http://www.centredaily.com/world/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Centredaily.com en-us Copyright 2011 Centredaily.com World 60 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:09 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive Workbench support@centredaily.com http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930275/bail-extended-for-3-suspects-in.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930275/bail-extended-for-3-suspects-in.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:06 EDT British police say they have extended the bail for three News of the World phone hacking suspects until next year. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930257/puerto-rico-cop-accused-of-false.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930257/puerto-rico-cop-accused-of-false.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:51 EDT A Puerto Rico police officer has been accused of calling in sick and submitting fake doctor's notes to avoid work. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930240/egypts-1st-post-mubarak-election.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930240/egypts-1st-post-mubarak-election.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:41 EDT Egypt's first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak will begin on Nov. 28, the country's military rulers said Tuesday in an announcement greeted with little fanfare by activists who have grown deeply suspicious of the generals' commitment to change. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930167/bellicose-talk-as-turkey-debuts.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930167/bellicose-talk-as-turkey-debuts.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:01 EDT ISTANBUL — Turkey officially accepted delivery of its first domestically manufactured warship Tuesday at a ceremony that underscored the country's push to become a regional power. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930162/talk-turns-bellicose-as-turkey.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930162/talk-turns-bellicose-as-turkey.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:51 EDT Turkey officially accepted delivery of its first domestically manufactured warship Tuesday at a ceremony that underscored the country's push to become a regional power. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930159/libyan-official-delivers-16m-to.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930159/libyan-official-delivers-16m-to.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:02 EDT Libya's transitional government delivered 20 million dinars ($16 million) Tuesday to this remote southern city beset by fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, hoping to bolster support for revolutionary forces. On the other side, Gadhafi's son was seen in a video for the first time since Tripoli fell, trying to rally the remnants of his father's regime. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930133/bolivian-official-quits-in-march.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930133/bolivian-official-quits-in-march.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:31 EDT A Bolivian deputy interior minister has resigned over a police crackdown on a march protesting a planned jungle highway that opponents say would despoil an indigenous preserve. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930134/apnewsbreak-haitis-president-plans.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930134/apnewsbreak-haitis-president-plans.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:42 EDT Haiti's president is moving forward with a campaign pledge to restore the country's disbanded military with an initial force of 3,500 soldiers, according to a document obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930084/roadside-bomb-kills-16-from-one.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930084/roadside-bomb-kills-16-from-one.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:36 EDT KABUL, Afghanistan — A minibus carrying civilians in the western province of Herat hit a roadside bomb Tuesday, triggering an explosion that killed 16 civilians, including children and women, provincial officials said. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930030/egyptian-artisans-churn-out-traditional.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2930030/egyptian-artisans-churn-out-traditional.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:03 EDT With little more to work with than a few basic tools, artisans craft some of Egypt's most renowned and unique homeware. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929949/greek-parliament-passes-new-property.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929949/greek-parliament-passes-new-property.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:01 EDT Greek lawmakers approved a controversial new property tax Tuesday that aims to boost revenue as the country struggles to obtain a critical installment of international bailout loans that will prevent it from default. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929905/wwii-remains-of-american-repatriated.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929905/wwii-remains-of-american-repatriated.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:06 EDT Almost seven decades after he died in World War II, the remains of Staff Sgt. Meceslaus T. Miaskiewicz are being returned from Bosnia to relatives in Massachusetts. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929896/congo-militants-release-boat-with.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929896/congo-militants-release-boat-with.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:51 EDT An official in eastern Congo says militants have released a boat and about 100 hostages aboard. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929866/7-year-sentence-sought-for-ukraines.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929866/7-year-sentence-sought-for-ukraines.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:51 EDT Ukrainian prosecutors on Tuesday asked a judge to sentence former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison on charges she abused her office in signing a gas import contract with Russia in 2009, Tymoshenko's office said. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929842/8-police-arrested-in-murder-of.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929842/8-police-arrested-in-murder-of.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:56 EDT A police commander and seven officers are under arrest in connection with the murder of a Brazilian judge. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929832/dutch-prosecutors-demand-long.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929832/dutch-prosecutors-demand-long.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:46 EDT Dutch prosecutors have demanded sentences ranging from 10 to 16 years for five ethnic Tamils accused of raising millions of euros (dollars) in the Netherlands to finance the Tamil Tigers' fight for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929820/yemen-fm-blames-opposition-for.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929820/yemen-fm-blames-opposition-for.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:41 EDT Yemen's foreign minister says the opposition movement's refusal to accept the results of the 2006 presidential elections are to blame for the country's current crisis - one that could escalate into a civil war. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929804/eu-official-criticizes-israeli.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929804/eu-official-criticizes-israeli.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:03 EDT The European Union's foreign policy chief said Tuesday that Israel's plan to build 1,100 new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem "should be reversed" since it undermines peace negotiations with the Palestinians. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929805/syrian-uprising-showing-signs.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929805/syrian-uprising-showing-signs.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:21 EDT Once-peaceful Syrian protesters are increasingly taking up arms to fight a six-month military crackdown, frustrated that President Bashar Assad remains in control while more than 2,700 demonstrators are dead, analysts and witnesses say. http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929791/british-sitcom-writer-david-croft.html http://www.centredaily.com/2011/09/27/2929791/british-sitcom-writer-david-croft.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:06 EDT Television writer David Croft, who helped create much-loved British sitcoms such as "Dad's Army" and "Are You Being Served?," died Tuesday. He was 89.