2011年9月7日星期三

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Fighters head towards showdown with pro-Gaddafi town (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:51 PM PDT

Bedouins slaughter camels to feed anti-Gaddafi fighters in Om El Qandil, 90 km (56 miles) east of Sirte, September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: SOCIETY CONFLICT)Reuters - Libya's new rulers sent a column of extra fighters toward the tribal bastion of Bani Walid overnight, preparing a showdown with supporters of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, possibly including his sons or even Gaddafi himself.


Al Qaeda affiliate suspected in Delhi blast (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:36 AM PDT

Police cordon off the site of a bomb blast outside the High Court in New Delhi September 7, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - A powerful bomb placed in a briefcase outside the High Court in New Delhi killed at least 11 people and wounded 76 on Wednesday in an attack authorities said was claimed by a South Asian militant group linked to al Qaeda.


Syrian forces attack Homs, Arabs send envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:53 PM PDT

REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENTS OF THIS STILL IMAGE FROM A VIDEO OBTAINED FROM A SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE. Anti-government demonstrators take part in a night protest in Idleb in this still image taken from a video posted on September 3 , 2011 on a social media website. REUTERS/Social media via Reuters TVReuters - Syrian forces backed by tanks killed at least 20 civilians in the city of Homs on Wednesday in one of the fiercest military assaults on urban centres to crush six months of pro-democracy protests, activists and residents said.


Dozens dead in Russian hockey team plane crash (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:39 PM PDT

Emergency workers search the wreckage of a plane that crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl, September 7, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on Wednesday, killing 43 people and plunging the Russian and international sports world into grief.


Exclusive: Documents detail Western arms firm's Libya deal (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 06:19 AM PDT

T-72 tanks in Rajkot, about 220 km (137 miles) west of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 8, 2008. A major Western defense firm was upgrading military equipment, including 40 T-72 tanks, for an elite Libyan security brigade just before an uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, documents show, showing how the West tried to foster ties with him during his final years in power. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - A major Western defense firm was upgrading military equipment for an elite Libyan security brigade just before an uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, documents show, showing how the West tried to foster ties with him during his final years in power.


Pirates of the Atlantic: Africa's Other Coast Gets Its Share (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Time.com - The Horn of Africa isn't the only place infested by pirates. On the west coast, the Gulf of Guinea is seeing a shocking rise in depredations

Jet with hockey team crashes in Russia, killing 43 (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:23 PM PDT

Rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow,  Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. The Yak-42 jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed while taking off Wednesday in western Russia. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the plane was carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey team from Yaroslavl.(AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - A private jet carrying a Russian professional hockey team to its first game of the season crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, killing 43 people — including European and former NHL players — in one of the worst aviation disasters in sports history. Two people survived the accident.


Confusion in Libya over Gadhafi's whereabouts (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Rebel  fighters take control of  a military vehicle, centre, positioned to defend what used to be Gadhafi's 32nd infantry regiment's base at Mardun, some 10 kilometers from the outskirts of Ban Walid, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)AP - A Tripoli military official said Wednesday that Moammar Gadhafi is cornered and the days before he is captured or killed are numbered, but another senior defense official contended that Libya's new rulers have no idea where the fugitive former leader is.


Venezuela poll: Chavez's popularity unchanged (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:16 PM PDT

AP - President Hugo Chavez's approval ratings remain in the 50 percent range, but a majority of Venezuelans disapprove of the government's performance on key issues such as crime, corruption and the economy, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Italy: UN plans Libya political/observer mission (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:35 PM PDT

AP - The United Nations is expected to help oversee Libyan elections and train local police with political and military missions that will help guide the country through its post-Gadhafi transition, Italy's foreign minister said Wednesday.

Romney puts China squarely in presidential race (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's threat to get tough with Chinese trade practices has moved China from the background to a potentially significant issue in the 2012 presidential campaign.

Hockey world shocked by air crash tragedy (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:56 PM PDT

Reuters - The world of ice hockey was in shock and grief after suffering its "darkest day" when a plane carrying the Russian team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving just two survivors.

Australia police: Bomb hoaxer sought money, lawyer (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:42 AM PDT

A man believed to be holding a child hostage at a lawyer's office looks out a window in suburban Sydney, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - A man who marched into a Sydney law office with his daughter and claimed he had a bomb demanded several thousand dollars and access to a lawyer during a 12-hour standoff with police, court documents revealed Wednesday.


The deadly dilemma of Libya's missing weapons (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:10 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) hunt for and collect the weapons that fueled Muammar Qaddafi's war machine, they are quickly learning that some choice pieces of his vast stockpile of mines, mortars, and explosives are missing.

In France, Teaching Kids How to Write Using Twitter (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Some French educators are experimenting with twitter as a way teaching students as young as six to communicate in writing -- 140 characters at a time

Russian jet crash kills hockey team in stinging national tragedy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:17 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Russians are reeling from the news of yet another deadly plane crash in a summer that's been littered with tragic airline accidents.

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