Digest: Thousands to protest to pressure Congress to take up immigration

Digest: Thousands to protest to pressure Congress to take up immigration

Digest: Thousands to protest to pressure Congress to take up immigration

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Thousands of labor, civil rights and immigration activists plan to stage demonstrations nationwide Saturday, renewing their effort to pressure Congress into taking up comprehensive immigration legislation.


United States Congress - Immigration - Law - United States - Arizona


World digest: Ex-spy's killing exposes militant rifts in North Waziristan

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:00 PM PDT

PAKISTAN The hornet's nest of militant groups in Pakistan's mountainous northwest was already complicated. Now, analysts have to factor in the Asian Tigers.


Waziristan - Pakistan - Taliban - United States - War in Afghanistan


Kurdish rebels kill 4 Turkish soldiers, wound 7 (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:32 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say Kurdish rebels have raided a Turkish military outpost in eastern Turkey, killing at least four Turkish soldiers and wounding seven others in the largest attack on troops in several months.


Sri Lanka holds first post-war May Day (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT

A Sri Lankan man smokes in front of a poster of President Mahinda Rajapakse in the northern town of Jaffna on April 30. Sri Lanka's political parties were holding May Day rallies on Saturday for the first time since the ending of nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed.(AFP/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Sri Lanka's political parties were holding May Day rallies on Saturday for the first time since the ending of nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed.

Shanghai Expo opens to public

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:19 PM PDT

Visitors pour into Shanghai for multi-billion dollar six-month showcase event.


Pressure mounts on British PM as polling day looms (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:10 PM PDT

British Prime Minister, and Leader of the ruling Labour Party, Gordon Brown (R), stands with members of his cabinet during the launch of his party's poster campaign in Birmingham, central England. Brown's re-election hopes took a fresh battering Saturday with the loss of a key media endorsement and a poll confirming his Labour party was in third place ahead of the May 6 vote.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - British premier Gordon Brown's re-election hopes took a fresh battering Saturday with the loss of a key media endorsement and a poll confirming his Labour party was in third place ahead of the May 6 vote.

Thai protesters criticise hospital evacuation (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Nurses take a break as patients are transfered from Chulalongkorn Hospital to a diferent one in Bangkok, on April 30. Chulalongkorn Hospital in the Thai capital evacuated most of its patients after anti-government Red Shirt protesters stormed inside in the mistaken belief that troops were hiding there.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - Leaders of Thailand's "Red Shirt" protests slammed management at a Bangkok hospital Saturday, saying its chaotic evacuation of patients was a ploy to make the anti-government group look bad.

In Pictures: Shanghai Expo Opening Ceremony

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:41 PM PDT

A gallery of images from the gala opening of the Shanghai Expo.


Vietnam detains senior monk, banned Buddhists say (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:52 PM PDT

Buddhist monk Thich Khong Tanh (centre) of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, is pictured performing funeral rites during a ceremony in 2008, in Hanoi. Khong Tanh, previously detained in an alleged plot to finance disorder against the communist regime, is in custody again, the spokesman for his banned church said late Friday.(AFP/File/Frank Zeller)AFP - A senior Vietnamese Buddhist monk, previously detained in an alleged plot to finance disorder against the communist regime, is in custody again, the spokesman for his banned church said late Friday.

US states braced for oil slick

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Clean-up crews in Gulf of Mexico battle heavy seas as fears grow of ecological disaster.


Middle East talks 'set to begin'

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:43 PM PDT

US says peace process will get back on track with "indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks".


Booming China on show to world at Shanghai Expo

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:29 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai opened its multi-billion dollar World Expo to the public on Saturday, showcasing China's booming economy and resurgent national pride, as well as the latest green technology from 189 countries.

US man jailed in NKorea phones home

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 07:27 PM PDT

BOSTON, Massachusetts -An American jailed in North Korea was allowed to call home for the first time since being sentenced to eight years' hard labor, as the United States urged his release.

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Belgium's Muslims lash out at ban on Islamic veil

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:17 AM PDT

BRUSSELS -Muslims in Belgium hit out at a looming public ban on the full-face Islamic veil, saying claims it was being introduced for security reasons were simply an excuse to crack down.

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A Bad Joke Raises the Specter of British Anti-Catholicism (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 06:20 PM PDT

Time.com - A British Foreign Office memo mocking an upcoming visit by the Pope upset Britain's Catholic minority, and forced the country to confront its history of anti-Catholic sentiment


Booming China on show to world at Shanghai Expo (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:29 PM PDT

Paramilitary policemen march after a flag raising ceremony at the Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai April 30, 2010. REUTERS/Alfred JinReuters - Shanghai opened its multi-billion dollar World Expo to the public on Saturday, showcasing China's booming economy and resurgent national pride, as well as the latest green technology from 189 countries.

Fear and Nostalgia for Noriega in Panama (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 06:20 PM PDT

Time.com - While the country wants him back to face murder charges, some are afraid he could return to power


U.S. Revises Mideast-Arms Tack

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:03 PM PDT

The U.S. is negotiating with Egypt a proposal to make the Middle East a region free of nuclear weapons, as the U.S. seeks to prevent Iran from derailing a monthlong U.N. conference on nuclear nonproliferation that begins Monday.


Socialist leader attends Albania rally

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:11 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition Socialist Party supporters have marched in the capital, Tirana, to demand a partial recount of the June 2009 election.


Socialist leader attends Albania rally

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:11 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition Socialist Party supporters have marched in the capital, Tirana, to demand a partial recount of the June 2009 election.


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