Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Heavy fighting around Syrian capital: activists

Heavy fighting around Syrian capital: activists

Heavy fighting around Syrian capital: activists

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:03 AM PDT

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in KafrawaidBEIRUT (Reuters) - Clashes between state forces and rebels shook suburbs around the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday in what activists said was the heaviest fighting there since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began 15 months ago. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and armored vehicles stormed the neighborhood of Barzeh, an opposition foothold in the capital, and there were sounds of heavy gunfire. The revolt against Assad's rule has become increasingly violent in response to an army crackdown. ...

Three dead in Mexico airport gunfight between police

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:58 PM PDT

Federal police officers arrive where federal policemen were killed in a shooting at the airport in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Three policemen died in a shootout with two other officers suspected of drug trafficking at Mexico City's airport on Monday, as panicked travelers scrambled for cover in the busy facility. The shootout occurred when three federal officers approached the two suspects in the airport's Terminal 2, which handles international and domestic flights. Two agents were killed at the terminal and another later died of his injuries in hospital. More than a dozen shots were heard, Milenio Television reported. ...

UK hackers admit plotting attacks on CIA, firms

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:36 PM PDT

Ryan Cleary leaves after being freed on bail at Southwark Crown Court in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Two British hackers pleaded guilty in a London court on Monday to plotting attacks against computers of international firms, law enforcement bodies and government agencies including the CIA, in a cyber crime spree that gained global attention. Ryan Cleary, 20, of southeast England, and Jake Davis, 19, of Scotland, both members of the hacking group LulzSec, pleaded guilty at London's Southwark Crown Court to charges they conspired with others to hack websites last year, Britain's Press Association reported. ...

Al Qaeda threatens Arab Spring nations: UK spy chief

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:30 PM PDT

The head of Britain's Security Service, MI5, Jonathan Evans, listens to Home Secretary Theresa May speak at the Royal United Services Institute in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants are using the countries which toppled their leaders in the Arab Spring as bases to train radical Western youths for potential attacks on Britain, the chief of the MI5 Security Service said on Monday. In his first public speech for nearly two years, Security Service Director General Jonathan Evans said the Arab Spring revolts in Tunisia, Libya, Yemen and Egypt offered long-term hope of a more democratic Middle East. ...

Arrests made in Israeli Holocaust memorial vandalism

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:16 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Tuesday they had arrested three ultra-Orthodox Jews on suspicion of having spray-painted anti-Zionist slogans at the national Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial two weeks ago. The men, aged 18, 26 and 27, belong to an ultra-Orthodox group opposed to Israel's existence and admitted to the vandalism, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. They were due to be arraigned in court later in the day. ...

Qaeda members fled U.S.-backed strike to Oman: paper

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:55 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman is investigating reports that members of al Qaeda fleeing a U.S.-backed army offensive in neighboring Yemen have crossed into Omani territory, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. "The security apparatus has received information about al Qaeda elements infiltrating the territories of the sultanate through Yemen, and checks are underway to track them down to take appropriate action," Oman newspaper quoted Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi, as saying. No arrests have been made, he told the paper. ...

China has forced refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone: group

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:19 AM PDT

Ethnic Kachin people sit in the doorways of shelters at a temporary camp for people displaced by fighting between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army, or KIA, outside the city of MyitkyinaBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have forced back into Myanmar some ethnic Kachin refugees who have fled across the border to escape civil war, and China is denying basic care to many who remain, a human rights group said on Tuesday. Myanmar's government is in talks with autonomy-seeking Kachin rebels, and more than a dozen other ethnic minority rebel groups, to try to end all its decades-old conflicts. But despite several rounds of negotiations, the conflict in Myanmar's northernmost Kachin state has not ended. ...

South Korea to halt Iran oil imports as EU ban bites

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:52 PM PDT

A Hyundai Oilbank logo is seen at a gas station in SeoulSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea became the first major Asian consumer of Iranian crude to announce a halt to imports after the government said they would be suspended from July 1 due to a European Union ban on insuring tankers carrying Iranian oil. The insurance ban makes it almost impossible to ship Iranian oil as most insurance is undertaken by EU-based companies and the move comes as part of a series of measures designed to put pressure on Iran to halt what the United States and others say is a nuclear weapons program. ...

Submarine scandal surfaces to trouble Malaysia PM ahead of polls

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:57 AM PDT

Malaysia's PM Najib delivers his speech during the launch of the new Malaysia-made Proton Preve in Kuala LumpurKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's government will address allegations on Tuesday over its purchase of two French submarines, responding to a scandal that threatens to tarnish Prime Minister Najib Razak ahead of elections he is expected to call later this year. Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is due to speak in parliament on allegations that Malaysian navy documents were sold to French shipbuilding giant DCNS to help its bid for the 1 billion euro ($1.25 billion) contract it won in 2002. ...

Activists: Syrian rebels clash with elite troops

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:12 AM PDT

Activists are reporting heavy clashes between Syrian rebels and the elite Republican Guard in two suburbs of the capital Damascus.

Egyptian president moves into Mubarak's old office

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:58 PM PDT

In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, caretaker Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri, left, shakes hands with newly elected President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 25, 2012. Morsi met with the military-backed Prime Minister el-Ganzouri, who resigned Monday and was asked to head a caretaker government until Morsi nominates a new one. (AP Photo/Middle East News Agency, HO)As Mohammed Morsi moved Monday into the presidential office last occupied by Hosni Mubarak, the contours emerged Monday of a backroom deal that led Egypt's powerful military council to bless the Islamist as the country's first freely elected head of state.

AP Exclusive: Al-Qaida trains Norwegian to attack

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:24 PM PDT

A Norwegian man has received terrorist training from al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen and is awaiting orders to carry out an attack on the West, officials from three European security agencies told The Associated Press on Monday.

NATO envoys to discuss downing of Turkish jet

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:16 AM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, arrives for a cabinet meeting in his office in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 25, 2012. Upon Turkey's request, NATO will hold a meeting Tuesday in Brussels over article 4 of its charter concerning Friday's incident, when a Turkish warplane was shot down by Syria. Syria's Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said Monday his country has "no hostility" toward Turkey as tensions soar between the former allies three days after Syria shot down a Turkish plane. (AP Photo)NATO's governing body will likely condemn the shooting down of a Turkish military plane by Syria but refrain from responding to it militarily, officials and diplomats said Tuesday.

Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:51 PM PDT

Workers of Metro's construction company are seen at the ancient ruins in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012. Archaeologists in Greece's second largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was city's main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago. The marble-paved road was unearthed during excavations for the city's new subway system that is due to be completed in four years, and will be raised to be put on permanent display for passengers when the metro opens. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the city's main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago.

Japan's lower house approves doubling sales tax

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:07 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, center, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister. a;sp om cjarge pf Spcoea; Security and Tax Reform Katsuya Okada, second left, and Finance Minister Jun Azumi, left, looks up during a lower house special committee meeting on the social security system and tax integrated reform at the Diet in Tokyo, Monday, June 25, 2012. A battle between rival blocs in Japan's ruling party escalated Monday ahead of a tax hike vote that is threatening to split the party and weaken Noda's hold on power. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)Japan's lower house voted Tuesday to double the country's sales tax to 10 percent over three years in a bid to rein in the country's bulging national deficit.

Russian opposition leader's Twitter gets hacked

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny speaks to the media as he arrives for questioning at the headquarters of the Russian Investigation committee in Moscow, Russia. Oppositionist Alexei Navalny, who was elected in the Aeroflot Board of Directors, intends to protect the interests of this company and the rights of its minority shareholders. He has made an entry to this effect in his LiveJournal.(AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, file)A Russian opposition leader says his Twitter and email accounts have been hacked.

Militants kill 13 Pakistani troops, beheading 7

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:44 PM PDT

Militants crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan and killed 13 Pakistani troops, beheading seven of them, the Pakistani military charged, and the country's outraged new prime minister said he would protest to the Afghan president.

3 policemen shot to death at Mexico City airport

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:33 PM PDT

Mexico's Federal Police officers arrive to the scene where a shooting took place in Mexico City's international airport on Monday, June 25, 2012. Two people were shot to death and one was wounded at one of the airport's terminal and according to the federal Public Safety Department, at least one was an officer. Details of the shooting are still unclear. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)Drug trafficking suspects opened fire in a crowded food court at Mexico City's international airport on Monday, killing three federal policemen who were on an anti-narcotics mission as panicked witnesses dove for cover.

Rescue efforts at Canada mall resume after protest

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:08 PM PDT

Local residents react to the news that authorities have called off a rescue bid at the site of the collapsed roof of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario, on Monday June 25, 2012. The threat of another collapse at the mall forced rescue crews to abandon their search for possible survivors despite recent signs of life, officials said Monday, days after a falling portion of the structure's roof killed at least one person. The collapse on Saturday afternoon also left at least one other person trapped. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)Officials said late Monday they are resuming rescue efforts at a partly collapsed mall after Ontario's premier urged them to continue and residents protested that no one in the debris should be abandoned.
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