Defector: Syria unleashes 'monsters'

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• Defector: Syria unleashes 'monsters'
• Iraq bombings expose deep divisions
• Prosecutor requests death sentence for Mubarak
• Karzai appears to endorse U.S., Taliban talks
• Pakistani Taliban releases 17 abducted boys
• 4,000 Brazilians flee after river dike bursts
• Cameroon rioters clash with police for sixth day
• Official: Red Cross worker kidnapped in Pakistan
• Indonesia boy found guilty in stolen sandals case
• UK report: 'Decisive action' to curb Somalia piracy

Defector: Syria unleashes 'monsters' Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:45 PM PST Syria's government has been holding jailed dissidents underground and paying pro-government gang members $100 a day to crack down on protesters as it tries to quell demonstrations, a former defense official says.

Iraq bombings expose deep divisions Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:55 AM PST Nature abhors a vacuum, but terrorism relishes one. And Iraq appears to be offering new space for al Qaeda and other militant groups as political rivalries and sectarian animosities deepen.

Prosecutor requests death sentence for Mubarak Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:04 AM PST Prosecutors in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak formally requested a penalty of death by hanging for Mubarak and several of his fellow defendants Thursday, an attorney at the court said.

Karzai appears to endorse U.S., Taliban talks Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:36 AM PST Afghan President Hamid Karzai appeared to endorse talks between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the opening of a Taliban liaison office in Qatar.

Pakistani Taliban releases 17 abducted boys Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:07 AM PST The Pakistani Taliban released 17 teenage boys Thursday whom they abducted in September from the country's restive tribal belt that borders Afghanistan, according to a senior Pakistani government official.

4,000 Brazilians flee after river dike bursts Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:27 PM PST Brazilian authorities on Thursday said they were evacuating 4,000 people in the state of Rio de Janeiro after days of heavy rains burst a river dike.

Cameroon rioters clash with police for sixth day Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:51 PM PST Clashes between residents of the Deido neighborhood and security officials in Cameroon's economic capital of Douala entered a sixth day Thursday as police battled to prevent the violence from spreading citywide.

Official: Red Cross worker kidnapped in Pakistan Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:46 AM PST A British national working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was kidnapped Thursday in Pakistan's volatile southwestern province of Balochistan, a police official said.

Indonesia boy found guilty in stolen sandals case Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:20 AM PST A local court has set free a teenage boy after finding him guilty of stealing a policeman's sandals in a case that caused furor among Indonesians frustrated with perceived injustices against the poor and defenseless.

UK report: 'Decisive action' to curb Somalia piracy Posted: 05 Jan 2012 03:22 AM PST A British report issued Thursday called for "decisive action" to contain the growing problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia.

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