Friday, March 2, 2012

Aid workers to enter Syria's shattered rebel stronghold (Reuters)

Aid workers to enter Syria's shattered rebel stronghold (Reuters)

Aid workers to enter Syria's shattered rebel stronghold (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:44 AM PST

Reuters - Relief agencies prepared to enter Syria's shattered Baba Amro district of Homs on Friday after rebels left the heavily bombarded area following a 26-day siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Greek man shoots two, takes hostages over layoff (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:16 PM PST

Reuters - An unemployed man shot and wounded his former boss and one other worker and took another two hostage at a small factory in Greece in protest at losing his job, police said on Thursday.

French journalists evacuated from Syria to Lebanon (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:12 PM PST

Reuters - Two French journalists who were trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs were on Thursday evacuated to Lebanon, where the French government was preparing to fly them home.

Pakistan Khyber clash kills at least 33, officials say (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:40 PM PST

Reuters - Militants attacked a hilltop army position in volatile northwest Pakistan on Friday in a clash in which at least 33 people were killed, a security official said, the latest skirmish in a campaign in which neither side appears to have the upper hand.

Iran's Election: A Nasty Conservative Food Fight, While the Ayatullah 'Runs' Against the U.S. (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:35 AM PST

Time.com - For those seeking to understand Iran's parliamentary election that gets underway on Friday, an unlikely analogy might be the GOP presidential primary race

Communist Kremlin hopeful looks to a new generation (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:15 AM PST

Reuters - A flashy campaign advertisement sets the scene after Russia's presidential election: Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov steps out of a black Mercedes in front of the Kremlin, the seat of power since Soviet times.

Iran's top leader urges high turnout in elections (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:29 AM PST

AP - Iran's supreme leader urged Iranians to vote in large numbers as the country held parliamentary elections Friday, saying a high turnout would send a strong message to the enemies of the nation amid the nuclear standoff with the West.

Guatemala judge denies ex-dictator's amnesty claim (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 07:58 PM PST

AP - A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war has no amnesty from charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Thursday.

Hague court wants Sudan defense minister arrested (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:52 PM PST

Reuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein as part of investigations into atrocities in Darfur.

Leadership drama brews as China lawmakers meet (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:13 AM PST

AP - China's political elite gather for their most public meetings of the year with an uncomfortable scandal tainting a leading politician and roiling the ruling Communist Party's plans for a smooth transition to a new leadership.

Canadian banks beat estimates on strong loans (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:34 PM PST

Reuters - Strong mortgage lending helped drive quarterly profits above expectations at three of Canada's big banks, allowing the country's two biggest lenders to raise dividends and showing that Canadian consumers are still borrowing in droves.

Australian PM axes rival's supporter from ministry (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:50 PM PST

AP - Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard pulled veteran politician Bob Carr out of retirement and named him foreign minister Friday, replacing the rival who unsuccessfully challenged her for the top job during a chaotic week in the ruling Labor Party's fortunes.

South African ruling party expels Malema, but what's next? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:16 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, has sent its outspoken youth leader packing.

How Syrian Activists Saved Trapped Foreign Journalists (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:35 AM PST

Time.com - At huge risk and loss of life, Syrian volunteers working with the New York City-based organization Avaaz to take several journalists to safety in Lebanon

North Korea nuclear deal raises concerns for Seoul (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:05 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As South Korea measures its response to the US-North Korea nuclear agreement, its conservative leaders face the challenge of revising their tough policy toward the North in the run-up to crucial elections this year.
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