2011年11月5日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


Greek parties ignore appeal for rapid compromise (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 04:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Greece's ruling socialists and opposition conservatives offered rival plans for saving the nation from bankruptcy and safeguarding its euro zone membership, ignoring an appeal from the president to cooperate now on tackling the mess.

Israeli air strike kills Palestinian militant in Gaza (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Reuters - An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian member of Islamic Jihad and wounded two others in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the militant group said.

Pakistan court indicts seven in Bhutto murder case (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 12:12 PM PDT

Reuters - A Pakistani court Saturday indicted five Islamist militants and two police officers in the high-profile assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said.

Colombians cheer killing of guerrilla kingpin (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 01:27 PM PDT

Colombian rebel Alfonso Cano, chief ideologue of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), speaks to the media near San Vicente del Caguan in this February 2, 2001 file photo. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte/FilesReuters - Colombians rejoiced at the killing of top FARC rebel leader Alfonso Cano and hoped the biggest blow yet against Latin America's longest insurgency could herald an end to nearly five decades of war.


Northeast Nigeria militant attacks kill at least 65 (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Reuters - At least 65 people were killed in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu, an aid agency said Saturday, after Islamist insurgents bombed churches, mosques and police stations and fought hours of gun battles with police.

Holding On: Papandreou Keeps His Party in Power But Will He Still Lead Greece? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 11:35 PM PDT

Time.com - With only a couple of votes to spare, the beleaguered premier manages to win political continuity for now. There may be more tumult ahead

France's AAA secure if deficits curbed: Noyer (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 04:26 PM PDT

Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer delivers a keynote speech at a symposium hosted by The Canon Institute for Global Studies in Tokyo October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Issei KatoReuters - Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer said in a published interview on Saturday that France could preserve its coveted AAA credit rating if it "breaks with the culture of deficits."


Violence in Syria as Arab League warns of disaster (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 12:49 PM PDT

A Syrian Protester covers her face with a Syrian flag as she attends an anti-Syrian regime protest in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Over 100 people protested outside the Arab League's Cairo headquarters where foreign ministers met Wednesday, waving the tri-colored Syrian flag and chanting slogans against Assad. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Violence erupted Saturday in the restive Syrian city of Homs, killing at least five people as tank shells slammed into an area that has turned into one of the main centers of both protest and reprisal during the seven-month uprising, activists said.


People at Mexican volleyball game targeted (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Federal police escort suspect Victor Manuel Rivera Galeana (C) alias AP - Gunmen who killed eight people and wounded seven at a pickup volleyball game in the Mexican state of Sinaloa were targeting the men at the game, authorities said Saturday.


Recent attacks by radical Muslim sect in Nigeria (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 03:43 PM PDT

AP - A look at recent major attacks in Nigeria attributed to the radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram:

Pakistan indicts 2 more in Bhutto's assassination (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 11:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007 file photo, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at her last rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto was assassinated with 20 others in a suicide attack as she left the rally. A Pakistani government prosecutor said Saturday Nov. 5, 2011, a court has indicted seven men on charges of killing country's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)AP - Two police officers were indicted Saturday in the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and will face trial along with five members of the Pakistani Taliban, a state prosecutor said.


Occupy Sydney protesters take to the streets (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:54 PM PDT

AP - Hundreds of Occupy Sydney protesters have taken to the streets of Australia's largest city amid a heavy police presence.

Lebanese villages bordering Syria fear encroaching violence (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 11:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Even as an Arab League sponsored initiative to end violence in Syria seems to flounder, fear grows in Lebanese villages along the frontier
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