2011年1月24日星期一

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Suicide bomber kills 35 at Russia's biggest airport (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:23 PM PST

Ambulance cars wait outside Moscow's Domodedovo international airport, shortly after an explosion. US President Barack Obama condemned the Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people at Russia's busiest airport on Monday, state TV said, in an attack on the capital that bore the hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region.


Hezbollah-backed Mikati set to lead Lebanon government (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:09 PM PST

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (L) speaks as former Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora (R) listens during a news conference after meeting Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, during the start of the two-day parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister, January 24, 2011. REUTERS/ Mohamed AzakirReuters - Hezbollah and its allies won support on Monday to nominate their candidate for Lebanon's prime minister, giving them the upper hand in attempts to form a government and sparking accusations of a pro-Iranian coup.


Talks under way for body to oversee Tunisia cabinet (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:50 PM PST

Protestors demonstrate outside the prime minister's office in Tunis, January 24, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Tunisian politicians are negotiating the creation of a council to oversee the interim government, people close to the talks said Monday after days of street protests demanding that the cabinet resign.


Peru recognizes Palestinian state (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

Reuters - Peru said on Monday it had recognized a Palestinian state, joining a growing number of Latin American countries in making an endorsement the United States has called premature.

Protests Shake Yemen's President and Free a Dissident Leader (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST

Time.com - The streets of Yemen's capital remain tense even after the autocratic president issues a mea culpa (of sorts) and an outspoken critic is freed from detention

Summary Box: France's Sarkozy lays out G-20 aims (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy reacts during his press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Jan.24, 2011. Sarkozy says he will use France's presidency of the Group of 20 this year to try to tame volatility in global currency and commodity markets. Sarkozy said at a news conference Monday that he's asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to co-preside a working group on reform of the international monetary system. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)AP - THE NEWS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy laid out his 2011 agenda Monday as France takes up the presidency of the Group of 20. In a wide-ranging press conference, Sarkozy spoke of terrorism, governmental upheaval in Ivory Coast, Lebanon and Tunisia, and other topics.


Palestinians lash out over document leak (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:04 PM PST

Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, listens to Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat during a press conference following his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, not pictured, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - The Palestinians now have their own version of a WikiLeaks scandal.


Peruvian court: No more prison for Lori Berenson (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:45 PM PST

In this photo taken on Aug. 16, 2010, U.S. activist Lori Berenson attends her hearing at court in Lima, Peru, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. A Peruvian appeals court has rejected a prosecutor's attempt to return Berenson to prison, who was paroled in May after serving 15 years for aiding leftist rebels. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - A Peruvian appeals court rejected a prosecutor's attempt to revoke the parole of U.S. activist Lori Berenson, who was released in May after serving 15 years for aiding leftist rebels.


Discrepancies mar south Sudan independence vote (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST

South Sudanese people line up to cast their vote at a polling station during the referendum in Diling, in South Kordofan, on the border between South and North Sudan, January 10, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - More than 100 percent of people registered in seven of the 76 counties in Sudan's south voted in a referendum on whether to secede from the north, according to provisional results and documents seen by Reuters.


Afghan security plan 'at risk': US official (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:13 PM PST

Afghan National Police (ANP) personnel take part in a training exercise at the a Police Training Centre in Helmand province in 2010. A major US plan to build outposts for Afghan forces has been dogged by delays and shoddy management, jeopardizing plans to bolster the country's army and police, a top official said Monday.(AFP/File/Abdul Malik)AFP - A major US plan to build outposts for Afghan forces has been dogged by delays and shoddy management, jeopardizing plans to bolster the country's army and police, a top official said Monday.


Western Canadian province sees major spring floods (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:42 PM PST

Reuters - The western Canadian province of Manitoba, a key producer of wheat and canola, will see major spring flooding if weather conditions continue as expected, the provincial government said on Monday.

Australia: 'No warning' from refugee boat (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:48 AM PST

Channel 7 screengrab shows people floating amid the wreckage of a wooden boat which had been carrying up to 100 refugees and their children after it smashed into jagged rocks along the Christmas Island coastline. People aboard the craft had desperately phoned police for help as their boat, only spotted 600 metres from shore, drifted towards cliffs, an Australian report has found.(AFP/Channel 7/File)AFP - Refugees caught in wild Australian seas desperately phoned police for help as their boat, only spotted 600 metres from shore, drifted towards cliffs where it smashed apart, a report found Monday.


After Albania violence, a fragile calm (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:10 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - International calls for calm and suspension of protest took fragile hold in Albania today â€" after the latest chapter in an ugly cat fight between Tirana’s two most charismatic political figures put Albania in turmoil after three protesters were shot Friday outside the prime minister’s office.

How the Airport Bombing Left Moscow at a Loss for Words (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST

Time.com - The second big suicide bombing in the capital in less than a year has shaken not only the city but also Russian confidence in the government's ability to provide security

As South Sudan prepares for independence, old hurts linger (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:33 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - They call him “Commander Dan." He arrived 24 years ago, and they say here now that he knows South Sudan better than any other “Kawaja” â€" white man â€" around.

Clooney sickness puts global warming on South Sudan agenda (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:30 AM PST

OneWorld.net - LONDON, Jan 24 (OneWorld.net) - Last Friday’s revelation that Hollywood superstar, George Clooney, contracted malaria during a visit to observe the South Sudan referendum may deliver an unintended wake-up call to the architects of the new state.
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