Thursday, June 9, 2011

Western, Arab talks to focus on Libya "end-game" (Reuters)

Western, Arab talks to focus on Libya "end-game" (Reuters)

Western, Arab talks to focus on Libya "end-game" (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:28 PM PDT

Smoke rises after a grad rocket exploded near a rebel fighter position on the outskirts of Zlitan near Misrata's western front line, some 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from the city centre June 8, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Western and Arab nations meet in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to focus on what one U.S. official called the "end-game" for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi as NATO once again stepped up the intensity of its air raids on Tripoli.

More than 1,000 Syrians enter Turkey: agency (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:01 AM PDT

Reuters - A total of 1,050 people have crossed the border from Syria to Turkey in the last 24 hours, state-run Anatolian news agency said on Thursday, marking a sharp acceleration in numbers fleeing unrest in Syria.

Insurgents shoot dead nine wedding guests in Afghan east (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Insurgents shot dead nine wedding guests and wounded five more in Afghanistan's turbulent east, local officials said on Thursday, the latest attack on revelers who engage in what militants say is un-Islamic activity.

Fighting turns southern Yemen town into "hell" (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Armed guards walk inside the house of Yemeni tribal leader Sadeq al-Ahmar in Sanaa, June 7, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Bodies lay in the streets of a southern Yemeni town Wednesday as government forces battled Islamist militants, a local official said, underscoring the gravity of Yemen's multiple conflicts.

China says no expiry date on Communist Party rule (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:49 PM PDT

Reuters - China's Communist Party sees no reason why it cannot stay in power indefinitely, having made the nation into the envy of the world with its economic success, one of the Party's top official historians said on Thursday.

How Dominique Strauss-Kahn Could Salvage His Political Career (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:20 AM PDT

Time.com - His run at the French presidency is dead before it even began, but under the right circumstances, the shamed IMF chief could win back the French public's affections

Official: 1,600 Syrian refugees now in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:35 AM PDT

AP - A Turkish official says 1,000 Syrians crossed into Turkey overnight, raising the total number of refugees in the country to 1,600.

AP Exclusive: Hamas considers hands-off approach (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:18 AM PDT

AP - After four years of turbulent rule in the Gaza Strip, the Islamic militant group Hamas is weighing a new strategy of not directly participating in future governments even if it wins elections — an approach aimed at avoiding isolation by the world community and allowing for continued economic aid.

Teen survives being shot, dangled from bridge (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Mexican poet Javier Sicilia kisses the hand of a woman in the town of Camargo, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua after the arrival of the peace caravan June 8, 2011. Hundreds of Mexicans began a week-long procession through Mexico on Saturday to protest the country's bloody drug war, led by Sicilia, a crusading poet whose son was murdered by suspected cartel hitmen. Human rights activists and families of victims of violence formed a peace caravan and piled into 13 buses and more than two dozen cars to set out on a 12-state tour that will end in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's most violent drug war city on the U.S. border. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)AP - A kicking, screaming teenager with a gunshot wound was found dangling from a rope over a busy highway Wednesday in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. Police said another man alongside him was dead by the time rescuers arrived and a third was found dead below.

Kadhafi ordered mass rapes in Libya: ICC (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Picture taken on a government guided tour. A Libyan soldier stands on top of a destroyed building in Tripoli as NATO warplanes pounded the Libyan capital. Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of sex drugs to encourage troops to attack women, the chief ICC prosecutor said.(AFP/Imed Lamloum)AFP - Investigators have evidence Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of sex drugs to encourage troops to attack women, the chief ICC prosecutor said.

Dalai Lama says China is not his enemy (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:31 AM PDT

AP - The Dalai Lama, who has pushed without success for more autonomy for his native Tibet for decades, told reporters Thursday that China is not his enemy but that some hardline Communists are.

Inspired Bruins blank Canucks, even Stanley Cup (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:04 PM PDT

Reuters - The inspired Boston Bruins continued to punish the Vancouver Canucks for a vicious hit that knocked Nathan Horton out of the Stanley Cup final, rolling to a 4-0 win on Wednesday that leveled the series at two games each.

Australian camels could be shot to curb methane (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:15 AM PDT

AP - Marksmen could be paid to slaughter Australia's vast population of methane-belching camels that roam the Outback as part of an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

How Estonians became pioneering cyberdefenders (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:12 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Ahead of spring elections, Agu Kivimägi was tasked with trying to ensure that online voting in Estonia wasn't vulnerable to attack. Its pioneering system of casting national ballots via the Internet would be a hacker's prize target.

Bankers See a Bonanza in Post-Gaddafi Libya (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:20 AM PDT

Time.com - If the regime is replaced by a stable and inclusive political order, Libya could become a regional economic powerhouse

Leaked document casts doubt on impartiality of Khmer Rouge judges (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:27 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As an international tribunal prepares to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to trial beginning June 27, a confidential document obtained by The Christian Science Monitor raises questions about the UN-backed court̢۪s ability to independently prosecute members of the brutal regime.
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