Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Arab League says Syria monitors helping, activists (Reuters)

Arab League says Syria monitors helping, activists (Reuters)

Arab League says Syria monitors helping, activists (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:52 AM PST

Reuters - The head of the Arab League said its peace monitors were helping to ease a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in Syria but activists said the organization was being manipulated by President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

Egyptians head to polls again in parliament vote (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST

Reuters - Egyptians voted in the third round of a parliamentary election on Tuesday that has so far handed Islamists the biggest share of seats in an assembly that will be central in the planned transition from army rule.

Israelis, Palestinians to meet but prospects bleak (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 03:24 PM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets Emily Inbar, 8, who has a malignant tumour and hopes to be a prime minister one day, before attending a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem January 2, 2012. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY HEALTH)Reuters - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meet in Jordan Tuesday alongside international mediators trying to revive their stalled peace talks, but neither side is raising hopes they can end more than a year of deadlock.

Tens of thousands protest against Hungary government (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:36 PM PST

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Monday against the government and its new Basic Law in a show of anxiety over what they see as the ruling Fidesz party's moves to weaken democratic institutions and cement its powers.

U.S. hopes new Iran sanctions more scalpel than axe (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 03:00 PM PST

Reuters - The United States has armed itself with some of the toughest sanctions yet targeting Iran but must carefully assess how to avoid catching energy-importing allies such as Japan, South Korea and India in the crossfire.

Are Aries More Likely to Be Criminals? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 05:10 AM PST

Time.com - One Canadian city would like to caution you to beware of loved ones who claim Aries as their zodiac sign -- they might be more likely to break the law

Turkey offers compensation for airstrike victims (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:54 AM PST

In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 photo, women cry over the coffins of victims in a mosque as thousands of mourners gathered in Gulyazi village at the border with Iraq, southeast Turkey, for the funerals of 35 Kurdish civilians who were killed in a botched raid by Turkish military jets that mistook the group for Kurdish rebels based in Iraq. Turkish television footage showed people, many weeping and lamenting the dead, as they gathered after the air strikes Wednesday that killed a group of smugglers along the border, one of the deadliest episodes in the conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish rebels who took up arms in 1984. (AP Photo)AP - Turkey will compensate the families of 35 civilians mistakenly killed in an airstrike meant for Kurdish rebels, the deputy prime minister said, even as he insisted that military officials followed proper procedures, including firing warning shots.

Syrian state media says explosion hits pipeline (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:50 AM PST

This image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, purports to show observers talking with protesters in Hama, Syria.(AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUTAP - Syria's state-run news agency says an explosion has hit a gas pipeline in central Syria.

Cuban prisoner dies during hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:54 PM PST

AP - A leading human rights activist says a Cuban prisoner who launched a hunger strike because he was not part of a large prison amnesty has died of an apparent heart attack.

Nigerian anger heats up as petrol prices rocket (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 12:49 PM PST

Reuters - Nigerian motorists and unions vented their anger Monday at a sudden more than doubling of fuel prices, a day after government subsidies were removed in a sweeping economic reform that could trigger mass protests.

Hu: Hostile forces seek to westernize, split China (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:42 AM PST

AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has told Communist Party members that hostile forces abroad are trying to westernize and divide the country with their cultural influence and that officials must remain vigilant against such efforts.

Correspondent reflections: The 10 news events that shaped 2011 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:24 AM PST

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A Bus Driver in Southern China Dies of Bird Flu. Could the Deadly Virus Strike Again? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 05:10 AM PST

Time.com - The World Health Organization says that China has reported 27 avian influenza fatalities since 2003, with around 40 infected in total -- a sign of the virus's high mortality rate

Seven women who shaped the world in 2011 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:39 PM PST

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