2011年4月20日星期三

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Sarkozy tells Libyan rebels: "We will help you" (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Reuters - France promised Libyan rebels on Wednesday it would intensify air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's forces and send military liaison officers to help them as fighting raged in Misrata, killing nine civilians.

Protest erupts in Syria's Homs despite new law (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Protestors hold banners during a demonstration the Syrian port city of Banias April 19, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrians took to the streets in large numbers again on Wednesday in the central city of Homs, where activists say more than 20 pro-democracy protesters have been shot dead since Monday by soldiers and irregular forces.


Ivorian army attacks "Invisible Commando" militia (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 12:42 PM PDT

French troops from Operation Licorne patrol through a residential area in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, April 16, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - The Ivorian military attacked the 'Invisible Commando' militia in Abidjan on Wednesday, the head of the militia and other sources said, signaling a violent break between the formerly allied forces.


Gulf states to dispatch envoy to Yemen over crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Anti-government protesters shout slogans while holding a defaced picture of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during a demonstration calling for his ouster Sanaa University April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Gulf Arab states trying to mediate a transition of power in Yemen will send the UAE foreign minister to Sanaa within days, a Yemeni official said, but President Ali Abdullah Saleh again refused to quit quickly.


Obama, Cameron discuss tightening pressure on Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday discussed the need to increase diplomatic and economic pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the White House said.

Why Does Syria See a Threat Coming from Tiny Lebanon? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Damascus claims subversives out of Lebanon are inciting unrest in Syria. But a visit to the border seems to provide evidence that the traffic is the other way around

Two award-winning war photographers killed in Libya (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:46 PM PDT

War photographer Tim Hetherington (C) is assisted by Libyan rebels as he climbs down a building after gunshots rang out from inside by loyalist forces in the besieged city of Misrata, hours before he was killed in the city while covering the conflict.(AFP/Phil Moore)AFP - Tim Hetherington, an Oscar-nominated British film director and war photographer, and award-winning US photographer Chris Hondros were killed and two other Western journalists wounded Wednesday in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata.


In Misrata clinic, doctor keeps a grim record (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:31 PM PDT

Unidentified mother of wounded Heba al-Rashami, 3 reacts as her daughter suffers from injuries sustained by shrapnel from the shelling near her house in Misrata, Libya Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Dr. Mohammed al-Fagieh, chief surgeon at Hilal Hospital in Misrata, carries around a gruesome catalog of recent cases that have come through his wards.


Mexico police rescue 68 people kidnapped by cartel (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 01:53 PM PDT

A Central American migrant bathes on the bank of the Suchiate River, near Ciudad Hidalgo, on the border of Guatemala and Mexico, Wednesday, April. 20, 2011. Mexican authorities say they have rescued 68 people, including 12 Central American migrants, allegedly kidnapped by a drug cartel in northern Mexico. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Mexican authorities say they have rescued 68 people, including 12 Central American migrants, allegedly kidnapped by a drug cartel in northern Mexico.


"Restrepo" director Tim Hetherington killed in Libya: doctors (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Two photojournalists -- Oscar-nominated filmmaker and photographer Tim Hetherington and Getty photographer Chris Hondros -- were killed on Wednesday after coming under fire in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata.

Asylum seekers torch buildings in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:06 PM PDT

A fireman (below-R) directs a water hose towards burning buildings at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre. Asylum seekers torched a number of buildings at a Sydney detention centre in a night of wild riots, with police still trying to talk down a handful of protesters from the rooftops on Thursday.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - Asylum seekers torched a number of buildings at a Sydney detention centre in a night of wild riots, with police still trying to talk down a handful of protesters from the rooftops on Thursday.


Harper raises old ghosts in bid to win election (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:29 AM PDT

Reuters - Pime Minister Stephen Harper is raising the specter of a traumatic referendum on Quebec independence and other painful constitutional battles as he seeks a decisive win in the May 2 federal election.

Australian teen admits Indian student murder (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:53 AM PDT

Parveen Garg weeps over the dead body of her son, Nitin Garg, who was murdered in Melbourne last year. An Australian teenager has pleaded guilty to the stabbing murder of Garg, the worst in a series of violent crimes against students from India that hurt diplomatic ties.(AFP/File/Narinder Nanu)AFP - An Australian teenager pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the murder of Nitin Garg, the worst in a series of violent crimes against students from India that hurt diplomatic ties.


How Bahrain's crackdown is pushing both sides to extremes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 11:01 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In the festive early days of Bahrain’s protest movement, youthful protester Yousif joined thousands of people in the Pearl roundabout calling for the ruling family to implement democratic reforms.

Real Estate Steal: Entire Italian Village On Sale for $800,000 (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Time.com - The latest in European property listings: Valle Piola, a historic Italian village, is now on the market

A hard-hit Japanese city sees signs of hope in road repair, reopened shops (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 09:15 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Tens of thousands of tons of concrete, wood, and metal â€" the remnants of houses, shops, and boats destroyed when the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on March 11 â€" are piled neatly along the sidewalks of Ishinomaki, one of the worst-hit cities when the tsunami hit land.

Pakistan: Unsafe Water Kills 250,000 Children a Year - Government (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:16 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - LAHORE, Apr 19 (IRIN) - After several weeks of severe sickness, with unrelenting diarrhoea and high fever, Shamshad Ali, aged five, from a village near the town of Sheikhupura in Punjab Province, finally feels strong enough to venture out of his house again.

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