2011年12月29日星期四

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Syrians plan Friday protests as monitors visit (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:40 PM PST

Reuters - Opposition activists urged people to take to the streets on Friday, the main day of protest in the revolts that have swept the Arab world, to convince Arab League peace monitors to pay attention to their plight.

U.S. mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:42 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration is considering transferring to Afghan custody a senior Taliban official suspected of major human rights abuses as part of a long-shot bid to improve the prospects of a peace deal in Afghanistan, Reuters has learned.

Turkey acknowledges killing civilians in Iraq strike (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:18 AM PST

Reuters - Turkish warplanes killed 35 civilian smugglers in northern Iraq after mistaking them for Kurdish militants, Ankara's ruling party said on Thursday, promising not to allow a cover-up of an incident that threatens to wreck relations with minority Kurds.

Egypt police raid U.S.-backed pro-democracy groups (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:43 PM PST

Reuters - Egyptian prosecutors and police raided offices of 17 pro-democracy and human rights groups on Thursday - drawing criticism from the United States which hinted it could review its $1.3 billion in annual military aid.

Russian officials rattled by breach at rocket plant (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 09:34 AM PST

In this image provided by NASA the Comet Lovejoy is visible near Earth's horizon in this nighttime image photographed by NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, onboard the International Space Station on Dec. 21, 2011. Burbank described seeing the comet three nights ago as 'the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space,' in an interview with WDIV-TV in Detroit. (AP Photo/NASA, Dan Burbank)Reuters - Russia's deputy prime minister vowed Thursday to punish "sleepy" security officials after bloggers posted dozens of photos of an apparently unguarded strategic military rocket motor factory near Moscow.

Why Warmer Water Leads to Male Offspring -- If You're a Fish (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:10 PM PST

Time.com - Global warming may lead to a dramatic skewing of fish populations around the world. Already, fish farms are suffering an imbalance

Turkey: Strikes kill 35 people mistaken for rebels (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:12 PM PST

People look at bodies lying on the ground after Turkey's air force attacked suspected Kurdish rebel targets across the border in Iraq, killing some tens of people, many of them believed to be smugglers mistaken for guerrillas, near the Turkish village of Ortasu in Sirnak, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 29. 2011. The Turkish military confirmed the Wednesday night raids, but said its jets struck an area of northern Iraq that is frequently used by Kurdish rebels to enter Turkey, after drones detected a group approaching Turkey's border.(AP Photo)AP - Turkish warplanes mistakenly killed 35 smugglers and other villagers in an operation targeting Kurdish rebels in Iraq, a senior official said — one of the largest one-day civilian death tolls during Turkey's 27-year drive against the guerrillas.

Foreign monitors energize Syrian protests (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:23 PM PST

In this image made from amateur video released by Ugarit and accessed Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011 purports to show anti-government forces shooting at a bus convoy in Daraa, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) TV OUT. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL.AP - The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit. The huge rallies have been met by lethal gunfire from security forces apparently worried about multiple mass sit-ins modeled after Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Chile protests claim another education minister (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:57 PM PST

Chile's former Education Minister Felipe Bulnes smiles during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed education minister at La Moneda government palace in Santiago, Chile, Thursday Dec. 29, 2011. Pinera named Harald Beyer to replace Bulnes who took over from Joaquin Lavin in July, a month after the start of protests that shuttered hundreds of state schools and led to almost weekly clashes with police in the streets of Santiago in the second half of the year. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Chile's student protest movement claimed its second education minister on Thursday as Felipe Bulnes stepped down, citing personal reasons, and conservative President Sebastian Pinera named a replacement.

Worst year in decades for endangered elephants (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:49 PM PST

FILE - In this May 27, 2005 file photo, elephants drink at a water hole in Kenya's Tsavo East national park. It's been a disastrous year for elephants, perhaps the worst since ivory sales were banned in 1989 to save the world's largest land animals from extinction, the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC said Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)AP - Large seizures of elephant tusks make this year the worst on record since ivory sales were banned in 1989, with recent estimates suggesting as many as 3,000 elephants were killed by poachers, experts said Thursday.

Top US envoy to visit Asia after Kim Jong Il death (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:59 AM PST

AP - The Obama administration is sending its top diplomat for Asia to China, South Korea and Japan next week to confer with officials there about developments in North Korea after the death of Kim Jong Il and U.S. rapprochement with Myanmar.

CAW seeks strike OK at Caterpillar plant (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:57 PM PST

Reuters - The head of the Canadian Auto Workers union is looking for a green light from members to potentially strike Caterpillar over a contract dispute in London, Ontario.

Iran Saber-Rattling: Can Tehran Really Close the Strait of Hormuz? (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:10 PM PST

Time.com - Iran has been practicing such saber-rattling for decades, and it always sends a nervous twitch through the world oil markets, spiking prices upward. It has done so this week

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