2011年7月26日星期二

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Mexico sentences teenage hitman to 3 years in prison (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:13 PM PDT

Edgar Jimenez Lugo, known as Reuters - A court in Mexico on Tuesday sentenced a 14-year-old U.S. citizen and drug gang hitman to three years in a juvenile prison for murder, kidnapping and trafficking cocaine.


Norway Muslims share nation's grief and hope for unity (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:12 PM PDT

People gather to offer flowers in tribute to the victims of Friday's twin attack in Oslo outside the cathedral of Oslo July 24, 2011. REUTERS/Berit Roald/ScanpixReuters - As central Oslo reeled from Norway's worst massacre in modern history, a blond man in the grieving crowd asked Iraqi-born Iman al-Kofi, wearing a headscarf, for a hug.


Traumatized Norway tries to return to normality (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:35 PM PDT

Reuters - A Norwegian cabinet minister will make a symbolic return on Wednesday to her bomb-damaged office as the nation tries to restore some normality after the massacre perpetrated by a right-winger who his lawyer believes is insane.

U.S. attack still significant al Qaeda goal: official (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Striking the United States remains a "significant goal" for al Qaeda and its affiliates nearly a decade after the September 11 attacks, the president's nominee to head the National Counterterrorism Center said on Tuesday.

Libya tells U.N. envoy bombs must stop before talks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:34 PM PDT

The U.N. envoy to Libya Abdul Elah al-Khatib speaks to the media during a visit to Benghazi July 25, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - A U.N envoy trying to find a way to end the war in Libya said after talks with the prime minister in Tripoli on Tuesday that the government and the rebels remained far apart in the drive for an end to the crisis.


Norway Vows to Maintain Openness, Tolerance After Attacks (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Time.com - On the streets of Oslo, citizens insist that Anders Behring Breivik's atrocity will not force them to change their way of life

Norway police slammed for slow response to rampage (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Deputy Chief of Police Sveinung Sponheim, left, and Police Chief of Staff Johan Fredriksen, center, are seen during a press conference at the police headquarters in Oslo, Tuesday July 26, 2011. Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week's bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief to an already reeling nation. (AP Photo/Erlend Aas, Scanpix) NORWAY OUTAP - When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway's special forces to swoop down and stop him at any minute.


Bomb wounds 6 UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:06 PM PDT

A French U.N. peacekeeper, right, treats an injured colleague after a bomb explosion targeted their convoy in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. A roadside bomb targeted a U.N. convoy of three vehicles carrying French peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, wounding three of them in the second such attack in one month, a Lebanese security official said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)AP - A roadside bomb blew up next to a United Nations convoy carrying French peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, wounding at least five of them in the second attack on the U.N. force in two months, the United Nations said.


Police probe killing of US med student in Curacao (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 03:19 PM PDT

AP - A Dubai man has been charged with killing a medical school classmate from New Jersey and is being held under psychiatric observation on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao, authorities said Tuesday.

Aid workers rush to help East Africa's hungry (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child with a weight of 3.4kg,  is held by his mother in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of  Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The U.N. will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that militants banned it from more than two years ago, in a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the 'roads of death.' Tens of thousands already have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - Seven-month-old Mihag Gedi Farah is the frail face of famine in the Horn of Africa. He stares out wide-eyed almost in alarm, his skin pulled taut over his ribs and twig-like arms.


Man charged with hacking into Australian broadband (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:59 PM PDT

AP - Police have charged an unemployed truck driver with hacking into Australia's broadband network and potentially threatened part of the national infrastructure.

Canadians fearful about jobs, confidence slips (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 07:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Canadian consumers are far less optimistic than employers about job prospects, according to a survey released on Tuesday that contradicts data showing three straight months of stronger-than-expected employment growth.

Broom, then pepper spray subdue Outback kangaroo (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:51 AM PDT

AP - A 94-year-old woman struck an attacking kangaroo with a broom and managed to crawl to safety in her house in the Australian Outback before police subdued the animal with pepper spray.

Why Netanyahu is suddenly unpopular in Israel (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:24 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been put firmly on the defensive for the first time since his election, with tens of thousands of people protesting the surging cost of housing.

Tom Watson: The Man Who Humbled Murdoch (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Time.com - By leading the charge against News International's alleged phone-hacking practices, the British MP finds himself being hailed a hero, whether he likes it or not

Norwegian police under scrutiny after terror attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Norway’s terrorist attacks have placed Oslo's police force and its tactics under the microscope, and today officials defended their reaction time to the shooting spree on the island of Utoya, saying the circumstances of Friday’s assaults presented a genuine challenge to the authorities.

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