Sunday, January 1, 2012

North Korea calls for "human shields" to protect new leader (Reuters)

North Korea calls for "human shields" to protect new leader (Reuters)

North Korea calls for "human shields" to protect new leader (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:56 PM PST

North Koreans pay tribute to late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang January 1, 2012 in this picture released by KCNA on Sunday. North Korea called on its people to rally behind new leader Kim Jong-un and protect him as Reuters - North Korea called on its people to rally behind new leader Kim Jong-un and protect him as "human shields" while working to solve the "burning issue" of food shortages by upholding the policies of his late father, Kim Jong-il.

Strong earthquake jolts Japan, no tsunami warning (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:42 PM PST

Reuters - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted eastern and northeastern Japan on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages and no tsunami warning was issued.

Syrian opposition signs plan for post-Assad future (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST

Reuters - Two leading Syrian opposition parties have agreed a road map to democracy should a popular uprising succeed in toppling President Bashar al-Assad, according to a copy of the document seen by Reuters.

Nigeria's Jonathan declares state of emergency (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST

Reuters - President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of Nigeria plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency, and ordered shut the borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger in the northeast.

U.S. steps up sanctions as Iran floats nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:48 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama signed new sanctions against Iran into law on Saturday, shortly after Iran signaled it was ready for fresh talks with the West on its nuclear programme and said it had delayed long-range missile tests in the Gulf.

Bubbly Battle: Will Prosecco Edge Out Champagne on New Year's Eve? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:50 PM PST

Time.com - Early export stats suggest that so far this year, Italy's Prosecco variety of sparkling wine is outselling Champagne, its better known -- and generally more expensive -- French counterpart

Pope: future hopes lie with youth (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:28 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's square to bless the nativity scene at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. The Pontiff marked the end of 2011 with prayers of thanks and said humanity awaits the new year with apprehension but also with hope for a better future. 'Another year approaches its end, while we await a new one, with the trepidation, desires and expectations of always,' Benedict said at the traditional New Year's Eve vespers service, as he delivered his homily from the central altar of St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday evening. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is marking New Year's Day at a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on a day the Vatican dedicates to world peace.

Iraqi leader calls for unity, political stability (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:11 AM PST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to his supporters in Baghdad, Iraq. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. Iraq's prime minister says the end of the American military presence in Iraq is a new dawn for his country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister is calling for greater political stability to ensure the country's security after the end of the American military presence.

For Colombia ex-fighters, few jobs and crime pays (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:01 PM PST

In this Oct. 28, 2011 photo, Sabas Duque, a former rebel from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), speaks during an interview in Bogota, Colombia. Duque, who uses a wheelchair because he was partially paralyzed in a shooting, now helps run a Bogota workshop that teaches craft-making with papier-mâché and fabric. But he knows plenty of other ex-fighters who have left their jobs and drifted back to gunslinging. Thousands of former combatants in Colombia's long-running conflict who surrendered their weapons to the government have since discovered the downside to civilian life: unemployment. From both sides of the old battle lines, former right-wing militiamen and leftist rebels are being lured into jobs for emerging crime rings - a new security threat that ranks among the biggest challenges confronting President Juan Manuel Santos' government. (AP Photo/Nestor Silva)AP - Thousands of former combatants in Colombia's long-running conflict who surrendered their weapons to the government have since discovered the downside to civilian life: unemployment.

Nigeria calls state of emergency over sect attacks (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST

AP - Nigeria's president on Saturday declared a state of emergency in parts of Africa's most populous nation, after a recent slew of deadly attacks blamed on a northern-based radical Muslim sect killed dozens of people, as separate communal clashes in the country's southeast left more than 40 dead.

New Year firecrackers injure nearly 500 Filipinos (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:05 AM PST

Two-year-old Herbi Orbiso rests on the cheeks of his aunt after being wounded by a stray bullet on the head during New Year celebrations in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Jan. 1, 2012. More than 200 people have been injured by illegal firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines despite a government scare campaign against reckless New Year revelries, officials recently said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Despite a government scare campaign, firecrackers and gunfire injured nearly 500 people in the Philippines as revelers welcomed the new year in one of the world's most raucous and dangerous celebrations.

Caterpillar unit rejects CAW contract extension request (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:02 PM PST

Reuters - Caterpillar Inc said a Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) labor contract that expires Saturday at midnight will not be extended despite the union's request for two more months of talks and a mediator.

Forest fire cuts across Chilean Patagonia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:42 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera says an out-of-control fire has already burned 32 square miles of a national park in the nation's south, and it has prompted the evacuation of 400 tourists.

Libya's Army Tries to Reassert Itself in Face of Militias (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:50 PM PST

Time.com - The warriors of the various regional brigades that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi seem to have the run of Libya. The army and police, however, try to do their duty
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