Yemenis pray for impasse end, explosion rocks Aden

Yemenis pray for impasse end, explosion rocks Aden By Mohamed Sudam and Mohammed MukhashafSANAA/ADEN | Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:26pm EDT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Yemenis protested in Sanaa in a "Friday of the Revolutionary Will" to underline their drive to oust their wounded president. A car bomb blast killed five people in the southern port city of Aden, in the latest violence shaking Yemen, stuck in political limbo over President Ali Abdullah Saleh's refusal to quit, despite being hurt in an attack on his palace this month. Saleh, 69, recovering from his wounds in Saudi Arabia,...

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Ukraine's former PM Yulia Tymoshenko condemns trial 'farce'

Ukraine's former PM Yulia Tymoshenko condemns trial 'farce' Leader of 2004 orange revolution denies wrongdoing over charges of abuse of power – and chastises judge as 'puppet' Yulia Tymoshenko, seen here with her lawyer, vowed to fight to her last breath. ‘They want to put me in prison but that won’t help. My voice will be...

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Armenia, Azerbaijan Pressured to Agree on Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia, Azerbaijan Pressured to Agree on Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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Michelle Obama visits Africa

Michelle Obama visits AfricaFirst lady paints a mural at children's HIV/Aids clinic in Botswana as part of week-long visit to southern Africa US first lady Michelle Obama paints a mural with teenagers at a HIV/Aids clinic in Botswana. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AFP/Getty Images Michelle Obama has helped paint a mural at a children's HIV/Aids clinic in Gaborone during her week-long...

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Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei free, but silenced

Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei free, but silenced . Del.icio.us Facebook Stumbleupon Newsvine Yahoo bookmarks Mixx Digg Reddit Google Bookmarks Twitter LinkedIn Activist artist Ai Weiwei gestures while speaking to journalists gathered outside his home in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP)  BEIJING - Outspoken artist and government critic Ai Weiwei talked about giving himself a haircut Thursday but said little else in his first day out of detention, living under a gag order that underscores concerns about China's growing use of extralegal methods to muzzle dissent. The Chinese Foreign...

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Ayalon to Turkey: I never intended to humiliate your ambassador Deputy FM Ayalon tells Turkish journalists it is time to restore ties with Israel, urges Turkey to 'get together and speak about everything we need to speak about.' By Barak Ravid Tags: Gaza flotilla Turkey Recap Tayyip Erdogan...

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EU leaders give conditional go-ahead to Croatia entry

EU leaders give conditional go-ahead to Croatia entry Related News Banks move closer to deal on Greek bailout12:24pm EDT HIGHLIGHTS-Comments from EU leaders' Friday talks12:19pm EDT Greece in deal with EU/IMF on austerity planThu, Jun 23 2011 HIGHLIGHTS-Comments ahead of EU leaders' summitThu, Jun 23 2011 EU leaders to renew battle over Greek crisis at summitWed, Jun 22 2011 Analysis & Opinion Greece’s messy muddle-through continues Units and unities: can currency change really resolve the Greek tragedy? Related Topics World » United...

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US, Philippine navies to train near disputed waters

US, Philippine navies to train near disputed waters (AFP) – 2 hours agoMANILA, Philippines — The United States and the Philippines said Friday they would hold joint naval exercises next week in waters close to disputed areas of the South China Sea. Eleven days of manoeuvres will start Tuesday, after a pledge by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday that Washington was ready to provide hardware to the Filipino military amid rising tension at sea with China. The guided missile destroyers USS Chung-Hoon and USS Howard and the diving and salvage ship USNS Safeguard will arrive Tuesday at the western Philippine island of Palawan, a joint statement said. "The US and Philippine navies have a long history of working together, and exercises like (these) provide a great venue...

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Senegal protesters vow to block third term for president

Senegal protesters vow to block third term for presidentPeople power forces Abdoulaye Wade to abandon constitutional changes smoothing his re-election path Protestors opposeed to President Abdoulaye Wade confront riot police outside the national assembly in Senegal's capital, Dakar. Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters Anti-government protesters in Senegal vowed to intensify...

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Nato lacks firepower to ensure collapse of Gaddafi regime, experts claim

Nato lacks firepower to ensure collapse of Gaddafi regime, experts claim Nato lacks the firepower to ensure the collapse of Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime, defence experts warned on Friday after the Libyan army inflicted a sustained rocket attacks on the western city of Misurata. Libyan rebels in Benghazi during Friday prayers Photo: AP By Ruth Sherlock, Misurata, and Damien McElroy4:33PM BST 24 Jun 2011 26 Comments The Western alliance marks 100 days of bombing Libya on Sunday with political leaders adamant that the regime, which...

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Japan's Crippled Power Plant Faces More Difficulties

Japan's Crippled Power Plant Faces More Difficulties ...

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California lawmakers criticize Obama's Afghanistan drawdown

California lawmakers criticize Obama's Afghanistan drawdownLiberals and at least one conservative agree that the plan for troop reductions doesn't go far enough. By Richard Simon ...

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House rebukes Obama over Libya

House rebukes Obama over Libya By David Jackson, USA TODAYUpdated 3m ago CAPTIONBy Carolyn Kaster, APThe U.S. House rebuked President Obama over Libya policy today, voting down a proposed resolution that would grant him authority for the military operation against Moammar Gadhafi. War critics defeated authorization by an overwhelming vote of 295-123, with 70 fellow Democrats going against the president. House members are considering a resolution that would cut off some funds for the military operation, in protest of Obama's refusal to seek congressional approval for the action. "The president has ignored the Constitution and...

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Genocide court jails female Rwandan former minister for life

Genocide court jails female Rwandan former minister for life Rwanda's former minister for family and women's affairs yesterday became the first woman to be found guilty of genocide. Nyiramasuhuko was put in charge of the southern region of Butare where she was born and grew up  By Mike Pflanz, Nairobi5:22PM BST 24 Jun 2011 Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, 65, was also found guilty of inciting rape at the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which is prosecuting those accused of orchestrating the killings of more than...

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Western journalists return to Syria

Western journalists return to SyriaReturn of press for first time since being expelled in March suggests Syrian regime willing to engage in propaganda war Juliette Garside guardian.co.uk, Friday 24 June 2011 17.49 BST Article history ...

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