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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Armenian protesters wring concessions from govt, Posted by Meosha Eaton


* Opposition capitalising on anger over economy


* Signs both sides trying to avoid confrontation



By Hasmik Mkrtchyan



YEREVAN, April 28 (Reuters) - Around 5,000 Armenians rallied

against the government on Thursday, the latest in a series of

opposition protests beginning to wring concessions from

President Serzh Sarksyan.



Spurred in part by Arab uprisings in the Middle East and

North Africa, the opposition in the ex-Soviet republic is trying

to capitalise on popular anger over the state of the economy

ahead of the next parliamentary election due in 2012.

Fearful voters trickle out to northern Nigeria polls, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* Two northern states hold votes delayed by violence

* Voters nervous following rioting

* Ruling party maintains dominance around country

(Adds quotes from town outside Kaduna)

By Joe Brock

KADUNA, Nigeria, April 28 (Reuters) - Voters trickled out to polling stations on Thursday in two states in northern Nigeria where rioting killed hundreds last week, under the watchful eye of policemen on horseback and soldiers manning barricades.

Nigeria's ruling party won 16 of the 24 states which held governorship elections on Tuesday but the polls were delayed by two days in Kaduna and Bauchi in what the electoral commission said was an attempt to allow "tempers to cool".

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Republican Townhall Meeting displays anger, Posted by Meosha Eaton

Obama to shake up security team, Panetta to Pentagon, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* Panetta to replace Gates as U.S. defense secretary

* Petraeus to take over as CIA chief from Panetta

* Budget battle, Afghan drawdown confront security team (Recasts, adds details and background)

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will name Leon Panetta, a veteran Washington politician and current CIA director, as his Defense Secretary as he resets his national security team ahead of the 2012 presidential campaign and a battle over the Pentagon budget.

US Republican White House race may gain steam, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* Several Republicans nearing decisions on 2012 race

* First televised debate scheduled for next week

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - The slow-starting race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination promises to heat up in the next few weeks, with new candidates and a face-to-face debate injecting life into what has been a dormant campaign.

Barely nine months before the first nominating contest, Republicans are still trying to launch a 2012 race that has been overshadowed by President Barack Obama's battles with his Republican foes in Congress on spending and debt.

Dior legacy on display in lavish Moscow exhibit, Posted by Meosha Eaton

By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya

MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters Life!) - The bright garden paintings by European masters fanned French doyen of fashion Christian Dior's imagination, and form a unique exhibit which opens on Thursday alongside over 100 of his dresses.

Dior's delicate bejewelled gowns and slim-waisted jackets hang beneath mirror-covered ceilings in Moscow's state-run Pushkin Museum, paying tribute to the designer who died in 1957 at the age of 52 after changing the landscape of women's fashion.

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Obama: birth controversy distracts from big issues, Posted by Meosha Eaton

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called a controversy over his birth certificate a "side show" that distracted from important issues such as the federal budget.

The White House publicly released a copy of the birth certificate from Hawaii. (Editing by Vicki Allen)

Police Officer Punches Woman In Face During Arrest At I-HOP in ATL, Posted by Meosha Eaton



This video was filmed by a cell phone at an I-HOP in Atlanta around 4:00 in the morning. The woman punched was not even being arrested, until she punched the police officer. Here is a clue, it is not very smart to punch a cop, not even if you are a woman. Bad Idea!

Article below is from Atlanta


It was not clear what started the struggle around 4 a.m. Sunday, but the incident started as a conflict between the officer, working a second job at the Buckhead restaurant, and another woman with the one who was hit.

Five facts about CIA director Leon Panetta, Posted by Meosha Eaton

April 27 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will nominate CIA director Leon Panetta as the next defense secretary, officials said on Wednesday.

Here are five facts about Panetta.

Dalia Dippolito Trial Begins Today, Posted by Meosha Eaton



A jury has been selected for the trial of Dalia Dippolito, a Florida newlywed who police say tried to hire a hitman to kill her husband last year.

According to the Palm Beach Post, four women and two men were selected late this morning. Two other women were selected as alternate jurors. Opening arguments in the case are expected to begin later today.

The Boynton Beach Police Department became aware of Dippolito's alleged plans to kill 38-year-old Michael Dippolito, her husband of six months, when they were contacted by a confidential informant who claimed to be a former lover. The informant told police that Dippolito, 26, wanted her husband killed because she had spent approximately $200,000 of his money. The informant also said she was afraid of the retaliation she might face if she divorced him, police say.

Michael Dippolito's side of view, Posted by Meosha Eaton

Dalia Dippolito and the Confidential Informant , Posted by Meosha Eaton

MIDWEST BRACES FOR FLOODING, Posted by Meosha Eaton

At least 6 Americans killed in 'gunfight,' Afghan official says, Posted by Meosha Eaton

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least six American service members died in a "gunfight" Wednesday at an airport in the Afghan capital, an Afghan military official told CNN.

"A 50-year-old man opened fire at armed U.S. military soldiers inside the airport after an argument between them turned serious," said Col. Baha Dur, chief of the public relations for the Afghan National Army at Kabul military airport.

The Afghan Defense Ministry said the incident, which occurred inside the Afghan national army base, stems from an argument between an Afghan pilot and an international colleague.

Lightning strike injures at least 9 people in Michigan, Posted by Meosha Eaton

(CNN) -- At least nine people were injured Tuesday evening when lightning hit a soccer field in Portage, Michigan, authorities said.

The injured were a mix of adults and students, said Charles Wellman, the Portage battalion chief.
Seven people -- one with serious injuries -- were transported to area hospitals, with two others seeking medical treatment on their own, he said.

Portage is six miles south of Kalamazoo in southwestern Michigan.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Leaked Guantanamo files not seen hurting US cases, Posted by Meosha Eaton


* U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder deplores leaks

* Says document release hurts relations with some allies

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - Classified U.S. military documents released by WikiLeaks that give intelligence assessments of Guantanamo prisoners will not affect any of their cases, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday.

"I certainly deplore the leaks," Holder told reporters after news organizations on Sunday disclosed details from the documents on nearly all of the terrorism suspects who have been held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Ethiopians in DC mark Easter


Libya imports gasoline from Italy's Saras, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* Transfers gasoline via Tunisia to Libya-bound vessel

* Libya's GNMTC not on U.N. sanctions list

* Italian refiner was major trading partner with Libya

(Updates with Saras statement, adds link to U.N. list, adds links to graphic on Libya's oil and gas industry, oil factbox)

By Jessica Donati and Emma Farge

LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Libya imported gasoline from Italian refiner Saras in early April, taking advantage of a loophole in United Nations sanctions that permits purchases by companies not on a U.N. list of banned entities.

Ending oil tax breaks would hike prices-Boehner aide, Posted by Meosha Eaton

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call for ending some oil and gas industry tax breaks "would simply raise taxes and increase the price (of gasoline) at the pump," a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday.

The spokesman's remarks came a day after Boehner, in an interview on ABC News, said Congress should "take a look" at the multi-billion oil industry tax breaks.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan, Editing by Sandra Maler)

Veteran defends disputed story of Auschwitz heroics, Posted by Meosha Eaton

By Mike Collett-White

LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - A British World War Two veteran and his publisher have defended his account of smuggling himself into Auschwitz concentration camp to witness first hand the horrors of the Holocaust after doubts surfaced about the story.

Denis Avey, 92, wrote "The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz" about his time as a prisoner in a nearby labour camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Lawsuits challenging U.S. healthcare reform, Posted by Meosha Eaton

April 26 (Reuters) - More than half of all U.S. states have launched lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama a year ago.

Most legal scholars expect one of the suits to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, but not until its 2011-12 term that begins in October. Individuals, advocacy groups and hospitals have also sued.

The following are details of the current state of legal challenges to the law:

McDonald's Beating Caught on Tape in Rosedale MD, Is this a hate crime?

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Italy To Join NATO-Led Airstrikes On Military Targets In Libya, Posted by Meosha Eaton

(RTTNews) - Italian fighter jets will soon join the ongoing NATO-led airstrikes on military targets in Libya, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced following a phone conversation with US President Barack Obama.

The Italian premier's office said in a statement issued late Monday that Italy "had decided to positively reply to the requests by NATO to boost the efficiency of its military participation in the Libyan mission."

"Italy has decided to increase the operative flexibility of its planes by means of aimed actions against specific military targets belonging to Qadhafi's regime with the goal of defending the Libyan civil population," the statement added.

UK police vow tough action against wedding protests, Posted by Meosha Eaton

By Michael Holden

LONDON, April 26 (Reuters Life!) - British police promised they would crack down "robustly" on anyone trying to disrupt Friday's royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, appealing to the public to help them spot any troublemakers. Some 5,000 police officers will be on duty in London on Friday to deal with potential threats ranging from international Islamist militants to anarchists and stalkers.

At a briefing on Tuesday, senior officers said they would not tolerate anyone who attempted to disrupt the event, which will be viewed by hundreds of thousands on the streets and by as many as 2 billion people on television worldwide.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

MACTV News: Air strike flattens building in Gaddafi compound, osted by Menelik Zeleke

April 25, 2011 2:12:48 AM

* Gaddafi government official says leader was target

* Kuwait to contribute $177 million to rebels - rebel leader

* Rebels say they doubt Gaddafi's forces leaving Misrata


By Lin Noueihed
TRIPOLI April 25 (Reuters) - NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early on Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life.

Firefighters were still working to extinguish flames in a part of the ruined building a few hours after the attack, when foreign journalists were brought to the scene in Tripoli.

The press official, who asked not to be identified, said 45 people were hurt in the strike, 15 of them seriously, and some were still missing. That could not be independently confirmed.

Gaddafi's compound has been struck before, but NATO forces appear to be stepping up the pace of strikes in Tripoli in recent days. A target nearby, which the government called a car park but which appeared to cover a bunker, was hit two days ago.

The United States, Britain and France say they will not stop their air campaign over Libya until Gaddafi leaves power.

Washington has taken a backseat role in the air war since turning over command to NATO at the end of March but is under pressure to do more. This week it sent Predator drone air craft, which fired for the first time on Saturday.

Government troops bombarded the western rebel bastion of Misrata again on Sunday, a day after announcing their withdrawal following a two month siege. A government spokesman said the army was still carrying out its plan to withdraw from the city, but had fired back when retreating troops were attacked.

"As our army was withdrawing from Misrata it came under attack by the rebels. The army fought back but continued its withdrawal from the city," Mussa Ibrahim told reporters.

The government says its army is withdrawing from the city and sending in armed tribesmen instead. Rebels say the announcement may be part of a ruse to mask troop movements or stir violence between rebels and locals in nearby towns.

Rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil told a news conference in Kuwait that the Gulf state had agreed to contribute 50 million Kuwaiti dinars ($177 million) to his rebel council to help pay workers in the east of the country under its control.

"This amount will help us a lot in paying the salaries of employees who did not receive their little salaries for two months," he said. "We are capable of only covering 40 percent of this amount. We are in need of urgent aid." The rebels have been seeking international recognition as well as material support from the west and the Arab world. They have been unable to advance from eastern Libya as they fight back and forth with Gaddafi's troops on the coastal road between the towns of Ajdabiyah and Brega, hampered by their lack of firepower, equipment and training.

Abdel Jalil also said the rebels had received weapons from "friends and allies", but did not specify which countries or organisations had donated them.

Restarting oil production in rebel-held areas would be a huge boost to the insurgents. A rebel oil official said companies could resume work as soon areas are secure. "For Sirte Oil and Zueitina, we have people ready to move in as soon as they are safe to move," Wahid Bugaighis, head of the National Oil Company, said in Benghazi. He said rebels had made about $129 million from their only shipment of crude oil so far -- exported this month with the help of Gulf Arab state Qatar -- but had had to pay $75 million for a single cargo of gasoline.


MISRATA BOMBARDED
In Misrata, a mood of victory was short-lived and the prospect of a turning point in the conflict dimmed on Sunday.  "The situation is very dangerous," rebel spokesman Abdelsalam said by telephone from the city. "Gaddafi's brigades started random bombardment in the early hours of this morning. The bombardment is still going on." Captured government troops said on Saturday they had been ordered to retreat after a siege of nearly two months, but rebels now say they believe it was a government ruse.  "I don't think this is a real withdrawal," rebel military spokesman Ahmed Bani told Reuters in Benghazi.  He said government loyalists might be trying to stoke tensions between Misrata and neighbouring towns, and that Gaddafi's troops might return to the city later under the guise of intervening to protect local tribes from the rebels. "What has been said by Gaddafi's regime about withdrawal or suspension of operations has no basis in truth," national council spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga told reporters in Benghazi.  "They've fallen back to the western area of Misrata," he said, referring to Gaddafi's troops. "They are also surrounding Misrata from its eastern entrance."  At least three people were killed in the mountain town of Zintan, around 160 km (100 miles) southwest of Tripoli, by fire from Gaddafi's tanks and rockets, residents said. (Additional reporting by Guy Desmond and Maher Nazeh in Tripoli and Alexander Dziadosz in Benghazi; Writing by Peter Graff)