2011年3月31日星期四

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Rebels cheer cracks in Gaddafi regime (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates,, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011, to testify before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on military operations in Libya. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Reuters - Rebels cheered the defection of a Libyan minister as a sign that Muammar Gaddafi's rule was crumbling, but U.S. officials warned he was far from beaten and made clear they feared entanglement in another painful war.

Japan crisis drags, France wants global nuclear reform (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Striken cars lie in a rice field flooded with tsunami water in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture. Japan said Thursday its crisis-hit nuclear plant must be scrapped, but currently had no plans to evacuate more people, despite calls for a larger exclusion zone around the crippled facility.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)Reuters - Japan's nuclear crisis stretched to three weeks on Friday with radiation widening from a crippled power plant and scant hope of a quick resolution.

Libyan defector to face questions on Lockerbie (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Libya's Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa holds a news conference in Tripoli in this March 18, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/FilesReuters - Scottish authorities said on Thursday they wanted to interview defecting Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, pleasing victims' relatives.

Heavy fighting after Ouattara troops reach Abidjan (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:29 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the city centre of Abidjan in this still image taken from March 31, 2011 video. REUTERS/Reuters TVReuters - Heavy weapons fire rang out in central Abidjan on Thursday after presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara's forces marched into Ivory Coast's main city, and his camp said incumbent Laurent Gbagbo had just hours left in power.

Syria's Assad takes steps towards reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:54 AM PDT

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad addresses the parliament in Damascus in this still image taken from a video footage March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Syrian state TV via Reuters TVReuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, facing a wave of protests demanding greater freedoms, took steps on Thursday toward addressing grievances including lifting emergency law and granting disenfranchised Kurds rights.

Ivory Coast: Gbagbo's Last Stand as General Mangou Defects (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - A dramatic late-night defection by the army chief may sound the death knell of Laurent Gbagbo's campaign to retain the presidency in Ivory Coast

Italy ships migrants to mainland, asks EU for help (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Migrants are searched by Italian Policemen prior to board a ferry in Lampedusa, Italy, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. A Navy ship and a commercial ferry arrived in the morning, and at least three more were expected throughout the day. The ships will move some of the migrants to temporary shelters elsewhere in Italy. About 18,000 migrants, mostly Tunisians, have arrived in Lampedusa, which is closer to North Africa than to mainland Italy, since mid-January. Many have been transferred to other centers in Italy, but about 6,000 remain on the island. (AP Photo/Antonello Nusca)AP - Italy shipped more than 2,000 migrants to detention camps on its mainland Thursday, relieving pressure on a tiny island off Sicily which has been overwhelmed by a relentless stream of boats full of illegal arrivals from North African shores.

Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:50 PM PDT

AP - A look at the latest developments in political unrest across the Middle East on Thursday:

Mexico AG quits, pres nominates 1st woman to post (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, International Women of Courage Award recipient Marisela Morales Ibanez, of Mexico, attends the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards ceremony at the State Department in Washington. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon announced on Thursday March 31, 2011 the resignation of his attorney general and nominated Morales, the assistant in charge of organized crime as his successor. Morales will be the first woman to hold the post if she is approved by the Mexican Senate. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)AP - President Felipe Calderon accepted the resignation Thursday of an attorney general known mainly for his weak image in a country fighting a drug war and nominated his top organized crime prosecutor as a successor, the first woman to hold the post if she is approved.

Gadhafi: Leaders of airstrikes should go, not me (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:51 PM PDT

Libyan rebels inspect a vehicle that was damaged during clashes with pro Gadhafi forces, along the front line outside the eastern town of Brega, Libya Thursday, March 31, 2011. Libya conceded Thursday that Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa had resigned but claimed that it was a personal decision driven by health problems, not a sign that the embattled regime is cracking at the highest levels. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Moammar Gadhafi struck a defiant stance Thursday after two high-profile defections from his regime, saying he's not the one who should go — it's the Western leaders who have decimated his military with airstrikes who should resign immediately.

Japan to take control of Tokyo Electric - report (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:59 PM PDT

The logo of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is seen at its Shinagawa thermal power station in Tokyo in this January 26, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Japan will take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co (9501.T), the operator of a stricken nuclear plant, in the face of mounting public concerns over the crisis and a huge potential compensation bill, a domestic newspaper reported on Friday.

Conservatives lead narrows in poll (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's minority Conservative Party's gap over the opposition Liberals narrowed ahead of the May 2 federal election, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Oprah moves to smooth Australia blunder (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PDT

US talk show star Oprah Winfrey greets her fans during the filming of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' at the Sydney Opera House in 2010. Winfrey on Thursday moved to downplay comments in a new documentary-style show suggesting her high-profile tour of Australia in December was not a smooth ride.(AFP/Harpo Inc/Ho/File/George Burns)AFP - US talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey on Thursday moved to downplay comments in a new documentary-style show suggesting her high-profile tour of Australia in December was not a smooth ride.

Arrest of Guatemala's No. 1 drug-trafficking suspect shows growing US role in region (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:09 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The arrest of Juan Ortiz Lopez, an alleged drug kingpin in Guatemala, may mark the beginning of increased cooperation between the US and Central American nations dogged by increasing drug-related violence.

Security Guard Arrested Near London 2012 Olympic Stadium (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - With the countdown to the next Olympic Games well underway, a disturbing reminder of the "new normal" has come with a guard being arrested on the suspicion of possessing explosives

Are Russia's reform hints grounded in real change? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:33 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - For the past two years, a small band of pro-democracy activists has gathered at Moscow's downtown Triumph Square on the 31st of every month that has as many days. They brave beatings, arrests, and taunts from massed ranks of riot police to demand their right to freedom of assembly as guaranteed by Article 31 of Russia's Constitution.

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