2011年12月17日星期六

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Typhoon kills more than 436 in southern Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:53 AM PST

Reuters - More than 400 people were killed and an unknown number were missing after a typhoon struck the southern Philippines, causing flash floods and landslides and driving tens of thousands from their homes.

Boat with illegal migrants sinks off Indonesia, 300 missing (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:33 PM PST

Reuters - A boat carrying illegal immigrants heading for Australia sank off the coast of east Java in Indonesia and over 300 people were missing with many feared dead, a senior emergency official said.

Troops beat Cairo protesters, clashes kill 10 (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 12:17 PM PST

Reuters - Soldiers beat demonstrators with batons in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday in a second day of clashes that have killed 10 people and wounded hundreds, marring the first free election most Egyptians can remember.

Arabs may take Syria peace plan to United Nations (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 12:42 PM PST

Reuters - Arab states may take their proposals for ending Syria's crackdown on protests to the U.N. Security Council next week unless Damascus agrees to implement the initiative, Qatar's foreign minister said on Saturday.

Warring Yemen forces quit Sanaa, 2 troops die in south (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:02 AM PST

Reuters - Forces loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his opponents withdrew from their positions in the capital Sanaa on Saturday, witnesses and officials said, in a further sign a peace deal signed last month was being implemented.

Commentary: Seasons in a Turbulent Year (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:20 AM PST

Time.com - Looking Back on the Seasons in a Turbulent Year

France Sarkozy's popularity remains stable: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 12:36 PM PST

Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity has remained stable but most voters continue to be unimpressed by his policies, a poll to be published in weekly newspaper Journal du Dimanche Sunday showed.

Egypt military uses heavy hand in crushing protest (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 02:13 PM PST

An Egyptian protester throws a stone toward soldiers, unseen, as a building burns during clashes near Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers swept into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday, chasing protesters and beating them to the ground with sticks and tossing journalists' TV cameras off of balconies in the second day of a violent crackdown on anti-military protesters that has left nine dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Ahmad Hammad)AP - Troops pulled women across the pavement by their hair, knocking off their Muslim headscarves. Young activists were kicked in the head until they lay motionless in Cairo's Tahrir Square.


Venezuela honors Simon Bolivar with new coffin (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez salutes upon his arrival to the national pantheon to attend a ceremony marking the 181th anniversary of the death of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar in Caracas,Venezuela, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid tribute to 19th century independence leader Simon Bolivar on Saturday by unveiling a new coffin containing Bolivar's remains and adorned with gold, pearls and diamonds.


Nigeria seizes bomb factory after Islamist attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST

Reuters - Nigerian authorities raided a bomb making factory Saturday belonging to suspected members of an Islamist sect in the northeast, the military said, after gun and bomb attacks across northern Nigeria over four days killed at least seven people.

Flash floods kill more than 400 in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 01:49 PM PST

Residents are rescued by volunteers following a flash flood that inundated Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. A tropical storm triggered flash floods in the southern Philippines, killing scores and missing more. Mayor Lawrence Cruz of nearby Iligan said the coast guard and other rescuers were scouring the waters off his coastal city for survivors or bodies that may have been swept to the sea by a swollen river. (AP Photo/Erwin Mascarinas)AP - Flash floods devastated a southern Philippines region unaccustomed to serious storms, killing more than 400 people while they slept, rousting hundreds of others to their rooftops and turning two coastal cities into muddy, debris-filled waterways that were strewn Saturday with overturned vehicles and toppled trees.


Crew stabilizes leaky Russian ship near Antarctica (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:30 PM PST

In this photo released by Maritime New Zealand, the Russian fishing vessel Sparta is seen in waters in the Ross Sea near Antarctica on Friday Dec. 16, 2011. The fishing vessel with 32 crew members were taking on water near Antarctica on Friday. Heavy sea ice was hampering rescue efforts, and officials said it could be four or five days before anybody reaches the ship to try to rescue the crew. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand) EDITORIAL USE ONLY,  NO SALESAP - The 32 crew members aboard a leaking Russian fishing ship near Antarctica have made progress stabilizing the vessel, and a plane was scheduled to drop them supplies Saturday. Rescue ships, hampered by heavy sea ice, were still several days away.


Israeli lawmakers move to annex West Bank, one museum at a time (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:09 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As Rachel Slonim shows a visitor around the modest, unheated archeological museum in this West Bank settlement, she becomes animated when she reaches a display case with artifacts from the biblical Israelite period.

Egypt's Christians Back Parties That Oppose Islamists (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:20 AM PST

Time.com - Limiting the extent of the Islamist victory at the polls becomes the overriding priority for a community fearing intolerance and attacks on tourism

Childbirth and maternal health improve in Afghanistan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:06 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Amid increasing focus on the fraught question of what will happen in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO combat forces, a recent survey released by the country's health ministry indicates a significant leap forward for Afghanistan's women.

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