Icesave 'no' vote wins in Iceland referendum (AFP)

Icesave 'no' vote wins in Iceland referendum (AFP)

Icesave 'no' vote wins in Iceland referendum (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:15 PM PDT

A man votes at a polling station at Smarinn in Kopavogur. Voters in Iceland gave a resounding AFP - Voters in Iceland gave a resounding "no" in a referendum on whether to approve a renegotiated deal to compensate Britain and The Netherlands over the 2008 collapse of Icesave bank, according to near-complete results quoted Sunday by RUV public radio.

Filipino troops defuse 3rd bomb after hostel blast (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT

AP - Army troops defused a powerful bomb outside a school Sunday in the same southern Philippine province where the night before a blast destroyed a lodging house and another explosive was found near a hotel in attacks blamed on Abu Sayyaf extremists.


AU seeks end to Libya unrest

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:50 PM PDT

African Union panel, due to visit Benghazi, appeals for "an immediate end to all hostilities" as fighting rages on.


Can the Syrian Regime Divide and Conquer Its Opposition? (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The uprising against the Assad dynasty continues despite attempts to appease -- and threaten -- the country's complex of interests


Pacific nations battle obesity epidemic (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:17 PM PDT

An overweight man walks along a street in Nuku'alofa, capital city of Tonga. On Tonga's supermarket shelves, huge cans of corned beef the size of paint tins replaced traditional fare such as fish and coconuts long ago -- contributing to an obesity epidemic that sees the Pacific region ranked as the fattest in the world.(AFP/File/Neil Sands)AFP - On Tonga's supermarket shelves, huge cans of corned beef the size of paint tins replaced traditional fare such as fish and coconuts long ago -- contributing to an obesity epidemic that sees the Pacific region ranked as the fattest in the world.

Peru's Presidential Vote: Looking Out for No. 2 (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa has described a likely run-off between leading candidates as a choice between "terminal cancer and AIDS." It all depends on who comes in second on Sunday


Barak says Israel open to Gaza ceasefire with Hamas

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:27 PM PDT

JERUSAELM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday that Israel was willing to accept a mutual ceasefire with Hamas militants in Gaza after days of deadly violence.

VIDEO: Row over 9/11 victim's remains

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:45 PM PDT

It comes just month's before the official opening of a memorial to those who died in the terror attack.


VIDEO: Polls to open in Peru presidential vote

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:41 PM PDT

The vote is shaping up to one of the most unpredictable in decades, with none of the five main candidates expected to win outright.


VIDEO: Votes counted in Nigerian elections

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:37 PM PDT

Fears of violence had forced the polling day to be put off twice in the space of a week.


Mortars hit Israel, no injuries (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:33 PM PDT

An Israeli missile is launched from the Iron Dome missile system in response to a rocket launch from the nearby Palestinian Gaza Strip close to the Israeli city of Ashkelon. The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers have declared a state of emergency in the wake of confrontations with Israel that have left 18 people dead in the deadliest clashes since a devastating war more than two years ago.(AFP/David Buimovitch)AP - Palestinian militants in Gaza fired three mortar rounds at southern Israel early Sunday, the military said, carrying worrisome new round of violence into yet another day.

New entrepreneurs in Cuba get mixed results (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:01 PM PDT

In this photo taken April 1, 2011, Giselle de la Noval attends to a client at a pizzeria she and her boyfriend Julio Cesar Hidalgo operate from their home in Havana, Cuba. It has been six months since President Raul Castro opened this tightly-controlled communist country to free-market capitalism. As Cuba's new business class journeys cautiously forth, some, like Hidalgo and Noval, are enjoying the first fruits of success. Others say the terrain has been rockier than anticipated. Some have already closed the door on their entrepreneurial dreams. Former state employee Julio Cesar Hidalgo and his girlfriend Giselle de la Noval opened Baldoquin's Cafeteria on March 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - There was no colorful bunting to mark the grand opening, and no way to advertise in the local press. There was not even money to hand out fliers in this decaying Havana neighborhood of potholed streets and crumbling one-story homes.

Amateur Matsuyama sizzles with 68 at golf Masters (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:44 PM PDT

Amateur Hideki Matsuyama of Japan watches his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the 2011 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Matsuyama, who nearly called off his dream trip to the Masters after an earthquake and tsunami devastated his homeland, has delivered the inspirational performance he wanted.(AFP/Getty Images/David Cannon)AFP - Japanese teen Hideki Matsuyama, who nearly called off his dream trip to the Masters after an earthquake and tsunami devastated his homeland, has delivered the inspirational performance he wanted.

VIDEO: Row over 9/11 victim's remains

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:45 PM PDT

It comes just month's before the official opening of a memorial to those who died in the terror attack.


VIDEO: Votes counted in Nigerian elections

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:37 PM PDT

Fears of violence had forced the polling day to be put off twice in the space of a week.


VIDEO: Berlusconi: 'Human tsunami' in Lampedusa

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:00 PM PDT

The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has warned Europe of what he called a "human tsunami" arriving on the island of Lampedusa.


VIDEO: 'Human tsunami' in Lampedusa

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:00 PM PDT

The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has warned Europe of what he called a "human tsunami" arriving on the island of Lampedusa.


VIDEO: Embassies attacked in Ivory Coast

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:20 PM PDT

The French military said its helicopters had been in action against supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down as president.


VIDEO: 'No vote' appears ahead in Iceland vote

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:08 PM PDT

Early returns in Iceland's referendum on a plan to repay Britain and the Netherlands $5billion from a bank crash, indicate that the "no" vote is ahead.


Has Education Lost Its Soul?

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:01 PM PDT

A professor's mission to restore the soul-to-soul tradition of classical education.


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