2011年3月21日星期一

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Gunfire and explosions rock Tripoli for 3rd night (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Anti-aircraft fire and explosions reverberated across Tripoli for a third night on Monday and state television said several sites had come under attack in the capital.

Radiation anxiety grows in disaster-struck Japan (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 03:28 PM PDT

Japan is battling a nuclear and humanitarian crisis, with engineers working to restore power to a stricken power plant in what the UN's top atomic expert said was a Reuters - Global anxiety rose over radiation from Japan's crippled nuclear plant even as engineers won ground in their battle to avert disaster from the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.

Top Yemeni generals back democracy protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT

An army soldier watches as anti-government protesters march on a street in Sanaa March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Top generals, ambassadors and some tribes threw their support behind Yemen's anti-government protesters on Monday in a major blow to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's efforts to ride out demands for his immediate exit.

Explosions, anti-aircraft rounds rock Tripoli (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PDT

The Libyan army fires anti-aircraft rounds during air strikes by coalition forces in Tripoli March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Explosions and anti-aircraft rounds rattled Tripoli for a third night on Monday, and state television said several sites in the capital had come under attacks by what it called the "crusader enemy."

Allies desert Yemeni leader, Syria protests spread (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Popular unrest swelled into a crisis for one Arab autocrat and began to rattle another long seen as immune on Monday as leading figures parted ways with Yemen's president and street protests spread in Syria.

The Palestinians: Can Fatah and Hamas Be Friends? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 03:05 PM PDT

Time.com - A reconciliation seems to be in the works but conflicting interests and policies may yet prevent the West Bank and Gaza from being a single political unit

Kate Middleton to use repaired Rolls-Royce (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Carriage restorer, Dave Evans, cleans the Glass Coach at the Royal Mews in central London, Monday March 21, 2011. The coach, which was built in 1881, and is traditionally used by Royal brides to travel on their wedding day, will be used to carry Prince William and Kate Middleton in the event of bad weather on their wedding day on Friday, April 29, 2011. Should the weather be good on the day then the 1902 State Landau carriage will be used instead. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski, Pool)AP - Kate Middleton will arrive at Westminster Abbey for her April 29 wedding in a Rolls-Royce that was damaged in December when Prince Charles and his wife Camilla were attacked by student protesters, officials said Tuesday.

At defiant march, Syrians shout 'No more fear!' (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 04:24 PM PDT

A Syrian municipality worker extinguishes a burned court room that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Monday March 21, 2011. Mourners chanting 'No more fear!' have marched through a Syrian city where anti-government protesters had deadly confrontations with security forces in recent days. The violence in Daraa, a city of about 300,000 near the border with Jordan, was fast becoming a major challenge for President Bashar Assad, who tried to contain the situation by freeing detainees and promising to fire officials responsible for the violence. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Syrians chanting "No more fear!" held a defiant march Monday after a deadly government crackdown failed to quash three days of mass protests in a southern city — an extraordinary outpouring in a country that is known for brutally suppressing dissent.

Communication failure paralyzes Argentina airports (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:28 PM PDT

AP - Argentina's two major airports have suspended flights due to a failure in control tower communications.

Lawmakers approve Libya mission despite confusion (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:19 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here leaving after addressing the House of Commons, said on Monday there was no legal authority for regime change in Libya despite suggestions by ministers that air strikes could target Moamer Kadhafi.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Lawmakers overwhelmingly supported the country's involvement in the military operation to enforce a UN sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya despite confusion over the mission's scope.

S. Korea foreign minister to visit China next week (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:24 PM PDT

South Korean's foreign minister Kim Sung-Hwan (L) will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi (R) in China next week, as Seoul seeks to persuade Beijing to consent to a UN condemnation of North Korea's new nuclear programme.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - South Korean's foreign minister will visit China next week, Seoul said Tuesday, as it seeks to persuade veto-wielding Beijing to consent to a UN condemnation of North Korea's new nuclear programme.

Conservatives land contempt but might survive (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's minority Conservative government was held on Monday to be in contempt of Parliament but increasingly looked as if it might stave off a new election by reaching out to the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP).

Prince William winds up trip to flood-hit Australia (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 07:42 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William (L) greets Kerand South Primary School students in the city of Kerang in the Australian state of Victoria. Prince William wound up his Australian tour Monday with a visit to flood-hit parts of Victoria as the state government announced more money to help those worst affected.(AFP/POOL/Julian Smith)AFP - Britain's Prince William wound up his Australian tour Monday with a visit to flood-hit parts of Victoria as the state government announced more money to help those worst affected.

Gates visits Russia as Putin decries UN action on Libya (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 11:07 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Defense Secretary Robert Gates will probably get an earful of Russia's objections to the United Nations-sanctioned military operation in Libya when he meets Tuesday with President Dmitry Medvedev.

Kate Middleton on Canvas: An Abstract Take on the Royal Wedding Portrait (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 03:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Greg Herzog, a behavior specialist, has made what he says is the first contemporary painting of Kate Middleton and Prince William

In Yemen, top military commanders defect from Saleh regime (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 10:21 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Several of Yemen’s top military commanders â€" including President Ali Abdullah Saleh's half-brother â€" defected today, pledging to protect opposition demonstrators after unprecedented violence in Sanaa on Friday.

Developing countries bid for climate change litigation (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:59 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - Mar 21 (OneWorld.net) - Scientists and academics in South Asia are calling on environmental groups to campaign for international laws which would enable developing countries and their citizens to claim compensation for damages caused by global warming.

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