Saturday, March 3, 2012

U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria (Reuters)

U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria (Reuters)

U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:15 PM PST

Men wait to buy bread in front of a bakery shop during winter in Al Qusayr, a city in western Syria about 4.8km (3 miles) southwest of Homs, March 1, 2012. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in the battle-scarred city of Homs after rebel fighters had fled.

Iran parliament vote seen bolstering Supreme Leader (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:05 PM PST

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A worker removes electoral posters from a wall in Tehran March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN)Reuters - Iranians wrapped up a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's power over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Afghan army says Taliban infiltration very sophisticated (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:12 AM PST

Reuters - The Taliban have a sophisticated system in place to infiltrate Afghanistan's security forces and vetting of recruits must be severely tightened, an Afghan army general said on Saturday.

ICRC says taking journalists' bodies to Damascus (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:10 AM PST

Reuters - Syrian authorities on Friday handed over the bodies of two journalists killed on February 22, American Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik, to the ICRC, which is taking them by ambulance from Homs to Damascus, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.

Afghan clerics demand punishment for Koran burners (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:41 PM PST

Reuters - Senior Afghan clerics said on Friday the burning of Korans at a NATO base last month was an "evil act" that must be punished, a demand that could deepen widespread public anger over the incident.

Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Song of the One-Legged Revolutionary (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - As Syrians flee the fighting at home, bringing tales of atrocity and fortitude, Turkey braces for a new influx of fugitives from its beleaguered neighbor

Ratings agency Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating on scale (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:13 PM PST

AP - Ratings agency Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating on scale.

Syrian state media report suicide blast in south (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 01:12 AM PST

AP - Syria's state-run news agency says a suicide bomber has detonated his car in a southern city, causing several casualties.

Cuba releases photos of convalescing Hugo Chavez (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:17 PM PST

AP - President Hugo Chavez said Friday he's recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba, and the first photographs of the Venezuelan leader to appear since the operation show him smiling and chatting with Fidel Castro.

U.S. government ultimately paid bail for Egypt NGOs (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:55 PM PST

Reuters - The bail paid for U.S. pro-democracy activists facing charges in Egypt ultimately came from the U.S. government, the State Department said on Friday.

Official: Mistakes led to Afghan Quran burnings (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PST

An Afghan working in a U.S. military base rests in front of a barber shop sign inside Forward Operating Base Connolly in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY MILITARY)AP - A series of mistakes led to the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan and at least five American military personnel involved may face a disciplinary review over the issue, a Western official said on Saturday.

U.S. ends search for missing cruise ship passenger (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:59 AM PST

Reuters - The Coast Guard on Friday said it had suspended its search for a 47-year-old Canadian woman who went overboard off the cruise ship Bahamas Celebration on its way from Freeport, Bahamas, to Palm Beach, Florida.

Iran election draws conservatives: 'God, please accept this vote from me' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:48 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Iranian state media has declared a heavy turnout in parliamentary elections, in line with assertions by top officials that mass participation would "smack the face" of Iran's enemies.

Iran Votes Even as Khamenei and Ahmadinejad Feud (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - The results may end up cutting short the President's tenure -- or, if he is lucky, re-energizing his political agenda

With wildlife corridor, Turkey tackles an ecological crisis (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:48 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - "This is an Armenian plot," mutters a farmer as ecologists explain what may be Turkey's most ambitious wildlife conservation project ever, right in his backyard.
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