Thursday, February 9, 2012

Syria's Homs bombarded again, Turks push for solution (Reuters)

Syria's Homs bombarded again, Turks push for solution (Reuters)

Syria's Homs bombarded again, Turks push for solution (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:39 PM PST

Reuters - Armoured reinforcements poured into Homs as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bombarded the Syrian city for a fourth day, opposition sources said on Thursday, worsening the humanitarian situation and prompting a new diplomatic push from Turkey.

Arrest warrant issued for ousted Maldives president (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:44 AM PST

Maldives' newly appointed President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik speaks during a news conference at the presidential office in Male February 8, 2012. REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteReuters - The former president of the Maldives faced arrest on Thursday after being ousted from his post earlier in the week in what he said was a coup at gunpoint.

India says tea exports to Iran facing payment hurdle (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:33 PM PST

Reuters - Indian tea exports to Iran are facing payment hurdles, the trade secretary said on Thursday, the latest sign that Western sanctions are biting the Islamic Republic which is struggling to pay to keep its trade flowing.

Egypt to deploy soldiers, tanks ahead of strike (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 01:40 PM PST

Reuters - Egypt's ruling generals said Wednesday they would deploy more soldiers and tanks across the country, an announcement seen as a warning to activists planning a national strike on the anniversary of the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.

EU asks India to pressure Iran over nuclear program: report (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:42 PM PST

Reuters - The European Union will ask for India's help in convincing Iran to abandon its nuclear program and return to the negotiating table, EU President Herman Van Rompuy said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday.

In Singapore, Finding Peace Among the Pain of Thaipusam (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST

Time.com - Beneath the vivid spectacle, the annual rite has a quiet and even tender meaning as a demonstration of love and loyalty, especially among men not ordinarily inclined to displays of emotion

Mercedes helps Daimler to 57 pct Q4 profit rise (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:57 PM PST

AP - German automaker Daimler AG delivered forecast-busting fourth quarter earnings on Thursday as its flagship Mercedes business enjoyed buoyant sales in China and the United States.

Syrian forces renew bombardment in Homs (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:48 AM PST

An injured Syrian rebel fighter is carried into a local hospital following an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in the regime's siege of the restive city of Homs. (AP Photo)AP - Syrian forces fired mortars and rockets Thursday in the rebellious city of Homs, the latest salvo in a weeklong assault that has killed hundreds as President Bashar Assad's regime tries to crush pockets of dissent.

TV producer lands in Mexico to face murder charges (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:59 PM PST

AP - A reality television producer has arrived in Mexico escorted by nearly a dozen agents after being extradited from the U.S. so he can face trial in his wife's killing.

President's convoy stoned on campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 05:36 PM PST

AP - Demonstrators hurled stones at the convoy carrying Senegal's aging president to the regional capital of Thies, where he held a campaign rally Wednesday, according to witnesses and a private radio station.

China says Syrian opposition visited, first such contract (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:46 AM PST

Reuters - China said on Thursday that a Syrian opposition delegation had visited the country this week and met a vice foreign minister, the first contact reported by Beijing in the wake of its veto in the U.N. of a draft resolution on the country.

Enbridge won't offer natives better terms (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:55 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's Enbridge Inc will not offer better financial terms to aboriginal bands standing in the way of a major oil pipeline from energy-rich Alberta to the Pacific Coast, the firm's chief executive officer said on Thursday.

Report: Building toppled by NZ quake substandard (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:58 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, recovery operation personnel work on the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 22, 2011. New Zealand's Department of Building and Housing finds in a report released Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, that the CTV building didn't meet minimum requirements when it was first constructed in 1986. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)AP - A six-story building that collapsed and killed 115 people during last year's New Zealand earthquake did not meet construction standards and was held up by significantly weak columns, according to a government report released Thursday.

Russia says it offers alternative path to peace in Syria (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Russian diplomacy can offer an alternative path to civil peace in Syria, if only the West will give it a chance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednedsday after a visit to Damascus in which he met with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

Why Syrians Fight, and Why Their Civil War May be a Long One (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST

Time.com - The reason that there's no plausible end-game in Syria anytime soon is that the Assad regime is fighting a very different war to the one envisaged by many of its opponents.

Egyptian judges: NGO workers face up to five years in prison (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:24 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Two Egyptian judges laid out their case today against 43 foreign NGO workers, including at least 16 Americans, saying the civil society organizations they worked for were trying to influence politics in Egypt and deliberately worked illegally in the country.
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