2011年10月13日星期四

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Obama says Iran to face toughest possible sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 02:42 PM PDT

An Iranian woman walks past an anti-U.S. mural on the wall of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, October 12, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlReuters - President Barack Obama warned Iran on Thursday it would face the toughest possible sanctions for an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington, as Treasury officials eyed action against the Iranian central bank.


Twenty killed in Syrian clashes, EU sanctions bank (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 01:52 PM PDT

A photo taken from a helicopter shows supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's gathering during a rally at al-Sabaa Bahrat square in Damascus October 12, 2011. REUTERS/Wael HmidanReuters - At least 20 people were killed in renewed fighting in Syria on Thursday, an activist group said, and the European Union imposed sanctions on the country's biggest state bank which bankers say holds much of the country's foreign reserves.


French Strauss-Kahn sex assault probe dropped (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 01:56 PM PDT

A two-way combo of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) and French writer Tristane Banon taken September 29, 2011. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesReuters - French public prosecutors dropped an investigation on Thursday into a writer's accusation of attempted rape against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn due to lack of evidence.


Israel-Palestinian swap due in Sinai next week (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is seen in this file still image from video released October 2, 2009 by Israeli television. REUTERS/Handout/FilesReuters - Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be freed from five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip some time next week in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.


Gunmen kidnap two Spanish aid workers from Kenya camp (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 03:48 PM PDT

A Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) worker ushers newly arrived Somali refugees before they are administered polio vaccine at the Ifo extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaReuters - Gunmen were on the run with two Spanish aid workers kidnapped on Thursday from Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, after the third abduction of Westerners in Kenya by attackers linked to Somalia in a month.


Will the Washington Bomb Plot Force Obama Into War With Iran? (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - A warning of the perils arising from the two sides inability to communicate and understand each other's intentions seems especially prescient amid the fallout from the alleged plot to kill the Saudi Ambassador to Washington

Berlusconi faces confidence vote; seen surviving for now (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 03:50 PM PDT

A demonstrator holds a mask of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's face during a sit-in protest near the Bank of Italy's headquarters in Rome October 12, 2011. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniReuters - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to scrape through a vote of confidence on Friday, despite the scandals, economic stagnation and intense pressure from financial markets plaguing him and his administration.


Twin explosions in Baghdad kill 17 people (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 01:04 PM PDT

A protester who identified himself as an Iraq War veteran is restrained by police after shouting during testimony by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (BOTTOM L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (2nd L) before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 13, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst    (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)AP - Two explosions in a Shiite neighborhood of eastern Baghdad killed 17 people and wounded around 50 others Thursday night, Iraqi officials said.


Brazil prosecutor wants to deport Battisti (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 02:52 PM PDT

AP - A Brazilian federal prosecutor filed a petition Thursday seeking to annul the residency visa granted to a former leftist rebel from Italy convicted in his homeland of four murders carried out in the late 1970s.

Report: 28 dead in Papua New Guinea plane crash (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 04:19 PM PDT

AP - Twenty-eight people were killed and four others survived when their plane crashed into the remote forests of Papua New Guinea, Australian officials said Friday.

White House dinner icing on SKorea charm offensive (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 04:25 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his wife Kim Yoon-Ok at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct., 13, 2011, prior to a State Dinner. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - First came an intimate dinner at a suburban Korean restaurant. Next, the all-out opulence of a White House state dinner in the East Room.


Move to avoid "full-blown global recession": PM Harper (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Europe and the G20 leading economies must act decisively and quickly to avoid another full-scale world recession, Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned on Thursday.

Weather gives boost to oil plans for stricken ship (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 03:31 PM PDT

The Liberian-flagged container ship Rena is seen stuck aground on a reef off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.  A salvage crew on Thursday finally managed to board the cargo ship that has spilled hundreds of tons of oil since striking a reef off New Zealand, and was racing to assess whether oil can be pumped from the ship before the vessel breaks up. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - The calmest weather in days has given salvage crews hope they will be able on Friday to resume pumping the remaining fuel from a cargo ship stuck on a New Zealand reef.


Egypt's military denies any responsibility in deaths of 17 Christians (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:41 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Egypt’s Army has denied shooting or running over mostly Christian protesters at a demonstration Sunday, laying the blame on protesters for the violence that killed as many as two dozen people.

The Saudi-Iran Cold War: Will the Assassination Plot Heat It Up? (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Riyadh flexed its muscles in Bahrain when it saw an alleged threat from Iran there. How will it respond to the alleged plot to kill its ambassador to the U.S.?

A year after joyous miner rescue, Chile struggles with conflict (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 12:35 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A year after Chile gained a boost of public confidence and national pride by rescuing 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground, the country is now wrought with political and social squabbles that are demolishing politicians' approval ratings.

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