Monday, February 6, 2012

Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city

Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city


Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:08 PM PST

Intense blasts echoed through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs on Monday after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, local activists said.

One dead, dozens injured in fifth day of Egypt clashes

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:16 AM PST

Violent clashes near Egypt's Interior Ministry on Monday left at least one person dead and 72 injured, a health ministry official said.

Australians urged to flee flooding

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 08:08 AM PST

Australian authorities on Monday pleaded with hundreds of people who had chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters to vacate their homes.

Aftershocks rattle Philippines; quake death toll climbs

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:39 AM PST

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, killing at least 12 people, an official said.

President: Tuareg fighters from Libya stoke violence in Mali

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 03:05 AM PST

Tuareg tribesman who reportedly fought for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya have returned to Mali with weapons, stoking violence and forcing thousands to flee, Mali's president said.

Hearing set for Italian cruise ship captain

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:39 AM PST

A closed-door hearing to determine whether the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship should remain under house arrest is set for Monday.

Mexico's ruling party picks woman as presidential candidate

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:39 PM PST

Mexico's conservative ruling party has picked a former education secretary as its nominee for the nation's top job. If she wins, she will become Mexico's first female president.

Elizabeth celebrates 60 years as queen

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:59 AM PST

Sixty years ago Monday, a 25-year-old woman got a message that her father had died -- and that she was now Queen Elizabeth II.

Foxconn story shrouded in secrecy

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:40 AM PST

We meet her by chance on the side of a road. She looks the very model of a Chinese factory worker: young, vibrant, dressed in the cheap brand-name knockoff fashions so common of poor rural villages.

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