Chavez: Gadhafi wants U.N. to visit Libya

Chavez: Gadhafi wants U.N. to visit Libya

Chavez: Gadhafi wants U.N. to visit Libya

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:59 PM PST

Venezuela's president says embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was receptive to the idea of an international commission coming to the North African country when the two heads of state spoke this week.

China defense budget to stir regional disquiet (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:09 PM PST

A paramilitary policeman stands guard on the Tiananmen Square during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - China will beef up its military budget by 12.7 percent this year, the government said on Friday, a return to double-digit spending increases that will stir regional unease.

Israeli-Arab leaders under fire for Libya visit (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:50 PM PST

In this April 25, 2010 photo made available by the Al Arab news website Wednesday, March 2, 2011, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, center left, stands with Israeli Arab lawmaker Ahmad Tibi, center right, in Serte, Libya. Israeli-Arab leaders are on the defensive over a much-publicized visit to Libya last year, where they fawned over Moammar Gadhafi and posed for a series of photographs beaming alongside the iron-fisted ruler. (AP Photo/Al-Arab, HO) NO SALESAP - Israeli-Arab leaders are on the defensive over a much-publicized visit to Libya last year, where they fawned over Moammar Gadhafi and posed for a series of photographs beaming alongside the longtime ruler.

China setting up new rocket production base (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:45 PM PST

A Long March 3C rocket blasts off from the Chinese launch centre in Sichuan province. China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press has said.(AFP/File)AFP - China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press has said.

VIDEO: Bat swarms draw crowds to Texan city

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:22 PM PST

A colony of bats who live in the centre of a US city have turned from villains to champions.


VIDEO: Taking New York's Dead Apple tour

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:31 PM PST

Newsbeat's Sima Kotecha takes the Dead Apple tour in New York, which gives sightseers an alternative view of the city.


China defense budget to stir regional disquiet

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:09 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will beef up its military budget by 12.7 percent this year, the government said on Friday, a return to double-digit spending increases that will stir regional unease.

N. Korea seeks to block Arab protest news: Seoul (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:40 PM PST

Libyan anti-government protesters wave thew country's former flag during a protest against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. North Korea has stepped up its campaign to block information on pro-democracy protests in the Arab world for fear of disturbances among its own people, South Korea's spy chief has said.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - North Korea has stepped up its campaign to block information on pro-democracy protests in the Arab world for fear of disturbances among its own people, South Korea's spy chief has said.

Security tight for funeral of Pakistan minister (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:07 PM PST

Pakistani civil rights activists light candles during a ceremony at the site of a deadly attack on Pakistani minority affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti on March 3, 2011. Authorities have shut down streets and police marksmen stood guard around Islamabad's main church ahead of the funeral mass of Bhatti, believed to have been killed by Islamic extremists.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)AFP - Authorities have shut down streets and police marksmen stood guard around Islamabad's main church ahead of the funeral mass of minister Shahbaz Bhatti, shot dead by suspected Islamic extremists.

U.S. let guns fall into drug cartels' hands, files show

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:54 PM PST

A federal operation that allowed U.S. weapons to pass into the hands of suspected gun smugglers so they could be traced to the higher echelons of Mexican drug cartels has lost track of hundreds of firearms, many of which have been linked to crimes, including indirectly to the fatal shooting of a Bor


Warship evacuates South Koreans from Libya (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:27 PM PST

Protestors wave Libya's former national flag close to the Libya economic cooperation bureau in Seoul in late February. A warship carrying 32 South Koreans evacuated from strife-torn Libya is set to arrive at the Mediterranean island of Malta, Seoul's defence ministry has said.(AFP/File/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - A warship carrying 32 South Koreans evacuated from strife-torn Libya is set to arrive at the Mediterranean island of Malta, Seoul's defence ministry has said.

U.S. contractor to go on trial in Cuba (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:09 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. aid contractor facing up to 20 years in prison was to go on trial in Cuba on Friday, accused of supplying illegal communications gear to dissidents in a case that has highlighted U.S. activities on the communist island.


Oil hovers near $102 as Libya conflict escalates (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:23 PM PST

Myanmar laborers unload sacks of rice from Ayeyawady Delta off a ship at a local jetty Friday, March 4, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar has suspended rice exports in an effort to keep prices down while also grappling with higher fuel costs due to the turmoil in OPEC member Libya. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Oil prices hovered near $102 a barrel Friday in Asia as Libyan government and rebel forces dug in amid fierce fighting, raising investor fears of protracted oil output cuts in the OPEC nation.

China Defense Budget to Rise by 12.7%

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:02 PM PST

China's government plans to increase its defense budget by 12.7% this year, a pickup from last year's sharply slower growth that comes amid widening concerns about the capabilities and intentions of China's military.


Friedman's Forgotten Forces

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:39 PM PST

Thomas Friedman yesterday wrote about the "not-so-obvious forces" that "triggered" the "popular upri


U.S. contractor to go on trial in Cuba

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 09:09 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - A U.S. aid contractor facing up to 20 years in prison was to go on trial in Cuba on Friday, accused of supplying illegal communications gear to dissidents in a case that has highlighted U.S. activities on the communist island.

Double-digit rise for China's military spending (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:14 PM PST

Chinese soldiers train in northwest China's Xinjiang region. The country's defence budget will rise 12.7 percent in 2011 to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion), a government spokesman has said, amid persistent regional concerns about Beijing's military build-up.(AFP/File)AFP - China has announced a double-digit increase in its secretive military budget but insisted the annual outlay of more than 90 billion dollars posed no external threat, despite concern worldwide.

What Can We Do About the Pirates?

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 07:12 PM PST

First, study Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek.


Venezuela: Gadhafi supports Chavez peace proposal (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:15 PM PST

A government opponent holds a sign that reads in Spanish 'Gadhafi murderer' during a protest against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez's ties with Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi outside Libya's embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday March 3, 2011. Chavez has spoken with Gadhafi about creating a bloc of friendly countries to help mediate a resolution to Libya's crisis, Venezuela's information minister said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Moammar Gadhafi supports a plan proposed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to help mediate a peaceful resolution to the crisis in Libya, a Venezuelan official said Thursday.

More UN peacekeepers to Sudan's Abyei region (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:15 PM PST

A peacekeeper from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) stands guard in Abyei. The United Nations ordered extra peacekeepers to the troubled Abyei region on the border between north and south Sudan after clashes in which dozens have been killed.(AFP/File/Guillaume Lavalee)AFP - The United Nations ordered extra peacekeepers to the troubled Abyei region on the border between north and south Sudan after clashes in which dozens have been killed.
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