2010年11月7日星期日

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Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:20 PM PST

Security personnel from Myanmar hold their weapons as they walk on the Moei river bank in Myanmar's Myawaddi town, from across border in Thailand, November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - Two military-backed parties looked set to prevail on Monday in Myanmar's first election in 20 years, a day after a choreographed vote marred by fraud charges and apathy, and condemned as flawed by Washington and London.


Swedish police hold man in possible race shootings (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PST

Reuters - A 38-year-old man has been taken into custody on suspicion of being behind a series of possibly racially motivated shootings in southern Sweden, police said on Sunday.

Papandreou rules out early Greek election (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:38 PM PST

Reuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou ruled out calling a snap parliamentary election on Sunday after winning enough support in local polls to decide he could press ahead with a radical austerity programme.

Cuba missed prisoner release deadline: dissidents (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:32 PM PST

Reuters - The dissident group "Ladies in White" accused the Cuban government on Sunday of failing to meet a deadline to release political prisoners and vowed to continue their weekly protest marches until all are freed.

Hostage shot dead by Somali pirates (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 10:25 AM PST

Reuters - A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, pirates and residents said on Sunday.

The 34th Miner (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:35 AM PST

Time.com - How the Miners' Rescue Raised Up Chile's President

Police arrest man in Swedish immigrant shootings (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2010 file photo a cross is seen next to the Vastra Skravlingevagen Street in Malmo, Sweden, marking the place where 20-year old Trez West Persson was shot to death and her male friend was seriously injured in October 2009. Swedish police have arrested a 38-year-old man suspected of the murder of Tres Persson and of shooting at people with immigrant backgrounds in a yearlong terror spree in southern Sweden, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Johan Nilsson/SCANPIX, File) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - Lang Conteh thought the two loud cracks were fireworks from the nightclub. He was in high spirits, stepping out of a taxi with two friends to join the summer party.


Settlers got sweet land deals in east Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:54 PM PST

An Israel security man guards on a house, owned by Jewish settlers, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. Court documents show that Israel's government sold or leased properties in Arab areas of east Jerusalem to settlers at low prices and helped them cement a Jewish presence in disputed areas of the holy city. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - A string of Israeli governments has helped cement the Jewish presence in Arab areas of Jerusalem by selling or leasing property to settler groups at bargain prices, court documents released Sunday show.


20 killed over weekend in Mexican border city (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:10 PM PST

Relatives of fallen police officers react as they arrive to the scene after gunmen attacked a municipal police car in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday Nov. 7, 2010. A male and a female officer were killed in the attack.  Juarez has become one of the deadliest cities in the world as rival drug gangs battle for control of smuggling routes. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - At least 20 people were killed in drug-gang violence over the weekend in this northern Mexican border city, including seven found dead outside one house.


Guinea vote goes ahead as ethnic tensions simmer (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:26 PM PST

Guineans line up to cast their  ballot at a polling station in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday Nov. 7, 2010. Guineans began casting their ballots in a vote that has been delayed multiple times following violent ethnic clashes pitting the nation's two largest ethnic groups against each other. The ethnic divide between the supporters of rival candidates Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Conde has overshadowed what was supposed to be a historic vote for the African nation of 10 million on Sunday.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Guineans cast their ballot Sunday in a vote that has been delayed multiple times following violent ethnic clashes that pitted the nation's two largest ethnic groups against each other.


China newspaper warns of disaster over Fed move (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:49 PM PST

Reuters - Washington's latest move to print more money is a form of indirect currency manipulation that could lead to a new round of currency wars and even global economic collapse, a leading Chinese newspaper warned on Monday.

Qantas extends A380 groundings over engine 'anomalies' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:56 PM PST

Fire services spray liquid at the engine of a Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft that was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off, on the runway of Changi International airport in Singapore on November 4. Qantas extended the grounding of its fleet of A380 superjumbos Monday after uncovering AFP - Qantas extended the grounding of its fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos Monday after uncovering "slight anomalies" in some engines after a mid-air blow-out caused a major scare last week.


In Spain, Pope Benedict XVI lambasts 'aggressive secularism' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:14 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Pope Benedict XVI spent this weekend in Spain trying to reclaim one of the most important Roman Catholic strongholds.

Captive Converts? Egypt Gripped By Rising Muslim-Christian Tensions (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:35 AM PST

Time.com - Muslim protests claiming Christian converts to Islam were forced back into the church is the just the latest episode of sectarian strife that has gripped Egypt this year

Killing of top Mexico drug lord 'Tony Tormenta' may boost rival Zetas cartel (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:49 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico’s armed forces killed one of the nation’s top drug kingpins this weekend, but signs that the death will lead to more violence and turf battles have terrified residents.

Iraqi Kids Struggle on Dangerous Edges in Syria (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:01 PM PST

OneWorld.net - DAMASCUS, Nov 7 (IPS) - Leila, 17, presses her hijab-clad head against the front door and strains to hear outside. "There's nothing," she says cautiously, turning towards her mother Rawda, the head of the household, in their quiet basement apartment. Along the brocade couch sit her two sisters, Mona, 19, Nadja, 15, and 10-year-old brother Khaled.*
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