Sunday, June 5, 2011

Yemen president flies to Saudi for treatment (Reuters)

Yemen president flies to Saudi for treatment (Reuters)

Yemen president flies to Saudi for treatment (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 11:50 PM PDT

Yemeni anti-government protesters shout during a demonstration calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh (defaced poster) in Sanaa. Saleh has refused to give up the power he has held for nearly 33 years despite four months of angry and violent protests against his rule.(AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)Reuters - President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday for medical treatment, pitching Yemen deeper into turmoil after months of protests against his three-decade rule.

Portuguese go to polls as country grapples with bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 04:32 PM PDT

Portugal's Socialist candidate and caretaker Prime Minister Jose Socrates is welcomed by supporters during his last electoral campaign rally in Lisbon June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Jose Manuel RibeiroReuters - Portugal will elect a new government on Sunday which will lead the country through a period of deep austerity and recession after it received a 78-billion-euro ($114 billion) bailout from the European Union and IMF.

U.N.'s Ban to announce candidacy for 2nd term: envoys (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Ban Ki-moon is planning to formally announce his candidacy for a second five-term as U.N. secretary-general early next week, U.N. diplomats said on Saturday.

Syria forces killed 70 protesters Friday: activists (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Syrian forces killed at least 70 protesters Friday, activists said, one of the bloodiest days since the start of an 11-week revolt against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

With Maoists Refusing To Turn Over Their Arms, Nepal Totters On The Edge Of Political Crisis (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:05 AM PDT

Time.com - Nepal's major parties have hammered out a last-minute deal to save the Constituent Assembly. But six years after the end of a bitter civil war, the country's divisions still remain raw.

Eyeing EU, NATO, Macedonia votes in snap polls (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:58 AM PDT

A girl walks past election posters of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party showing Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in downtown Skopje. Macedonia is staging a snap election to hand a new government the task of tackling a 30 percent unemployment rate and speed up its goal of European Union membership, stalled by a name row with Greece.(AFP/Robert Atanasovski)AFP - Macedonians voted Sunday in early general elections that many hope will speed up the country's goal of European Union membership and NATO entry, stalled by a name row with Greece.

Wounded leader leaves Yemen, deepening chaos (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:21 AM PDT

An elderly anti-government protestor, left, shouts slogans along with other demonstrators during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, June 4, 2011. Five top members of the government were sent to Saudi Arabia for treatment of wounds they suffered in a rebel rocket attack on the presidential palace, the official government news agency reported Saturday. President Ali Abdullah Saleh was slightly injured. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Yemen's embattled president flew to Saudi Arabia for urgent medical care after he was wounded by a rocket attack on his palace, raising the specter of a violent power grab in this impoverished country shaken by months of protests calling for his ouster. It was not immediately clear who was in charge.

Acrobat, mom reenact fatal Puerto Rico wire walk (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:23 PM PDT

Nik Wallenda, a circus high-wire daredevil and the seventh generation of the Flying Wallendas circus family, wipes the sweat from his forehead as he walks across a 300-foot-long wire suspended 100 feet in the air between two towers of the Conrad Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday June 4, 2011. Nik's great-grandfather, the German-born Karl Wallenda, tried to perform the same feat in 1978 but fell to his death at age 73. Nik and his mother Delilah Wallenda commemorated the famous family patriarch by successfully completing the same stunt simultaneously Saturday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)AP - Two members of a famed acrobatic family commemorated patriarch Karl Wallenda on Saturday by completing the stunt that killed him, walking between two towers of a seaside hotel on a wire 100 feet (31 meters) above the ground, without a net.

Egypt says about to conclude $3 billion IMF accord (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:54 AM PDT

Reuters - Finance Minister Samir Radwan said on Sunday Egypt was about to conclude a $3 billion standby financing arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but was still working out some of the terms.

Malaysia Obedient Wives Club promotes marital sex (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:00 AM PDT

In this picture taken Saturday, June 4, 2011, Malaysian Muslim Ishak Md Nor, second from right, 40, and his two wives, Aishah Abdul Ghafar, left, 40, and Afiratul Abidah Mohd Hanan, 25, who are members of the 'Obedient Wife Club,' pose with their children after the club's launch in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A Malaysian Muslim group has launched the 'Obedient Wives Club' to teach women to be submissive and keep their spouses happy in the bedroom as a cure to social ills. (AP Photo)AP - As a new bride, 22-year-old Ummu Atirah believes she knows the secret to a blissful marriage: obey her husband and ensure he is sexually satisfied.

U.S. oks restart of Keystone pipeline (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:52 PM PDT

Reuters - TransCanada Corp can restart its Keystone oil pipeline on Sunday, after the company satisfied a series of safety conditions following leaks that idled the key export line twice in less than a month, the U.S. pipeline safety regulator said on Saturday.

Thousands rally in Australia for carbon tax (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 11:40 PM PDT

Thousands of Australians rallied around the nation on Sunday to support a tax on the carbon emissions blamed for global warming, as a new report outlined the risks of climate change for sea levels. The rallies came as Climate Change Minister Greg Combet (pictured) released a new report outlining the potential impact of global warming by 2100 based on a sea level rise of 1.1 metres (3.6 feet).(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)AFP - Thousands of Australians rallied around the nation on Sunday to support a tax on the carbon emissions blamed for global warming, as a new report outlined the risks of climate change for sea levels.

Atheist confab in Ireland comes as Europe confronts religion in public life (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:51 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - This weekend, about 350 conventioneers descend on Dublin to discuss matters of faith and its place in public life. It's not a meeting of the Catholic Church hierarchy, but the first World Atheist Convention.

In Yemen's Confused Capital: The City of the Invisible President (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:05 AM PDT

Time.com - The fighting between tribal militia and regime loyalists continues to pound the capital even as Saudi intervention and Saleh's departure are the talk of the town

Yemen's Saleh injured in escalating violence as residents scurry for shelter (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Updated at 4:00 p.m. ET with news of Saleh's radio address.
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