grappling with the nation's worst ever nuclear disaster, local media said Friday.

Conservatives lead narrows in poll (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's minority Conservative Party's gap over the opposition Liberals narrowed ahead of the May 2 federal election, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Aussie pilots told to 'toughen up, princesses' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Australian pilots Friday raised concerns about how airline Jetstar dealt with complaints about fatigue after an email tabled in a Senate inquiry revealed some crew were told to AFP - Australian pilots Friday raised concerns about how airline Jetstar dealt with complaints about fatigue after an email tabled in a Senate inquiry revealed some crew were told to "toughen up princesses".

Arrest of Guatemala's No. 1 drug-trafficking suspect shows growing US role in region (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:09 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The arrest of Juan Ortiz Lopez, an alleged drug kingpin in Guatemala, may mark the beginning of increased cooperation between the US and Central American nations dogged by increasing drug-related violence.

Security Guard Arrested Near London 2012 Olympic Stadium (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Time.com - With the countdown to the next Olympic Games well underway, a disturbing reminder of the "new normal" has come with a guard being arrested on the suspicion of possessing explosives

Are Russia's reform hints grounded in real change? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:33 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - For the past two years, a small band of pro-democracy activists has gathered at Moscow's downtown Triumph Square on the 31st of every month that has as many days. They brave beatings, arrests, and taunts from massed ranks of riot police to demand their right to freedom of assembly as guaranteed by Article 31 of Russia's Constitution.

Dramatic Conflict Unfolds in Cote d'Ivoire (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:09 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - LONDON, Apr 1 (OneWorld.net) - Months of political stalemate and violent clashes in Cote d'Ivoire appear to be coming to a dramatic head as the forces of Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized president of the country since elections in November, have reached the main city Abidjan and are working their way toward the presidential residence.
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