2011年10月10日星期一

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Torture rife in Afghan detention facilities: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:56 PM PDT

An Afghan boy, son of an inmate, walks across a prison yard in southern Afghanistan, July 19, 2011. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovReuters - Afghanistan's intelligence agency and police force have been "systematically" torturing detainees including children at a number of jails, in breach of local and international laws, a United Nations report said on Monday.


Libya forces corner Gaddafi loyalists in Sirte (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters rest at the frontline in Sirte October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Libyan transitional government forces said they had cornered Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in the center of the deposed leader's hometown on Monday, where desperate civilians were still trying to flee the fierce street fighting.


Clashes kill 31 in Syria, EU hails opposition body (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Mourners carry a coffin during the funeral of a protester killed in earlier clashes in the Syrian city of Homs October 7, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - At least 31 people were killed across Syria in the latest wave of violence, notably clashes between gunmen believed to be army deserters and troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, a Syrian activist group said on Monday.


Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf seeks new term in tight poll (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 04:44 PM PDT

Supporters of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who is also presidential candidate of the Unity Party (UP), cheer and hold posters of her during her campaign rally in Monrovia, October 9, 2011. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Liberians vote on Tuesday in the West African state's second presidential election since a civil war, with international appeals for rival supporters to stay peaceful during the hotly-contested poll.


Yemen's Uprising: President Saleh vs. Peaceful Protesters (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The troubles of the country can be told through three families: the President's, the al-Ahmar tribe and the day-to-day trials of a doctor and his sons

Stocks soar on European pledge to help banks (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Specialist James Denaro, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Just last week, a bear market seemed inevitable. Since then stocks have surged four out of the past five days, bringing the S&P 500 index up 8.7 percent.


Al-Qaida confirms killing of US-born cleric (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this In this Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 file image taken from video and released by SITE Intelligence Group, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites. Al-Qaida's Yemeni offshoot on Monday confirmed the killing of U.S.-born militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki late last month and vowed to avenge the prominent progagadist's death. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDITAP - Al-Qaida's Yemeni offshoot on Monday confirmed the killing of U.S.-born militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki late last month and vowed to avenge the prominent propagandist's death.


Haiti group sees jump in cholera cases in capital (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 04:30 PM PDT

UN peacekeeper of Bangladesh, Zahid Hasan, stands guard as he waits for the arrival of UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Ann Amos to camp Terrain Acra in Delmas, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Sept. 29, 2011. Amos is in Haiti for two days reviewing the humanitarian efforts and assistance being provided to people affected by the January 2010 earthquake and the cholera epidemic. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)AP - The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreign aid group said Monday.


US Copts supporting Christians in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT

AP - Egyptian Christians living in the U.S. said Monday that they are horrified by violence that has erupted against Copts back home, including a deadly assault on those trying to stage a peaceful protest in Cairo in response to an attack on a church.

UN: Detainees tortured in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 01:13 PM PDT

FILE-- In this file photo dated  Friday, May 9, 2003, Afghan prisoners look out through a window at the Kabul's Prison in Afghanistan. Prisoners in some Afghan-run detention facilities have been beaten and tortured, a United Nations report said Monday Oct 10, 2011, but the international organization said that the mistreatment was not the result of government policy.  (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo-FILE)AP - Beatings, electric shocks and other forms of torture were administered to suspected Taliban fighters in some Afghan-run detention centers, the U.N. said Monday, even as the U.S. and others have spent billions of dollars training the police and security services.


Oil from stuck ship turns up on New Zealand beach (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:35 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council/New Zealand Herald, the 775-foot (236-meter) Liberian-flagged Rena, left, is stuck on the Astrolabe Reef about 12 nautical miles from Tauranga, New Zealand, as the tanker Awanuia is pumping fuel oil from the Rena Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. The Rena has been leaking fuel, leading to fears it could cause an environmental disaster if it falls apart. (AP Photo/Bay of Plenty Regional Council/New Zealand Herald) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Forecasts of heavy ocean swells Monday thwarted marine crews trying to pull oil from a leaking ship stuck on a reef off New Zealand's coast, as fist-sized clumps of the fuel started turning up on a popular surfers' beach.


Inside Cairo's Riots: The Egyptian Junta's True Colors (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The military's response to a peaceful Christian protest -- and the rabid media depiction that followed -- is a bad omen for democracy and change in Egypt

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