Thursday, September 8, 2011

Libya fighters amass near pro-Gaddafi town (Reuters)

Libya fighters amass near pro-Gaddafi town (Reuters)


Libya fighters amass near pro-Gaddafi town (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 01:02 AM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi forces fire shots from their tanks in the front line in Om El Khanfousa, 85 km (53 miles) east of Sirte September 7, 2011. Picture taken September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - Libya's new rulers sent a column of extra fighters toward the tribal bastion of Bani Walid overnight, preparing a showdown with supporters of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, possibly including his sons or even Gaddafi himself.


India detains 3 people in Kashmir linked to Delhi blast (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:54 PM PDT

Police cordon off the site of a bomb blast outside the High Court in New Delhi September 7, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Indian police detained for questioning three people on Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Indian ruled Kashmir over an email allegedly claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing of the New Delhi High Court, police said.


Russia mourns loss of hockey team in plane crash (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Emergency workers search the wreckage of a plane that crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl, September 7, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Candles flickered beside mounds of red carnations at the stadium of one of Russia's top ice hockey teams on Thursday after almost the entire team was wiped out in a plane crash that killed 43 people.


South Korea presidential frontrunner loses poll lead (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Park Geun-hye, daughter of the founder of modern-day South Korea, has been bumped off the top place in opinion polls of potential candidates for president for the first time in three years.

The Beginning of the End For Italy's Pampered Politicians? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Time.com - Italians have long tolerated the perks of political life. But with the government due to pass yet another austerity package, a fancy taxpayer-subsidized parliamentary menu may have proved the last straw

Expert excluded from EU-China human rights forum (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:49 AM PDT

AP - The European Union said Thursday that it deeply regrets China's exclusion of a human rights expert from a forum held in Beijing this week and it has communicated its disappointment to the Chinese side.

Libyan estimate: At least 30,000 died in the war (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:49 AM PDT

Libyan fighter plants the Libya's flag of the former rebels at a check point in Al Ajaylat, 120 km west of Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.  The new colours of the flag decorate a lot of streets and buildings after the six-month civil war that ended Gadhafi's 42-year rule and sent him into hiding. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - At least 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 wounded in Libya's six-month civil war, the interim health minister said, offering a first detailed estimate of the high cost in lives of bringing down Moammar Gadhafi.


UN peacekeeping nations consider Haiti abuse case (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:00 PM PDT

In this picture taken Sept. 3, 2011, people walk in front of a UN base where Uruguayan peacekeepers allegedly sexually abused an 18-year-old man in Port Salut, Haiti. A preliminary U.N. investigation has found no evidence for allegations that Uruguayan peacekeepers raped an 18-year-old man, Uruguay's Defense Ministry says, but the troops broke rules by having a civilian in their barracks. The alleged victim was snatched by a soldier outside the front gate of a U.N. base and was taken inside, according to the judge, Paul Tarte, and the alleged victim's mother. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)AP - Foreign ministers and defense chiefs from the Latin American countries that have more than 12,000 peacekeepers in Haiti called a meeting Thursday to consider how the alleged sex abuse of a Haitian teenager by Uruguayan sailors might affect the future of the U.N. mission.


Gaddafi defiant in call Syria TV says is from Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:46 PM PDT

A picture of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is seen on the ground of the ransacked Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in a phone call a Syrian television station said was made from inside Libya, vowed Thursday to defeat rebels who control most of the country.


Borneo tribe loses land case in top Malaysia court (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 01:10 AM PDT

AP - Members of an indigenous tribe in Borneo have lost a case in Malaysia's top court challenging the state's seizure of land to build a massive dam.

Australia's Westfield eyes Toronto development (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Australian mall developer Westfield Group is looking at a possible investment in a waterfront site in Toronto, Canada, the company said on Thursday, after recently announcing expansions plans in Europe and South America.

Police say Australian lawmaker won't be charged (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:58 PM PDT

AP - A scandal that threatened to bring down Australia's government eased Thursday when police announced they would not charge a lawmaker accused of misusing an official credit card to pay prostitutes.

The deadly dilemma of Libya's missing weapons (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:10 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As LibyaĆ¢€™s National Transitional Council (NTC) hunt for and collect the weapons that fueled Muammar Qaddafi's war machine, they are quickly learning that some choice pieces of his vast stockpile of mines, mortars, and explosives are missing.

Piracy in Africa Spreads from Horn to Gulf of Guinea (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Time.com - The Horn of Africa isn't the only place infested by pirates. On the west coast, the Gulf of Guinea is seeing a shocking rise in depredations

Russian jet crash kills hockey team in stinging national tragedy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:17 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Russians are reeling from the news of yet another deadly plane crash in a summer that's been littered with tragic airline accidents.

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