2011年8月2日星期二

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Assad forces fire on protesters across Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Soldiers wave from military tanks driving into the Jabal Al-Zawya area of Idlib on August 1, 2011 in this still image taken from video posted on a social media website. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TVReuters - Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama after Ramadan prayers on Tuesday, residents said, on the third day of an armored assault to crush some of the largest street protests against President Bashar al-Assad in a five-month uprising.

Rebels killed, Gaddafi camp says NATO can't stop war (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:53 PM PDT

A young Libyan rebel test fires an anti-aircraft gun at a front line checkpoint near Tiji in western Libya, August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Muammar Gaddafi's forces counter-attacked rebels in a strategic town on Tuesday, killing seven insurgents, as the Libyan leader vowed to crush a Western-backed uprising.

Colombia arrests leaders of submarine cocaine ring (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:33 PM PDT

Members of the Colombian Navy stand guard on top of a seized submarine built by drug smugglers in a makeshift shipyard in Timbiqui, department of Cauca February 14, 2011. REUTERS/Jaime SaldarriagaReuters - Colombian authorities have captured two leaders of a 20-ton-per-year cocaine operation that sent drug-laden submarines to the world's top drug consumer, the United States, local police said Tuesday.

U.S. relaxes limits on Somalia aid as famine looms (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:26 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States is working to get more relief into famine-ravaged southern Somalia and is reassuring aid agencies they will not be penalized for programs in regions controlled by al Shabaab rebels, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Egypt's Mubarak to face trial set to rattle Arab rulers (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will be held to account by the people he ruled for three decades in a trial starting Wednesday that will rattle Arab rulers facing unrest across the Middle East.

Iranian Politics: Is Ahmadinejad's Romance with U.S. Over? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:10 PM PDT

Time.com - For a moment, an aide of the Iranian President was making friendly noises to the West and Israel. But it was really all about Iranian politics

Fears of far-right rise in crisis-hit Greece (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:15 PM PDT

In this image taken Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 riot police look on a residents protest against Muslim immigrants holding outdoor prayers nearby, in this picture taken in central Athens on . Human rights and immigrant groups have warned of a sharp rise in anti-immigrant attacks in Athens in recent months, carried out by far-right groups. In Greece, alarm is rising that the twin crises of financial meltdown and continent-leading illegal immigration are creating the conditions for a right-wing rise — and the Norway massacre on Monday Aug. 1, 2011 drove authorities to beef up security measures. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - They descended by the hundreds — black-shirted, bat-wielding youths chasing down dark-skinned immigrants through the streets of Athens and beating them senseless in an unprecedented show of force by Greece's far-right extremists.

Iraq to negotiate continued US troop presence (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to reporters at a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. The top U.S. military officer says American troops must be given protection from legal prosecution as part of any agreement to keep them in Iraq beyond the end of the year. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Iraq's political leaders gave the government the green light Tuesday to begin negotiating a deal with the U.S. to keep American troops in the country past the end of the year to train Iraqi security forces.

Jamaica cops nab 3 suspects in women's beheadings (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Jamaican police have arrested three suspects in connection with the grisly slayings of a mother and daughter whose beheadings during a home invasion last month renewed a sense of fear and outrage among crime-weary Jamaicans.

Mubarak plane arrives in Sharm: TV (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:59 PM PDT

A plane due to take former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, pictured in 2010, from hospital to attend his murder trial in a Cairo suburb has arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egyptian television reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Chris Kleponis)AFP - A plane due to take former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak from hospital to attend his murder trial in a Cairo suburb has arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egyptian television reported Wednesday.

The Surge in Afghanistan: Successful or Not? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:20 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - With the US buildup in Afghanistan complete, NATO forces have started a concerted push through the key province of Khandahar, the ethnic and spiritual home of the Taliban. Reports so far has been positive, as a major coordinated offensive consisting of 12,000 US and NATO troops working alongside 7,000 Afghan Security Forces in and around Khandahar City have reportedly pressured Taliban fighters to flee the area.

Canada opposition boss was part of separatist group (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's main opposition New Democratic Party, already hobbled by the sickness of leader Jack Layton, hit more problems on Tuesday when it emerged his interim successor had belonged to a Quebec separatist party.

Canadian rescued when boat breaks up off Australia (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:35 AM PDT

In this Aug. 1, 2011 photo provided by the Australian Marine Safety Authority (AMSA), the Canadian-registered yacht Kekuli, piloted by Paul Lim, struggles in stormy waters about 155 miles (250 km) southwest of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia. Lim, 62, ran into trouble when the engine on his yacht broke away as he battled 30-foot (9-meter) waves and winds gusting up to 55 miles (90 kilometers) per hour in the Southern Ocean, the AMSA said in a statement. The yacht broke apart and Lim was rescued on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, by the Panamanian bulk carrier Kohju, heading for the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority)AP - A Canadian sailor whose yacht broke apart in rough seas off southwest Australia was rescued Tuesday and is in good health aboard a ship heading for the Canary Islands.

Egyptian Army empties Tahrir Square (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:05 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The first holy month of Ramadan after Egypt’s uprising began today not with festivities, as expected, but with violence. Military and police descended on Tahrir Square and violently dispersed protesters who had camped there for nearly a month to push for democratic reform.

elBulli: A Tableside Report of a Last-Supper Masterpiece (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:10 PM PDT

Time.com - TIME news director Howard Chua-Eoan weeps into his shrimp-brain soup as culinary genius Ferran AdriÀ serves up a greatest-hits valedictory feast

Iraq's government shuts down amid 120-degree temps - and no A/C (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:24 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraq declared a government holiday due to the heat for the first time today, as temperatures soared above 120 degrees F. (50 degrees C.) in the midst of a summer electricity crisis that has sparked public protests.

Economic development leaving millions behind (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:13 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (IPS) - The Society for International Development (SID)'s triennial World Congress, which concluded Sunday in Washington, drew over 1,000 attendees this year, 40 percent hailing from the global south, making it arguably one of the most influential and far-reaching forums for development experts and organisations in the world today.

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