Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Katrina breach sites nominated for National Register of Historic Places

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST

A grassroots group is pushing to have the sites of two levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Obama to talk price of college at Michigan

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 11:04 PM PST

President Barack Obama will talk about keeping college affordable during the final leg of his road trip focusing on themes announced in the State of the Union address.

Aborigine leader criticizes protesters' behavior toward Australian prime minister

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:45 PM PST

An Australian Aborigine leader on Friday criticized the actions of a group of angry protesters toward Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who had to be hauled to safety out of a Canberra restaurant.

Rockets fired at Pakistani military school

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:40 PM PST

Nine rockets were fired at the Pakistan Military Academy Kakul Friday about 500 meters from the infamous compound of Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad, Syed Imtiaz, Hussain Shah a senior police official said.

4 killed in protests in Bahrain, opposition group says

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:35 PM PST

Bahrain police on Friday denied opposition claims that security forces were responsible for the death of an anti-government protester, saying the man died from natural causes.

Beijing's New Year surprise: PM 2.5 readings

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:30 PM PST

Beijing ushered in the Year of the Dragon with a bold move.

Twitter to delete posts if countries request it

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST

Online social networking site Twitter said Thursday it will begin deleting users' tweets in countries that require it -- but it will still keep those deleted tweets visible to the rest of the world.

VP Marco Rubio?: The man in demand

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:01 PM PST

Will he or won't he? And would it matter?

'Soccer mamis' could sway Florida race, affect general election

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:52 PM PST

When it comes to courting the Latino demographic, there's a demo within that demo that might be worth listening to.

Muslim groups: 'Third Jihad' should cost NYC commissioner his job

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:29 PM PST

Two prominent Muslim civil liberties groups called for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to resign on Thursday because of his participation in a film that they say paints all Muslims as terrorists.

U.N. urges Yemen to have peaceful elections

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:26 PM PST

The U.N. Security Council urged Yemen to have "credible, non-violent and peaceful elections " but said it is "gravely concerned by the humanitarian situation" in the Middle East country.

U.N. Security Council to hold closed talks on Syria situation

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:20 PM PST

The U.N. Security Council will hold closed-door talks Friday afternoon on the situation in Syria, the British and French delegations reported Thursday night on their respective Twitter feeds.

Cameron: Britain no closer to joining European fiscal treaty

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:47 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged Thursday there had been no movement on renegotiating Britain's inclusion in a treaty thrashed out by European leaders last month in a bid to stave off a debt crisis.

Nigerian police battle new attacks

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:30 PM PST

Nearly a week after a spate of bombings and shootings in northern Nigeria killed more than 200 people, authorities are fighting to stay ahead of the militants blamed for the attacks.

Head of Papua New Guinea military freed after mutiny

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:13 PM PST

The head of the Papua New Guinea military has been freed from detention by rebel soldiers, the Australian government said Thursday, as an attempted mutiny appeared to unravel.

RBS halves chief's annual bonus

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:54 PM PST

Royal Bank of Scotland has sought to defuse mounting political and public pressure in awarding chief executive Stephen Hester a bonus of just under £1m, less than half the amount he received for 2010.

Freed aid workers arrive at U.S. military base in Italy

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:47 PM PST

Freed hostages Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted arrived at a U.S. base in Sicily Thursday, a day after being rescued in a U.S. military raid in Somalia, a spokesman for the base said.

Judge clears Transocean of some damages in Deepwater Horizon spill

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:46 PM PST

A federal judge in New Orleans ruled Thursday that Transocean is not liable for Deepwater Horizon compensatory damages sought by third parties in the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

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