Monday, August 1, 2011

Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in Hama (Reuters)

Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in Hama (Reuters)

Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in Hama (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:04 PM PDT

A giant Syrian flag is held by the crowd during a protest against President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in the city centre of Hama July 29, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrians began the Muslim Ramadan fast in somber mood on Monday after troops stormed into Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre, in one of the bloodiest days of a five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

North Korea says agrees more U.S. talks (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:08 AM PDT

A North Korean soldier holds a red flag as he walks on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 20, 2011. REUTERS/Jacky ChenReuters - Isolated North Korea said on Monday it had agreed to further dialogue with the United States, and repeated it was willing to resume regional nuclear disarmament talks at an early date, without preconditions.

China media rein in criticism over train crash (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:25 AM PDT

Reuters - China's media are curbing combative reporting of a high-speed train disaster after what observers said were orders from the ruling Communist Party's propaganda arm to stop criticism that has echoed public outrage over the tragedy.

Rebels clash with Gaddafi loyalists in rebel-held east (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:46 PM PDT

File photo of a boat full of would be immigrants being escorted by an Italian Guardia di Fininanza helicopter and an Italian Coast Guard patrol vessel before reaching the port of Lampedusa in March 2011. Lampedusa, which has a surface area of just 20 square kilometres, is Italy's southernmost point and is closer to North Africa than to the Italian mainland.(AFP/File/Roberto Salomone)Reuters - Rebel forces fought gunmen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in eastern Libya on Sunday in the latest incident to undermine the insurgents' grip in territory they hold.

Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday after entering a refugee camp to make arrests, medical officials and the military said.

The Dark Side of Murdoch's Russian Billboard Business (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Time.com - Last month, the embattled media mogul sold his Russian billboard firm, News Outdoor, for a fraction of its former worth -- and walked away from an industry rife with murder and corruption scandals

Strike by BBC journalists disrupts programs (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:34 AM PDT

AP - BBC news programs are being disrupted as journalists stage a 24-hour strike to protest job cuts.

Syrian troops shell defiant city of Hama (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:54 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, workers pump oil from the site of a bomb blast that struck a major oil pipeline in the western town of Talkalakh, Syria, Friday, July 29, 2011. Syrian state television described the blast as a 'terrorist' attack, saying that a group of 'saboteurs' was behind the explosion. It was the second incident involving an oil pipeline in a month, and the second time this week that authorities accuse 'saboteurs' of striking installations. (AP Photo/SANA) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Activists say Syrian troops are shelling the flashpoint city of Hama for a second day in a fierce assault aimed at crushing dissent as Muslims begin their month of fasting.

Landslide re-election win for Buenos Aires mayor (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 06:59 PM PDT

Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri casts his vote during the runoff mayoral election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday July 31, 2011. Macri, a civil engineer who jumped into politics after being president of the popular Boca Juniors football club, won the first round but failed to reach the 50 percent votes needed to win the July 10 election. The runoff pits the incumbent mayor, a conservative opponent of Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, against her handpicked candidate, leftist Daniel Filmus. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Buenos Aires's conservative Mayor Mauricio Macri won re-election Sunday by a wide margin over the candidate backed by Argentina's left-of-center president.

Egyptians await Mubarak trial with mixed feelings (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 08:59 PM PDT

An Egyptian man sits close to graffiti depicting former president Hosni Mubarak hanging at the gallows, as he watches others taking part in a sit-in at Tahrir Square demanding further reforms in Cairo, on July 27, 2011.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Hosni Mubarak's murder and corruption trial, which opens on Wednesday, is generating a mixture of excitement and regret among the Egyptians who overthrew the veteran president.

US drone strike kills 4 in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:33 AM PDT

A boy holds a Koran as he walks out after attending a religious class at a mosque in the outskirts of Islamabad August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)AP - American drone-fired missiles slammed into a car near the Afghan border on Monday, killing four suspected Islamist militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Successful heart surgery for Australia's Rudd (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:10 PM PDT

Roving Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, pictured, went under the knife Monday for heart surgery, with the four-hour operation deemed a success.(AFP/Pool/File/Dita Alangkara)AFP - Roving Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd went under the knife Monday for heart surgery, with the four-hour operation deemed a success.

Syrian Military Attacks Protesters in Hama (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Time.com - Once again, it seems an Assad is trying to make an example of the defiant, religiously conservative Syrian city of Hama.
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