Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Arab League turns to U.N. as Gulf observers quit Syria (Reuters)

Arab League turns to U.N. as Gulf observers quit Syria (Reuters)

Arab League turns to U.N. as Gulf observers quit Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:54 AM PST

A Syrian boy stands in front of a damaged armoured vehicle belonging to the Syrian army in a street in Homs, January 23, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on Tuesday after it rejected an Arab League plan for President Bashar al-Assad to surrender power, prompting the group's chief to call for U.N. help in ending Syria's bloody upheaval.

Iran says sanctions to fail, repeats Hormuz threat (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:43 AM PST

Sarina Farhadi in a scene from the Iranian film Reuters - Iranian politicians said on Tuesday they expected the European Union to backtrack on its oil embargo and repeated a threat to close the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane if the West succeeds in preventing Tehran from exporting crude.

U.S. raid frees two pirate hostages in Somalia (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:31 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. helicopters swooped into Somalia Wednesday and rescued an American and a Dane after a shootout with pirates holding them hostage, in a rare raid into the Horn of Africa nation to free foreign captives.

Islamist militants quit captured Yemeni town (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:48 PM PST

Reuters - Militants are leaving a Yemeni town they seized last week in exchange for the formation of a council to govern it and the release of several jailed comrades, a tribesman involved in the negotiations said.

Earth tremor hits Milan, no injuries or damage reported (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:35 AM PST

Reuters - A small earth tremor was felt in parts of Milan, Italy's financial capital, just after 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday.

Egyptians Mark the Tahrir Square Revolution's Anniversary (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:05 PM PST

Time.com - A year after the rebellion that ousted President Hosni Mubarak began, many of those who took part say the revolution is far from over

Norwegian carrier buys 222 Boeing, Airbus planes (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:20 AM PST

AP - Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA says it has signed a $127 billion kronor ($21.6 billion) deal to purchase 222 planes from Boeing and Airbus.

Abu Dhabi sets new dates for Louvre, Guggenheim (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:43 PM PST

AP - The developer of a cultural district in Abu Dhabi says a branch of the Louvre museum will open in 2015 and the Guggenheim will follow in 2017 — years later than the original timetable.

5 police shot dead in town outside Mexico City (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:04 PM PST

AP - Five police officers were fatally shot after they stopped a vehicle in a town outside Mexico City, authorities said Tuesday.

US military raid in Somalia frees American, Dane (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:18 AM PST

AP - U.S. military forces helicoptered into Somalia in a nighttime raid Wednesday and freed two hostages, an American and a Dane, while killing nine pirates, officials and a pirate source said.

Afghan military: Motive unclear in French shooting (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:32 AM PST

An Afghan woman clad in burqa waits for alms in a cold morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)AP - An Afghan defense spokesman said Wednesday that it is unclear whether the Afghan soldier who turned on French troops and killed four of them was motivated by a video purporting to show U.S. Marines desecrating Taliban insurgents' bodies, or for some other reason.

Canada education sector toughest job market (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:03 AM PST

Reuters - Unemployed workers in Canada's educational services sector faced the toughest job market in the country in the July-September period, according to a new Statistics Canada report on Tuesday.

APNewsBreak: Fifth arrest made in Megaupload case (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 05:34 PM PST

AP - A U.S. official confirmed that a fifth person has been arrested in the Megaupload file-sharing case.

Rand Paul's TSA moment: airport patdowns around the world (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:28 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - When US Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky set off the scanner at Nashville airport and refused to submit to a more intimate pat-down by Transportation Safety Administration officers, he set off a minor debate about the efficacy of security at US airports.

North Korea's Western Fans Mourn Kim Jong Il's Death (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:05 PM PST

Time.com - Founded by a young Spaniard, the Korean Friendship Association mediates between Pyongyang and foreigners who wish to visit or do business. Its members are still grieving for the Dear Leader

Putin harnesses Russian nationalism to boost presidential bid (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:59 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Off and running in the presidential election that is now just over a month away, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has penned a lengthy article on nationalism, potentially Russia's most explosive issue. 
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