Friday, November 25, 2011

Syria faces Arab sanctions deadline over monitors (Reuters)

Syria faces Arab sanctions deadline over monitors (Reuters)

Syria faces Arab sanctions deadline over monitors (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:16 PM PST

Reuters - Syria faces a Friday deadline to sign an Arab deal allowing monitors into the country or incur sanctions over its crackdown on protests including halting flights, curbing trade and stopping deals with the central bank.

Libya leaders supported by "money, arms, PR": ex-premier (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 01:53 PM PST

Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture, in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Obari, Libya November 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar El-DarwishReuters - One of the most senior figures in Libya's outgoing government has denounced its leaders as an unelected elite, supported by "money, arms and PR," and warned that 90 percent of Libya is politically voiceless.

Australian boy, 14, jailed for drug use in Bali (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:03 AM PST

Reuters - A Bali court sentenced a 14-year-old Australian boy to two months in jail on Friday for possessing a few grammes of marijuana, a lighter sentence than sought by prosecutors after Canberra asked for leniency.

Russians to cut Putin's party majority in vote: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:57 AM PST

Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling party is likely to get a far smaller majority in parliament at the December 4 election, the country's biggest independent pollster predicted on Friday.

With Egypt Engulfed in Turmoil, U.S. Scrambles to Find a Plan C (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:30 AM PST

Time.com - The State Department on Tuesday finally condemned the "excessive force" used to break up demonstrations, urging "maximum restraint" on the authorities

World stocks fall on Europe debt crisis impasse (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:46 AM PST

People check share prices on an electronic indicator in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 as the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, shown top row center, lost 5.17 points to close at 8,160.01. Asian stock markets were mostly lower Friday after Germany continued to oppose a bigger role for the European Central Bank in managing the continent's debt crisis and Portugal's credit rating was lowered to junk. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - World stock markets were mostly lower Friday after Germany continued to oppose a bigger role for the European Central Bank in managing the continent's debt crisis and Portugal's credit rating was lowered to junk.

Lebanese PM threatens to quit over Hariri tribunal (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:05 AM PST

AP - Lebanon's prime minister has threatened to resign if the country's Cabinet refuses to fund a tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of a Lebanese statesman.

Mexico catches escapees from island penal colony (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:28 PM PST

AP - Six inmates from the last island penal colony in the Americas were recaptured at sea Thursday after they used buoyant containers and wood planks to try to swim to freedom in an escape reminiscent of the 1973 movie "Papillon."

US awaits release of 3 students held in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:04 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 file image from Egyptian state television, three American students are displayed to the camera by Egyptian authorities following their arrest during protests in Cairo, where an Egyptian official said they were throwing firebombs at security forces. A spokeswoman for the American University in Cairo identified the students as Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student from Bloomington, Ind.; Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo.; and Gregory Porter, a 19 year-old Drexel University student from Glenside, Pa. An official says an Egyptian court has ordered release of 3 US students arrested during Cairo unrest.(AP Photo/ Egyptian TV, File)AP - Family and friends of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo waited anxiously Friday for news that they had been released from police custody.

'Teflon John' may win big in New Zealand election (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:05 AM PST

FILE - In this June 27, 2011 file photo, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key speaks to the media after witnessing the signing of agreement between New Zealand and Indian information technology and health care companies in New Delhi, India. Key enters New Zealand's elections Saturday, Nov. 26, with an overwhelming popularity undimmed by an eleventh-hour scandal and with a historic chance to win an outright majority for his center-right party. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, File)AP - Prime Minister John Key enters New Zealand's elections Saturday with an overwhelming popularity undimmed by an eleventh-hour scandal and with a historic chance to win an outright majority for his center-right party.

Canadian troops, doughnuts leaving Kandahar (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:34 AM PST

Reuters - Coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons is closing its Kandahar outlet after five years in the war zone, shuttering its store on a Canadian military base as the country's troops leave Afghanistan.

Australia to free some asylum seekers from centers (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:23 AM PST

AP - The Australian government on Friday loosened its policy of mandatory detention for asylum seekers who arrive by boat, freeing 27 of them from overcrowded, prison-like conditions and estimating it would release more than 100 every month.

Is Turkey Using the Courts to Silence Its Critics? (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:30 AM PST

Time.com - As 13 defendants, including two well-known journalists, go on trial on charges of seeking to overthrow the government, critics say the accusations are thinly veiled attempts to curb freedom of expression
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