2011年7月12日星期二

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Influential brother of Afghan president killed at home (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 01:56 PM PDT

Reuters - The younger half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of the most powerful and controversial men in southern Afghanistan, was shot dead at his home on Tuesday by a senior and highly trusted family security guard.

Riots erupt in N.Ireland after Protestant marches (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:35 PM PDT

Nationalist youths and police in riot gear clash in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast July 12, 2011. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - Police fired plastic bullets and water cannon at Catholic youths in Northern Ireland's provincial capital Belfast on Tuesday after rioting erupted when a Protestant parade passed their estate.

U.N. Council condemns embassy attacks in Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (3rd R) sits down to a working dinner with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (4th R), Quartet Representative and former prime minister of Britain Tony Blair (2nd R), Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd L) and EU High Representative Catherine Ashton (L) at the State Department in Washington, July 11, 2011. Clinton said on Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has lost legitimacy from the U.S. perspective. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" attacks by demonstrators on the U.S. and French embassies in Damascus.

Factional fighting brings Yemen unrest nearer Saudi (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters march to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz July 12, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Factional fighting in

France says Libya political solution taking shape (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:32 PM PDT

France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe gestures during a joint news conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (not seen) after their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 2, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanReuters - Emissaries from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi have been in contact with NATO members to say he is ready to leave power, France said on Tuesday, the latest sign of a possible negotiated end to the crisis.

Yemen's Mysterious Militants: Are They Really Al-Qaeda? (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Time.com - When the government withdrew from a city in May, it said Al-Qaeda had taken over. But some people who fled Zinjibar aren't sure who the intruders are.

Europe considers Greek default, leaders to meet (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Reuters - European Union leaders are poised to hold an emergency summit after finance ministers acknowledged for the first time that some form of Greek default may be needed to cut Athens' debts and to stop contagion spreading to Italy and Spain.

AP sources: Rebels gaining on Gadhafi regime (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:02 PM PDT

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, left, speaks with France's Foreign Affair Minister Alain Juppe during a debate on the French intervention in Libya at the National Assembly in Paris, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. France's foreign minister said Tuesday Paris has had contact with emissaries from Moammar Gadhafi who say the embattled Libyan strongman is 'prepared to leave.'(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is facing dramatic shortages of fuel for his soldiers and citizens in Tripoli, and he is running out of cash to pay his forces and what is left of his government, according to the latest U.S. intelligence reports. In France, the foreign minister reported that Gadhafi is prepared to leave power.

Chavez prays, vows to speed socialist drive (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:50 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Miraflores presidential press office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, third right, exercises as part of his health recovery process at the Alejandro Petion military academy in Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 11, 2011. Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba last June 20 to remove a tumor from his pelvic region and since his return he has slowed his normally heavy agenda and has limited the length of his televised speeches, saying he is under strict orders from his doctors. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attended Mass on Tuesday, joining supporters and aides in praying for his recovery after undergoing cancer surgery.

African Union calls for Somalia drought aid (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Sarura Ali (R) covers her eyes from wind blown dust as she stands with her six children outside a food distribution point in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya on July 5. The African Union called Tuesday on the international community to come to the aid of Somalia, where one in three people are suffering from the combined effect of unrest and drought.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - The African Union called Tuesday on the international community to come to the aid of Somalia, where one in three people are suffering from the combined effect of unrest and drought.

Afghan leader's half brother gunned down in south (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 14, 2010 file photo Ahmad Wali Karzai, half-brother of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Kandahar, Afghanistan. An Afghan official says Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half brother has been killed in southern Afghanistan. Zalmai Ayubi, the spokesman for Kandahar province, says that Ahmad Wali Karzai was shot dead on Tuesday July 12, 2011. Ahmad Wali Karzai, who was head of the Kandahar provincial council, had become a political liability for the Karzai government — a symbol of cronyism and a lightning rod for criticism of all that is wrong with the Karzai administration. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)AP - The powerful half brother of President Hamid Karzai was gunned down in his heavily fortified home by a close associate Tuesday, setting off a power struggle in southern Afghanistan and raising doubts about stability in a critical area for the U.S.-led war effort.

Cash-strapped Toronto to announce worker buyouts (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Toronto is set to announce an ambitious employee-buyout plan as part of an effort by Canada's biggest city to trim expenses and narrow its $774 million 2012 budget gap.

Australia PM hails coal deal amid poll slump (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:09 AM PDT

A coal dredger in Australia. A consortium of US and European firms has made a record five-billion-dollar bid for coal miner Macarthur.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday hailed a record coal mining bid as proof the key resources sector would thrive, shrugging off a slump in the polls over her plans for a pollution tax.

Why Italy may need a bailout, too (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 02:36 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - With little advance warning and declaring it was not a “crisis” meeting, senior European officials today formally discussed Italy’s sovereign debt woes for the first time.

High Food in Low Places: The Gourmet Cooking School in the Middle of the Slum (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Time.com - From a shantytown outside of Lima, Peru's top chef hopes to train the shock troops that will head out to "Peruvianize" global cuisine

Glenn Beck to Israeli parliament: Chin up, I'm with you (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 02:29 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Former Fox host Glenn Beck gave a public relations pep talk in the Israeli parliament today, urging legislators not to mince words that the conflict with the Palestinians threatens Israel’s existence.

South Sudan: Violence Against Women Continues (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 01:30 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - JUBA, Jul 11 (IPS) - Violence against women is rampant, devastating and tolerated in South Sudan and the new country needs to address these gross human rights violations and train people, especially soldiers, to respect women’s rights.

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