LOS ANGELES -- No one ever mistook Tony Scott for a great dramatist. He was a director critics loved to hate for his slick barrage of images at the expense of story. The filmmaker did not dazzle the imagination with visions of lost or alien worlds, … Relentless violence taints Eid celebrations in Syria - CNN International
(CNN) — As Muslims around the world celebrate the second day of Eid al-Fitr, residents across Syria endured another day of perpetual bloodshed Monday, opposition activists said. At least nine people were killed across the country Monday morning, … China Defers Death Penalty for Disgraced Official's Wife - New York Times
Myanmar government abolishes press censorship
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar abolished press censorship on Monday, the latest in a series of dramatic economic and political reforms by the quasi-civilian regime and one that carries risks for its ability to manage change. The government’s announcement marks a U-turn from the oppressive policies of the military that ran Myanmar for almost 50 years until March 2011. The junta’s censors not only kept tight control over the media but monitored every song, cartoon, book and piece of art for subversive content. …
Jordan's government protests Syrian shelling
Jordan's government spokesman has sternly criticized Syria for artillery shelling on its northern border that wounded a Jordanian girl and panicked other civilians. Syria's Assad makes rare appearance for Eid prayers
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made his first appearance in public since a July bomb attack, attending prayers at a Damascus mosque to mark the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid, state TV showed. The first day of Eid on Sunday also gave Assad's opponents a chance to rally and activists reported protests around Syria, including in the capital, on a holiday that marked the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan. Fighting raged on around Syria, killing more than 100 people, an activist group reported. … Award-winning journalist is AP's Indonesia chief
Margie Mason, an award-winning correspondent for The Associated Press in Southeast Asia, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Indonesia.
Intense fighting rages in Syria's southern city
Syrian activist groups say fighting between rebels and regime forces has killed six people, including two children and two women, in the southern city of Daraa, birthplace of the country's 18-month-old uprising. Pakistan mobile networks suspended on security fears
Pakistan shut down mobile phone networks overnight in major cities to prevent Taliban and Al-Qaeda attacks as celebrations began for the biggest Muslim festival of the year. Pakistan police investigating girl for blasphemy
Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country’s strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbors surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said Monday.
Insight: Somalia's old problems litter path to new future
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Yusuf Garaad left his comfortable home and job as head of the BBC Somali Service in London to run for the presidency of Somalia when the Horn of Africa nation embraced a plan to shed its image as the archetypal failed state. He is one of several new faces who have returned home to try and lead the country out of two decades of lawlessness and violence at the hands of gun-toting militias, fanatical Islamist militants and rapacious pirates. …
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