Sunday, July 24, 2011

Workers search for survivors after China train crash kills 35 (Reuters)

Workers search for survivors after China train crash kills 35 (Reuters)

Workers search for survivors after China train crash kills 35 (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Rescue workers on Sunday dug through the tangled wreckage of two trains that crashed in eastern China, killing at least 35 and injuring 210 in China's deadliest train disaster since 2008.

Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran: report (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Reuters - An Iranian physicist was shot dead by a motorcyclist in Tehran on Saturday and Iran's student news agency ISNA quoted an unnamed police official as saying the man was a nuclear scientist.

Blasts rock Tripoli, Libya state TV says NATO strikes (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:14 PM PDT

Libyans carry the coffin of one of the rebels killed during fighting with loyalist troops, after prayers at Revolution Square in Benghazi. NATO-led warplanes struck the Libyan capital early on Saturday, with the alliance saying they hit a military command centre and Moamer Kadhafi's regime saying that civilians were targeted.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)Reuters - Explosions rocked the Libyan capital early on Sunday, Reuters witnesses said, sending a giant plume of smoke into the air.

Norway gunman deems killings "atrocious,"necessary" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 12:12 AM PDT

Reuters - A Norwegian right-wing fanatic who killed at least 92 people believes his acts were atrocious but necessary, his lawyer said, as the nation mourned victims of its worst attacks since World War Two.

Senior North Korean diplomat set to visit U.S.: report (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:51 PM PDT

In this March 9, 2011 photo, a photograph of Kim Il Sung hangs on a wall next to a light made from a grenade inside an exhibit, made to look like underground bunkers used during the resistance against the Japanese occupation, at the war museum in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)Reuters - A high-ranking North Korean diplomat plans to visit New York later this week for talks with United States officials, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Sunday.

A Killer in Paradise: Inside the Norway Attacks (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The need for community to gather and console one another in a moment of collective shock and pain, was Anders Behring Breivik's most insidious weapon in the arsenal he carried onto the tiny island Utoeya

Britain will defend its interests says Osborne (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:58 PM PDT

French Finance Minister Francois Baroin (L) speaks with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne before an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters. Britain will defend its interests as the eurozone rallies to fight rising debt tensions, Osborne said Sunday.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Britain will defend its interests as the eurozone rallies to fight rising debt tensions, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said Sunday.

Car bombs kills 8 soldiers in Yemen (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 12:42 AM PDT

Iraq's Younis Mahmoud, right, and Yemen's Mohamed al-Emari, left, battles for the ball during their World Cup qualifying match in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Iraq's national soccer team defeated Yemen, 2-0, in the first round of 2014 World Cup qualifiers. In February, FIFA ruled that Yemen's capital Sanaa was unsafe to host games due to the ongoing political protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (AP Photo/Ceerwan Aziz)AP - Security officials say a car bomb has killed at least eight army soldiers and wounded scores in Yemen's coastal city of Aden.

Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba after chemo (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:48 PM PDT

In this photo released by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez arrives at the airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Chavez made an unannounced return to Venezuela on Saturday night after spending a week in Cuba undergoing chemotherapy, saying that he expects a series of additional cancer treatments will take time. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he soldiered through his first week of chemotherapy in Cuba with only minor discomfort but that a long process of additional treatment lies ahead as he confronts cancer.

Springboks look for positives after Wallaby drubbing (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:59 PM PDT

Gio Aplon of South Africa (2nd L) breaks clear against Australia's Wallabies during their Tri-Nations rugby union match in Sydney, on July 23. Wallabies won 39-20.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - New Zealand will be favourites to win the World Cup whatever happens beforehand as injury-hit South Africa put their Tri-Nations title on the line next weekend, Springboks skipper John Smit said.

Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills soldier in NW (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 12:36 AM PDT

Canada's Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, pictured in 2010, said Canada had arrested a suspected Pakistani war criminal, the second such arrest made since the government listed 30 foreigners actively sought on Canadian soil.(AFP/File)AP - A government official says a suicide bomber has blown himself up at an army checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing one soldier and wounding two others.

Australia says Malaysia deal stopping boatpeople (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Protesters march during a rally to highlight their solidarity with refugees. Australia said Sunday it wanted asylum seekers it sent to Malaysia to be treated fairly, but refused to confirm a report that they would be granted the right to work.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia said Sunday it wanted asylum seekers it sent to Malaysia to be treated fairly, but refused to confirm a report that they would be granted the right to work.

In Norway, a sense of bewilderment and vows to stand together (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:13 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Norway continued to reel today as the country, know for its low-crime rates and mild-mannered politics, sought to come to grips with the largest attack on its soil since World War II.

Why the Formerly Trapped Chilean Miners Are Suing Their Government (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The administration of President PiÑera championed the miners' cause during their ordeal underground, but it has done little to enforce safety regulations that could have prevented the disaster

Norway attacks: Police question gunman in 'very difficult' investigation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Norwegian police said the man arrested in connection with Friday’s deadly bombing in Oslo and shooting on a small island is cooperating to some extent with authorities. But they added that their investigation into the attacks, which left 92 dead and a swath of downtown Oslo shattered, is slow going.
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