2011年2月23日星期三

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Libyan east hails "freedom" (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST

Libya's old national flag flutters in front of a bridge as protesters shout anti-Kadhafi slogans during a demonstration in the eastern Libyan town of Derna, between Tobruk and Benghazi. Britain on Wednesday defended its mission to rescue nationals stranded in Libya after the first of two planes chartered to pick up passengers from Tripoli eventually left London over nine hours late.(AFP)Reuters - Libyans celebrated the liberation of the east of the country from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, who has vowed to crush the revolt and on Wednesday was trying to assert his grip on the capital Tripoli, in the west.

Chinese official dismisses "Jasmine" protest calls (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:59 PM PST

Reuters - China faces no risk of succumbing to the kind of unrest that has rocked authoritarian governments across the Middle East, a senior Chinese official said, dismissing "Jasmine Revolution" calls as "absurd."

UK verdict on WikiLeaks's Assange extradition due (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:50 PM PST

Reuters - A British court is expected to rule on Thursday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes.

New Zealand quake toll 76, hopes of survivors fade (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:23 PM PST

Reuters - International rescuers intensified their search for earthquake survivors in New Zealand Thursday, despite fading hopes of finding any more people alive and fears that a damaged 26-storey tower could collapse nearby at any time.

Greek police clash with anti-austerity protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:09 AM PST

A man makes a transaction at an ATM outside a closed bank branch during a 24-hour strike in Athens February 23, 2011. Flights will be cancelled, public services closed and shops will pull down shutters across Greece on Wednesday as workers walk off the job in the first nationwide strike this year against austerity measures. The graffiti reads, Reuters - Greek police clashed with protesters on Wednesday as around 100,000 workers, pensioners and students marched to parliament to protest austerity policies aimed at helping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis.

Among Libya's prisoners: Interviews with mercenaries (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:30 PM PST

Time.com - TIME's correspondent in Libya comes across a group of alleged Gaddafimercenaries. But many may turn out to be just more of Gaddafi's victims.

Handcuffed burglary suspect drives off in police car (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:08 PM PST

Reuters - A 19-year-old Henderson, Nevada man arrested for burglary managed to drive off in a police car on Wednesday, despite wearing handcuffs, only to be nabbed on foot a few hours later.

Gadhafi hold whittled away as Libya revolt spreads (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:19 PM PST

Libyan protesters stand on the rooftop of a burned police station, during a demonstration against their Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Tobruk, Libya, Wednesday Feb. 23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - The scope of Moammar Gadhafi's control was whittled away Wednesday as major Libyan cities and towns closer to the capital fell to the rebellion against his rule. In the east, now all but broken away, the opposition vowed to "liberate" Tripoli, where the Libyan leader is holed up with a force of militiamen roaming the streets and tanks guarding the outskirts.

Obama denounces Cuba's treatment of dissidents (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:52 PM PST

A government supporter, right, chants revolutionary slogans as members of dissident group Ladies in White hold up images of late dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo on the first anniversary of his death in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday Feb. 23, 2011. Tamayo died Feb. 23, 2010 after an 83-day hunger strike while he was imprisoned for disrespecting authority. Ladies in White is a group of relatives of Cuban dissidents who were or are still imprisoned. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - U.S. President Barack Obama denounced the Cuban government Wednesday for harassing the mother of a political prisoner who died after a long hunger strike, and said her treatment and the detention of other dissidents stood as evidence of the island's poor human rights record.

Govt defends ill-fated Libyan rescue mission (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:01 PM PST

A British Army Hercules aircraft parks after landing in Luqa, Malta from Britain, where it will stand by ready to fly to Libya to evacuate civilians if necessary. Britain on Wednesday defended its mission to rescue nationals stranded in Libya after the first of two planes chartered to pick up passengers from Tripoli eventually left London over nine hours late.(AFP/Ben Borg Cardona)AFP - The government on Wednesday defended its mission to rescue nationals stranded in Libya after the first of two planes chartered to pick up passengers from Tripoli eventually left London over nine hours late.

U.N. council to look into tougher North Korea sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:14 PM PST

Reuters - A U.N. Security Council committee has agreed to look into recommendations by experts on tightening sanctions against North Korea even though China is blocking their formal release, diplomats said on Wednesday.

Regulator to ask if TMX-LSE deal in public interest (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:14 PM PST

Reuters - The Ontario Securities Commission will assess whether the London Stock Exchange's proposed takeover of TMX Group is in "the public interest," a concept that even the head of the OSC says is hard to define.

Foreign students feared dead in toppled NZ office (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:16 AM PST

An aerial view of emergency services people working at the ruined CTV building in central in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Search teams used their bare hands, dogs, heavy cranes and earth movers Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble of Tuesday's powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Sarah Ivey) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUTAP - Students from across Asia are feared among the dead in an office building that collapsed in New Zealand's earthquake, with police saying Wednesday that they were "100 percent certain" no one trapped in the rubble was alive.

India overlooks abuse of domestic workers in new sexual harassment bill (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:16 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As more and more women enter the workforce, India is en route to passing its first law to protect them against rampant sexual harassment in the workplace.

Yemen Protests: How Long Can It Hang Tough Against the Thugs? (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:30 PM PST

Time.com - Unlike Egypt, there is no surge of a growing but irate middle class to push the revolution forward. And then there are the baltegeya

North and South Korea: Path to six-party talks rocky, but still open (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:47 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The path away from recent violence and toward negotiations on the volatile Korean peninsula is proving rocky and uncertain, but it is still open.

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