2011年1月19日星期三

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Tunisia frees prisoners, says wants break with past (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST

A protester shields his face from teargas after police broke up a demonstration in downtown Tunis January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Tunisia's interim leaders said they freed the last of its political prisoners and promised a "complete break with the past" on Wednesday to appease street protesters who want a total purge of the old guard.


At least 207 missing in Brazil floods, 741 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:49 PM PST

A man eats lunch outside his landslide-hit house in Teresopolis January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesReuters - At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil's worst landslides in decades, authorities said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741.


Haiti's "Baby Doc" accused of crimes against humanity (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:46 PM PST

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Reuters - Four Haitians, including a former United Nations spokeswoman, filed criminal complaints on Wednesday against former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, accusing him of crimes against humanity including torture.


Powers to press defiant Iran in nuclear row (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:40 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama smiles during a joint news conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao in the East Room at the White House in Washington January 19, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday to let the value of China's currency rise and sought cooperation in dealing with nuclear standoffs with North Korea and Iran. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - Major powers believe sanctions and setbacks to Iran's nuclear program may have strengthened their hand before talks with a still-defiant Tehran, but chances of real progress at this week's meeting in Istanbul look slim.


Ivory Coast talks fail, Gbagbo rejects mediator (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:37 PM PST

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, African Union mediator for the Ivorian crisis, speaks to journalists during a news conference at the Felix Houphouet Boigny international airport in Abidjan January 19, 2011. Odinga ended an African Union mediation mission to Ivory Coast on Wednesday, saying talks had failed to resolve a dispute over the November 28 presidential election. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said African efforts to mediate Ivory Coast's disputed poll had failed on Wednesday, and Laurent Gbagbo rejected him as mediator after Odinga warned he faced sanctions or force.


How Ehud Barak Killed Israel's Labor Party (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST

Time.com - Labor was the party that founded the State of Israel and embodied its government and its ethos for decades. After its chairman's defection, it will be a shadow in the Knesset

Clinical Arsenal beat Leeds in FA Cup (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:42 PM PST

Arsenal's Samir Nasri (right) breaks through the Leeds United defence to score during their English FA Cup third round replay match at Elland Road in Leeds. Nasri helped Arsenal overcome a potentially tricky match as Arsene Wenger's side won 3-1 to book a fourth round date with Huddersfield.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Arsene Wenger insists there are no problems between Arsenal team-mates Cesc Fabregas and Denilson after the Brazilian appeared to criticise the Gunners captain in an interview.


Media: Palestinian died from medicine, not gas (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST

AP - Israel's military contends that a woman who died after a Palestinian protest was the victim of a medical error and was not killed by tear gas, Israeli media reported late Thursday. A Palestinian group disagreed.

Tunisia calms as government rejects old guard (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 01:29 PM PST

Protestors shout slogans during a demonstration in the center of Tunis, Wednesday, Jan. 19. 2011. Protesters sang nationalist songs and held up signs with 'RCD Out!', referring to Ben Ali's former ruling party, as they rallied on central Avenue Bourguiba. Banner reads 'Constituent Assembly '. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - Tunisia's new government said Wednesday it has freed all the country's political prisoners and also moved to track down assets stashed overseas by its deposed president and his widely disliked family.


US, China tout $45 billion in export deals (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:45 PM PST

Final assembly takes place on passenger planes at Boeing's Everett, Washington plant, April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Robert SorboReuters - The United States and China on Wednesday agreed on $45 billion in U.S. export deals and to give U.S. companies greater access to China's $88 billion-plus government contracts market at the start of Chinese President Hu Jintao's four-day state visit.


Canada arrests man wanted on US terrorism charges (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:44 PM PST

Reuters - Canadian police have arrested a man accused of helping stage suicide bomb attacks in Iraq, including one that killed five U.S. soldiers, officials said on Wednesday.

Rising rivers swamp another Australian town (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:02 AM PST

Residents in New Farm clear away mud and debris in Brisbane, Australia, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Parts of Brisbane reopened as deadly floodwaters that had swamped entire neighborhoods recede, revealing streets and thousands of homes covered in a thick layer of putrid sludge. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)AP - Authorities told townspeople in Australia's southeast to flee homes with three days of supplies Wednesday as a surging river threatened another community in a flooding crisis that has devastated the country's mining industry.


How strong are charges against Haiti's Jean-Claude Duvalier? Very, say experts. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 07:29 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - During his 15 years in power, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier is said to have brazenly robbed Haiti’s treasury of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Queensland Floods: Residents Clean Mess, Assess Damage (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST

Time.com - Residents of flooded towns in southeastern Queensland, Australia, are beginning to return to their sludge-filled homes. It's the beginning of a long, expensive process

After ousting Tunisian leader, protesters struggle to find their own (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 01:10 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Tunisia's unity government got off to a shaky start one day after being formed, underlining the faltering position of Tunisia’s opposition as it attempts to harness a popular uprising that it did not drive.

'Urgent' Access to Somalia Drought Communities Needed (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:42 PM PST

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Jan 19 (IRIN) - With drought worsening across Somalia, officials in the south and central parts of the country - largely controlled by Islamist opposition groups - have appealed for access to communities that have reported deaths of people and livestock.

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