Monday, November 21, 2011

Protesters confront police as Egypt clashes enter third day (Reuters)

Protesters confront police as Egypt clashes enter third day (Reuters)

Protesters confront police as Egypt clashes enter third day (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:19 AM PST

A protester flashes victory signs with his fingers as tear gas fired by riot police engulf a street during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 20, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Protesters demanding Egypt's ruling generals hand over power beat back a new police raid to evict them from Cairo's central Tahrir Square on Monday, witnesses said.

Exclusive: Taliban, Pakistan said to have started peace talks (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:43 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistan's Taliban movement, a major security threat to the country, is holding exploratory peace talks with the U.S.-backed government, a senior Taliban commander and mediators told Reuters Monday.

Suu Kyi to run for Myanmar parliamentary seat (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:58 AM PST

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, garlanded, cuts a ribbon during a fund-raising event in Yangon, Myanmar on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Suu Kyi intends to run for parliament in upcoming by-elections, a decision that was expected after her party decided last week to rejoin mainstream politics in long-isolated Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Reuters - Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will run in a parliamentary by-election expected by the end of the year, a top party official said on Monday, giving legitimacy to moves toward democracy after decades of military rule.

Khmer Rouge trio accused of Cambodia's "worst horrors" (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 10:30 PM PST

Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea (L), also known as Brother Number Two, talks with his lawyer at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 21, 2011. The three most senior surviving commanders of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime masterminded one of the Reuters - The three most senior surviving commanders of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime masterminded one of the "worst horrors" of the 20th century, killing or enslaving millions of Cambodians, a U.N.-backed war crimes trial heard on Monday.

Chinese strip down for Ai Weiwei amid porn investigation (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 10:41 PM PST

Reuters - First it was money folded into paper planes that were flown over the walls of dissident artist Ai Weiwei's home. Now Chinese Internet users' latest show of solidarity with Ai has taken the unlikeliest form of protest: mass nudity.

Egypt: Tahrir Square Rocked by New Wave of Protests (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 10:55 PM PST

Time.com - A weekend of bloody clashes is reminiscent of the uprising earlier this year, but the turnout is relatively small and most Egyptians are worried about other things

U.S., Europe debt fears hit stocks (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:52 AM PST

A man looks at an electronic board displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo November 10, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Worries about out-of-control government debt on both sides of the Atlantic swept across financial markets again on Monday, knocking stocks sharply lower and pushing up prices of bonds deemed to be safe havens.

Egypt's Arab Spring: A revolution gone astray (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:49 AM PST

Protesters run from tear gas during clashes with Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government. (AP Photo)AP - Egypt's revolutionaries can point to the moment their revolution began to go astray: It was the day of their greatest victory, when protesters ecstatic with the fall of President Hosni Mubarak cheered the army that stepped in to take his place. "The army and the people are one hand," they chanted.

Jamaica PM hints that elections may be next month (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 02:52 PM PST

AP - Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness hinted Sunday that parliamentary elections could come as early as next month, whipping tens of thousands of governing party supporters into campaign mode.

Vote set on controversial SAfrica secrets bill (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 10:26 PM PST

AP - South Africa's parliament prepared Tuesday to vote on a state secrets bill that critics within and outside the governing party said would smother freedom of expression and make it harder to fight corruption.

Philip Morris sues Australia over new tobacco law (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:39 AM PST

AP - Tobacco giant Philip Morris launched legal action against Australia's government on Monday less than an hour after Parliament passed legislation banning all logos from cigarette packages.

Analysis: Ontario deficit targets at risk as outlook dims (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 07:40 AM PST

Reuters - A worsening economy will hurt Ontario's chances of meeting already long-term plans to balance its budget as it prepares for a fiscal update on Wednesday.

Australian gets $100,000 after shampoo found clean (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 08:22 PM PST

AP - Australian authorities have compensated a Darwin man $100,000 after they wrongly accused him of trying to smuggle drugs into the country in bottles of shampoo.

Egypt's Tahrir Square protests: A second revolution unfolding now? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:05 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Thousands of protesters who have fought police in the center of Cairo for more than 24 hours defied an army attempt to disperse them Sunday, throwing the Egyptian capital into tumult just a week ahead of scheduled elections.

The Capture of Gaddafi's Son: The Reformer Who Refused to Reform (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 10:55 PM PST

Time.com - According to one aide, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had opportunities to join the rebellion against his father. But he refused every one and turned against the rebels instead

Afghanistan 'loya jirga' endorses lingering US presense, but in what form? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 06:08 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A day after nearly 2,000 Afghan elders concluded a 4-day loya jirga -- or grand assembly -- with a near unanimous decision to endorse a strategic agreement the US, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in the east of Afghanistan in protest.
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