2011年12月20日星期二

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In mourning, hermit kingdom North Korea seals itself off (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 01:34 AM PST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Koreans gather in front of the statue of the country's founder Kim Il Sung at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, to pay their respects to their leader Kim Jong Il, son of Kim Il Sung, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Kim Jong Il died on Saturday, Dec. 17, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Li) NO SALESReuters - North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the deeply secretive nation that is trying to build a nuclear arsenal.


Fierce clashes in Cairo as Clinton voices outrage (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

Reuters - Egyptian police and soldiers fired guns and teargas to try to clear protesters from Cairo's Tahrir Square on the fifth day of clashes that have killed 13 people and drawn a stinging rebuke from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Awlaki video urges U.S. Muslims to join al Qaeda (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 02:36 PM PST

Reuters - U.S.-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, posthumously called on U.S. Muslims to join the group in the Middle East in a video released on Tuesday.

Iraqi Sunni leaders denounce PM Maliki (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 12:14 PM PST

Daniel Sanchez, right, hugs his brother, U.S. Army SPC David Sanchez upon his arrival to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Puerto Rico National Guard officials say they flew home some 20 soldiers for a short break from their medical treatment. Maj. Gen. Antonio Vicens says some time at home with their families will help them recover from wounds sustained in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)Reuters - The Iraqi vice president accused of running death squads hit back at the prime minister on Tuesday in a sectarian feud that risks wrecking Iraq's fragile balance of power, just days after U.S. troops finally withdrew.


Benghazi Residents Demonstrate Against Libyan Government (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:20 PM PST

Time.com - Afraid that their long-ignored city will continue to be forgotten, residents demonstrate against a government they say has too many Gaddafi holdovers

Europe fights to save cap-and-trade as crisis hits (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2009 file photo, steam and smoke rises from a coal power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Europe's main weapon in the battle against climate change is now fighting for its own survival. In early January, investors in the continent's cap-and-trade system still had to pay some euro14 ($18.30) for the right to emit one ton of carbon dioxide into the air. By last week, the price of one emission allowance had tumbled to a meager euro6.41, making it much cheaper to pollute and slashing the financial incentives for companies to invest in low-carbon technologies. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)AP - Europe's main weapon in the battle against climate change is now fighting for its own survival.


Iraq VP denies charges of running death squads (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 01:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, file photo, Iraq's vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to reporters during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Shiite-led government has issued an arrest warrant Monday Dec. 19, 2011, for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, the country's highest ranking Sunni official, on alleged terrorism charges. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - Iraq's Sunni vice president denied Shiite accusations that he organized death squads, describing the charges Tuesday as a trumped-up case brought only after the departure of U.S. troops about assassinations allegedly committed five years ago.


Clinton-Bush nonprofit gives $1.5 million to Haiti (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:30 PM PST

AP - The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund says it hopes $1.5 million in grants will help Haiti build its hotel, education and technology sectors.

Libyan leader returns to University of Washington (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:37 PM PST

Ali Tarhouni, a former instructor at the University of Washington business school who left to help lead the Libyan revolution, looks over a bracelet he wears with the Libyan colors during a news conference on the campus Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, in Seattle. He was finance minister during the recent revolution in Libya and interim prime minister. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - One morning last February, Ali Tarhouni, a professor at the University of Washington's business school, gave his microeconomics students some startling news: He wouldn't be teaching them anymore. He was off to help with the Libyan revolution.


Second air drop for stricken Russian fishing ship (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:14 PM PST

AP - A New Zealand air force cargo plane flew to Antarctica on Wednesday to drop sea pumps and hull patches to a leaking Russian fishing vessel, stuck in the frigid waters after hitting sea ice last week.

Federal government imposes "sustainable" health funding formula (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:48 AM PST

Reuters - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty imposed what he called a fiscally sustainable formula for increasing federal transfers to the provinces for health care, one that will eventually increase spending by less than the current 6 percent a year.

Sharks and goats dot quest for good wine on the cheap (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:36 AM PST

Reuters - Natalie MacLean is a wine cheapskate and proud of it.

Kim Jong-il's death brings end to era of cruelty, mystery (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Kim Jong-il’s death at the age of 69 ended an era of profligacy and harshness that included reports of both his wild living in his many mansions and stories from defectors of extreme cruelty in a gulag system to which 200,000 people were constantly consigned. 

The Koreas: Could Kim Jong Il's Death Lead to Reunification? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:20 PM PST

Time.com - Kim Jong Il's sudden death sent Seoul scrambling -- and reignited decades-old questions about the future of the Korean Peninsula

Vaclav Havel: playwright, poet, president, advocate for 'the individual' (Video) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 06:52 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - “People, your government has returned to you.”

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