2011年5月8日星期日

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Egypt religious strife kills 12, challenges government (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Army and members of national security are deployed to the streets where a group of Muslims and Christians clashed in the heavily populated area of Imbaba in Cairo May 7, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (Reuters - Egypt's military-led government faced a major challenge after two days of clashes between Muslims and Christians in which state media reported 12 people died and 238 were injured.


Al Qaeda leader, 17 others killed in Iraq jail clash (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 08:08 AM PDT

Reuters - Eighteen people, including an al Qaeda leader and a senior Iraqi counter-terrorism official, died in a battle between inmates and security officers during a jailbreak attempt in Baghdad Sunday, security officials said.

Syrian tanks storm Homs districts, southern towns (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Protesters hold a poster reading: Reuters - Syrian tanks and troops stormed three districts of the central city of Homs and swept into several southern towns on Sunday, residents said, in a campaign to crush an uprising against autocratic Baathist rule.


Yemen's opposition urges Gulf states to press Saleh (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Anti-government protesters attend weekly Friday prayers during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southwestern city of Ibb May 6, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Yemen's opposition coalition called on Gulf states Sunday to pressure President Ali Abdullah Saleh to relinquish power as protests against his long rule continued.


Appreciation: Seve Ballesteros, Spain's Fallible and Fabulous Golf Hero (Time.com)

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The golf great got himself into the kinds of trouble that weekend golfers get into all the time. Then somehow, he would play the shot that we all dream of hitting -- but never do. Seve was the man who made our fantasies real

Speculation rife as Merkel keeps mum on ECB candidate (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 02:56 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a cabinet meeting on May 4 in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is playing her cards close to her chest on her pick for the next head of the European Central Bank, though frontrunner Mario Draghi is emerging as an acceptable choice for Berlin, analysts said.(AFP/DPA/File/Michael Kappeler)AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is playing her cards close to her chest on her pick for the next head of the European Central Bank, though frontrunner Mario Draghi is emerging as an acceptable choice for Berlin, analysts said.


Church burning deepens tumult of Egypt transition (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT

Some hundreds of Christians and Muslims hurl stones at each other during clashes near the Corniche in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, May 8, 2011.  The clashes on Sunday come hours after ultraconservative Muslim mobs set fire overnight to a church and a Christian-owned apartment building in a frenzy of violence that killed 12 people and injured more than 200. (AP Photo)AP - Relations between Egypt's Muslims and Christians degenerated to a new low Sunday after riots overnight left 12 people dead and a church burned, adding to the disorder of the country's post-revolution transition to democracy.


Thousands march against violence in Mexico City (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Thousands of people, most wearing white, march against gang violence in Mexico City, Sunday May 8, 2011. The group carrying signs and Mexican flags began their march Thursday in Cuernavaca and are expected to arrive in Mexico City's Zocalo Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - An anti-violence march that began in a central state with a few hundred people and gathered thousands over a four-day trek reached Mexico's capital Sunday, led by a poet whose son was killed by suspected drug traffickers.


Shortages choke Tripoli as sanctions take hold (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT

In this photo taken through a vehicle window on a Libyan government controlled tour, motorists wait to fill up their cars with fuel, in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, May 8, 2011. Fuel shortages are a harsh sign of how how Libya's plunge into chaos is affecting the stronghold of the defiant leader Moammar Gadhafi and western areas of the country under his rule. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)AP - Cars sat abandoned in miles-long fuel lines, motorists traded angry screams with soldiers guarding gas stations, and many shops were closed Sunday on what should have been a work day.


Taliban release video of missing Canadian (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT

AP - Afghanistan's Taliban have released a video of a missing Canadian and threatens to put him on trial for espionage if Canada does not meet their demands.

Canadian woman found in Nevada wilds says she knew end was near (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2011 02:52 PM PDT

Reuters - A Canadian woman who survived seven weeks stranded in the Nevada wilderness had a premonition her ordeal was ending but did not know if she was about to die or be rescued, her family said on Sunday.

Malaysia to take 800 Australia asylum seekers (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 08:15 AM PDT

AP - Malaysia will accept 800 asylum seekers who entered Australia illegally by sea in a groundbreaking deal between the two countries to tackle people smuggling.

Why Singapore's ruling party suffered historic setback at polls (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 May 2011 07:15 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Singapore’s ruling party suffered its worst-ever election result since independence in 1965 as youthful opposition parties tapped voter anger over high living costs and rising inequality in the wealthy city-state.

Avenging bin Laden: Taliban Unleash Spring Offensive in Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Blasts rocked Kandahar Saturday as a half dozen suicide bombers and fighters attacked government compounds -- marking the first big attack of the Taliban's 2011 spring offensive

Why bin Laden killing won't dampen Afghan fight (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 May 2011 02:22 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As the Afghanistan war heats up with the launch of the Taliban's spring offensive, so does talk among foreign-policy experts about how long American support for it will last now that Osama bin Laden is dead.

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