Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Egypt protesters battle on to end army rule (Reuters)

Egypt protesters battle on to end army rule (Reuters)

Egypt protesters battle on to end army rule (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 10:33 PM PST

Protesters run from tear gas fired by riot police in a side street near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 21, 2011. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - Egypt's army chief, seeking to defuse street protests that have left 37 dead, promised a swifter handover to civilian rule but failed to convince thousands of hardcore demonstrators, some of whom battled police through the night.

Yemen's Saleh in Saudi to sign power transfer deal (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:51 AM PST

Reuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to sign a deal brokered by Gulf states that would ease him from office after protracted protests against his rule that have crippled the country.

Libya can try Gaddafi son if conditions right: ICC (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:49 AM PST

Libya's Prime Minister designate Abdurrahim El-Keib (C) talks to the media in Tripoli November 22, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemReuters - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor said on Wednesday that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi can be tried inside Libya provided there is a judicial process that does not shield him from international justice.

Insight: In Greece, loan sharks compound the pain (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 11:05 PM PST

Reuters - For self-made businessman Dimitrios, the threats began with a phone call from a man who said they knew where his daughter was.

Unflappable Key set for crushing win in New Zealand (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 11:49 PM PST

Reuters - The resort of Taupo on New Zealand's North Island, a magnet for tourists thronging ski slopes, fishing holes and thermal spas, looks certain to back Prime Minister John Key's National Party, far out in front of the pack ahead of Saturday's election.

At Cook It Raw, Star Chefs Bond over Sake and Shiitakes (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:40 AM PST

Time.com - This year, the gathering brought some of the world's top chefs to Japan, where the collaborations in the kitchen were just as satisfying as the food

Ukraine's Tymoshenko back in jail after check-up (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:47 AM PST

Reuters - Jailed Ukrainian ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was taken to hospital on Wednesday for a medical check-up and then returned to jail after doctors found she had no life-threatening ailment, the prison service said.

Israeli whistleblower starts serving prison term (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:48 AM PST

AP - A former Israeli soldier has begun serving her 4 1/2-year prison sentence for copying classified military documents and relaying them to a newspaper reporter.

New Jamaica leader targets slum politics (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:04 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday May 30, 2003 file photo, Edward Seaga, ex-prime minister and former leader of the Jamaica Labor Party, center, marches with residents in Spanish Town, in Kingston, Jamaica. Seaga, who represented powerful garrison constituencies, built the island’s first housing project in the 1960s and promptly filled it with supporters of his party. Symbiotic relationships between politicians and criminals have long been the rule in sprawling slums known as garrisons, which were separated into areas loyal both to underworld bosses and one of the island's two parties. Jamaica's new prime minister, Andrew Holness, is saying it's time to put an end to “garrison politics.” ( AP Photo/Collin Reid, File)AP - In the battle-scarred slum of Tivoli Gardens, Latoya Brown lavishes thanks on two powerful men who have taken care of her: a former top politician and a drug kingpin.

Congo opposition official killed days before poll (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:43 AM PST

AP - A police official in Congo's capital says a local opposition politician has been killed just days before a major vote in the central African nation.

China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:48 AM PST

AP - China says it opposes expanded sanctions against Iran such as those announced by several Western countries aimed at pressuring Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.

Ontario vows to balance budget, despite spending (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 03:28 PM PST

Reuters - The Liberal government of Ontario, Canada's industrial heartland, renewed its vow on Tuesday to eliminate its C$16 billion ($15.4 billion) budget deficit in six years, while also affirming some expensive spending promises made in the recent provincial election.

Police search New Zealand media for PM recording (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:39 AM PST

AP - New Zealand police Wednesday began searching four media organizations three days before national elections to seize evidence related to a recording of Prime Minister John Key that he says was illegally obtained.

Pakistani ambassador's 'memo-gate': Did the military win? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:34 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan’s beleaguered ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, lost his job while battling accusations that he authored a controversial memorandum seeking US help in preventing a military coup.  Observers here are calling it a major victory for the country’s powerful military establishment.

At Cambodia War-Crimes Trial, Defendants Are Not All There (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:40 AM PST

Time.com - The Khmer Rouge trials are perhaps the most historically significant since Nuremberg. But the defendants are mostly too old, sick or recalcitrant to have their day in court

Kenya's Somalia operation hits at humanitarian aid (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:16 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - After a month-long intervention in Somalia, Kenya’s military can point to a string of battlefront successes against the Somali militant group Al Shabab.
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