2011年8月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News


Analysis: Peril and promise in twin Syria, Libya crises (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Syrian supporters living in Lebanon march under a giant Syrian flag in support of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut July 24, 2011. REUTERS/ Cynthia KaramReuters - Now that he has called for Syria's leader to leave, President Barack Obama faces the daunting challenge of smoothing the way to a post-Assad era -- just as another Arab strongman looks increasingly beleaguered in Libya.


Israel-Gaza attacks stoke tension with Cairo (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:12 PM PDT

A Palestinian man surveys the damage in Bin Zayed mosque after an Israeli air strike in Gaza August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemReuters - Israeli aircraft struck militant outposts in Gaza and Palestinians fired rockets back Friday following deadly gun attacks along the desert border with Egypt that have raised tensions between Israel and the new rulers in Cairo.


Rebels and Gaddafi forces fight for Libya coast cities (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON A GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR. A man looks through debris in the bombed out ruins of the compound of Abdullah Al-Senussi, head of the Libyan Intelligence Service and brother in law of Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Libyan rebels fought fierce battles in two coastal cities on either side of Tripoli in a drive to topple Muammar Gaddafi, and also claimed the Libyan leader's former No. 2 had defected.


Panetta sees progress on keeping some U.S. troops in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday he thinks progress has been made in talks with Baghdad on maintaining some U.S. military presence in Iraq after the end-of-year deadline for withdrawing American forces.

Egypt's Secret Police Promise to Serve a Skeptical Public (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Time.com - The man responsible for training a new generation of state security officers vows to pursue 'democratic policing', but human rights groups are skeptical

Retweet, sexting enter Oxford English Dictionary (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:25 PM PDT

AP - Woot! The online expression of enthusiasm is now in the dictionary. So are textspeak, sexting — and, less happily, cyberbullying.

20 killed in Syria despite Assad's pledge to UN (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:20 PM PDT

A supporter of Syrian President Bashar Assad holds up an Arabic placard which reads - 'Syria Asssad, God Syria and only Bashar, Syria is fine, thanks Russia (in the heart),' as he protests to show his solidarity to his President, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Aug. 19, 2011. Assad, who inherited power from his father in 2000, is facing the most serious international isolation of his rule. On Thursday, the United States and its European allies demanded he step down. Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP - Syrian security forces killed at least 20 protesters Friday despite promises by President Bashar Assad that the military operations against the 5-month-old uprising are over.


Venezuela rejects US criticism in terrorism report (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:34 PM PDT

AP - Venezuela condemned a U.S. State Department report Friday for saying the South American country's government is not fully cooperating in anti-terrorism efforts.

Gaddafi's former No. 2 defects: Libya rebels (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:24 PM PDT

Libya's second-in-command Major Abdel-Salam Jalloud pushes Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi in his wheelchair after a meeting in Libya in this July 9, 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer/FileReuters - Muammar Gaddafi's former right-hand man, Abdel Salam Jalloud, has defected to rebel-held territory in Libya's Western Mountains, a rebel spokesman said on Friday.


Suicide bomber kills 48 in Pakistan mosque (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:55 PM PDT

People carry a person injured by bombing at a mosque in Ghundi, in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber on Friday, Aug 19, 2011. A bomb exploded in a mosque in a Pakistani tribal region as hundreds were gathered for prayers Friday, killing at least 40 people and wounding 85 others in the first major attack in the country during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.(AP Photo/Qazi RaufAP - A suicide bomber struck worshippers during prayers Friday at a mosque close to the Afghan border, killing 48 people in an attack one official said may have been aimed at anti-Taliban elders praying during the holy month of Ramadan.


Canada seen raising rates in 2012 despite Fed: Reuters poll (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Reuters - An interest rate increase, not a cut, remains the most likely course of action for the Bank of Canada, the country's primary securities dealers say, with a hike seen as early as December.

Fukushima Struggles to Rebuild (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Time.com - A Long Road To Recovery as Fukushima Struggles to Rebuild

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