2011年11月20日星期日

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Centre-right roars to victory in Spain election (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:27 PM PST

Reuters - Spain's center-right opposition stormed to a crushing election victory on Sunday as voters punished the outgoing Socialist government for the worst economic crisis in generations.

After Gaddafi son, spy chief captured (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:19 PM PST

Reuters - Abdullah al-Senussi, Libya's feared former intelligence chief, was cornered and captured at a remote desert homestead on Sunday, a day after Muammar Gaddafi's son was seized by Libyan fighters in the same region.

Exclusive: The capture of Gaddafi's son (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:56 PM PST

A still image taken from video shows Saif al-Islam Gaddafi speaking during an interview in Zintan November 20, 2011.   REUTERS/Zintan Media Council via Reuters TV  (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSReuters - The chic black sweater and jeans were gone. So too the combat khaki T-shirt of his televised last stand in Tripoli. Designer stubble had become bushy black beard after months on the run.


Egyptians protest at army, clashes kill at least 12 (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 03:54 PM PST

Reuters - At least 12 people were killed in clashes between security forces and crowds protesting against Egypt's ruling military council in some of the worst violence since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

Kuwait emir slams opposition, says PM will not go (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:34 PM PST

Reuters - Kuwait's emir denounced as a "black day" the storming of parliament and said he would not dissolve the assembly or allow the prime minister to resign, as demanded by the opposition.

Back to Tahrir: The Egyptian Revolution Tries to Repeat Itself (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - A weekend of bloody clashes is reminiscent of the uprising earlier this year but the turnout is relatively small and most Egyptians are worried about other things

Spain tilts to the right as voters oust Socialists (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 03:58 PM PST

Conservative Popular Party candidate Mariano Rajoy, centre jumps alonside his wife Elvira Fernandez Balboa, 2nd right and party members after winning the general elections, in Madrid, Sunday Nov, 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - Spain's center-right conservatives swept convincingly into power and into an economic hot seat Sunday as voters enduring 21.5 percent unemployment dumped the ruling Socialist government — the third time in as many weeks that Europe's debt crisis has toppled an administration.


Libya says Gadhafi son to be tried at home (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 05:11 PM PST

In this image provided by the Zintan Media Center, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, left, is guarded by a Libyan fighter as he is transported to Zintan, Libya, by a transport aircraft following his capture near the Niger border early Saturday Nov 19 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's son, the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large — was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert. (AP Photo / Zintan Media Center,HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY LOGO MUST BE USED MANDATORY CREDITAP - Libya's new leaders said Sunday they will try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court where he's charged with crimes against humanity. The government also announced the capture of the toppled regime's intelligence minister, who is also wanted by the court.


Jamaica PM hints that elections may be next month (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 02:52 PM PST

AP - Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness hinted Sunday that parliamentary elections could come as early as next month, whipping tens of thousands of governing party supporters into campaign mode.

Prominent Nigeria newspaper publisher dies at 66 (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:52 PM PST

AP - Alex Ibru, the publisher of Nigerian newspaper The Guardian and a harsh critic of late dictator Sani Abacha, has died. He was 66.

13 eunuchs killed in fire in India (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 05:09 PM PST

A eunuch cries as others console her at the site of fire which tore through a makeshift tent during a gathering of some thousands of eunuchs in New Delhi, India,  Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011.  The fire tore through the gathering of thousands of eunuchs in the Indian capital on Sunday, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens of others, police said. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)AP - A fire tore through a makeshift tent at a gathering of thousands of eunuchs in the Indian capital on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring at least 33 others, police said.


Analysis: Ontario deficit targets at risk as outlook dims (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 07:40 AM PST

Reuters - A worsening economy will hurt Ontario's chances of meeting already long-term plans to balance its budget as it prepares for a fiscal update on Wednesday.

Details on Obama's Australian visit lost in street (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 10:23 PM PST

AP - The Australian government says it is investigating how a classified booklet detailing Barack Obama's itinerary came to be lost in a gutter during the president's visit last week.

The Capture of Gaddafi's Son: The Reformer Who Refused to Reform (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - According to one aide, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had opportunities to join the rebellion against his father. But he refused every one and turned against the rebels instead
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