2011年11月7日星期一

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Berlusconi plays last cards, denies will resign (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:25 AM PST

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a news conference at the end of the G20 Summit in Cannes November 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defied huge pressure to resign on Monday, desperately playing his last cards to save his crumbling government as fears over Italy's instability hit markets across Europe.

Syrian forces move into Homs district after shelling (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:09 PM PST

A protester faces riot police at Khalidia, near Homs November 4, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Troops and militiamen loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad moved into a residential district of Homs after six days of tank bombardment that killed scores of people and wounded hundreds in the hotbed of unrest, residents and activists said on Monday.

France forced to cut budget again as election looms (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:54 PM PST

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during a ceremony in Cannes November 4, 2011 at the end of the G20 Summit for Heads of State and Government. REUTERS/Lionel Bonaventure/PoolReuters - France announced 65 billion euros of tax hikes and budget cuts over five years on Monday, as President Nicolas Sarkozy seeks to protect the country's creditworthiness in financial markets without killing his chances of re-election in six months time.

Berlusconi's Fate: The Day Italian Bonds Went Bunga Bunga on Him (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:50 AM PST

Time.com - The Eurozone crisis has turned its attention to Italy and on a man who has defied his political enemies time and time again. But can Berlusconi withstand a panicking economy?

Defiant Carlos the Jackal on trial in France (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PST

In this courtroom sketch, by Christine Lemarie, Carlos the Jackal, 62-year-old Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez is shown in Paris Monday Nov. 7, 2011 on the first day of a trial for four deadly attacks in France in 1982-1983. Carlos, already convicted in 1997 of a triple murder in Paris, and serving a life sentence, goes before a special court on terrorism-linked charges and a panel of anonymous magistrates will be his judges during the six-week trial. (AP Photo/HO, Christine Lemarie)AP - A defiant and smiling Carlos the Jackal, one of the most dreaded terror masterminds of the Cold War, has gone on trial again — this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago.

AP Exclusive: Palestinians face steep court fees (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:21 PM PST

In this Tuesday Oct. 11, 2011 photo, Assma Muhammad Abd el-Dayim, 4, holds a picture of her late brother Arafat, 13, who was killed on Jan. 5, 2009, at their family house in Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abd el-Dayim, the childrens' father, is suing Israel over the deaths of four relatives: his nephew, a volunteer medic who died when Israeli tank fire struck the ambulance he was driving, and a son and two other nephews who were killed the next day when Israeli shelling struck a mourning tent where the family was grieving. Dozens of Palestinians who lost relatives in an Israeli military offensive in Gaza have been forced to put their attempts to seek compensation on hold, claiming Israeli financial barriers make it impossible to proceed with their cases. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)AP - Dozens of Palestinians who lost relatives in an Israeli military offensive in Gaza three years ago have been forced to put their compensation claims on hold, saying Israel has placed near-impossible barriers to proceeding with their cases.

Trinidad PM calls off curfews (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:58 PM PST

AP - Trinidad's prime minister has lifted a curfew the government first imposed in August.

Ethnic rioting in Papua New Guinea leaves 6 dead (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:14 PM PST

AP - Rioters have burned down the homes of thousands of people in an ethnic clash in Papua New Guinea's second-largest city, killing at least six people, leaving thousands homeless and turning the city of Lae eerily silent.

China considers shrinking railway investment goal: report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:38 PM PST

Reuters - China's annual investment on railway construction could fall to about 500 billion yuan ($78.7 billion) a year, retreating from ambitious heights mapped out in a plan for the sector that has struggled with high debts, an official Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday.

Inspector review may delay Canada-U.S. oil pipeline (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:08 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. State Department's inspector general has opened a "special review" of the department's handling of permitting for the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, which could delay the final decision on the line into 2012 or later.

Labor negotiations resume in Qantas dispute (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:31 PM PST

A man waits at the Qantas terminal at Sydney Airport for Qantas to resume flying in Sydney, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. Qantas Airways planes returned to the skies after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that had prompted the world's 10th-largest airline to ground its entire fleet. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Qantas Airways and union workers met Monday for their first negotiating session since the Australian airline grounded its entire fleet late last month over a bitter labor dispute.

Why killing of Colombia FARC chief 'Alfonso Cano' may delay peace (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:49 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The killing of the supreme commander of Colombia's top rebel group may delay rather than precipitate a negotiated end to the country’s nearly half century of civil strife, analysts say.

Janitor Makes Million-Dollar Error at German Art Museum (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:50 AM PST

Time.com - Simple mistake, or an indictment of modern art itself?

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