2011年8月13日星期六

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Gaddafi forces, rebels fight over Zawiyah (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 05:03 PM PDT

A tank heads to the industrial area where there were clashes with the forces of Muammar Gaddafi in Brega August 13, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - Libyan government forces and rebels clashed around the western town of Zawiyah on Saturday as the insurgents tried to push closer to the capital Tripoli.

American man kidnapped by assailants in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 04:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Several assailants broke into a house in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore in the pre-dawn hours Saturday, overcame security guards and kidnapped a U.S. man identified as an international development expert, police said.

Syrian forces kill 3 as tanks enter coastal city (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 11:15 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Syrian troops killed three people as tanks swept into a coastal city on Saturday, activists said, in a crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad which drew criticism from an international Muslim group.

Protests across Israel against high cost of living (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 02:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Tens of thousands of people gathered across Israel Saturday to call for lower living costs in an effort to show the government their protest movement has countrywide support.

Insurgents killed eight Afghan security officials (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:24 AM PDT

Senior Airman Zenna Tunnell closes the doors of a transfer vehicle holding transfer cases containing the remains of Army Spc. Jameel T. Freeman, Army Spc. Patrick L. Lay II, Army Pfc. Reuben J. Lopez and Marine Cpl. Nicholas S. Ott Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Freeman, of Baltimore, Lay, of Fletcher, N.C., and Lopez, of Williams, Calif., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Ott, 23, of Manchester, N.J., died Aug. 10, 2011 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)Reuters - Insurgents killed eight Afghan security officials who were kidnapped a day earlier in one of the most dangerous areas in central Afghanistan, a government official said on Saturday, and the Taliban claimed responsibility for the killings.

Dissent in Damascus' Shadows: Driving Around Syria's Capital (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Assad's power-base seems muted compared to the rest of the country but dissidents are at work here too

Britain's top cop slams UK role for US crime guru (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 04:39 PM PDT

A forensic officer works at the scene where where three men were killed after being hit by a car in an incident locals some were linking to the violence early Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011 in Birmingham, England. The presence of thousands of extra police officers helped keep a nervous London quiet early Wednesday after three nights of rioting, but violence and looting flared in English cities including Manchester and Birmingham. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Tensions between Britain's government and police leaders flared Saturday over Prime Minister David Cameron's recruitment of a veteran American police commander to advise him on how to combat gangs and prevent a repeat of the past week's riots.

Egypt's Islamists challenge military rulers (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 03:35 PM PDT

AP - Egypt's largest political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, warned the country's military rulers Saturday not to interfere in the writing of a new constitution.

Cuba transgender wedding shows shifting attitudes (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Ignacio Estrada kisses his bride, transsexual Wendy Iriepa, during their wedding ceremony in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 13, 2011. Iriepa, whose sex change operation was paid for by the state, tied the knot with Estrada in a first-of-its-kind wedding for Cuba. Gay marriage is not legal in Cuba and Saturday's wedding does nothing to change that since Iriepa is legally considered a woman. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - A gay man and a woman whose sex-change operation was paid for by the state tied the knot Saturday in a first-of-its-kind wedding for Cuba, a sign of how much the country's attitude toward sexuality has changed since gays and transsexuals suffered persecution in the early years after the revolution.

WFP expands relief work in famine-hit Somalia (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 12:44 PM PDT

A Somali woman from southern Somali holds her malnourished child in a deserted building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug.13, 2011. The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding food distribution efforts in famine-ravaged Somalia, where the U.N. has estimated that only 20 percent of people needing aid are able to receive it because an al-Qaida-linked group controls large portions of the country. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)AP - The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.

Gunmen abduct US man in brazen raid in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Pakistani police officers gather at the entry gate of the house of an abducted American citizen in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. Gunmen abducted an American man after raiding his home in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Saturday, Pakistani officials said, an unusually brazen attack on a foreigner in a country where kidnappings are believed to help fund Islamist militant movements. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Gunmen kidnapped an American development expert after tricking his guards and breaking into his house in Pakistan on Saturday, a brazen raid that alarmed aid workers, diplomats and other foreigners who already tread carefully in this country rife with Islamic militancy and anti-U.S. sentiment.

Why Egypt is angry over $65 million in US democracy grants (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:55 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Egyptian government’s hostile response to a US initiative to fund pro-democracy groups has strained America's relations with its biggest Arab ally during a critical transitional period for Egypt.

Levi's Ad Depicting Riot Scenes Canceled in UK (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - In the UK, jeans could encourage riots. And not just when Macy's holds a sale

Rising demand for oil could lead to global double-dip recession (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:22 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When the global economy slows, one of the few bright spots for consumers is a little relief at the pump, with gas prices falling in response to slowing demand. But this time around, oil prices look set to stay firm, and perhaps rise, through a stagnant growth cycle.

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