2011年11月2日星期三

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Syria agrees to Arab plan, military pull out (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Demonstrators protesting against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad march through the streets in Homs October 30, 2011. Picture taken October 30, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - CAIRO (Reuters) Syria has agreed to pull its military out of cities, release prisoners and hold talks with the opposition as part of an Arab plan to end violence triggered by an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may try to flee Libya: ICC (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he greets supporters in Tripoli August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - The International Criminal Court is still receiving information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.

PLO to pursue statehood despite Israeli measures (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:48 AM PDT

A construction site is seen in Gilo, a Jewish settlement that Israel erected on land it captured in the West Bank in a 1967 war and annexed unilaterally as part of its declared capital, Jerusalem September 27, 2011. Israel on Tuesday approved construction of 1,100 homes for Jews on the annexed land in the West Bank, a move that could complicate international efforts to renew peace talks and defuse a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - Israel's tough responses to a successful Palestinian bid to join UNESCO -- financial sanctions and a faster settlement drive in the occupied West Bank -- are unlikely to halt a Palestinian quest for recognition as a state at the United Nations.

French weekly firebombed after it portrays Mohammad (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:15 AM PDT

French police stand in front of the damaged offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris November 2, 2011. The magazine's offices were set on fire in the early hours of Wednesday, its editor told Europe 1 radio. The attack took place after the magazine published an edition it said was guest-edited by the Prophet Mohammed and was renamed Reuters - A firebomb attack gutted the headquarters of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday after it put an image of the Prophet Mohammad on its cover.

Crisis mounts around Italy's Berlusconi (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Italy's Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti attends the Reuters - An emergency Italian cabinet meeting called to accelerate budget reforms and calm market turmoil ended late on Wednesday with yet more bickering among coalition partners and little progress on reforms needed to strengthen the economy.

Italy: Did a Hospital Turn Away a Lesbian Blood Donor? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Time.com - With the definition of at-risk blood donors left at doctors' discretion, the third such incident in recent years has set gay-rights activists' blood boiling

UN: Water pollution, drought threaten world's poor (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:59 PM PDT

AP - Prosperous countries have not lived up to their promises to help the poor, the U.N. declared Wednesday, saying poor people often go hungry because of polluted water, drought and other environmental factors that are increasing poverty.

Israeli PM defends east Jerusalem construction (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Earlier this week, Netanyahu expressed new concerns about Iran's nuclear program. And Israeli leaders have recently held a series of discussions on possible pre-emptive military action against Iran, though no decisions are believed to have been made. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended his decision to expand construction in east Jerusalem, saying it was Israel's "right" and "duty" to build in all parts of its capital.

Colombian model guilty on Argentine cocaine charge (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PDT

AP - An Argentine court has convicted Colombian model Angie Sanclemente of trafficking cocaine from the South American country to Europe. Her sentence is six years and eight months in prison.

Prosecutor will investigate all sides in Libya (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:24 PM PDT

AP - The prosecutor of the international war crimes tribunal said Wednesday that his office will "impartially and independently" examine allegations of crimes committed by NATO and opposition forces, as well as by pro-Gadhafi troops, during this year's fighting in Libya.

Huntsman: GOP rivals don't know enough about China (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:25 PM PDT

AP - Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Wednesday that recent comments by rivals Herman Cain and Mitt Romney raise concerns about taking the nation's security and economic policies toward China in the wrong direction.

Bank of Canada's Carney says vigilant on C$ impact on economy (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:27 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's central bank is particularly "vigilant" in monitoring the effects of currency moves on inflation in times of great volatility, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said on Wednesday.

Crews face rotting cargo on stuck New Zealand ship (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:27 PM PDT

AP - Noxious fumes from the rotting cargo aboard a ship marooned on a New Zealand reef pose the latest obstacle to salvage crews trying to remove oil.

Greek bailout – and Papandreou's premiership – in jeopardy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:30 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is fighting for his political survival after his call for a referendum on the latest EU bailout package for his country led to a revolt within his own party, the socialist PASOK.

The eBay of the East: Inside Taobao, China's Online Marketplace (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Tapeworm-laced diet pills? China's e-commerce giant has no trouble selling stuff, but customers can't know what, exactly, they're buying.

'Just not cricket': Pakistani cricket players found guilty of match fixing (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:21 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It's supposed to be the game of gentlemen, a game of valor and civility where cheating is so taboo that it sparked the British idiom, "It's not cricket," as in "It's not acceptable."

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