2011年4月11日星期一

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Ouattara urges peace after Ivory Coast rival held (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:31 PM PDT

President Alassane Ouattara addresses the nation from the Golf Hotel after Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbagbo was arrested by forces that stormed the bunker where he hung on to power in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday April 11 2011.(AP Photo/Aristide Bodegla)Reuters - Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president called for peace and reconciliation after his rival was arrested with the help of French forces, but he faces a huge task reuniting a country shattered by civil war.

Belarus metro blast kills 11, Lukashenko sees plot (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Reuters - A blast tore through a crowded metro station in the Belarus capital Minsk in evening rush hour on Monday, killing 11 people in what President Alexander Lukashenko said was an attempt to destabilize the country.

Libyan fighting goes on after peace bid fails (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:48 PM PDT

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi cheers his supporters, as he is surrounded by members of the media, after a meeting with a delegation of five African leaders at his Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli April 10, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - An African Union plan to halt Libya's civil war collapsed, and rebels said the increasingly bloody siege of the city of Misrata by Muammar Gaddafi's troops made talk of a ceasefire meaningless.

Syrian forces seal off Banias, tension mounts (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT

EDITORS NOTE: THE CONTENT OF THE VIDEO FROM WHICH THE STILL IS OBTAINED CANNOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED Thousands of people attend a mass funeral for pro-democracy protesters in the Syrian city of Deraa in this still image taken from an amateur video posted to a social media site on April 9, 2011. The National Organisation for Human Rights in Syria, a Syrian rights group, said on Sunday that 26 protesters had been killed in the city of Deraa and two in Homs province after security forces opened fire on a peaceful gathering on Friday. Syria has prevented news media from reporting from Deraa and mobile phones lines there appeared to be cut on Sunday. REUTERS/Amateur video footage via Reuters TVReuters - Syrian security forces sealed off the coastal city of Banias following pro-democracy protests and killings by irregulars loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses said on Monday.

Bahrain questions 3 reporters, may charge activist (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:56 PM PDT

Outside the embassy : An Iranian girl takes part with her mother in a protest in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, to show support for Bahrain's anti-regime protests by the mainly-Shiite opposition that has rocked the tiny Gulf state for nearly a month. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)Reuters - Bahrain's public prosecutor on Monday questioned three senior journalists sacked from the Gulf kingdom's only opposition newspaper over accusations of falsifying news about the government's crackdown on protesters.

More Than 1,000 Relics Remain Missing After Mass Egyptian Uprising (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Egyptian officials revealed that since the political uprising in January, more than 1,000 Egyptian artifacts have gone missing

Chernobyl tours offered 25 years after blast (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:14 PM PDT

FILE- This June 20, 2000 file photo shows a Ferris wheel in the town of Pripyat, near the Chernobyl nuclear power station, Ukraine. Pripyat's most affecting point may be its rusting amusement park, where a Ferris looms as an inadvertent monument. No giddy couples ever rode the wheel; it was to have opened the week after the explosion at Chernobyl in 1986. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, FILE)AP - For the visitor, Chernobyl makes heavy demands on the imagination — much of what's important can be seen only in the mind's eye.

Egypt blogger gets 3 years for criticizing army (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:38 PM PDT

Egyptian protesters remove razor-wire barricades used to blocked Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 11, 2011. Protesters remain barricaded in Cairo's central square to demand the removal of the military council ruling Egypt, infuriated after soldiers stormed their protest camp Saturday, killing at least one person and injuring 71 others.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - An Egyptian military tribunal convicted a blogger of insulting the army and sentenced him to three years in prison, further raising activists' fears that the army is against greater freedom of expression and political reform.

Puerto Rico official charged with assaulting minor (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:36 PM PDT

AP - The police commissioner in Puerto Rico's capital was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a minor and producing child pornography in a case that emerged after his teenage daughter accused him of molesting her.

Egypt PM pledges probe over protest crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:26 PM PDT

Egyptian protesters stand on an army truck that was burnt by protesters early on Saturday in Tahrir Square, Cairo April 9, 2011. The characters on the signs read Reuters - Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf expressed regret on Monday for a violent crackdown on demonstrators in Cairo at the weekend and said he had asked the minister of justice to investigate.

(AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:54 PM PDT

AP - TEPCO discovers small fire near reactor building at crippled nuclear plant; extinguished quickly.

Watchdog did not condemn us: Conservatives (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:54 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservatives denied on Monday that an official watchdog has condemned the government for misleading legislators over spending plans, a charge that could hurt the party's election campaign.

Woodside, BHP douse takeover talk (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:48 AM PDT

Liquified natural gas storage tanks are seen at the Woodside-operated North West Shelf Gas Venture in Western Australia. Major Australian energy producer Woodside Petroleum played down reports mining giant BHP Billiton was planning a US$50 billion takeover, saying it could not hide any serious proposals.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Major Australian energy producer Woodside Petroleum Monday played down reports mining giant BHP Billiton was planning a US$50 billion takeover, saying it could not hide any serious proposals.

One man's crusade to stop toxic sludge dumping in Indonesia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:57 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Fish net in hand, Prigi Arisandi kicks off his sandals and wades into a shallow stream. Behind him a gaggle of uniformed high school students bend to their task: identifying the plants and bugs scooped from the waterway. Water samples are decanted into ice-cube trays and the contents are matched with textbook drawings.

A Nazi's Nephew? A Transylvanian Count? It Could Only Be the Royal Wedding Guest List (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Been wondering about the breakdown for the April 29 royal wedding breakfast at Buckingham Palace? Wonder no more

Iraq unveils refurbished palace where US soldiers once hung laundry (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:41 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraq on Monday unveiled an opulent renovated palace intended to host an Arab League Summit next month and send the message that the country has moved beyond Saddam Hussein and the US Army generals who were its previous tenants.

African economic growth fails the hungry (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:45 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - April 11 (OneWorld.net) - Latest world polls conducted by Gallup find that 57% of sub-Saharan Africans periodically lack sufficient money to feed their families. Gallup says the recent surge in global food prices could make matters worse.

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