2011年3月10日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


Gaddafi threatens offensive and ignores diplomatic moves (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST

Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son told rebels on Thursday they faced a full-scale assault to crush their three-week-old uprising as troops, tanks and warplanes punched into the rebel-held east of the country.

Saudi police fire in air to disperse protest (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:08 PM PST

Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the release of prisoners they say are held without trial, in the Gulf coast town of Qatif, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Saudi police fired in the air to disperse protesting Shi'ites on Thursday, and three people were injured in the melee on the eve of a day of protests called for on social media, witnesses and activists said.


Yemen president vows reform as protests continue (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:17 AM PST

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh addresses a gathering of supporters in a soccer stadium in Sanaa March 10, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh, hoping to defuse increasingly violent protests against his 32-year rule, said Thursday he would draw up a new constitution to create a parliamentary system of government.


Ivory Coast's Ouattara says AU panel confirms he won (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:14 PM PST

Anti-Gbagbo protesters fill the streets during a demonstration in Treichville, Abidjan March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Thierry GouegnonReuters - Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday that a panel set up by the African Union to find a solution to the crisis in the West African nation has confirmed he won the disputed election.


Somali Islamists could grab tankers for attacks: PM (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:53 PM PST

Reuters - Somali pirates and Islamists are learning from each other and al Qaeda could hijack oil tankers to be used in September 11-style attacks, Somalia's prime minister said Thursday.

Reforming Morocco: Taking Apart the King's Speech (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:50 PM PST

Time.com - King Mohammed VI delivers an unexpected address to his nation, starting up a set of dramatic reforms. But is it only a tactic to take the steam out of a planned March 20 demonstration?

French police hold suspected ETA chief: Spanish radio (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:47 PM PST

This undated handout picture released by Spanish Police shows suspected military chief of the armed Basque separatist group ETA, Alejandro Zobaran Arriola. Police in France arrested the suspected military chief of the armed Basque separatist group ETA, Spanish national radio reported.(AFP/HO)AFP - Police in France late Thursday arrested the suspected military chief of the armed Basque separatist group ETA, Alejandro Zobaran Arriola, Spanish national radio reported.


Egypt rulers order 2 Sadat plotters freed (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST

Fireworks explode as tens of thousands of Egyptians celebrate the fall of the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, and to maintain pressure on the current military rulers, in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Egypt's military rulers on Thursday ordered the release two cousins jailed for their role in the assassination of then-president Anwar Sadat in 1981.


Rights group: Hunger strikes increase in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:27 PM PST

AP - Venezuelans are increasingly resorting to hunger strikes as a form of protest or a way to press grievances against President Hugo Chavez's government, the representative of a human rights group said Thursday.

British lawyer to plead guilty in bribery case (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PST

AP - A British lawyer who had been fighting extradition to the U.S. on charges he helped a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary bribe Nigerian officials will plead guilty in the case, his attorney said Thursday.

25 dead as quake topples homes in SW China (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:22 PM PST

Rescue workers look for survivors in a collapsed building after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang county in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket in China's extreme southwest near the border with Myanmar on Thursday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - An earthquake toppled more than 1,000 houses and apartment buildings in China's southwest near the border with Myanmar, killing at least 25 people and injuring 250, the government said Friday.


Canada PM accepts reprimand, stresses "big issues" (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:56 PM PST

Laureen Harper, wife of Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, arrives with Heritage Minister James Moore at the 31st Genie Awards in Ottawa March 10, 2011.       REUTERS/Chris Wattie       (CANADA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS)Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday that he accepted his government's formal reprimand from the speaker of the House of Commons, but urged his opponents to focus on what he called the "big issues" like the economy.


Powerful quake of Indonesia's island of Bali (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PST

AP - A powerful earthquake off Indonesia rattled the popular resort island of Bali early Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, officials said.

Can Morocco's King Mohammed VI outpace Morocco's 'winds of change'? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:23 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In a turning point for Morocco amid winds of Arab regime change, King Mohammed VI now aims by June 30 to formalize a plan allowing the nation’s prime minister to be appointed by the party that gets the most votes in democratic elections.

Will the Taliban Re-Take the Most Dangerous Place in Afghanistan? (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:50 PM PST

Time.com - Courageous elders have managed to broker a deal to allow some fighters to come in from the cold. But will the Taliban negate those gains as the spring approaches?

Both sides of Libya's conflict attempt to woo a divided Europe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:08 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Libya’s warring sides opened a new and critical front in the deepening conflict there. Muammar Qaddafi and rebels trying to oust him sent envoys to European capitals to sway the debate over potential international military involvement in Libya, a day ahead of a European Union summit that could well determine the future of the crisis.

Cambodian Immigrants Seek Healing in Khmer Rouge Genocide Trial (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:41 AM PST

OneWorld.net - SAN JOSE, Mar 10 (New America Media) - Survivors of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime are finally hopeful about getting answers to the question they have carried for 30 years: Why?

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