2011年8月16日星期二

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Rebels scorn talks with isolated Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 03:55 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON A GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR. A young man gestures during a pro-Gaddafi rally in Green Square, Tripoli, August 15, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi scorned reports of secret talks with the Libyan leader on Tuesday as their forces fought to secure gains and the United States said Gaddafi's days were numbered.


China rejects report of bin Laden raid copter access (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Part of a damaged helicopter is seen lying near the compound after U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China on Tuesday dismissed a report that Pakistan gave it access to an advanced U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May.


Police order India activist freed after protests (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare waves from a car after being detained by police in New Delhi August 16, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Police ordered the release of India's leading anti-corruption campaigner from jail on Tuesday after mounting nationwide protests against his arrest for planning a hunger strike forced a U-turn by beleaguered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.


Analysis: Mexico's splintering drug gangs pose new security risk (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:09 AM PDT

A police detective runs for cover during a police operation to regain control of a jail in Ciudad Juarez July 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jose Luis GonzalezReuters - Few people had heard of the 'Hand with Eyes' before the drug gang dumped a severed head in a working class neighborhood outside Mexico City.


Libya's Rebels Tighten the Noose Around Gaddafi's Capital (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Time.com - A trio of battlefield victories has helped reverse the sense of turmoil in rebel ranks, and has raised pressure on Tripoli

Merkel, Sarkozy propose eurozone government (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:16 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee Palace, Paris Tuesday Aug. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)AP - The leaders of France and Germany called Tuesday for greater economic discipline and unity among European nations but declined to take immediate financial measures seen by many investors as the only way to halt the continent's spiraling debt crisis.


Gadhafi's troops use hospital as base, doctors say (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel runs for cover from sniper fire during fighting in the town of Zawiya, roughly 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. The day Libyan rebels advanced into the strategic city of Zawiya, Moammar Gadhafi's forces clamped down on the local hospital. They forced doctors to perform hours of consecutive surgeries, put snipers on the roof and an anti-aircraft gun near the entrance, two doctors who managed to escape said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)AP - The day Libyan rebels advanced into the strategic city of Zawiya, Moammar Gadhafi's forces clamped down on the local hospital.


Argentina: DNA links suspect to tourist slayings (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT

AP - A court spokesman in Argentina says investigators have DNA and ballistics evidence that implicates some of the eight suspects under arrest in last month's slayings of two French tourists.

Zimbabwe general's death may prompt power struggle (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this photo taken Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009 retired general Solomon Mujuru  attends an Armed Forces Day ceremony in Harare. Relatives say that Mujuru, husband of Zimbabwe's vice president  and one of the nation's main political power brokers  has died at the age of 63. Details on the circumstances of his death were not immediately available (AP Photo,File)AP - A raging house fire has killed one of Zimbabwe's main political brokers, raising questions Tuesday about the battle within longtime President Robert Mugabe's party over who will succeed the ailing 87-year-old leader.


Australian 'collar bomb' suspect ordered detained (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Paul Douglas Peters, left, of Sydney, Australia, is escorted from the Federal Courthouse in Louisville, Ky., after he was arraigned in connection with a bomb hoax in Australia, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Sam Upshaw Jr.)AP - The masked man who locked a fake bomb to the neck of an Australian millionaire's teenage daughter did not look like your ordinary violent criminal. The gray-haired attacker wielded a baseball bat but wore beige trousers and a light-colored dress shirt, rolled up at the elbows.


Hackers hit newspaper site, claim Quebec's Jean Charest is dead (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 08:34 AM PDT

Reuters - Hackers attacked the website of a prominent Canadian newspaper early on Tuesday and posted a false news item alleging Quebec Premier Jean Charest had died of a heart attack, the paper said.

In-flight film "explains" mysteries of female pleasure (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:10 AM PDT

Grounded Qantas planes are seen at Sydney's domestic airport June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - The in-flight entertainment on some planes run by Australian airline Qantas currently contains a somewhat unusual offering -- a movie that purports to elucidate the mysteries of female sexual pleasure.


Flash mobs or splash mob? UK man arrested for planning water pistol fight. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 01:54 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Police in Colchester, Essex, England, have arrested a man and charged him with under Britain's Serious Crime Act of 2007 after he allegedly used social media networks to plan a water gun fight.

The Merkel-Sarkozy Summit: A Minimalist Affair (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The move to prevent European markets from plummeting led those same markets to react to the depressing warning by opening down Tuesday -- and staying that way.

African musicians look to launch new 'Band Aid' to fight East Africa famine (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:58 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Some of Africa's best-known musicians are working together to fight famine and pressure their governments, accused of standing by while millions on the continent face starvation, to pitch in.

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