2011年11月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News


Protesters dig in to keep pressure on Egypt army (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PST

Reuters - Protesters demanding an end to army rule in Egypt sought on Saturday to build on momentum from a mass protest, bedding down in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a ninth day just two days before the first free parliamentary polls in living memory.

Arab League prepares for Syria sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:22 PM PST

Reuters - Arab officials will prepare plans for sanctions against Syria on Saturday over its failure to let Arab League monitors oversee an initiative aimed at ending a violent crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Moderate Islamists claim Moroccan election win (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 05:25 PM PST

Reuters - Morocco's Justice and Development Party (PJD) claimed victory on Saturday in a parliamentary election that should produce a stronger government after King Mohammed ceded some powers to prevent any spillover from Arab Spring uprisings.

Mexican group asks ICC to probe president, officials (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 08:01 AM PST

Reuters - Mexican human rights activists want the International Criminal Court to investigate President Felipe Calderon, top officials and the country's most-wanted drug trafficker, accusing them of allowing subordinates to kill, torture and kidnap civilians.

Libya leader, in Khartoum, thanks Sudan for weapons (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:16 PM PST

Reuters - Sudanese weapons and ammunition sent through Egypt helped Libya's former rebels oust Muammar Gaddafi and take control of the North African country, the head of Libya's interim ruling council said on Friday.

A New Generation of Chinese Marketers Is Turning on to the Power of the Past (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:30 AM PST

Time.com - Return of the '80s: In China, Appealing to the New Rich by Recalling the Past

Greece: Migrants rescued from stranded trawler (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:46 PM PST

AP - Greece's coast guard rescued 92 people, believed to be illegal immigrants, on Friday from a disabled trawler in rough seas off southern Greece, authorities said.

Egypt's military under pressure from protests, US (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:28 PM PST

An Egyptian protester with colors of the Egyptian flag and Arabic writing that reads, 'Nov. 19' on his face gestures near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 25. 2011. Tens of thousands of protesters chanting, 'Leave, leave!' filled Cairo's Tahrir Square in a massive demonstration to force Egypt's ruling military council to yield power. The Friday rally is dubbed by organizers as 'The Last Chance Million-Man Protest,' and comes one day after the military offered an apology for the killing of nearly 40 protesters in clashes on side streets near Tahrir over the last week. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)AP - The U.S. increased pressure Friday on Egypt's military rulers to hand over power to civilian leaders, and the generals turned to a Mubarak-era politician to head a new government in a move that failed to satisfy the more than 100,000 protesters who jammed Tahrir Square in the biggest rally yet this week.


Group files war-crimes complaint against Calderon (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:53 PM PST

AP - A group of Mexican activists has lodged a war-crimes complaint against President Felipe Calderon at the International Criminal Court.

Egypt frees detained American University students: family (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PST

Reuters - The three American students arrested on suspicion of throwing gasoline bombs this week during the protests in Egypt were freed on Friday, a family member and a representative of the students said.

New Zealand polls open with premier riding high (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:37 PM PST

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key and his wife Bronagh place their votes into a ballot box at Parnell Primary School in Auckland, New Zealand, in the morning of the country's general election, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/NZ Herald, Brett Phibbs) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUTAP - New Zealand voters are going to the polls Saturday in an election in which Prime Minister John Key enters with overwhelming popularity and a historic chance to win an outright majority for his center-right party.


TMX deal must preserve Montreal's status: watchdog (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:33 PM PST

Reuters - A former Quebec premier wants regulators to seek assurances that Montreal remain the center of Canadian derivatives trading before they approve a proposed C$3.8 billion takeover of the country's largest exchange operator.

Australia to create marine reserve in Coral Sea (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:09 AM PST

AP - Australia says it will create the world's largest marine reserve in the Coral Sea.

The Son Also Sets: Behind Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's Capture (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:30 AM PST

Time.com - The Son Also Sets: Behind Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's Capture
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