North Korea hails nuclear, military feats of Kim Jong-il (Reuters) |
- North Korea hails nuclear, military feats of Kim Jong-il (Reuters)
- Arab observers fan out across Syria (Reuters)
- Air strike kills 35 in southeast Turkey: officials (Reuters)
- Gunpowder warehouse blast kills 17 in Myanmar: police (Reuters)
- Macedonia: Europe's New Hotspot for Illegal Immigrants (Time.com)
- Asian stocks mostly down on Europe bank worries (AP)
- Bahrain to try 8 in terror case next month (AP)
- Argentine leader's cancer forces her to delegate (AP)
- Worst year in decades for elephants (AP)
- Report: Turkey attacks suspected rebel targets (AP)
- Oil sands OK starts option clock for Athabasca (Reuters)
- Now or never for workers as "Elvis" the croc strikes again (Reuters)
- In Russia, a new badge of honor for Putin critics: a jail term (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Is This Blogger Putin's Greatest Challenger? (Time.com)
- China wins $700 million Afghan oil and gas deal. Why didn't the US bid? (The Christian Science Monitor)
North Korea hails nuclear, military feats of Kim Jong-il (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:18 PM PST Reuters - North Korea lauded the military might built up by deceased leader Kim Jong-il on Thursday, likely tying his young successor to the same policies that have set Northeast Asia on edge as the impoverished state inches closer to nuclear weapons capability. |
Arab observers fan out across Syria (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:14 PM PST Reuters - Arab monitors head to three more Syrian cities on Thursday to check if government forces are complying with a peace plan after a delegation to Homs, centre of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, was mobbed by protesters demanding protection. |
Air strike kills 35 in southeast Turkey: officials (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:12 AM PST Reuters - Turkish warplanes killed at least 35 people in an air strike in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border overnight, apparently mistaking smugglers for Kurdish militants, a pro-Kurdish party and local officials said on Thursday. |
Gunpowder warehouse blast kills 17 in Myanmar: police (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:55 PM PST Reuters - At least 17 people died and 80 were injured after an early morning explosion at a warehouse storing gunpowder, likely for use at mine blast sites, in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon, police and fire officials said on Thursday. |
Macedonia: Europe's New Hotspot for Illegal Immigrants (Time.com) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:15 PM PST Time.com - Macedonia has become a new transit country for Afghan and Pakistani immigrants who gather near the Serbian border as they try to find their way into the European Union. Police turn a blind eye, and humanitarian groups aren't reaching out to help |
Asian stocks mostly down on Europe bank worries (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:14 AM PST |
Bahrain to try 8 in terror case next month (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:12 AM PST AP - Bahrain's top prosecutor says the Gulf kingdom has wrapped up an investigation into an alleged Iranian-linked terror cell and plans to put the eight defendants on trial next month. |
Argentine leader's cancer forces her to delegate (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:54 PM PST |
Worst year in decades for elephants (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:55 AM PST AP - It's been a disastrous year for elephants, perhaps the worst since ivory sales were banned in 1989 to save the world's largest land animals from extinction, the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC said Thursday. |
Report: Turkey attacks suspected rebel targets (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:05 AM PST AP - Turkey's air force attacked suspected Kurdish rebel targets near its border with Iraq, killing at least 20 people, many of them smugglers mistaken for guerrillas, officials said Thursday. |
Oil sands OK starts option clock for Athabasca (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 03:00 PM PST Reuters - Athabasca Oil Sands Corp has won regulatory approval for its MacKay River oil sands project, opening a one-month window that could result in its state-owned Chinese partner taking full control of the development. |
Now or never for workers as "Elvis" the croc strikes again (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:17 AM PST Reuters - Two workers at a reptile park near Sydney were all shook up Wednesday, running for their lives when a 500 kg crocodile named Elvis suddenly lunged at them, making off with their lawnmower. |
In Russia, a new badge of honor for Putin critics: a jail term (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:39 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A prison stint in most countries is a disgrace to live down, but in Russia it can be a valuable asset, even a must, on the resume of anyone who aspires to lead an anti-Kremlin protest movement. |
Is This Blogger Putin's Greatest Challenger? (Time.com) Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:15 PM PST Time.com - A master of the web, Andrei Navalny has managed to rouse Russia's middle classes and unite the disparate elements of the opposition even as his nationalist views alarm a few liberals |
Posted: 28 Dec 2011 08:51 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In a deal finalized on Wednesday, Chinaâs National Petroleum Corporation became the first foreign company to tap into Afghanistanâs oil and gas reserves. Chinese officials have estimated that the deal could be worth at least $700 million, but some say China could earn up to 10 times that. |
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