Saturday, February 4, 2012

Mob ransacks Syrian embassy in Australia

Mob ransacks Syrian embassy in Australia


Mob ransacks Syrian embassy in Australia

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 09:44 PM PST

A mob ransacked the Syrian Embassy in Australia after reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Syria's nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent, officials said Sunday. The attack in Australia's capital, Ca...


India votes in favour of UN resolution to end violence in Syria

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 09:09 PM PST

India has voted in favour of a United Nations resolution backing an Arab League peace plan that calls for ending the violence and a peaceful negotiated settlement in Syria. In the official statement,...


Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 08:26 PM PST

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. T...


Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria; India votes for regime change

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 09:49 AM PST

The other 13 council members, including the India, United States, France and Britain, voted on Saturday in favour of the resolution aimed at stopping the ongoing violence in Syria.


Italian father throws toddler off bridge into freezing river

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 09:10 AM PST

The man, 26, admitted to police that he had thrown his son into the freezing waters of the Tevere river after arguing with the infant's mother.


Europe cold snap claims 260 lives, sends ferry aground

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 08:56 AM PST

Hundreds of people were plucked to safety today after a ferry caught in a snow storm ran aground off Italy, as a vicious cold snap that has claimed over 250 lives across Europe refused to ease its cle...


Assad should step down, civilians 'murdered', says Obama

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 08:51 AM PST

US President Barack Obama on Saturday accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government of murdering civilians in an "unspeakable assault" in the city of Homs, and demanded that Assad step down.

Protesters attack five Syrian embassies

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:56 AM PST

Demonstrators have stormed five Syrian embassies in Europe and the Middle East after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs.


6.0-magnitude quake hits off Philippines

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:56 AM PST

An earthquake of 6.0-magnitude struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.


Iran begins new military exercises in southern part of country

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:35 AM PST

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began military exercises on Saturday in the country's south, the latest show of force after threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for tough...


Samsung condemns 'anti-Iran' ad featuring its tablet

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:29 AM PST

Samsung Electronics on Saturday condemned an Israeli commercial featuring a Samsung tablet, expressing dismay at Iran's threat to ban its products over the apparently anti-Tehran teaser.


10 big facts about Google's content filtering plans

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 06:23 AM PST

Google has announced plans to filter content based on requests from each country. We look at the 10 big facts of this story.


Two arrested as police clamp down on Occupy DC

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 06:20 AM PST

Police in riot gear arrested at least two protesters on Saturday after descending en masse at dawn on the Occupy DC encampment in downtown Washington to enforce a camping ban.

Court asks defence lawyers to appear on February 7 in Mumbai case

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:05 AM PST

The Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks has issued notice to defence lawyers to appear on February 7 to hear an applica...


Iran asks OPEC states not to raise oil output

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 03:53 AM PST

Iran has asked OPEC members not to raise oil production to compensate for a European Union embargo against the Islamic republic, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said on Saturday.

Gilani to visit Turkey to discuss Afghan reconciliation

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 03:44 AM PST

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will discuss the reconciliation process in Afghanistan during his visit next week to Qatar, where the Afghan Taliban are set to open a political office.


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