AFP - The devastating tsunami which killed nearly 200 people in Samoa and Tonga last September was the result of a rare double earthquake and not one as previously believed, scientists said Wednesday.
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Rare double quake caused deadly Samoa tsunami: scientists (AFP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 12:17am EDT
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Venezuela bans violent photos in newspapers (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:56pm EDT
AP - A court ordered Venezuela's newspapers on Tuesday to stop publishing photographs depicting blood, guns and other violent images and warned an opposition-aligned daily that it could face a hefty fine for publishing a photo of bodies in a morgue. -
Pakistan flood aid inadequate, U.N. warns (McClatchy Newspapers)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:52pm EDT
McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Pakistan remains desperately short of the money it needs to cope with the huge floods that have devastated the country in the past two weeks, the United Nations warned Tuesday as the scale of the disaster continued to grow. -
Spurs suffer Swiss scare in Champions League bid (AFP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:32pm EDT
AFP - Tottenham Hotspur suffered a huge fright in their historic bid for a Champions League berth on Tuesday, losing 3-2 to Swiss side Young Boys in Berne in the first leg of their play off.
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Palestinian who attacked Turkish Embassy captured (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:26pm EDT
AP - A Palestinian who broke into the Turkish Embassy in Israel trying to take hostages and demanding asylum was turned over to Israeli authorities late Tuesday, ending a tense standoff.
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Mexico City mayor demands cardinal apologize (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 10:51pm EDT
AP - Mexico City's leftist mayor said Tuesday he will take legal action if a Roman Catholic cardinal doesn't apologize for suggesting he bribed the Supreme Court to uphold a city law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples. -
Some of the recent attacks in Iraq (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 10:45pm EDT
AP - A look at recent major attacks in Iraq: -
China's economy as No. 2: How it's playing in Japan (The Christian Science Monitor)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 10:25pm EDT
The Christian Science Monitor - China finally overtook Japan and became the worldâs second-biggest economy, according to data released this week in Tokyo, which showed minimal GDP growth in the land of the rising sun, while its huge neighbor continued its blistering rise. -
Aid groups again denied access to Darfur camp (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 9:36pm EDT
AP - Sudanese authorities on Tuesday again prevented aid workers from entering a camp for 80,000 displaced people in South Darfur, a day after allowing a small group in for the first time in two weeks to deliver medicine and fuel to operate water pumps.
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Harper says will not call election in fall (Reuters)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 8:14pm EDT
Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper repeated on Tuesday that Canadians are not seeking a federal election this fall and said he will not be calling one. -
3 more Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 4:25pm EDT
AP - Three more Cuban political prisoners have arrived in Madrid, bringing to 23 the number released into exile under Cuba's pledge to free dissidents jailed since 2003.
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Taiwan parliament approves China trade pact (AFP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 4:24pm EDT
AFP - Taiwan's parliament Tuesday approved a sweeping trade deal with China that is expected to bring the two former rivals closer together than ever before.
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S. Sudan wants 1.5M people to return before vote (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:59pm EDT
AP - The government of Southern Sudan wants 1.5 million southerners who fled to the country's north during the country's long civil war to return home before a crucial referendum that could split the oil-rich south from the north. -
No fun intended: Brazil forbids election spoofing (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:56pm EDT
AP - Make no joke about it, Brazil's presidential election is a serious affair, devoid of Jon Stewart's wry jabs, sidesplitting Top 10 lists or the "Saturday Night Live" cast lampooning politicians left and right that characterized the latest U.S. contest.
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UN says millions without help in Pakistan floods (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:53pm EDT
AP - The World Bank said Tuesday it will redirect $900 million of its existing loans to Pakistan to help in flood recovery, as the U.N. warned that many of the 20 million people affected by the disaster have yet to receive any emergency aid.
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Israeli says she didn't humiliate Arab on Facebook (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 3:17pm EDT
AP - The security obsessed Israeli military is confronting a new adversary — trying to control what its own soldiers post to the Internet.
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Lebanon grants Palestinian refugees right to work (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 2:57pm EDT
AP - Lebanon's state-run news agency says Parliament has passed a law that for the first time grants the country's Palestinian refugees the right to work in any profession. -
Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 61 (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 2:53pm EDT
AP - Young men from some of Iraq's poorest areas waited all night outside an army recruitment center, only to become easy prey Tuesday for a suicide bomber who killed 61 in the crowd. Desperate for jobs, dazed survivors rushed to get back in line after the attack.
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Kosovo Begins to Find an Independent National Identity (Time.com)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 1:55pm EDT
Time.com - A World Court ruling last month gave a huge boost to the legitimacy of secession by the tiny former province of Serbia. Now that Kosovars are confident about independence, they find time to look ahead -
Pakistan's Floods May Sink the Economy and Zardari (Time.com)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 1:55pm EDT
Time.com - The catastrophic floods have damaged Pakistan's agricultural center and set up an already unpopular President, Asif Ali Zardari, for more political attacks -
Pentagon warning over China military build-up (AFP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 1:28pm EDT
AFP - China is extending its military advantage over Taiwan and increasingly looking beyond, building up a force with power to strike in Asia as far afield as the US territory of Guam, the Pentagon said.
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Wounded buffalo kills Zimbabwean conservationist (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 12:37pm EDT
AP - A wounded buffalo, known as one of the most aggressive animals in the African bush, gored veteran Zimbabwean conservationist Steve Kok to death, ending his years of dedication to saving wild animals from poachers' traps, colleagues said Tuesday. He was 71. -
6 badly injured in 'miracle' crash flown to Bogota (AP)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 12:23pm EDT
AP - An 11-year-old girl was in critical condition with a brain hemorrhage Tuesday, the worst injured survivor as investigators sought clues to why a jet carrying 131 people crashed while landing in a thunderstorm.
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Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Non-Discrimination Against Gays (OneWorld.net)
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 11:36am EDT
OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Aug 16 (IPS) - In the last two weeks, Mexico's Supreme Court has taken two fundamental steps in recognising the rights of gays and lesbians. On Monday, it voted to uphold a Mexico City law that allows same-sex couples to adopt.
