2011年7月14日星期四

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India PM vows to bring Mumbai bombers to justice (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 12:03 PM PDT

A policeman kept guard in the rain at the site of an explosion near the Opera House in Mumbai on July 14, 2011. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed on Thursday to bring to justice those behind triple bomb attacks on India's financial capital Mumbai, and police questioned members of a home-grown Islamist militant group.

Crackdown escalates in east Syria, protesters killed (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:43 PM PDT

If the Syrian regime does not quickly address local protesters' demands for reform Reuters - Syrian forces shot dead two pro-democracy protesters on Thursday in eastern provincial capital Deir al-Zoran, residents said, as a crackdown escalated against dissent in the tribal region bordering Iraq's Sunni heartland.

Libya rebels regroup but battle exposes weakness (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Rebels walk to take positions next to a main road leading to Al-Quwalish in the western mountains of Libya during an offensive by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi July 13, 2011. Forces loyal to Gaddafi on Wednesday retook a village south of the capital seized by rebels a week ago, delivering a set-back to rebel plans for a march on Tripoli. The loss of the village of Al-Qawalish, about 100 km (60 miles) from the capital, underlined the faltering pattern of the rebel advances that has led some of the rebels' Western backers to push for a political solution to the conflict instead. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Libyan rebel fighters prepared for a new offensive south of Tripoli on Thursday but tactical errors raised new questions about whether they will be able to march on the capital.

Twenty Turkish soldiers, Kurdish rebels killed in clash (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Kurdish fighters killed 13 Turkish soldiers and seven militants died on Thursday in the worst clash since the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) ended a ceasefire in February.

Pakistan spy chief visit to U.S. "went very well" (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Pedestrians walk past graffiti that was painted after the 2008 attacks, outside a Hindu crematorium in Mumbai July 14, 2011. Indian police sifted through forensic evidence and security camera footage and questioned members of a home-grown Islamist militant group for clues to the worst bomb blasts in Mumbai since Pakistan-based militants attacked the financial hub in 2008, officials said on Thursday. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY)Reuters - U.S. and Pakistani spy chiefs, trying to mend rifts in a relationship that has grown increasingly sour, met at the CIA and agreed on steps to improve national security, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

As the Hacking Saga Continues, Murdoch Agrees to Tell His Side of the Story (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Time.com - With Rupert Murdoch's woes only getting worse, the media magnate does an about-face and says he'll attend a hearing to investigate the scandal

Major News Corp. investor calls for Brooks to quit (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, pictured in April 2011, a major shareholder in Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hit News Corp. organisation, on Thursday said under-fire executive Rebekah Brooks AFP - Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a major shareholder in Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hit News Corp. organisation, on Thursday said under-fire executive Rebekah Brooks "had to go".

Libya: Rebel and NATO attack on oil city repulsed (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:34 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON A GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR Supporters of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi take part in a rally in the town of Al-Ajaylat, 80 km (50 miles) west of Tripoli, July 14, 2011. In an audio speech carried on Libyan television, which was broadcasting at the rally that gathered tens of thousands of supporters, Gaddafi vowed to fight on; denouncing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, an early backer of the NATO bombing campaign, as a war criminal. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Libya's government spokesman says that a coordinated land, sea and air attack by rebels and NATO forces against the eastern oil city of Brega was repulsed.

Army finds Mexico's biggest marijuana plantation (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:19 PM PDT

This April 26, 2011 photo shows Victor Toro, 68, helps to distribute vegetables at a church community center where he volunteers in New York. After three decades as an immigrants' rights activist in New York, feeding the poor in soup kitchens and fighting to keep kids off drugs, Toro's days could be numbered in New York as a deportation order hangs over him. Toro co-founded Chile's Revolutionary Leftist Movement in the 1960s and was later tortured and exiled by agents of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. After stops in Europe, Cuba and Nicaragua, Toro entered the United States illegally in 1984 from Mexico. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Mexican soldiers found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres (120 hectares), the Defense Department said Thursday.

Wade to opponents: Hold elections in 2 months (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Senegal's president broke his silence for the first time since riots shook his country last month, issuing a challenge to his detractors who have demanded that he step down.

China fugitive awaits deportation hearing in Canada jail (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT

Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing (L) speaking to reporters in Vancouver in 2006. Accused smuggling kingpin Lai, one of Beijing's most wanted fugitives, waited behind bars Thursday as his 12-year fight to avoid deportation back to China appeared to near an end.(AFP/File/Deborah Jones)AFP - Accused smuggling kingpin Lai Changxing, one of Beijing's most wanted fugitives, waited behind bars Thursday as his 12-year fight to avoid deportation back to China appeared to near an end.

Ontario Conservatives lead Liberals by 11 pts-poll (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party, which has pledged to scrap generous electricity rates for green energy production, has taken a strong lead in popular support ahead of the October 6 provincial election.

Brutus, the monster crocodile, thrills Australian tourists (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:49 PM PDT

Reuters - In Australia's outback Northern Territory, tourists are warned to stay away from deadly crocodiles - but someone forgot to tell Brutus, a monster crocodile, to stay away from tourists.

In World Cup semifinal, US spirit tops French finesse (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:17 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - For the third time in women’s soccer history, the US national team made it to the finals of a World Cup, beating France 3-1 in the round of the last four at the FIFA tournament in Germany. It wasn’t an easy win.

Atheist Wins Right to Wear 'Pastafarian' Headgear in License Photo (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Time.com - After a years long pursuit, Niko Alm, a self proclaimed "Pastafarian," finally earned the freedom to appear in his Austrian driver's license sporting a pasta strainer on his head. An accessory he argued was 'religious headgear'

EU unveils plan to revive dwindling fish stocks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 11:04 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The European Union has unveiled plans to overhaul its fisheries policy in a reform hailed as the most radical in four decades.

KENYA: Locals feel the strain as refugee numbers soar (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:18 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - DADAAB, 13 July (IRIN) - About 1,300 Somalis are arriving at the Dadaab refugee camps in northeast Kenya every day. In a camp complex that has already been stretched well beyond its limits, the new arrivals need more assistance than can be provided. The nutritional state of older children, as well as under fives, is of concern, but the local Kenyan population is faring little better.

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