Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Special Report: Defiance in Thailand's "red shirt villages" (Reuters)

Special Report: Defiance in Thailand's "red shirt villages" (Reuters)

Special Report: Defiance in Thailand's "red shirt villages" (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:12 AM PDT

Reuters - Its brilliant green rice paddies, thatched-roof huts and overgrown jungle resemble most rural villages in northeast Thailand. But the red sign looming over a quiet dusty road in the community of Nong Hu Ling is something different.

Explosions in Tripoli, rebels seize Libyan town (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:23 PM PDT

A Libyan fireman looks at the damage of a shoe warehouse which was hit by Grad rockets fired by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi at Misrata's western front line, about 25 kilometers from the city centre June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Loud explosions shook Tripoli early on Tuesday morning in what appeared to be stepped up NATO air strikes on the Libyan capital, and rebel forces seized a town in the west, driving out Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

Syria to send in army after 120 troops killed (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Syrian forces fought gunmen in battles that left more than 120 members of the security forces dead, state television said in the first report of large-scale armed clashes in the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Egyptians honor activist whose death sparked revolt (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:23 PM PDT

A protester holds a picture of the late activist Khaled Said during a demonstration against police brutality on Said's death anniversary in Cairo June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets on Monday and stood in silence in memory of activist Khaled Said, beaten to death outside an Internet cafe exactly a year ago by two police officers in the coastal city Alexandria.

After Tensions with North, South Korea Ponders Its 63-Year-Old Draft (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:05 AM PDT

Time.com - A national duty and, in theory, an equalizer in a nation with a growing income gap, South Korea's mandatory military service has become an issue of much debate following last year's sinking of the Cheonan Navy vessel

Libyan woman who claimed rape arrives in Romania (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:58 AM PDT

AP - The U.N. refugee agency says a Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has arrived in Romania.

Iranian navy sends submarines to Red Sea (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:41 AM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Mohammad Aliabadi speaks during a ceremony to take the oath to become Iran's caretaker oil minister at the Oil Ministry in Tehran June 6, 2011. Aliabadi, the man President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad put in charge of the Oil Ministry less than a week ago, will represent Iran at Wednesday's OPEC meeting in Vienna, the Oil Ministry said on its website on Monday. REUTERS/Younes Khani/Mehrnews (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - An Iranian semi-official news agency says the country has sent submarines to the Red Sea in the first such deployment by Iran's navy in distant waters.

Drugs on Virgin Islands boat nets US man 5 years (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 08:21 PM PDT

AP - An American boat captain has been sentenced to five years in prison in the British Virgin Islands for his drug-smuggling conviction.

Libya FM in China, as Beijing talks to rebels (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:04 AM PDT

File photo shows Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelati al-Obeidi in Tripoli. the North African politician will visit China this week, the government said Tuesday, after Chinese diplomats held more talks with rebels looking to wrest power from the oil-rich nation's leader Moamer Kadhafi.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - Libya's foreign minister will visit China this week, the government said Tuesday, after Chinese diplomats held more talks with rebels looking to wrest power from the oil-rich nation's leader Moamer Kadhafi.

Death toll from Indonesia ship accident rises to 28 (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:56 AM PDT

Rescuers search a capsized ferry off Kota Baru in South Kalimantan province. Rescuers on Tuesday plucked 10 more bodies from the waters after the passenger ship capsized off Indonesia's Borneo island, raising the death toll from the accident to 28, an official said.(AFP)AFP - Rescuers on Tuesday plucked 10 more bodies from the waters after a passenger ship capsized off Indonesia's Borneo island, raising the death toll from the accident to 28, an official said.

Government charts return to balanced budgets (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:15 PM PDT

Reuters - The government unveiled a budget on Monday that reasserted its aim to make Canada the first Group of Seven industrialized country to return to balanced books.

Husband of children's author on student sex trial (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:38 AM PDT

A van carrying prisoners is seen near a Sydney courthouse. The husband of children's author Mem Fox has gone on trial on four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, including allegations he had sex with a male student when he was a teacher.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - The husband of children's author Mem Fox went on trial Tuesday on four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, including allegations he had sex with a male student when he was a teacher.

Taiwan computer makers plot against Apple (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:01 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It’s the Disney of computer shows. The possibility of something once thought impossible coming true hangs above the maze of gaudy booths and dazzling displays of electronic gadgetry slated for to go on sale in the second half of the year.

In Libya, American Shares Military Expertise with Rebels (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:05 AM PDT

Time.com - Former U.S. reserve intelligence officer Jerry Erwin shares basic combat techniques with young recruits, but not all of their superiors are happy with his presence

IMF gives Egypt $3 billion loan. Is it enough? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:21 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The International Monetary Fund has extended to Egypt a $3 billion loan in an attempt to help the country control its ballooning deficit.

Oxfam charts brave new world of activism (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 07:56 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - LONDON, June 6 (OneWorld.net) - A campaign to end global hunger launched in over 40 countries last week by the international aid agency, Oxfam, may signal new levels of ambition for movements pursuing social and environmental reform.
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