2011年7月31日星期日

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Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 80 killed in Hama (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:08 PM PDT

A giant Syrian flag is held by the crowd during a protest against President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in the city centre of Hama July 29, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrians began the Muslim Ramadan fast in somber mood on Monday after troops stormed into Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre, in one of the bloodiest days in a five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Rebels clash with Gaddafi loyalists in rebel-held east (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:46 PM PDT

Libyan rebels fire an anti-aircraft gun at government forces during a heavy sandstorm near the village of Tiji in western Libya, July 31, 2011. Heavy fighting continued for a third day as rebel forces attempted to oust pro-Gaddafi troops from the strategic western plains. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Rebel forces fought gunmen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in eastern Libya on Sunday in the latest incident to undermine the insurgents' grip in territory they hold.

Thousands protest on Morocco king's allegiance day (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Thousands of Moroccans marched on Sunday to press the Arab world's longest-ruling dynasty to relinquish more of its sweeping powers and stamp out corruption.

Iran to announce U.S. hikers verdict in "coming days": report (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:41 AM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal wait before meeting their mothers in Tehran May 20, 2010. REUTERS/PRESS TV/FilesReuters - Iran said verdicts on American hikers detained on charges of espionage will be announced in the coming days, its Arabic language al-Alam television quoted a judiciary official as saying Sunday.

U.S. military chief cites progress against Haqqanis (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Reuters - The top U.S. military officer said Sunday Afghan militants of the anti-American Haqqani network were finding it harder to move into Afghanistan but warned that their safe havens in Pakistan still posed a risk to the decade-old war effort.

Syrian Military Attacks Protesters in Hama (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:20 AM PDT

Time.com - Once again, it seems an Assad is trying to make an example of the defiant, religiously conservative Syrian city of Hama.

AP Exclusive: Insanity ruling not likely in Norway (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Norway's twin terror attacks suspect Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in an armored police vehicle after leaving the courthouse following a hearing in Oslo Monday July 25, 2011 where he pleaded not guilty to one of the deadliest modern mass killings in peacetime. The man who has confessed to carrying out a bombing and shooting spree that left 93 people dead in Norway will be held in complete isolation for four weeks after a hearing in which he said his terror network had two other cells. (AP Photo/Aftenposten/Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen) NORWAY OUTAP - It's unlikely that the right-wing extremist who admitted killing dozens in Norway last week will be declared legally insane because he appears to have been in control of his actions, the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation told The Associated Press.

Verdict for 2 Americans in Iran within a week (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Masoud Shafiei, the Iranian lawyer for two Americans who have been jailed in Iran on charges of espionage, speaks at his office in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 30, 2011. Two Americans could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday, their lawyer said. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal and Bauer's fiancee, Sarah Shourd, were detained on July 31, 2009, and Iran accused them of illegally crossing the border to spy. Shourd was released last year on $500,000 bail and has said she won't return to Iran for trial. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - The lawyer for two Americans jailed in Iran on charges of espionage said Sunday the court will announce its verdict within a week, dashing hopes for their immediate release after a final hearing in the case.

Landslide re-election win for Buenos Aires mayor (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:35 PM PDT

Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri casts his vote during the runoff mayoral election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday July 31, 2011. Macri, a civil engineer who jumped into politics after being president of the popular Boca Juniors football club, won the first round but failed to reach the 50 percent votes needed to win the July 10 election. The runoff pits the incumbent mayor, a conservative opponent of Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, against her handpicked candidate, leftist Daniel Filmus. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Buenos Aires's conservative Mayor Mauricio Macri won re-election by a wide margin Sunday, defeating the candidate backed by Argentina's left-of-center president.

Kadhafi cell routed in Libyan rebel capital (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:55 PM PDT

A Libyan boy runs while holding the rebellion's flag as hundreds march in tribute to slain general Abdel Fatah Yunis on the last of three days of mourning for the latter's death in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. Libya's rebels routed a militia group accused of assassinating their military chief and of links to Moamer Kadhafi, they said after an hours-long battle in their Benghazi stronghold.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - Libya's rebels routed a militia group accused of assassinating their military chief and of links to Moamer Kadhafi, they said after an hours-long battle Sunday in their Benghazi stronghold.

Mullen 'alarmed' by spike in Afghan violence (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:40 PM PDT

US soldiers assigned to the Kandahar media support center and journalists seek shelter in a concrete bunker during a rocket attack in Kandahar military base. The United States' top military officer on Sunday insisted that security in Afghanistan had improved AFP - The United States' top military officer on Sunday insisted that security in Afghanistan had improved "dramatically" since last year but expressed "alarm" over the recent spike in violence.

Retailers adrift as Australians shop in cyberspace (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:53 AM PDT

This photo taken on July 27 shows shoppers walking past a store advertising heavy discounts in Melbourne. For Australia's embattled retail sector the rise in online shopping is a worrying trend, surging 13 percent in 2010 to 13.6 billion Australian dollars (14.95 billion USD) and almost half the sales went to offshore vendors, as buyers took advantage of the local dollar's meteoric rise.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - She wouldn't call it an addiction, but Australian Emily Spencer has an online shopping habit and auction house eBay was her "gateway drug".

New Soccer Scandal: Will Zurich Give FIFA the Boot? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:20 AM PDT

Time.com - A pair of city councilors is urging the Swiss city to cut its decades-old ties with FIFA, soccer's worldwide governing association. Not only do they say scandals have made FIFA bad for the city's image, it's also a waste of money

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