Car bomb explodes in Tripoli, first since Gaddafi's fall

Car bomb explodes in Tripoli, first since Gaddafi's fall


Car bomb explodes in Tripoli, first since Gaddafi's fall

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:56 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near the offices of the military police in Tripoli early on Saturday, a senior security source said, the first such attack in the Libyan capital since the start of a revolt that toppled the regime of Muammar Gaddafi last year. The source said the blast slightly wounded a Tunisian national, but it could not say who might have been behind it. A Reuters witness said police had cordoned off the area around the blast's location. Several violent incidents have rocked Libya in recent days but these have been mostly confined to the eastern city of Benghazi. ...


SECURING HER HIJAB

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:17 PM PDT

Saudi Arabia's Wojdan Shahrkani and Puerto Rico's Melissa Mojica compete during the women's 78-kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)After being flipped onto her back, the first Saudi woman to compete at the Olympics did something that was both in line with her Islamic faith and perhaps a sign of respect to the conservatives in her homeland who had qualms about her competing: she gently reached for her head to make sure her hijab was still in place.



Phelps goes out in style, rallying in 100 fly

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end.


India needs strict controls to avoid blackouts: power firm

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:14 PM PDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India needs a more cohesive energy policy and stringent grid management to avoid a recurrence of the power outages that hit hundreds of millions of people this week, the chief executive of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd said in an interview. Reliance Infrastructure, India's largest private electric utility, provides power to 30 million people in financial capital Mumbai and political capital New Delhi. ...


Car bomb explodes in Tripoli, first since Gaddafi's fall

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:56 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near the offices of the military police in Tripoli early on Saturday, a senior security source said, the first such attack in the Libyan capital since the start of a revolt that toppled the regime of Muammar Gaddafi last year.


India needs strict controls to avoid blackouts: power firm

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:14 PM PDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India needs a more cohesive energy policy and stringent grid management to avoid a recurrence of the power outages that hit hundreds of millions of people this week, the chief executive of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd said in an interview.


Russia mogul under pressure wants to sell assets

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 03:35 PM PDT

A Russian tycoon whose holdings include a leading investigative newspaper critical of the Kremlin said Friday that he wants to sell his Russian assets because of pressure from state security services.


Jamaicans eye solid-gold party on London home turf

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Jamaica's Novlene Williams-Mills, front, starts a women's 400-meter heat at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)The Jamaicans of London have got their soul food sizzling, their Red Stripe on ice and their expectations sky high.



Six killed in Mexico coal mine explosion

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 09:41 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Six miners were killed in a coal mine collapse in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila on Friday, an emergency rescue team source on the site told Reuters.


8 years later, Athens Olympic venues in decay

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:56 PM PDT

The Olympic beach volleyball lies abandoned in southern Athens, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The purpose-built stadium has seen minimal use _ mostly for concerts _ since the Athens 2004 Olympics. Eight years after the Athens Games, many of the venues remain abandoned or rarely used, focusing public anger on past governments as the country struggles through a fifth year of recession and a debt crisis that has seen a surge in poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)There's still one group that loves the training pool for athletes at the former Olympic village in Athens' northern fringe.



EYES ON LONDON: Beware poppy seeds, who are you?

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Wai Sze Lee of Hong Kong bites the bronze medal after the track cycling women's keirin event, during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:



Syrian regime pleads with Russia for economic aid

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, purports to show pillars of smoke as a result of shelling by Syrian government forces near al-Zafaran mosque in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGESyria reached out to its powerful ally Russia on Friday, as senior officials pleaded with Moscow for financial loans and supplies of oil products — an indication that international sanctions are squeezing President Bashar Assad's regime.



US voices concern over South China Sea rows

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:39 PM PDT

US accuses China of raising tensions through a new military garrison in the South China Sea.


Apple's Cupertino Unveil

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:26 PM PDT


Chavez Says Oil Plan Would End Social Programs

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:23 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shot back Friday at his rival's plan to stop preferential oil deals with other countries by saying such a measure would mean an end to the social programs enjoyed by the poor enacted during his 13-year tenure.


The NFL Joins the Olympics

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:59 PM PDT

What would happen if the NFL unleashed its players on Olympic events like table tennis, water polo and artistic gymnastics?


Key quotes from ECB head Draghi's statement

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 08:21 AM PDT

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi held a news conference Thursday at which he indicated the bank stood ready to intervene in the bond markets along with the eurozone bailout fund to help drive down excessively high borrowing costs in some countries.


Bio for Mario Draghi, the head of the ECB

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 08:24 AM PDT

President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi addresses the media during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, following a meeting of the ECB governing council concerning the further strategies in the European financial crisis. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)BORN — Sept. 3, 1947, Rome, Italy. Age 64.



Sands Probed in Money Moves

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 07:30 PM PDT

Federal authorities are investigating whether Las Vegas Sands and several of its executives violated money-laundering laws by failing to alert authorities to millions of dollars transferred to its casinos by two Las Vegas high rollers.


Sharp Shares Plummet in Perfect Storm; Hon Hai To Reset Deal

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Shares of Japan's Sharp Electronics fell 30% on Friday as investors fretted about the rapidly deteriorating financials revealed in the quarterly earnings report on Thursday and potential collateral damage announced on Friday. Sharp announced a loss of $1.2 billion for the first fiscal quarter ending June 30, four times deeper than the [...]