2011年8月14日星期日

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UK's Cameron: will mend "broken society" after riots (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday his government would mend Britain's "broken society" to prevent a repeat of the country's worst riots in decades.

Back on Utoeya Island, Norway killer describes carnage (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 03:57 PM PDT

Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of a killing spree and bomb attack in Norway, sits in the rear of a vehicle as he is transported in a police convoy as he is leaving the courthouse in Oslo July 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen/Aftenposten via ScanpixReuters - Norwegian police took confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik back to Utoeya island to stage a reconstruction of his hour-long slaughter of 69 people there three weeks ago.

Pakistan quizzes suspects over abducted American (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:07 AM PDT

Police and security officials gather outside the residence of an American citizen, whom the U.S. embassy declined to identify, after he was kidnapped in Lahore August 13, 2011. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - Pakistani police have detained a number of people for questioning in connection with the kidnapping of an American development expert in the eastern city of Lahore, investigators said on Sunday.

Tank, navy attack on Syria's Latakia kills 26: witnesses (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Smoke rises in the city of Latakia August 14, 2011. Syrian tanks and navy ships shelled the main Mediterranean port city of Latakia on Sunday, residents and rights groups said, killing 24 people as President Bashar al-Assad's forces launched an offensive by land and sea to crush protests against his rule. REUTERS/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - Syrian tanks and navy ships shelled the main Mediterranean port city of Latakia on Sunday, residents and rights groups said, killing 26 people as President Bashar al-Assad's forces launched an offensive by land and sea to crush protests against his rule.

Cameron: Riot-hit UK must reverse `moral collapse' (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir's brother Abdul Qudoos, center, is supported by friends as he speaks at a peace rally a peace rally in Summerfield Park, Birmingham, England Sunday Aug. 14, 2011. Community groups held a peace rally Sunday in England's second-largest city against the hit-and-run attack that claimed three lives during rioting in Birmingham. Scores of people gathered in Winson Green, where three Muslim men — Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31 — were mowed down and mortally wounded Wednesday when a car struck them at high speed. The trio had been with a larger group guarding a row of Pakistani-owned shops from looters. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Prime Minister David Cameron declared Monday that Britain faces a battle to find its moral compass following four days of riots that left five people dead, thousands facing charges for violence and theft, and at least 200 million pounds ($350 million) in property losses.

Egypt activist charged with inciting violence (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 04:37 PM PDT

Demonstrators chant slogans as they gather under a big Egyptian flag during a demonstration in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. Several hundred protesters have clashed with riot police in Cairo's Tahrir Square, defying Egypt's military rulers who are eager to prevent any demonstrations there since forcefully clearing a weeks long sit-in by youth activists last week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Egypt's military prosecution charged a prominent activist Sunday with slandering and inciting violence against the country's ruling generals through social networking sites, lawyers said.

Argentine primary shows president likely reelected (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 04:22 PM PDT

AP - Exit polls show Argentine President Cristina Fernandez with more than 45 percent of the vote against nine rivals in the country's first-ever open and simultaneous presidential primary.

Libya rebels and government hold talks in Tunisia: source (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan rebels and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi's government held negotiations late Sunday in a hotel in southern Tunisia, a source with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters.

Pakistan let China see crashed U.S. "stealth" copter (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 03:58 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May despite explicit requests from the CIA not to, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

New stimulus seen if recession hits Canada: Finance minister (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 06:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada would consider fresh stimulus for its economy if it slipped into recession, its finance minister said on Saturday, a move that could complicate plans to return to a balanced budget by 2014/15.

Kidnapping of American in Lahore highlights risks for US aid efforts in Pakistan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:03 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Armed gunmen kidnapped an American development consultant from his home in Lahore early Saturday, highlighting the difficulty of US aid efforts in Pakistan.

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

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 10:30 PM PDT

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

Berlin Wall turns 50 – and some want to rebuild it, barbed wire and all (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 05:08 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Fifty years after the Berlin Wall was literally built overnight on Aug. 13, 1961, very little of it is left to look at. So little in fact, that some â€" even those who nearly lost their life because of it â€" want to see portions of the much-hated structure rebuilt.

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