Friday, July 22, 2011

Libya's Gaddafi rules out talks (Reuters)

Libya's Gaddafi rules out talks (Reuters)

Libya's Gaddafi rules out talks (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Libyan medics wheel an injured rebel fighter at a field hospital near Misrata's western front line, July 20, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ruled out on Thursday talks with the rebels seeking to end his 41-year-rule, casting doubt on a flurry of Western efforts to negotiate an end to a deepening civil conflict.

Canada court rules against China's most wanted man (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 07:41 PM PDT

Lai Changxing, who has been called China's most wanted fugitive, listens to a translator during a news conference in Vancouver, British Columbia September 18, 2007. REUTERS/Andy ClarkReuters - A Canadian court cleared the way on Thursday for the extradition of China's most wanted man, dismissing concerns that he could be tortured or executed back home.

Two Koreas meet to discuss nuclear issue (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:33 AM PDT

Wi Sung-lac (R), South Korea's nuclear envoy, and Ri Yong-ho, North Korea's vice foreign minister who handles nuclear diplomacy, shake hands during their meeting at a hotel in Nusa Dua, Bali July 22, 2011. The nuclear envoys of South and North Korea met on the sidelines of an Asian forum in Bali on Friday, an official in Seoul said, in the first high level contact since tensions spiked on the Korean peninsula last year. REUTERS/Kim Ju-Seong/Yonhap (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. 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 CLIENTSReuters - The nuclear envoys of South and North Korea met on the sidelines of an Asian forum in Bali on Friday, an official in Seoul said, in the first high level contact since tensions spiked on the Korean peninsula last year.

Musharraf says Pakistan not complicit on bin Laden (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:59 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan's exiled former President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that "absolute negligence and not complicity" was behind his country's Osama bin Laden fiasco and Washington and Islamabad must put that episode behind them and rebuild trust.

Analysis: Struggling Indian economy hardens case to end policy (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:20 PM PDT

An employee sits outside a flour mill in the Ralegan Siddhi village, located in the Ahmednagar district about 250km (155 miles) south east of Mumbai June 17, 2011. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - India is nearing the end of its credit tightening cycle, as 10 interest rate increases since March 2010 exact a toll on growth in a once-roaring economy, making Tuesday's expected rate rise potentially the last for the near future.

Illegal Parking in Crime-Plagued Naples? There's a Google Map for That (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:10 AM PDT

Time.com - Aimed at assisting police in tracking down those running Naples' infamous racket of illegal parking, a new Google maps page may be more useful for those desperate for a spot

FTSE up 0.49% at open (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:27 AM PDT

London stocks firmed at the start of trading on Friday in the wake of a eurozone debt deal, with the benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.49 percent to 5,928.64 points. Share prices had already closed sharply higher on Thursday as news of the eurozone debt deal offered the hope of finally taming a crisis which has roiled markets for months.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - London stocks firmed at the start of trading on Friday in the wake of a eurozone debt deal, with the benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.49 percent to 5,928.64 points.

Libya rebels: Brega oil installations boobytrapped (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:51 PM PDT

Mahmoud Jibril, executive bureau chairman of the transitional national council in Libya, left, speaks with Spain's Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez, right, during a meeting in Madrid, Spain, Thursday July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)AP - Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi's troops have boobytrapped petroleum installations in the strategic oil port of Brega so they can be blown up if his regime loses the town, a top rebel official said Thursday.

From Cuba, Venezuela's Chavez governs via Twitter (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 01:06 AM PDT

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is using Twitter as a tool to govern remotely while he undergoes cancer treatment in Cuba.

Malawi: 14 dead, US and UK condemn violence (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:47 AM PDT

AP - Police say 14 people have now died, and dozens more have been wounded in violent anti-government demonstrations across Malawi.

China considers ordaining 7 more bishops amid rift (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 01:10 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, a village woman shows a leaflet with a picture of Bishop Guo Jincai, which was distributed by worshipers after the bishop ordination ceremony at the Pingquan Church in Chengde city, northeastern Hebei province, China. The state-run China Daily newspaper reported Friday, July 22, 2011, China's state-controlled Catholic church is preparing to ordain seven more bishops in spite of a deepening rift with the Vatican over the recent ordinations lacking papal approval. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's state-controlled Catholic church is considering ordaining seven more bishops, a senior official said Friday, in spite of a deepening rift with the Vatican over recent elevations lacking papal approval.

Canada court rules against China's most wanted man (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Reuters - The Federal Court of Canada cleared the way on Thursday for the extradition of China's most wanted man, dismissing concerns that he could be tortured or executed back home.

News Corp TV takeover blow in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:50 AM PDT

The mastheads of News Corp owned newspapers are displayed above a news agents in Melbourne on July 15, 2011. Embattled News Corp. suffered a fresh setback on Friday when Australian competition regulators said its bid to expand its pay-TV operation in the country raised AFP - Embattled News Corp. suffered a fresh setback on Friday when Australian competition regulators said its bid to expand its pay-TV operation in the country raised "significant" monopoly issues.

Egypt's military rulers ban foreign election observers (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:27 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Egyptian rights activists are raising strong concerns after the country's military rulers banned international observers for the first elections of the post-Mubarak era.

The New Euro Plan: Is Greek Bailout 2.0 The Real Deal? (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:10 AM PDT

Time.com - Eurozone leaders seem plenty pleased with their latest bid to ease Greece's financial troubles, and they do have reason to be. But does it move far enough past their last attempt to do any good?

Malawi riots spread as president blames Britain, IMF for economic woes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:08 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As riots across Malawi continued for a second day, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika blamed opposition demonstrators for igniting violence that has left at least 10 dead and 45 injured.

Security Council won't take stand on climate change (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 02:27 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 (IPS) - The United Nations Security Council failed to reach agreement on a non-binding statement Wednesday asserting that climate change should be recognised as an international peace and security issue.
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