2011年1月14日星期五

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Toll in Ivory Coast rises to 247 dead: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST

A police officer stands near an U.N. vehicle which was burnt during a protest by students at the junction of Riviera 2 in Abidjan January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - At least 247 people have been killed in violence in Ivory Coast since its disputed November 28 presidential election, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.


Italy's Berlusconi investigated over teenage girl (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 09:14 AM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives for a group picture after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Tobias SchwarzReuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a prostitution investigation in Milan over a teenage nightclub dancer who attended parties at his private residence, prosecutors said on Friday.


Ivory Coast strife draws in West Africa central bank (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:06 PM PST

Ivorian students stand on a burnt U.N. vehicle during a protest in Abidjan January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Bloody post-election deadlock in Ivory Coast washed into the halls of West Africa's central bank on Friday, where rival presidents see control of state funds as a key to victory in a battle that has cost hundreds of lives.


Denied Immunity, Berlusconi Faces Charges of Paying For Sex With Minor (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:20 PM PST

Time.com - The day after Italy's constitutional court rules that serving politicians can stand trial, Berlusconi faces charges of paying for sex with a minor

Pope John Paul II moves a step closer to sainthood (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:02 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday April 8, 2005 file photo, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became the new Pope,  Benedict XVI, at the Vatican Tuesday April 19, 2005, is seen  blessing the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II, during the funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The pope has approved a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II's intercession and set May 1 as the date for the beloved pontiff to be beatified. Pope Benedict XVI declared in a decree Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, that the cure of a French nun who suffered from Parkinson's disease was miraculous, the last step needed for the beatification. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)AP - During Pope John Paul II's 2005 funeral, crowds at the Vatican shouted for him to be made a saint immediately. "Santo subito!" they chanted for one of the most important and beloved pontiffs in history.


Arab activists hope Tunisia uprising brings change (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:12 PM PST

An unidentified fan in the audience holds a placard saying 'Long live Tunisia Long live Kasserine and Long live liberty' during the World Championship game in handball between France and Tunisia in group A in Kristianstad, Sweden Friday Jan. 14, 2011.  (AP Photo/Scanpix, /Patric Soderstrom)   SWEDEN OUTAP - Arab activists celebrated the anti-government protests that ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Friday as the uprising raised hopes for similar change in other countries accused of having repressive regimes.


Families in Juarez activist killing seek US asylum (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:34 PM PST

A forensic team carries the body of one of three gunmen killed during a gunfight with the army in Monterrey January 13, 2011. Drug gangs fighting over Mexico's richest city have launched a wave of attacks against police and rivals since New Year's Eve, crushing hopes of a fall in violence and alarming business leaders. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - A human rights commissioner says the mother of a suspect in two killings, including the murder of a Juarez anti-crime activist, is seeking asylum in the U.S.


In Tunisia, People Power Succeeds Without Western Backing (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:12 PM PST

OneWorld.net - CAIRO, Jan 14 (IPS) - These are scenes Western powers would have loved to see in Iran - thousands of young people braving live bullets and forcing an autocratic ruler out of the country. But it is in the North African nation Tunisia where an uprising forced the Western-backed autocratic President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country.

100 pilgrims killed in stampede at Indian festival (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:03 PM PST

A woman cries on January 10, after a bus accident involving pilgrims to the Sabarimala Shrine in the south-western Indian state of Kerala. At least 64 people died and scores were injured Friday in a stampede at a religious festival in southern India triggered by a vehicle crashing into a crowd, officials said.(AFP/File/Noah Seelam)AP - A stampede of pilgrims returning from one of India's most popular Hindu festivals killed more than 100 people and injured 25 others Friday night, police said.


Volunteer army cleans up as Australian floods spread (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:26 PM PST

The Latu family start the massive clean-up of their flood-devastated home in Ipswich near Brisbane. An army of volunteers turned out Saturday to clean up Australia's third-largest city Brisbane after epic floods, as towns were evacuated in the country's south amid the rolling disaster.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - An army of volunteers turned out Saturday to clean up Australia's third-largest city Brisbane after epic floods, as towns were evacuated in the country's south amid the rolling disaster.


Even with Brazil flooding expected to continue, many remain in perilous areas (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:05 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Ilderjone Dias stares down at the mud. A roof is poking up from the hardening brown sludge, and Mr. Dias points to 14 surrounding spots where he and other rescue workers have pulled 14 bodies from the mud, among more than 500 people who have died over the past week in the Brazil floods.

Tension in Tunis: Tunisian President Ben Ali Leaves Country (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:20 PM PST

Time.com - The authoritarian leader flees in the face of a popular revolt, but nobody is sure what comes next

Egypt government bears brunt of Coptic Christian anger (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:15 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Sweet, smoky incense filled the dim sanctuary of one of Cairo's Coptic Christian churches recently as congregants gathered to mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for two young Coptic men killed in clashes with police.

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