Sunday, February 5, 2012

Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syria (Reuters)

Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syria (Reuters)

Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 09:40 PM PST

Reuters - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his bloody crackdown on unrest after hundreds were reported killed in the city of Homs.

Car bomb kills seven in Afghan city Kandahar (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 12:37 AM PST

Reuters - A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least seven people and wounded 19 on Sunday, the province's media office said.

Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 11:07 PM PST

Reuters - A secret NATO report showing the strength of confidence among the Afghan Taliban is raising concerns from Kabul to Washington that the militant group might overrun the country again when foreign combat forces finally leave.

Three Tibetans self-immolate in western China: report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 10:56 PM PST

Reuters - Three Tibetans in southwestern China have set themselves ablaze in protest against Chinese rule, Radio Free Asia reported, the latest in a series of self-immolations over the past year.

Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:40 PM PST

Reuters - An explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel Sunday, witnesses and state television reported.

Massacre in Syria: Reports of Hundreds Killed in Homs, While Diplomats Fiddle at the U.N. (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:40 PM PST

Time.com - Friday night, Syrian security forces carried out what the opposition Syrian National Council called a "horrific massacre" targeting Homs in one of the worst in the 11-month uprising.

Tunisia, Yemen's Karman: cut ties with Syria (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 01:17 AM PST

Tawakkul Karman, of Yemen, who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, gestures during her speech at the Security Conference on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 in Munich, southern Germany. The Yemeni activist says Russia and China bear moral responsibility for killings in Syria and is urging governments to expel Syrian ambassadors. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)AP - Tunisia's prime minister said Sunday that cutting ties with the Syrian regime is the "least that we can do" in the face of escalating violence, and asserted that Russia and China misused their U.N. Security Council veto.

Syrian newspaper welcomes UN veto (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 01:22 AM PST

This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, purports to show a wounded man being treated at a field hospital in Homs, Syria. Syrian forces unleashed a barrage of mortars and artillery on the battered city of Homs for hours before dawn on Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing into basements and killing scores of people in what appeared to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUTAP - A Syrian state-run newspaper has welcomed the Russian and Chinese veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Damascus' crackdown on the country's uprising.

Chavez and allies back Argentina on Falklands (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 08:47 PM PST

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Cuba's President Raul Castro shake hands during the welcome ceremony for a summit by the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc backed Argentina on Saturday in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

Chinese seeks reconstruction role in Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 11:05 PM PST

Reuters - China has sent a team of government officials and company executives to Libya to discuss post-war reconstruction and how to protect Chinese assets, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

Car bomb kills 7 people in southern Afghan city (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 01:18 AM PST

U.S. Congressional candidate Ken Aden speaks with Sharon Bryant (not pictured), owner of S&L Pawn in Russellville, Arkansas February 2, 2012. No one thinks gun control is going to be the most important issue in 2012, but there are specific races and constituencies where it certainly will matter. Aden, a 33-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, is challenging his former battalion commander for a Congressional seat. Aden is running as a progressive Democrat; his opponent, Steve Womack, is a freshman incumbent, part of the Tea Party sweep of the 2010 midterm elections. Aden has strong views on guns and collects them, he also knows what terrible damage they can do. When Aden was 16, his father was shot and killed on Christmas Eve by his stepmother using his dad's own 357 magnum and his shotgun. Picture taken February 2, 2012. To match Special Report USA-BLOOMBERG/GUNS REUTERS/Jacob Slaton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)AP - A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said.

Egyptian Protesters Confront Police After Soccer Riots (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:40 PM PST

Time.com - Four more die in a day of violent clashes, as anger over alleged police complicity in a stadium tragedy unleashes pent-up frustrations
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