Monday, July 4, 2011

Tourist boat capsizes off Mexico's Baja peninsula (Reuters)

Tourist boat capsizes off Mexico's Baja peninsula (Reuters)


Tourist boat capsizes off Mexico's Baja peninsula (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:03 AM PDT

Reuters - A small boat with 44 mostly American tourists on board sank off Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday and 23 people were still missing after rescuers pulled half of the passengers from the water.

Gaddafi can stay in Libya if he quits: rebel chief (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:37 AM PDT

A truck belonging to Libyan rebel fighters is seen filled with ammunition at a checkpoint in Bir Ayyad July 1, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief said in the clearest concession the rebels have so far offered. REUTERS/Anis MiliReuters - Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief said in the clearest concession the rebels have so far offered.


Tanks pull back from Hama, 2 killed in Damascus suburb (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:29 PM PDT

An Arab demonstrator holds a Syrian flag in a demonstration to protest the military crackdown in Syria, in downtown Sao Paulo July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)Reuters - Syrian tanks deployed at the entrances to the city of Hama Sunday but later pulled back, residents said, two days after it saw the largest protest against President Bashar al-Assad since an uprising began three months ago.


Egypt gas pipeline to Israel hit by explosion (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 06:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Saboteurs blew up a pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan Monday, forcing a shutdown in the flow of gas, Egyptian security sources said.

South Korean kills 4 fellow soldiers in shooting spree (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:09 AM PDT

Reuters - A South Korean marine went on a shooting spree on Monday at a base near the tense maritime border with North Korea, killing four fellow soldiers before trying to blow himself up with a grenade, officials and media reports said.

Why Egypt's New Religious Freedoms Are Raising Concerns (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:35 AM PDT

Time.com - Many of Egypt's liberals and secularists who helped lead the February revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak's 30-year reign now fear that at least some of their newfound freedoms may be backfiring

Japanese man admits Hawker killing (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:57 AM PDT

The family of slain 22-year-old British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, father Bill Hawker (C), mother Julia (L) and sister Lisa arrive at Chiba District Court in Chiba, suburban Tokyo, on July 4, 2011, for the first hearing in the trial of the man charged with Lindsay's murder Tatsuya Ichihashi.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - A Japanese man accused of raping and murdering British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, whose battered body was found in a sand-filled bathtub, on Monday admitted the killing but said it was accidental.


Lebanon bloc urges arrests in Hariri killing (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:07 AM PDT

Lebanese women pass by a giant portrait of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri near his grave, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday June 30, 2011. A U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri delivered an indictment and four arrest warrants Thursday, the latest turn in a case that has transformed the Arab nation and brought down the government earlier this year. The names of the accused were not released, but the court has been expected to accuse members of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Lebanon's pro-Western political faction has called on the government to respect an international tribunal calling for the arrest of four Hezbollah members in the assassination of a former prime minister.


Mexico voters choose governor, give hints for 2012 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:01 PM PDT

A cyclist rides past a mural for Eruviel Avila, candidate for governor of the state of Mexico for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Toluca, Saturday, July 2, 2011. Mexico will hold regional elections in four states on July 3. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - There's more at stake than picking a governor as voters go to the polls Sunday in the state of Mexico, with 15 million people the country's most populous state and a bellwether for next year's presidential election.


Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:40 PM PDT

AP - Unidentified assailants blew up the Egyptian pipeline that carries gas to Israel and Jordan early on Monday, starting a fire and disrupting the flow of the gas, security officials said.

Pakistani Muslims condemn US gay rights meeting (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

Pakistani guards of an entertainment park, sleep on a bed next to the site  on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A group of conservative Islamic political and religious officials has condemned a meeting by the U.S. Embassy supporting gay rights in Pakistan as "cultural terrorism" against the country.


Royals' Quebec visit appears to be winning gamble (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Anti-monarchist protesters failed to disrupt the visit of Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate to Quebec, which was the most politically sensitive portion of their Canadian royal tour.

Tiger Airways chiefs in Australia for crisis talks (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:27 AM PDT

A Tiger Airways plane sits idle at Melbourne Airport as the airline's senior executives hold crisis talks with aviation regulators in Melbourne on July 4, 2011.(AFP/William West)AFP - Senior Tiger Airways executives were to hold crisis talks with aviation regulators in Australia Monday as the budget carrier attempts to allay safety fears and return to the skies.


Why France Lags Behind New York in Recognizing Gay Marriage (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:35 AM PDT

Time.com - Trailing other Western European countries -- and several U.S. States -- in gay rights laws, France has again opted against legalizing gay marriage. Still, same-sex French couples are increasingly making sure civil union ceremonies seem like a wedding

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