Friday, February 3, 2012

Protests shrouded in secrecy

Protests shrouded in secrecy


Protests shrouded in secrecy

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:00 AM PST

As U.N. officials debate measures against the violence in Syria, individuals there are living it. Many protest in nightly rituals -- small, exhilarating stands for freedom.

Anger flares in Egypt after deadly riot

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:23 AM PST

Egyptians clashed with police, leaving two dead in the city of Suez and at least 900 injured near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Cairo, officials said Friday.

Officials: 2 kidnapped Americans released in Egypt

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 08:18 AM PST

Two American tourists have been kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a security official said Friday.

Iran's leader warns U.S. on war

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:13 AM PST

The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States.

Men sentenced to 18 years for slaying S. African lesbian

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:30 PM PST

Gay rights advocates in South Africa hailed a judge's sentencing of four men to 18 years each in prison for brutally slaying a 19-year-old lesbian.

Hackers release private FBI call about hackers

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:03 PM PST

The loose organization of hackers known as Anonymous released a recording Friday of a telephone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard that it claims to have recorded surreptitiously.

More than 100 missing in ferry sinking

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:19 AM PST

Some 246 survivors have been rescued in the aftermath the sinking of a passenger ferry off the east coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities said Friday.

U.S. accuses Sudan of bombing civillians

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:42 AM PST

The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school in South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly-created independent country of South Sudan.

Underwater search of Italy cruise ship halted

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:47 AM PST

The search of underwater areas of the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia has been suspended for safety reasons, the head of Italy's civil protection agency said Thursday.

Aborigines' complex role in Australia

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:13 AM PST

Images beamed around the world last week of unruly and provocative protests by indigenous Australians projected a portrait of an angry and disenfranchised group.

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