2011年11月28日星期一

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Pakistan PM: No more "business as usual" with U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:13 PM PST

Reuters - Pakistan's prime minister ruled out "business as usual" with the United States on Monday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and the army threatened to curtail cooperation over the war in Afghanistan.

Egypt's post-Mubarak poll confounds fears of mayhem (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:03 PM PST

Reuters - Egyptians swarmed to the ballot box peacefully in their first election since a popular revolt toppled Hosni Mubarak, confounding fears of violence after a week of riots in which 42 people were killed.

Rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel: army (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:09 PM PST

Reuters - Several rockets fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday, and the Jewish state returned fire across the border in response, military officials said.

Trinidad "plot" arrests reach 13, but details scarce (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:38 PM PST

Reuters - The number of suspects detained in an alleged plot to assassinate Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister rose to 13, a top security official said on Monday while offering few new details about the conspiracy.

Egypt: In Run-Up to Elections, a Tense Waiting Game (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:40 AM PST

Time.com - Everyone -- the military, the protesters, the Muslim Brotherhood -- is trying to outwait the other and to see what the first phase of the country's crucial vote will bring

S&P may cut France rating outlook to negative: report (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:41 PM PST

Reuters - Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's could change the outlook for France's triple-A rating to negative within the next 10 days, a French newspaper reported on Monday, citing several sources. Such a move would signal a possible downgrade.

Egypt: Conflicting emotions behind a 1st-time vote (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

An Egyptian woman looks at a ballot as she votes in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Voting began on Monday in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising nine months ago. The vote is a milestone many Egyptians hope will usher in a democratic age after decades of dictatorship. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Today was my first time voting in a parliamentary election in the 20 years I have been eligible. Getting to this moment was a journey from excitement to dismay, and finally empowerment.


Peru official resigns amid mining protests (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:35 PM PST

AP - A key official in Peru's Environment Ministry has resigned as protests persist against a $4.8 billion gold mining project by peasants who fear it will damage their water supply.

UN: Ex-rebels still hold 7,000 people in Libya (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:07 PM PST

AP - Former Libyan revolutionaries still hold about 7,000 people, and some reportedly have been subjected to torture and ill treatment, according to a U.N. report circulated Monday.

Afghan woman jailed for being raped aims to change law (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST

Reuters - An Afghan woman, jailed two years ago for adultery after she was raped by her cousin's husband, is seeking a presidential pardon that her lawyer hopes could set a legal precedent for other women in a similar position.

Bill to scrap Canadian Wheat Board monopoly advances (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:26 PM PST

Reuters - A government bill to scrap the Canadian Wheat Board's grain marketing monopoly cleared the final stage of approval by Canada's House of Commons on Monday, leaving it all but certain to become law next month.

New Zealand PM negotiates to form new government (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:11 AM PST

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, right, hongis (a traditional Maori greeting of pressing noses together) with Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples before their coalition talks at the parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011.  Key is negotiating with three smaller parties to form a new government. Key's National Party won a convincing victory in Saturday's general election but fell short of being able to govern alone. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTAP - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is negotiating with smaller parties to form a new government.


Iceland blocks Chinese businessman from buying land (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:38 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A Chinese billionaire who was blocked from buying a large chunk of Iceland has lashed out at what he calls Western nations’ “mistrust and fear” of China as they seek to constrain the Asian giant’s rise.

Syria: Can the Arab League Add More Pressure on Assad? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:40 AM PST

Time.com - Damascus is more isolated than ever and beset by more biting sanctions. However, the regime has an important pressure valve: Lebanon

Egyptians cast vote of confidence for military-run elections (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:02 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Egyptians flooded the polls Tuesday to reap what many considered the fruit of their uprising: the first truly free elections not only since the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak, but for the past 60 years.
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