VIDEO: 'If there is violence, it should be met'

VIDEO: 'If there is violence, it should be met'


VIDEO: 'If there is violence, it should be met'

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:06 PM PDT

President Bashar al-Assad tells Syrian State TV that ''the solution in Syria remains a political one, but if there is violence, it should be met''.


Analysis: Row over killings shows Egypt-Israel ties cooling

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:05 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's stern rebuke to Israel over the deaths of five Egyptian security personnel is the clearest sign yet of cooling ties as Cairo's military rulers try to appease a newly-assertive public largely antagonistic to the Jewish state.


Libyan rebels enter Tripoli as crowds celebrate

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:19 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Libyan rebels have entered the capital Tripoli from the west and are about eight kilometers from the center of the city, Britain's Sky news reported on Sunday, quoting its reporter on the ground.


Police officer killed in Sri Lanka "Grease Devil" riot

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:39 PM PDT

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Angry Sri Lankans killed a police officer on Sunday in the latest outbreak of violence sparked by a fear of nocturnal prowlers known popularly as "Grease Devils" that has gripped rural areas in the island nation over the past two weeks.


Japan Premier Hits New Low in Poll

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Approval ratings for the government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan slipped to a new low of 15.8%, a new poll showed Sunday, putting further pressure on the beleaguered Japanese leader to step down soon.


Plane Crash in Canadian Arctic Kills 12

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT

A Boeing 737-200 carrying 15 people crashed Saturday near the town of Resolute in Canada's Arctic North, killing 12, authorities said.


Who can unite Libya if Gaddafi falls?

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:33 PM PDT

NALUT, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebel Husam Najjair seems more concerned about the possibility of rebels turning on each other when they try to take control of the capital Tripoli than the threat posed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.


Honduran peasants' leader killed

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Honduran farm workers' leader Secundino Ruiz Vallecillo is shot dead in Honduras a week after 11 people died in clashes over land in the same area.


Syrians Await Assad's Response to West

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:03 PM PDT

Syria's political opposition braced Sunday for the first public response from President Bashar al-Assad to a Western campaign siding with protesters and calling for the leader's resignation.


Afghan Panel Seeks to Expel 9 Legislators

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Afghanistan's election commission on Sunday sought to bring the nation's year-long political stalemate to an end, ordering the unseating of nine of the parliament's 249 lawmakers for electoral fraud.


Gunfire Erupts Outside Mexican Football Stadium

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Gunmen opened fire on police outside a stadium during a first-division Mexican football game between Santos Laguna and Morelia.


Arts & Leisure: Together Again for the First Time

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:45 PM PDT

"Mirror Traffic," the new album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, is the band's first effort produced by Beck Hansen, a k a Beck.


Arrest after body found in house

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:56 AM PDT

A 66-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murdering a relative at his home in North Devon.


Pedestrian hit by ambulance dies

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 09:29 AM PDT

A man dies after being hit by an ambulance which had its blue lights on in Moreton, Merseyside in the early hours.


China Previews Rising Leadership

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:29 PM PDT

The two men expected to take charge of China starting next year offered glimpses of the next generation of Communist Party leaders.


Norwegian Massacre Victims Remembered at Service

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Nation concludes monthlong mourning period with candlelight service for 77 killed by extremist.


North Korea's Kim Visits Russian Power Plant

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:55 PM PDT

North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il paid a quick visit to one of Russia's largest hydroelectric power plants Sunday, and then boarded his armored train bound for Siberia, where he is expected to meet later this week with Russia's president to press for economic aid.


Fifth charge over riot car deaths

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:40 AM PDT

A fifth man is charged in connection with the deaths of three men who were struck by a car in Winson Green during recent rioting in Birmingham.


Vigil Set for 4 High School Football Players Killed in New Jersey

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Four teenage boys had left a football practice when their sport utility vehicle overturned.


Spokes: A New Breed of Lawyers Focuses on Bicyclists’ Rights

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 06:50 PM PDT

Issues affecting bike riders, from ticket blitzes to dangerous obstructions in bike lanes, are winding up in the courts.


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