Sunday, November 27, 2011

Pakistan buries troops amid fury over NATO strike (Reuters)

Pakistan buries troops amid fury over NATO strike (Reuters)

Pakistan buries troops amid fury over NATO strike (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 01:03 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistan on Sunday buried 24 troops killed in a NATO cross-border air raid that has pushed a crisis in relations with the United States toward rupture.

Arab states plan to cut commercial ties with Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 02:22 PM PST

A cat passes by an army checkpoint in Hula, near Homs November 24, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Arab states plan to cut commercial ties with President Bashar al-Assad's government and freeze its assets in response to violence in Syria, where activists said 42 civilians and soldiers died on Saturday.

Analysis: Iran adopts "wait and see" policy on Syria's crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 12:31 AM PST

Reuters - Iran, its crucial anti-Israel alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at risk from an uprising against his rule, has chosen a "wait and see" policy driven in part by concern not to alienate anyone who might succeed him, analysts say.

Rebel Georgian region elects new leader in run-off (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 01:06 AM PST

Reuters - Two candidates who have voiced different hopes for Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region competed in a run-off election on Sunday for the presidency of the small territory that was the focus of a five-day war between Russia and Georgia in 2008.

Viewpoint: The Value of Leadership in Latin America (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - The Center-Right Rises in Latin America

UK Coastguard: 6 people missing after ship sinks (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 01:03 AM PST

AP - Officials says six people are missing and two are rescued after a cargo ship sank in the Irish Sea.

Jordan says has hosted 100 Syrian deserters (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 12:28 AM PST

AP - Jordan's foreign minister says 100 Syrian military and police deserters have taken refuge in the kingdom throughout the eight-month uprising in their country.

Colombia: Rebels execute 4 captives; 1 found alive (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 06:33 PM PST

Relatives of slain hostage Elkin Hernandez, at his family home in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said that rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, killed four members of the security forces, including Hernandez, a police major kidnapped in 1998. All were found killed execution-style Saturday morning in the southern state of Caqueta after been held between 12 and 13 years. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)AP - Colombia's main rebel group executed four of its longest-held captives during combat Saturday between guerrillas and soldiers searching for the men, the government said.

3 American students arrested in Cairo back in US (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 12:47 AM PST

Derrik Sweeney, center, gets hugs from his father Kevin Sweeney, left, and sister Ashley, right, as arms from his mother, Joy Sweeney, wrap around from behind after Derrik arrived at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in St. Louis. Sweeney and two other American students were arrested on the roof of a university building near Tahrir Square in Cairo last Sunday, accused of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters. On Thursday, a court ordered the three to be released. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - The last of the three American students to arrive home after being arrested amid Cairo's tumultuous protests described his first hours in custody as "probably the scariest night of my life ever," saying the youths were hit, forced to lay for hours in the dark nearly in a fetal position and threatened with guns.

Receding floods reveal crocs lurking in Bangkok (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 12:17 AM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, residents carry a crocodile on their shoulders after they caught and killed the reptile at a flooded residential area in Bangbuatong district of Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand. Murky floodwaters are receding from Bangkok's inundated outskirts to reveal some scary swamp dwellers who moved in while flooded residents were moving out, including crocodiles and some of the world's most poisonous snakes. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Murky floodwaters are receding from Bangkok's inundated outskirts to reveal some scary swamp dwellers who moved in while flooded residents were moving out — including crocodiles and some of the world's most poisonous snakes.

Egypt protesters not impressed with new PM (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Protesters waved flags above Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday demanding that Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) step down â€" a scene surprisingly similar to the nation’s February revolution.

Britain Steps Up its War on Legal Highs (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - Faced with record rates of designer-drug use, the British government has introduced new laws aimed at forcing dealers out of business. But do they go far enough?

Huntsman's comment spurs debate in China (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 08:18 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - One advantage Jon Huntsman has going for him in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination is the fact that he understands China better than any of his rivals.
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