2011年7月24日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News


Norway mourns victims of anti-Islam "Crusader" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Flowers are left outside the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington in tribute to the victims of the Utoya island shootings and Oslo bomb Sunday, July 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Reuters - Norway mourned on Sunday 93 people killed in a shooting spree and car bombing by a Norwegian who saw his attacks as "atrocious, but necessary" to defeat liberal immigration policies and the spread of Islam.


Blasts rock Tripoli, NATO targets Gaddafi compound (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:28 AM PDT

A rebel fighter carrying a weapon is seen at his position outside the Bir-Ayyad gate near the city of Zintan in the western mountains, 120 km (75 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli, July 23, 2011. REUTERS/Zoubeir SouissiReuters - Explosions rocked central Tripoli for the second night in a row and Britain said weeks of NATO bombardment had inflicted extensive damage on Muammar Gaddafi's heavily-fortified compound.


China sacks 3 senior officials after train crash (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Reuters - China sacked three senior railway officials Sunday after a collision between two high-speed trains killed at least 35 people and raised new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

Bahrain commission to investigate army, torture claims (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:06 PM PDT

Reuters - A commission tasked by Bahrain to investigate weeks of protests that rocked the Gulf island kingdom said Sunday it would look at the role of the security forces in the unrest and examine charges of torture.

Car bomb in Yemen's Aden kills 9 soldiers, injures 21 (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:38 AM PDT

People stand near a damaged military vehicle at the site of an attack by a booby-trapped car in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden July 24, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped car into an army checkpoint outside Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Sunday, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding 21 others, officials and medical sources said.


The Hunt for Arab Dictators' Hidden Loot (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The Hunt for Arab Dictators' Hidden Loot

Govt sends police to Norway after horror attack (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Police enter a hotel where survivors of the July 22 youth camp attack are being reunited with their families in Sundvolden, some 40 km south west of Oslo. A British police officer was in Norway liaising with police on Sunday over the attacks which killed at least 93 people as Foreign Secretary William Hague warned of the increasing AFP - A British police officer was in Norway Monday to liaise with police over weekend attacks which killed at least 93 people after it emerged the mass murderer claimed ties a far-right British group.


Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 12:14 PM PDT

AP - Syrian troops storm a northwestern village, making sweeping arrests in a region where the army has been conducting operations for weeks to crush growing dissent against the regime. Syrian authorities have unleashed a brutal crackdown in an effort to put down a four-month-old uprising, and activists say more than 1,600 people have been killed since mid-March. The government blames the unrest on terrorists and foreign extremists.

Chavez sings, optimistic after 1st week of chemo (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:16 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hug Chavez waves to supporters during an event to celebrate the 228th birth anniversary of Venezuela's Independence hero Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 24, 2011. Chavez made an unannounced return to Venezuela on Saturday night after spending a week in Cuba undergoing chemotherapy. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sang and recited a poem in honor of independence hero Simon Bolivar on Sunday, appearing upbeat and energetic after his first week of chemotherapy in Cuba.


Egypt's revolution not just about tweeting: bloggers (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:10 PM PDT

Egyptian cyberactivist and executive at Google Wael Ghonim speaks with the press at Cairo's Tahrir square in February 2011 following his release after being held blindfolded by the Egyptian security service for 12 days. Six months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime, Egyptian bloggers have acknowledged that it takes more than a Facebook page to overthrow a dictator.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Six months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime, Egyptian bloggers have acknowledged that it takes more than a Facebook page on the Internet to overthrow a dictator.


Casey Stoner wins US MotoGP (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:18 PM PDT

Australian Casey Stoner of Team Repsol Honda leads out of a turn during the Red Bull US Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, in Monterey, California. Stoner won the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca Raceway on Sunday ahead of factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain.(AFP/Getty Images/Jeff Gross)AFP - Australian Honda rider Casey Stoner stretched his lead atop the MotoGP standings on Sunday with superb victory in the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca Raceway.


Australia says Malaysia deal stopping boatpeople (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Protesters march during a rally to highlight their solidarity with refugees. Australia said Sunday it wanted asylum seekers it sent to Malaysia to be treated fairly, but refused to confirm a report that they would be granted the right to work.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia said Sunday it wanted asylum seekers it sent to Malaysia to be treated fairly, but refused to confirm a report that they would be granted the right to work.


In Norway, a sense of bewilderment and vows to stand together (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:13 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Norway continued to reel today as the country, know for its low-crime rates and mild-mannered politics, sought to come to grips with the largest attack on its soil since World War II.

Killer's Manifesto: The Politics behind the Norway Slaughter (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Shortly before his deadly rampage on July 22, Anders Behring Breivik did something millions of people do today -- he checked in one last time with his friends on Facebook.

Norway attacks: Police question gunman in 'very difficult' investigation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Norwegian police said the man arrested in connection with Friday’s deadly bombing in Oslo and shooting on a small island is cooperating to some extent with authorities. But they added that their investigation into the attacks, which left 92 dead and a swath of downtown Oslo shattered, is slow going.
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