2011年10月27日星期四

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Violence erupts after Tunisian Islamists win vote (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement celebrate outside Ennahda's headquarters in Tunis October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Anis MiliReuters - Tunisian electoral officials confirmed the Islamist Ennahda party as winner of the North African country's election, setting it up to form the first Islamist-led government in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings.


Gaddafi son seeks flight to Hague war crimes court (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:53 PM PDT

Saif Al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he talks to reporters in Tripoli August 23, 2011.   REUTERS/Paul Hackett/FilesReuters - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, fearing for his life if captured in Libya, has tried to arrange for an aircraft to fly him out of his desert refuge and into the custody of the Hague war crimes court, a senior Libyan official said Thursday.


Prince Nayef named Saudi crown prince (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:30 PM PDT

A man walks past Saudi military guards as they secure the Turki bin Abdulla Mosque before funeral prayers for Saudi Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, in Riyadh October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Hamad I MohammedReuters - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Interior Minister Prince Nayef as the new crown prince, according to a royal court statement read out on state television early Friday.


Pakistan denies BBC report on Taliban links (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan strongly denied Thursday a BBC report that alleged the Pakistani military, along with its intelligence arm, supplied and protected the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda.

Haiti looks to Asia, own diaspora, for investment (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:28 PM PDT

Reuters - Haiti is wooing Asian manufacturers, and its own diaspora, to inject investments and funds into the economy and create jobs to drive a recovery from last year's earthquake, the foreign minister said on Thursday.

Floodwater Threatens the Historic Heart of Bangkok (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:25 AM PDT

Time.com - A Royal gesture has done little to ease tension, as rising water threatens the Thai capital

(AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:33 PM PDT

AP - CORRECTS: Turkey says 13-year-old has emerged alive from rubble some 100 hours after quake.

Tunisia's moderate Islamists win landmark vote (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Tunisian leader and founder of the moderate islamist party Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, center right, chairs an executive board at the party's headquarters in Tunis, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. Authorities say the latest results from Tunisia's landmark elections indicate the moderate Islamist party is holding onto its lead, taking at least 44 percent of seats counted so far for an assembly tasked with writing a new constitution. (AP Photo/Benjamin Girette)AP - Tunisia's moderate Islamist party Ennahda, banned for decades, emerged the official victor in the nation's first free elections, taking 90 of 217 seats in an assembly that will write a new constitution, the electoral commission announced Thursday.


Haiti police detain deputy they say fled jail (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:16 PM PDT

AP - Haitian police have detained a lawmaker whose name surfaced on a list of inmates who fled Haiti's main prison the day of last year's earthquake.

Israel, Egypt carry out U.S.-brokered prisoner swap (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:20 PM PDT

Police take their places at the Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel, about 430 km (256 miles) northeast of Cairo, October 27, 2011. Egyptians gathered at the border with Israel on Thursday awaiting the handover of prisoners to be exchanged for an American-Israeli man held by Egypt and accused of spying.Israel will swap 25 jailed Egyptians for Ilan Grapel, 27, who was detained in Egypt in June on accusations he was out to recruit agents and monitor events in the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak, an ally of Israel and the United States. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Egypt released an American-Israeli held as an alleged spy and Israel freed 25 Egyptians in a prisoner swap Thursday that will ease strains between Cairo's new rulers and the United States and Israel.


NZ's quake-hit cathedral to be partly torn down (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:37 PM PDT

AP - The iconic downtown cathedral in central Christchurch will be deconsecrated and partially demolished due to earthquake damage earlier this year.

Harper says he is encouraged by euro zone deal (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 10:53 PM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday said he was encouraged by the deal agreed by euro zone leaders, calling Europe's economic crisis the most immediate and imminent threat to global recovery.

Africa Rising: Economic progress vs. cultural preservation in Ethiopia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:08 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - • Africa Rising is a weekly look at business, investment, and development trends.

Charity Case: Do Indians Give Enough Away? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:25 AM PDT

Time.com - The Hindu festival of Diwali is all about giving. But, as the Indian economy booms, donations are not keeping pace.

Egypt saves face in swap of alleged Israeli spy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:15 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - An American-Israeli law student Egypt accused of spying for Israel is on his way home after the two nations arranged a prisoner exchange deal that will allow Egypt’s military rulers to claim a victory at home while patching up relations with Israel.

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