2011年11月3日星期四

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Greek prime minister faces knife-edge survival vote (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:45 PM PDT

Greek Finance minister Evangelos Venizelos (R) attends a Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) parliamentary group meeting at the parliament in Athens October 31, 2011. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a knife-edge confidence vote on Friday after his plan for a referendum on a bailout -- supposed to save both Greece and the euro zone from disaster -- backfired disastrously.


U.S., UK, France ratchet up pressure on Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:32 PM PDT

A general view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, some 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran October 26, 2010. REUTERS/IRNA/Mohammad BabaieReuters - The United States, Britain and France turned up the pressure on Tehran on Thursday ahead of next week's release of a keenly awaited U.N. report that may offer new details about the military side of Iran's nuclear program.


Friday protests seen test of Syrian deal with League (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:36 PM PDT

Syria's ambassador to the Arab League Yousef al-Ahmed attends a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers to discuss Syria at the League headquarters in Cairo, November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Syrian troops' response to anti-government protests after Friday prayers will be a litmus test of the president's agreement with the Arab League to stop shooting and open talks with the protesters, opposition leaders said.


Cuba to permit buying, selling of real estate (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:09 PM PDT

A woman sells household items at a private-licenced stall set up at the front of her home, as a private-licenced barber gives a man a haircut, on the outskirts of Havana February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Desmond BoylanReuters - Cuba's government has given Cubans the right to buy and sell their homes for the first time since the early days of the 1959 revolution in a long-awaited reform that creates a real estate market and promises to put money in people's pockets.


Palestinians won't accept less than full U.N. seat: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:29 PM PDT

A Palestinian holds up a flag during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah upon the return of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from the U.N. General Assembly in the U.S., September 25, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanReuters - The Palestinians will not accept anything less than full U.N. membership and do not want an upgrade to an observer state in the world body, their foreign minister said on Thursday.


Should Greece Ditch the Euro? (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - The whole idea of a member of the euro zone bolting the union has been completely taboo, even as a debt crisis has raged through Europe for two years

Sudan says it pushed rebels out of border region (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:05 PM PDT

A sheep vendor waits for customers at a market, ahead of the Eid-al-Adha feast, in Khartoum November 3, 2011. Sheep sales have come to a halt as high prices deter many Sudanese to buy sheep on the occasion of the Muslim pilgrimage haj. Traders blame bad weather and higher costs for the prices to rise.  REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY BUSINESS)AP - Sudan's army says it has captured a rebel stronghold along its border with South Sudan.


Puerto Rico ends legal battle over disability (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Puerto Rico has reached an agreement with the U.S. government ending a 12-year legal battle to improve the island's health system for the mentally disabled, local justice officials said Thursday.

Libyans want jobs from "grey men" of government (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he greets supporters in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Jobs, normality and democracy are high on the wish lists of Libyans questioned on the streets of their capital, but after months of civil war, meeting their expectations is a challenging assignment for the "grey men" now trying to run the country.


Brit accused of faking death arrested in Australia (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:28 PM PDT

AP - A British man accused of faking his own death as part of a life insurance scam was arrested in Australia after a six-year hunt by authorities, police said Thursday.

Canada high court blocks Khadr extradition to U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Reuters - The Supreme Court of Canada blocked on Thursday the extradition to the United States of Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian wanted by Washington on terrorist charges.

Sex harassment rampant at Aussie military school (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:04 AM PDT

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick comments in Sydney, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, on the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Report on the Review into the Treatment of Women at the Australian Defence Force Academy that was tabled in federal parliament. Nearly three-quarters of female cadets at Australia's military training academy have been sexually harassed, the report found after a series of scandals involving the mistreatment of women in the defense force. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Nearly three-quarters of female cadets at Australia's military training academy have been sexually harassed, a government report found after a series of scandals involving the mistreatment of women in Australia's defense force.


Thailand floods: At the floodwaters' edge, entrepreneurs flourish (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As floodwaters edge closer to some of Bangkok's hitherto-dry central areas some enterprising people â€" including those affected by the waters â€" are doing a steady business selling flood-related provisions.

Paraguay: A Quaint Inn with a Dark Nazi Past (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Paraguay was infamous as a favorite hiding destination of Nazi fugitives after World War II. But the links to the Third Reich live on at Hotel Del Lago, which was frequented by notable Nazi supporters before the war and is still a prime tourist spot

US pushes toward more biting Iran sanctions (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:23 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The United States has taken a step closer to imposing a raft of further sanctions on Iran, even as increasingly shrill rhetoric, Israeli military tests, and British media coverage signal intensifying saber-rattling toward Iran.

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