WORLD: Spurred By China’s Inroads, India Re-Engages Iraq, # Libya and the Global Oil Shock, # China rolls back press freedoms, # Five Bodies Found Hanging from Bridges in Mexican City, #… the bear sharpens its teeth, # Iran FM: Iran’s protests unlike recent uprisings

March 1, 2011
By CMAC

Asia

India seeks return of accused soldier from US

22 minutes ago

(AP) Indian authorities are seeking the extradition of an army officer who is accused of the gruesome killing of a Kashmiri human rights lawyer 15 years ago and is now living in California.Avtar Singh was a major in the Indian army in the 1990s and fled the country after he was …

Europe and Russia

Record 241 nominations for Nobel Peace Prize

52 minutes ago

(AP) The Norwegian Nobel Committee says it has received a record 241 nominations for the 2011 peace prize.Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina, WikiLeaks and Cuban dissidents are among the candidates who have been publicly announced by those who nominated them. The committee does not reveal the names of nominees.The winner …

Asia

Voice from history exposed by New Zealand quake

4 hours, 7 minutes ago

(AP) The New Zealand earthquake has exposed potentially historic documents hidden inside a 19th century statue that toppled in the disaster.Christchurch Major Bob Parker said Tuesday that a handwritten parchment in a bottle and a sealed copper cylinder believed to contain documents were discovered inside the statue of the city’s founder.The …

Latin America

Pirate Henry Morgan’s cannons found in Panama?

5 hours, 8 minutes ago

(AP) Archaeologists say six cannons recovered from a river in Panama that could have belonged to legendary pirate Henry Morgan are being studied and could eventually be displayed.The group of Panamanian and foreign archaeologists say the cannons were found at the mouth of Panama’s Chagres River, the site where Morgan’s flagship, …

New Haiti aid projects include 1st mortgage system

5 hours, 40 minutes ago

(AP) Home mortgages will become available to much of the Haitian public for the first time under a new program funded by international donors, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Monday after a meeting of the earthquake reconstruction commission he co-chairs with Haiti’s prime minister.The new program will include "micro-mortgages" so …

Asia

Vietnam releases prominent dissident on bail

6 hours, 48 minutes ago

(AP) A well-known Vietnamese pro-democracy dissident has been released on bail after calling for a revolution inspired by protests in the Middle East, state-controlled media reported Tuesday.Dr. Nguyen Dan Que was released on bail Sunday evening, a day after he was detained for allegedly attempting to overthrow Vietnam’s Communist government, Tuoi …

Latin America

Car runs down bicycling demonstrators in Brazil

12 hours, 50 minutes ago

(AP) A motorist sped his car through a pack of more than 100 cycling activists in southern Brazil, sending bikes and screaming riders flying through the air and landing hard on the asphalt in a scene captured on amateur video and posted online.At least 40 cyclists were injured, with most suffering …

Canada

Furtado to donate Gadhafi money

12 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado says she was paid $1 million to perform for members of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s "clan" in 2007, but she now intends to donate the money to charity.While other stars who reportedly performed for Gadhafi’s family have kept mum, Furtado volunteered the information about her …

Africa

Rebel force in eastern Libya faces challenges

12 hours, 55 minutes ago

(AP) They have little ammunition, their equipment is old and outdated and their fighters are poorly trained. Even though they boast of tanks, army bases and airports in eastern Libya, rebels still face many challenges before they can make any real move on Moammar’s Gadhafi’s stronghold in Tripoli hundreds of miles …

Middle East

Netanyahu: Can’t ignore pressure over settlements

13 hours, 22 minutes ago

(AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says international pressure against construction in West Bank settlements cannot be ignored, indicating that building could be curbed.Netanyahu spoke to party members in the parliament Monday, after the U.S. vetoed a Palestinian-backed resolution in the U.N. Security Council calling the settlements illegal.Netanyahu said: "We are …

Latin America

Correction: Argentina-US story

13 hours, 24 minutes ago

(AP) In a Feb. 14 story about a dispute over U.S. military training of Argentine police, The Associated Press erroneously described the International Law Enforcement Academy in El Salvador as the successor to the U.S. military’s School of the Americas.The academy is a separate institution where U.S. civilian agencies mostly train …

Europe and Russia

Arms watchdog suspects Belarus-Libya transports

13 hours, 25 minutes ago

(AP) An arms trade watchdog says it suspects Libya received a shipment of military equipment from Belarus as Moammar Gadhafi’s regime started a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, said Monday that an Ilyushin 76 aircraft left a military base near the Belarusian city of …

• The nation’s weather
• Plea deal mulled in abduction case of Calif. girl
• Ex-CIA operative’s trial resumes after 1-day delay
• Central Fla. wildfire grows to 13,000 acres
• Stunned Texans find homes destroyed by wildfires
• Officials search for fugitive in day care fire
• Gag order sought for Tucson victims’ autopsies
• Man pleads guilty to duping moms into abusing kids
• Wis. gov. to outline ultimate intentions in budget
• Deadly gas explosion is focus of NTSB hearing
• Ohio, parts of Midwest brace for more flooding
• Geithner to Congress: Revamp housing in 2 years
• House taking up stopgap GOP spending bill
• Maine and whoopie pie? Pa. says stick with lobster
• Largest earthquake in 35 years hits Arkansas
• Kids left alone before deadly Texas day care fire
• Gunman shoots deputy in La. sheriff’s office
• Report: Memo outlines police game to write tickets
• Recall news: frozen chicken and mushroom pies
• NJ nursing home row with 72-year-old kills man, 81
• ’61 memo claims Ted Kennedy sought to rent brothel
• Authorities: Man persuaded moms to abuse kids
• Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va.
• Parents on hard high school homework: Carpe diem!
• US: Gadhafi’s denials of violence are ‘delusional’
• ATF: Gun in US agent’s death traced to Texas man
• Tiny spy planes could mimic birds, insects
• Elan convicted over marketing of epilepsy drug
• Doctor gets life in prison in Ark. Bombing
• Va. hobbyist’s venomous snakes may lead to jail
• Ohio man mauled by bear had hundreds of wounds
• US, Europe intensify efforts to isolate Gadhafi
• Obama thanks Canada for sanctions against Libya
• Minn. deficit shrinks; Dayton drops income surtax
• Group expert can testify in Ariz. sweat lodge case
• Obama admin defends health care reform in court
• Man gets life in prison in Calif. teen torture
• Doctor goes on trial in Ohio painkiller OD deaths
• Professor says he penned fake Emanuel Twitter feed
• NC man gets 8 years’ prison for $80M Ponzi scheme
• With vet’s passing, WWI is another kind of history
• Court martial in Wash. over Afghanistan misconduct
• 3 men guilty in fatal beating outside Boston club
• Fla. politician’s deal: 1 book, 1 copy, $152K
• Ban of 5 chemicals in fake pot starts March 1
• Holocaust survivors to protest on unpaid insurance
• GOP Iowa Gov. Branstad vows to keep caucuses first
• Judge: Mexican man can file clergy suit in US
• Suspect in Yale doctor killing’s found competent
• US: Libya fires anti-Gadhafi ambassador to US
• Whale tracked to North America has visited before
• Treasury says $30 billion in Libyan assets frozen
• House moves to stop laser targeting of aircraft
• Request to move Conn. home invasion trial rejected
• Pa. woman gets life plus 30 in collar bomb death
• Speedboarding surge sparks spat in hillside city
• Assassin maintains he can’t remember shooting RFK
• UN humanitarian chief worried over Libya access
• Center aims to boost lives of young Indians
• Court to decide on ownership of university patents
• First lady to launch effort to assist US troops
• Mo. man accused of stabbing dean ruled incompetent
• Obama offers states health care leeway
• Pentagon: moving forces in case needed for Libya
• Court says dying witness statement OK at trial
• High court nixes church appeal in defamation case
• Texas killer of 2 loses high court appeal
• WH: Govt. funding debate moving in right direction
• Court won’t hear appeal over blocked taxicab rule
• Package forces evacuation at Houston City Hall
• Correction: Space shuttle story
• US citizen recalls ‘humiliating’ post-9/11 arrest
• Pilot killed in small plane crash in Utah
• Brooklyn jury hears morbid ID theft case
• Congress takes up major change in patent law
• ICE dive unit in Miami targets drug smuggler ships
• Ore. congressman explains mental health issues
• US farmers hire movie stars to sell nuts in Asia
• Researchers ink space deal with Virgin Galactic
• SPIN METER: Industry jobs studies are imprecise
• RI union tells mayor: Don’t fire all the teachers
• UN chief: Belarus sent helicopters to Ivory Coast
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• Court expert removed from case over Facebook pics
• Foreclosures helping change color of some suburbs
• Madoff to NY magazine: Government a Ponzi scheme
• Farrakhan: Libya’s Gadhafi remains a friend
• Boehner makes budget case at religious convention
• Police allow protesters to remain at Wis. Capitol
• Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2
• Crews contain spill after train derails in Wash.
• Obama praises Bahrain’s king for cabinet overhaul
• White House condemns ‘intimidation’ by Iran
• Police: Rioters threw flares at Seattle officers
• NY pilot’s body recovered from crashed vintage jet
• Search ongoing for missing Ohio pair in Georgia
• Pa. Catholic college fires gay part-time professor
• Vt. ‘town mother’ retiring after Town Meeting Day
• ND residents along Red River avoid flood buyouts
• Native American groups sue to stop solar projects

Middle East

Oscar win highlights plight of Africans in Israel

14 hours, 30 minutes ago

(AP) Students at the Bialik-Rogozin school in a rundown Tel Aviv neighborhood have survived genocide, war and famine. But they were all smiles on Monday after learning that a documentary about their plight had won an Academy Award."Strangers No More" puts a human face on Israel’s absorption of African migrants _ …

Gaddafi deploys forces, world raises Libya pressure Reuters

Gaddafi deploys forces as world raises Libya pressure

Reuters – 26 mins ago TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi deployed forces to a western border area on Tuesday in defiance of Western military and economic pressure, raising fears that one of the bloodiest Arab revolts may become more violent still. Full Story »

South Korea urges North Korea to hold talks

Reuters – Tue Mar 1, 12:17 am ET

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  • New Zealand falls silent in quake memorial as toll rises

    Reuters – Tue Mar 1, 12:53 am ET

    Relief workers sift through the rubble of the CTV building in... Reuters

    CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) – New Zealand came to a standstill on Tuesday as people marked the moment a deadly earthquake shattered the country’s second-biggest city Christchurch a week ago, and the number of confirmed dead rose by one to 155. Full Story »

China rolls back press freedoms amid protest calls

AP – 58 minutes agoChina appears to be rolling back some press freedoms it introduced ahead of the 2008 Olympics, barring foreign journalists from working near a popular Shanghai park and along a major Beijing shopping street after calls for weekly protests in those spots appeared online.

Europe and Russia

Iran FM hopes judges will expedite hikers case

15 hours, 6 minutes ago

(AP) Iran’s top diplomat said Monday he hopes his country’s judiciary will expedite the case of two Americans charged with spying, comparing it to that of two German journalists released last week.Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran’s government is "working on" the case of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who …

Couple lose foster care right over anti-gay stance

15 hours, 6 minutes ago

(AP) A British court has ruled that a Christian couple cannot care for foster children because they disapprove of homosexuality.Judges at London’s Royal Courts of Justice ruled that laws protecting gays from discrimination take precedence over the couple’s religious beliefs.Eunice and Owen Johns, aged 62 and 65-years old, had previously fostered …

Europe and Russia

Iran FM: Iran’s protests unlike recent uprisings

15 hours, 42 minutes ago

(AP) Iran’s top diplomat on Monday praised the popular uprisings roiling the Arab world, but dismissed protests in his own country as unjustified.Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran has only experienced a few "manipulated protests, while mass movements in the nations in the region are authentic, popular and people’s movements."Speaking …

Africa

Witness: Family of 5 killed in central Nigeria

16 hours, 51 minutes ago

(AP) A woman says five of her relatives were shot dead in central Nigeria and that she survived with her husband and son by hiding behind a metal door.Gloria Ezekiel Dagut told The Associated Press on Monday that gunmen attacked her home on the outskirts of Jos Sunday night.Dagut says they …

Wisconsin governor gives Democrats ultimatum

Reuters – Mon Feb 28, 10:54 pm ET MADISON, Wisc. (Reuters) – Republican Governor Scott Walker on Monday gave absent Democratic lawmakers an ultimatum to return to Wisconsin within 24 hours and vote on a proposal to reduce the power of public sector unions or have the state would miss out on a huge debt restructuring. Full Story »

Kenya warns of possible terror attack after threat

17 hours, 23 minutes ago

(AP) Kenya’s police commissioner is warning owners of shopping centers and hotels to be vigilant after threats by a Somali militia group that has already carried out one international attack.Mathew Iteere said Monday that police have increased security in public areas in response to Sunday’s threat from the Somalia-based al-Shabab militant …

Europe and Russia

Belarus presidential hopeful says he was tortured

17 hours, 52 minutes ago

(AP) A former Belarusian presidential candidate said Monday he was beaten, stripped naked and hung by his hands while in the custody of secret police.Ales Mikhalevich said he has sent a letter to the United Nations Committee Against Torture describing his treatment at the hands of secret police, which still uses …

Scientists: Reconstructing Afghan Buddha possible

17 hours, 52 minutes ago

(AP) German scientists said Monday it may be possible to reconstruct one of two giant 1,500 year-old Buddha statues dynamited by the Taliban in central Afghanistan 10 years ago, which prompted a worldwide outcry and left behind only towering cliff caverns.Researchers have studied several hundred fragments of the sandstone statues that …

Africa

Kenya rights group warns of 2012 vote violence

18 hours, 28 minutes ago

(AP) Three years ago Kenya’s top leaders pulled the country back from devastating postelection violence. Today the country is peaceful, but human rights advocates said Monday they worry the country could again explode during next year’s vote.More than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were displaced in the ensuing tribal violence after …

Middle East

Fugitive Israeli rabbi jailed for child abuse

19 hours, 5 minutes ago

(AP) An Israeli court has sentenced a self-proclaimed rabbi to 24 years in prison for severely abusing eight young siblings.Elior Chen was found guilty last year of hitting the children with a hammer, binding their limbs and burning body parts, among other acts. The incidents took place in 2007 and 2008. …

Europe and Russia

Michelin: No new eateries in France merit 3 stars

19 hours, 8 minutes ago

(AP) The arbiter of fine cuisine, the Michelin Red Guide, has added more than 50 restaurants to its annual listing of premier eateries in France but none got its top grade.For the first time in nearly a generation, the anonymous inspectors couldn’t find any newcomers for its ultra-elite list of three-star …

Clinton: US sending aid teams to Libya’s borders

19 hours, 8 minutes ago

(AP) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is sending assistance teams to Libya’s borders with Egypt and Tunisia. The teams will help desperate refugees trying to flee a potential civil war.Clinton says the U.S. has pledged $10 million to help refugees.Speaking after a day of discussions with …

Asia

Vote recounts underway in 10 Afghan provinces

19 hours, 42 minutes ago

(AP) Vote recounts that could throw doubt on the legitimacy of Afghanistan’s parliament are under way in 10 provinces even as the legislature starts work with its newly elected speaker, election officials said Monday.Afghanistan’s parliament _ one of few checks on the administration of President Hamid Karzai _ was finally inaugurated …

Middle East

Female journalists face threat of sexual violence

20 hours, 41 minutes ago

(AP) The sexual assault on CBS correspondent Lara Logan in Egypt has trained a spotlight on the danger _ ever-present but little-discussed _ facing female journalists in zones of upheaval.Complicating matters, some say, is a fear that employers will shut them out of choice assignments if they draw attention to the …

Europe and Russia

Study: US scores well in integrating migrants

21 hours, 46 minutes ago

(AP) A new study shows that U.S. policies to integrate migrants score well despite the fierce political debate over migration.The study ranks US policies to give immigrants equal opportunities ninth among those of 31 countries studied in Europe and North America.Leading the list are Sweden, Portugal and Canada. At the bottom …

ICC: Killing of Libyan civilians could be criminal

22 hours, 16 minutes ago

(AP) The International Criminal Court said Monday it has been in contact with Libyan army officers to gather information about civilian deaths during the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, and appealed for video footage to help investigate possible crimes against humanity.Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he hoped to decide within days …

Activists fight plan to deport Moscow’s stray dogs

22 hours, 16 minutes ago

(AP) Scroungy and street smart, Moscow’s 26,000 stray dogs roam the Russian capital, bedding down in subway stations and even learning to ride the trains. But some are aggressive, traveling in packs and attacking people.Now authorities want to round the strays up and send them to an isolation facility outside the …

Asia

4 rare Javan rhinos photographed in Indonesia

22 hours, 18 minutes ago

(AP) Four of the world’s most rare rhinoceroses were captured by camera traps installed in an Indonesian national park, an environmental group said Monday.The footage from movement-triggered hidden cameras showed two mother Javan rhinos and two calves in Ujung Kulon National Park in November and December last year, said a release …

Top Briefing

By Harsh V. Pant | Diplomacy and Strategy

After seven long years, the Indian government has decided that the time has come to once again make its presence felt in Iraq by naming an envoy to the country. The previous ambassador to Iraq was withdrawn in 2004 as the security situation in the country spiraled out of control. Since then, however, New Delhi has been slow in coming to terms with the rapidly changing realities on the ground.

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By Thomas P.M. Barnett | Political Theory

Many international relations theories are being tested by events in the Arab world, with some emerging better than others. Two worth mentioning are Ian Bremmer’s 2006 book, “The J Curve,” which predicts a dangerous dip into instability when closed, authoritarian states attempt to open up; and Evgeny Morozov’s book, “Net Delusion,” which critiques the notion that Internet connectivity is inherently democratizing.


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