2011年7月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News


Libya rebels fighting to capture eastern oil town (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan rebel forces on Sunday entered the oil town of Brega and fought street battles there with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said, in the biggest offensive in eastern Libya in weeks.

Syria forces besiege town after defections: residents (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 02:27 PM PDT

A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows hundreds of waving their national flag as they rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad in Homs in June 2011. At least 30 people were killed in 24 hours in the central Syrian city of Homs in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a human rights activist said on Sunday.(AFP/SANA/File)Reuters - Syrian tanks surrounded a town near the border with Iraq's Sunni heartland on Sunday after thousands of people, emboldened by defections among security forces, took to the streets there denouncing President Bashar al-Assad, residents said.


Yemen army, tribes in offensive on militants in south (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Yemeni forces backed by armed tribesmen launched an offensive to retake Zinjibar, capital of southern Abyan province, officials said on Sunday, after months of fighting with Islamist militants who seized the city.

Lawyer says Egypt's Mubarak in coma, TV denies (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

A child holds a mask of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak during a rally in Trafalgar Square, in central London February 12, 2011. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak,hospitalised since April and due to stand trial in August, is in a coma, his lawyer said on Sunday, although the state news agency MENA cited a hospital official as denying the report.


MP, top Karzai aide feared killed: police official (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Gunmen killed a top advisor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a member of the country's parliament in a residential district of Kabul on Sunday, just days after the president's brother was gunned down at home, officials said.

The Question of Barghouti: Is He a Mandela or an Arafat? (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 11:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Sitting in an Israeli prison, the Palestinian militant evokes strong feelings and raises many questions about the future of the Palestinian movement

Cameron leaves phone hacking behind for Africa trip (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on July 13. Cameron begins a two-day trip to South Africa and Nigeria on Monday, leaving behind the national phone hacking scandal to promote British trade on the continent.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron begins a two-day trip to South Africa and Nigeria on Monday, leaving behind the national phone hacking scandal to promote British trade on the continent.


Egypt's iconic antiquities chief fired (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:08 PM PDT

AP - Egypt's antiquities minister, whose trademark Indiana Jones hat made him one the country's best known figures around the world, was fired Sunday after months of pressure from critics who attacked his credibility and accused him of having been too close to the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

Chavez retains secrecy over cancer therapy in Cuba (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 04:35 PM PDT

In this photo released on Sunday July 17, 2011 by the state media Cubadebate website, Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, greets Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, accompanied by his daughter Rosa Virginia, upon their arrival at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Saturday July 16, 2011. Chavez has returned to Cuba to begin chemotherapy nearly a month after surgery to remove a tumor, and he is expressing optimism the treatment will help him survive his cancer. Chavez said he would start the treatment in Havana on Sunday. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Estudios Revolucion)AP - In his monthlong fight against cancer, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has placed utmost importance on secrecy, carefully offering only scraps of information about his condition.


Thousands rally in Morocco over reform plan (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Thousands of supporters and opponents of constitutional changes offered by Morocco's king protested Sunday, indicating debate over the country's future sparked by the "Arab Spring" uprisings has not ended.

Japan beat USA on penalties to win World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 04:59 PM PDT

Hostesses bring the trophies and medals after the FIFA Women's Football World Cup final match Japan vs USA on July 17, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Japan won 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out after the final had finished 2-2 following extra-time.(AFP/Patrik Stollarz)AFP - Japan twice came from behind to win the women's World Cup for the first time on Sunday, beating the United States 3-1 on a penalty shoot-out after the final had finished 2-2 in extra-time.


Aussie mum investigated for putting kids on eBay (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:35 PM PDT

The logo of Internet auctioneer eBay. An Australian mother who listed her children for sale on the Internet had her joke backfire when authorities were called in to investigate, police said Sunday.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)AFP - An Australian mother who listed her children for sale on the Internet had her joke backfire when authorities were called in to investigate, police said Sunday.


The price of gold: as influential as a global power (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 07:55 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Lee Mace knelt on a sun-dappled riverbank in the heart of California's mother lode.

News Corp. Phone Hacking Scandal: Former Editor Brooks Arrested, Scotland Yard Head Stephenson Resigns (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 11:35 PM PDT

Time.com - The arrest of the former editor of the News of the World adds a sharper edge to the much-anticipated appearance of Rupert and James Murdoch before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday afternoon

An enduring, and emotional, allure (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 07:54 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Why all the fuss about gold?

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