2011年7月3日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News


Gaddafi can stay in Libya if he quits: rebel chief (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:27 PM PDT

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi July 3, 2011. Turkey pledged $200 million in aid for Libya's rebel Transitional National Council and said it was time for leader Muammar Gaddafi to leave Libya.   REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief said in the clearest concession the rebels have so far offered.


Hundreds injured in Italy rail protests (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) with finance minister Giulio Tremonti at a press conference following a ministers' council at Palazzo Chigi in Rome on June 30, 2011. Ratings agency Standard and Poor's on Friday warned that moves by Italy to correct its public finances faced Reuters - More than 180 police and protesters were injured on Sunday during demonstrations against a high-speed railway tunnel linking Italy to France.


Syrian forces kill 2 protesters in refugees' suburb (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Syrian troops backed by tanks swept into new villages in the northwestern province of Idlib, a rights activist told AFP in Nicosia. This is a raw feed taken from YouTube. Duration: 00:18(YouTube)Reuters - Syrian forces shot dead two protesters Sunday during a demonstration demanding President Bashar al-Assad's removal in a Damascus suburb, activists and a resident said.


Thousands of Moroccans protest, unmoved by reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Thousands of people protested in Morocco on Sunday over constitutional reforms they said did not go far enough, but an official said they were out-numbered by people demonstrating in support of the changes.

Mladic to boycott war crimes court (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic appears in court at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague in this still image taken from video June 3, 2011. REUTERS/ICTY via Reuters TVReuters - Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic plans to boycott the U.N. war crimes court on Monday, when he is scheduled to enter a plea against charges of genocide during the Bosnian war.


After the Miners' Triumph: How Chile's President Lost His Mojo (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Just last fall, SebastiÁn PiÑera was a global celebrity because of the way he commanded the rescue of the trapped miners. Now, a showdown with students is only one of the many problems eating away at his popularity

Top dog Djokovic stuns Nadal to win Wimbledon title (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Serbian player Novak Djokovic holds the trophy after beating Spanish player Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club in London. Djokovic won 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Novak Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title on Sunday, dethroning champion Rafael Nadal with a 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 triumph to celebrate his coronation as new world number one in style.


Thousands protests across Morocco despite reforms (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 02:44 PM PDT

Pro-government supporters attack the pro democracy activists who sought protection in a store as they were protesting about the new constitution during a rally organized by the 20th February, the Moroccan Arab Spring movement in Casablanca, Morocco, Sunday July 3, 2011, in a mass popular call to bring more democracy into this North African kingdom. Thousands of pro-democracy activists in Morocco demonstrated Sunday around the country two days after the king's new constitution was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - Thousands of pro-democracy activists in Morocco protested across the country Sunday to demand more reforms two days after voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution the king said will expand freedoms.


Mexico voters choose governor, give hints for 2012 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Eruviel Avila, the Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) gubernatorial candidate in the state of Mexico, casts his vote in Ecatepec, Mexico, Sunday July 3, 2011. Avila heads into the closely watched race with a 30 percentage point. The PRI, which has never lost the governorship in more than 80 years, hopes for a commanding victory to create momentum going into the July 2012 national election, where it wants to regain the presidency it lost in 2000 after 71 years of uninterrupted rule. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - Voters in Mexico's most populous state chose their next governor Sunday in a widely watched election that is expected to help set the tone for next year's presidential election.


20 killed in blast, shootings in northern Nigeria: sources (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 02:04 PM PDT

People walk past the main gate of the state police command headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State in 2010. A bomb blast at a police beer garden killed at least 10 people Sunday in the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri where Islamists are active, a military source and a witness said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - A bomb blast at a police beer garden killed at least 10 people Sunday in the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri where Islamists are active, a military source and a witness said.


Huge rare earth deposits found in Pacific: report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Vast deposits of rare earth minerals have been discovered on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean amounting to 1,000 times those on land, media reported on Monday citing a study by Japanese researchers.

Royals' Quebec visit appears to be winning gamble (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Anti-monarchist protesters failed to disrupt the visit of Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate to Quebec, which was the most politically sensitive portion of their Canadian royal tour.

Australia may extend Tiger Airways grounding (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:53 AM PDT

A Tiger Airways plane sits on the tarmac at Melbourne Airport. Aviation regulators were discussing Sunday whether to seek court approval to extend the grounding of Tiger Airways Australia, as the airline vowed to fix its problems and get back in the air.(AFP/William West)AFP - Aviation regulators were discussing Sunday whether to seek court approval to extend the grounding of Tiger Airways Australia, as the airline vowed to fix its problems and get back in the air.


Bahrain's Hard Justice: Activists Sentenced to Death and Life (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - America's ally in the gulf claims it is trying to hold a dialogue with the opposition about reform. But its courts are delivering another message
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