News 1st Look: U.N. council mulls resolution on Syria

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

U.N. council mulls resolution on Syria

U.N. council mulls resolution on Syria
Gadhafi loyalists launch new Misrata push
Tons of fresh produce trashed in Germany
Yemen's injured president getting better, embassy says
Officials end recovery of Air France crash victims
Greek police arrest suspected FBI hacker
At least 20 killed as torrential rains hit Haiti
Van der Sloot to appear in Peruvian court
Japan's suicide rate hits 2-year high

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:04 PM PDT

The four European members of the U.N. Security Council took the lead in presenting a revamped resolution to the United Nations condemning Syria for its crackdown on peaceful anti-government demonstrators. HOW WILL CRISIS UNFOLD? |

Gadhafi loyalists launch new Misrata push

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi launched a new attack on the rebel-held city of Misrata on Wednesday. Anti-government forces report intense shelling from three sides of the city. FULL STORY | DEFIANT GADHAFI

Tons of fresh produce trashed in Germany

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:15 AM PDT

Fruit and vegetable company Werder Frucht has to bring in additional workers these days or risk falling behind. But the workers are not busy selling the company's tomatoes: they are busy throwing red, ripe produce in the trash.

Yemen's injured president getting better, embassy says

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Yemen's injured president "continues to improve" after he was hurt in a strike Friday at the mosque in the presidential compound in Sanaa, the Yemeni Embassy in Washington said Wednesday.

Officials end recovery of Air France crash victims

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:25 AM PDT

The operation to recover bodies from the crash of Air France 447, which plunged into the Atlantic Ocean two years ago, has ended, French air accident investigators announced Wednesday.

Greek police arrest suspected FBI hacker

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:32 AM PDT

Greek police arrested an 18-year-old suspected of having hacked into the electronic systems of the FBI and Interpol, they announced Wednesday.

At least 20 killed as torrential rains hit Haiti

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:30 AM PDT

At least 20 people in greater Port-au-Prince died due to torrential rains that hit Haiti, the country's civil protection department said Tuesday.

Van der Sloot to appear in Peruvian court

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:54 PM PDT

Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the killing of a young woman in a Peruvian hotel room who has also been linked to the disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba, will appear in court Wednesday morning.