2011年11月30日星期三

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UK expels Iran diplomats after embassy attack (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:57 PM PST

Reuters - Britain shut Iran's embassy in London and expelled all its staff on Wednesday, saying the storming of the British mission in Tehran could not have taken place without consent from Iranian authorities.

Packing and patrolling, U.S. troops roll out of Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:25 AM PST

Reuters - Camp Echo's dusty motorpools are empty, its private contract caterers have long gone home and murals depicting the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York's twin towers have been painted over.

U.S. denies NATO attack on Pakistani troops deliberate (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:55 PM PST

Supporters of the Islamic organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa hold placards while shouting ant-American slogans during a demonstration in Lahore November 29, 2011. REUTERS/ Mohsin RazaReuters - The top U.S. military officer on Wednesday denied allegations by a senior army official in Islamabad that a NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers was a deliberate act of aggression.


Egyptians await poll results, Islamists see gains (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:22 PM PST

An Egyptian Navy police stands guard ballot boxes after voting closed at a center for vote counting during the second day of parliamentary elections in Alexandria, November 29, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Egyptians will hear results of their first free election in six decades on Thursday, with the Muslim Brotherhood expecting to pick up two-fifths of the vote for an assembly that might limit the power of the generals.


Gbagbo faces charges of crimes against humanity: ICC (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:32 AM PST

Prisoners held by forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara are seen in Abidjan in this April 7, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun/FilesReuters - Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo will appear before the International Criminal Court within days to face charges of crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC since its inception in 2002.


Anatomy of a Deadly NATO Airstrike: The Pakistani Version (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:20 AM PST

Time.com - Pakistan has a detailed chronology of the events that led to the deaths of 25 of its soldiers. But it raises even more questions about why the attack unfolded the way it did.

Watchdog: Corruption ignited this year's protests (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

AP - Widespread corruption ignited protests this year across the Middle East and in those nations badly shaken by Europe's debt crisis as citizens demanded accountability from their governments, an international watchdog said Thursday.

Muslim Brotherhood's machine helps in Egypt vote (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:59 AM PST

AP - First-time voter Hassan Abdel-Hamid had no idea who to vote for in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, so he followed the guidance of the friendly activist from the Muslim Brotherhood who handed him a flyer outside the polling station.

Argentina widens rights for transsexual police (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:48 PM PST

AP - Argentina's Security Ministry is allowing transsexual members of federal police and security forces to be recognized under the gender that they've adopted.

Olympus ex-CEO Woodford resigns from board (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:15 PM PST

AP - Michael Woodford, who was fired as chief executive of Japanese camera and medical equipment company Olympus after blowing the whistle on dubious spending, said Thursday that he is resigning from the board.

Flaherty tells Europe to fight crisis with own money (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:48 AM PST

Reuters - European leaders should not expect outside help until euro zone countries have put up more of their own resources to try to stem their financial crisis, Canada's finance minister said on Wednesday.

Two feared dead in New Zealand helicopter crash (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:05 PM PST

AP - A pilot and conservation worker are missing and feared dead after the helicopter they were flying to fight a fire crashed into the ocean off New Zealand's far north coast.

European Court: Internet providers can't be forced to monitor users (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 01:50 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday overturned a Belgian court's ruling requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) to snoop on users' private data, in a major victory for the ISPs and digital rights advocates over content owners worried about online copyright infringement. 

The Road to Naypyidaw: What Hillary Clinton Will See in Burma (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:20 AM PST

Time.com - As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes her historic visit to Burma from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, she will be touring two vastly different cities

Putin's next marquee moment: Russia's presidency (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 01:23 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It looks to be shaping up as one of history's greatest political comebacks. 
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