Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Humanitarian fears grow over Libya Sirte battle (Reuters)

Humanitarian fears grow over Libya Sirte battle (Reuters)

Humanitarian fears grow over Libya Sirte battle (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:48 PM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi forces fire Howitzers from an artillery line in Talatheen, east of Sirte 0ctober 2, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - Libyan interim government forces have captured a district in Sirte after fierce battles that further raised concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Muammar Gaddafi's besieged hometown.

Suspected sectarian attack in Pakistan kills 13 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:34 PM PDT

A soldier from the Afghan National Army peeps through the scope of a 122mm Russian built howitzer at Combat Outpost Reuters - At least 13 people were shot dead by gunmen in a suspected sectarian attack on a passenger bus in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Tuesday, the second such attack in just over two weeks.

Syrian forces raid town as Assad's foes unite (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT

Mourners carry a coffin during the funeral of a protester killed in earlier clashes in the Syrian city of Homs, October 1, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrian forces hunted insurgents in the central region of Homs as they sought to crush armed resistance that is emerging after six months of protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Analysis: China to keep Pakistan embrace at arm's length (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:42 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan, facing a crisis with the United States, has leaned closely to longtime partner China, offering its "all-weather friendship" with Beijing as an alternative to Washington.

Amanda Knox Is Free, but Italy Isn't Really Pleased (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Time.com - The young American and her former boyfriend are released after their murder convictions are reversed. But Italy isn't happy with the treatment its justice system has received from the U.S. media

Knox thanks Italians who supported her (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:13 AM PDT

Amanda Knox breaks in tears after hearing the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, central Italy, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. Italian appeals court threw out Amanda Knox's murder conviction Monday and ordered the young American freed after nearly four years in prison for the death of her British roommate Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict overturning her 2009 conviction was read out. Her co-defendant, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Amanda Knox on Tuesday thanked those Italians who supported her throughout her four years of prison, a day after an appeals court cleared the young American of murdering her British roommate and freed her to return home to the United States.

Palestinians say freeze in US aid taking effect (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:59 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, the West Bank, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)AP - Palestinian officials said Monday that the U.S. has suspended West Bank development projects worth tens of millions of dollars after Congress froze funding to dissuade the Palestinians from seeking U.N. recognition of an independent state.

Bahamas PM vows to root out criminals (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:48 PM PDT

AP - The Bahamian prime minister announced Monday that his government will root out criminals, toughen laws, improve the islands' courts, round up unlicensed guns, and fund programs aimed at intervening in the lives of at-risk youth.

Hunger strike takes toll on jailed Egypt blogger (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:10 AM PDT

Reuters - A jailed Egyptian blogger, whose appeal against his conviction for spreading false information about Egypt's military will be heard on Tuesday, is in declining health because of a hunger strike he began on August 23, a rights group said.

Bodies of 2 NKorean soldiers to be repatriated (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT

AP - The American-led U.N. Command in Seoul says it will hand over the bodies of two North Korean soldiers found in a river on the border between the two Koreas.

Canada says Greek crisis worse, sees reordered debt (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Reuters - The Greek debt crisis is getting worse rather than better, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday as he urged European leaders to take clear and decisive action to avoid a banking meltdown.

Somalia famine revives debate: is it acceptable to patent aid? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:07 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In Providence, R.I., a small factory is running 21 hours a day, six days a week, to meet the intense demand for Plumpy'nut, a candylike paste that has been heralded as a game changer for treating the kind of severe malnutrition racking Somalia and other drought-stricken areas.

"I Am Not Who They Say I Am": Amanda Knox Claims Innocence in a Final Plea to Appeals Court (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Time.com - In a final effort to overturn a conviction in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito appeared before an Italian appeals court Monday

Mosque torching in Israel: Could it spark Arab Spring-style protests? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:49 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A mosque was torched in northern Israel early Monday, prompting a clash between police who fired tear gas canisters and hundreds of Arab citizens of Israel who threw stones and briefly closed down a highway.
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