2011年8月3日星期三

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Syria forces occupy central Hama as U.N. condemns violence (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: REUTERS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY CONTENT VIDEO FROM WHICH THIS STILL IMAGE WAS TAKEN A newly dug grave is seen in Hama in this still image taken from video posted on a social media website on August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TVReuters - Syrian tanks occupied the main square in central Hama Wednesday after heavy shelling of the city, residents said, taking control of the site of some of the largest protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Libyan rebels say counter-attack at Zlitan repelled (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:51 AM PDT

A young Libyan rebel test fires an anti-aircraft gun at a front line checkpoint near Tiji in western Libya, August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Libyan rebels said on Wednesday they had fought off an attack on positions around Zlitan, contradicting government claims of victory in a town insurgents hope will pave the way for an advance on the capital.

Kosovo says will not accept NATO-Serbia deal (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Reuters - The NATO mission in Kosovo said Wednesday that it had drafted an agreement with Serb representatives to move roadblocks in northern Kosovo, but the Pristina government said the deal was unacceptable.

Egypt puts Mubarak on trial, transfixing Arab world (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is wheeled out of the courtroom for a court recess during his trial at the Police Academy in Cairo in this still image taken from video August 3, 2011. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was shown wheeled into a cage in court in Cairo on Wednesday with his two sons and other defendants to stand trial for his role in the killing of protesters, state television images showed. REUTERS/Egypt TV via Reuters TVReuters - Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, accused of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, went on trial Wednesday, delighting those who overthrew him and ringing an alarm bell for other autocrats around the Arab world.

Witness: Signs of old era as Egypt turns page with Mubarak trial (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Reuters - Reuters correspondent Dina Zayed attended the opening session on Wednesday of the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for 30 years. Like many Egyptians in his country of about 80 million people, with its youthful population, she has never known any other president.

The Dictator in His Cage: Mubarak Goes on Trial in Cairo (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Time.com - As Egypt watches the drama unfold, the waning protest movement hopes to rekindle its momentum

British smartphone use soaring, led by teens: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Teenage Britons are spending more and more time using smartphones to make calls, send texts and use social networking sites, and more than half of those that own the devices claim to be addicted to them, regulator Ofcom said on Thursday.

Bedridden and caged, Egypt's Mubarak goes on trial (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 04:11 PM PDT

This video image taken from Egyptian State Television showing 83-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak speaks to the court, using a microphone while laying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011, as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him from office. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at their former president since Feb. 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV) EGYPT OUTAP - From a bed inside the defendants' cage, an ashen-faced Hosni Mubarak showed a glimmer of his old defiance. Egypt's former president wagged his finger in the air and denied all charges against him Wednesday as he went on trial for alleged corruption and complicity in the deaths of protesters who helped drive him from power.

9 pollsters free after disappearing in west Mexico (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:52 PM PDT

AP - Nine Mexican polling company workers were released Wednesday, several days after they were apparently kidnapped in a western region plagued by drug-cartel violence.

Libyan rebels face schism as Zliten attack is repelled (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Libyan rebels sit in a tent in Josh, at the foot of the Nafusa mountain range, some 200 kms southwest of Tripoli, on August 2. The unity of Libya's revolutionaries became the latest casualty on Wednesday of the shock assassination of a top general, as a key rebel group demanded senior ministers and military brass be fired.(AFP/Colin Summers)AFP - The unity of Libya's revolutionaries became the latest casualty on Wednesday of the shock assassination of a top general, as a key rebel group demanded senior ministers and military brass be fired.

Sydney police say device attached to teen not bomb (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 04:40 PM PDT

AP - Australian police say a suspicious device that was attached to a Sydney teen contained no explosives.

Canada says G20 monitoring global economy (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Reuters - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday he has been having discussions with his Group of 20 colleagues about the global economic situation, which has been hit by U.S. and European debt fears.

Australia teenager recovers after 'bomb' ordeal (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Australian police on patrol in Sydney. Australian bomb squad officers have safely removed a teenager from a AFP - An Australian teenager who had a suspected bomb strapped around her neck for 10 hours until technical experts were able to remove it was released from hospital Thursday, reports said.

How Turkey's military upheaval will affect NATO (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:13 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The resignation of Turkey’s top four military officers last week has been heralded as marking the end of a near decade-long power struggle between the government and armed forces.

Why Erdogan's Political Showdown is Good News for Turkey's Democracy (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Military brass unhappy with a civilian government would once have seized power, but now they simply retire. However, Erdogan faces democratic challenges of his own

Why Kashmir is so quiet - for now (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:05 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - After security forces killed 117 civilians in Kashmir last summer, B.N. Ramesh took over as a top police officer here and saw a mess that his MBA degree could help him fix.

Afghanistan the New Mexico?: Assassinations and the Drug Trade (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:58 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - Aug 2 (New America Media) - In the last few months, the Afghan drug trade has entered a new phase of power struggles that could lead to the sort of violence that plagues Mexicans on a daily basis.

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