Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Gaddafi would go in exchange for security: report (Reuters)

Gaddafi would go in exchange for security: report (Reuters)

Gaddafi would go in exchange for security: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:24 AM PDT

Reuters - A Russian newspaper said Tuesday that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was willing to give up power in exchange for security guarantees, citing a high-level Russian official.

Japan reconstruction minister quits in fresh blow to PM (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Beleaguered Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan took another blow on Tuesday when his reconstruction minister resigned after barely a week in the job over criticism for remarks that offended victims of the March earthquake and tsunami.

Tanks surround Syrian city of Hama after protests (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:46 PM PDT

Turkish soldiers patrol on the Turkish side of Turkish-Syrian border as people wait to cross into Turkey in a rural area on the Syrian side of the border zone near the Turkish village of Guvecci, 50 km (31 miles) from Hatay city centre, June 30, 2011. REUTERS/Osman OrsalReuters - Syrian tanks surrounded Hama on Tuesday, residents and activists said, threatening a large-scale assault on the city after the biggest protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Jockeying starts for posts in new Thai government (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:35 AM PDT

Puea Thai Party's Yingluck Shinawatra (C) arrives to attend a news conference on the formation of her coalition in Bangkok July 4, 2011. Yingluck on Monday announced the formation of a five-party coalition led by her Puea Thai Party, a day after her stunning election victory, which will control about 60 percent of parliament. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangReuters - Thailand's Prime Minister-elect Yingluck Shinawatra said on Tuesday it was too early to decide on her new cabinet as intense jockeying for posts started and investors expressed concern her populist policies would fuel inflation and see rates rise.

Fukushima residents dump radiated soil in absence of plan (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:32 PM PDT

File photo of a Japanese defense soldier walking on through the March 11 tsunami debris and destruction in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture. Ryu Matsumoto, has resigned as disaster reconstruction minister after he caused an outcry by giving a rough dressing-down before television cameras to the leader of a tsunami-hit region because he showed up to a meeting a few minutes late.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)Reuters - They scoop up soil from their gardens and dump it in holes dug out in parks and nearby forests, scrub their roofs with soap and refuse to let their children play outside.

Mexico's Old Ruling Party Scores a Youthful Resurrection (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:55 PM PDT

Time.com - As President Felipe CalderÓn flails away at the drug war, the PRI resurrects itself with a stunning victory in the country's most populous state

Cameron's Afghan trip marred by soldier death (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:46 AM PDT

A soldier from 2 Para stands nearby a Union Flag at Lashkar Gah base in Afghanistan. Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to scrap part of a visit to the war-torn nation intended to hail improved security after a soldier went missing and was later found dead.(AFP/Pool/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to scrap part of a visit to Afghanistan intended to hail improved security after a soldier went missing and was later found dead.

Rocket hits Baghdad's Green Zone, kills 4 Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:34 AM PDT

A US soldiers take part in a naturalisation ceremony at the al-Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory. Iraq's government has said it will not reconcile with members of Al-Qaeda or anyone who has killed Iraqis, but suggested it was open to talks with those who had fought American forces.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Iraqi officials say a late night rocket attack on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone has killed four Iraqis and wounded 10.

Chavez gets hero's welcome after cancer surgery (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez raises a fist as he holds a copy of a Venezuelan newspaper at the Maiquetia Airport near Caracas, Venezuela, Monday July 4, 2011. Chavez returned to Venezuela from Cuba on Monday morning, stepping off a plane hours before dawn and saying he is feeling better as he recovers from surgery that removed a cancerous tumor. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)AP - President Hugo Chavez received a hero's welcome as he rallied thousands of supporters upon his return to Venezuela, vowing to beat cancer after undergoing surgery in Cuba.

UAE pledges $3 billion in assistance to Egypt (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:18 AM PDT

File photo of UAE president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan who has AFP - The United Arab Emirates has pledged $3 billion in financial assistance to Egypt during a visit to the oil-rich Gulf state by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, state media said.

General Motors says 1H China sales up 5.3 pct (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:59 AM PDT

The Chrysler logo is seen on the front of a brand new Chrysler vehicle at a Chrysler dealership. US automakers posted big sales gains in June amid strong demand for their more fuel-efficient vehicles, with Chrysler sales jumping 30 percent, Ford up 14 percent and General Motors up 10 percent.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP - General Motors Co. says its ventures in China sold a record 1.27 million vehicles in China in the first half of the year, though growth slowed sharply from the double-digit pace of recent years.

Detroit automakers log strong sales in June (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Detroit-based automakers reported higher Canadian sales last month, led by Ford Motor Co of Canada, which said on Monday that demand for fuel-efficient cars helped it record its best June in 22 years.

Australian PM in Afghan pledge after troop death (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:50 PM PDT

Australian soldiers are seen in southern Uruzgan province in 2010. An Australian soldier has been shot in the head and killed during an encounter with insurgents in southern Afghanistan, defence chief David Hurley said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard insisted Tuesday that progress was being made in Afghanistan despite the death of another Australian soldier during an encounter with insurgents.

Cle Ross is bringing youth baseball back to an inner city (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:55 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It's a warm summer evening in Kansas City, Kan., and Cle Ross is surveying the scene at Heathwood Park, a modest but well-kept baseball field owned by the city.

China's Answer to Anthony Weiner: A New Wave of Digital Political Sex Scandals (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:55 PM PDT

Time.com - It's not just the disgraced former New York Congressman: philanderingChinese politicians are being caught out online too. Exposed in naked chatrooms and saucy blogs, they remind Chinese of...Bill Clinton

90 years of China's Communist Party: from secret society to 'harmonious society' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 08:10 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Three days before she was to be admitted as a full member of the Chinese Communist Party in early June, graduate economics student Li Yingzi was blunt about her reasons for wanting to join the ruling party.

SOUTH AFRICA: Government gets lowest rating on xenophobia (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:18 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, 4 July (IRIN) - In a week that saw two Somali traders shot dead in Cape Town and two more in Port Elizabeth, the South African government's handling of xenophobia received the lowest possible rating in a report by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Monitoring Project.
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