Friday, January 27, 2012

Iran could ban EU oil exports next week: lawmaker (Reuters)

Iran could ban EU oil exports next week: lawmaker (Reuters)

Iran could ban EU oil exports next week: lawmaker (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:14 AM PST

Reuters - A law to be debated in Iran's parliament on Sunday could halt exports of oil to the European Union as early as next week, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a lawmaker as saying on Friday.

Security Council meets on Syria; revolt nears Damascus (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:44 PM PST

A supporter of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad attends a rally in Damascus January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled al-HaririReuters - The U.N. Security Council meets on Friday to discuss the next move on Syria and council envoys said members will be given a new Western-Arab draft resolution, as fighting between troops and rebels edged closer to Syria's capital Damascus.

Bomb attack in Baghdad kills 24: police, hospital (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:15 AM PST

A resident inspects the site of a bomb attack inside a coffee shop in Baghdad January 27, 2012. The bomb blast inside a coffee shop and a roadside bomb explosion seconds later outside the shop killed three people and wounded 17 others on Thursday in the Saidiya district of southern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT)Reuters - At least 24 people were killed when a bomb exploded near a Baghdad marketplace on Friday in the latest attack on a mainly Shi'ite neighborhood since a political crisis erupted in December, police and hospital sources said.

Palestinians unmoved as Israel presents border ideas (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:52 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 photo, Ultra Orthodox Jewish holocaust survivors hold a weekly meeting and Torah class at the Misgav Lakashish seniors' club in the orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem. It's a huge question for observant Jews: How can one still believe in a merciful God after suffering through the worst genocide in history? Members of Israel's most devout group are unbowed in their faith. This week, as the world marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, they'll remember the victims as they always do - with prayer, study of scripture and a burning conviction in a grand plan that is beyond their earthly comprehension. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)Reuters - Israel has presented Palestinians with its ideas for the borders and security arrangements of a future Palestinian state, in a bid to keep exploratory talks alive, Palestinian and Israeli sources said on Friday.

Karzai meets Sarkozy as French threaten early pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:05 AM PST

Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets French President Nicolas Sarkozy later Friday hoping to convince Paris not to accelerate its troop withdrawal and clinch a partnership agreement for post-2014.

Syria: Are Captured Iranians Military Men or Engineers? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:50 AM PST

Time.com - The revolt against President Assad has long alleged that Iran has sent soldiers to prop up the regime. Their latest proof, however, may not quite satisfy doubts about the claim

Costa offers $14.5K/passenger for ruined cruise (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:15 AM PST

AP - Costa Crociere SpA has offered passengers euro11,000 ($14,460) apiece to compensate them for their lost baggage and psychological trauma after its cruise ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany when the captain deviated from his route.

Activists: Syrian city of Homs under siege (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:16 AM PST

Syrian army defectors, celebrate shortly after they defected and join the anti-Syrian rgime protesters at Khalidiya area in Homs province, central Syria, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Syrian troops stormed a flashpoint suburb of Damascus on Thursday, rounding people up in house-to-house raids and clashing with army defectors, activists said, as the 10-month-old uprising inches ever closer to the capital. (AP Photo)AP - Syrian activists say dozens of people have been killed in a day of relentless violence in the restive city of Homs.

Ex-US diplomat testifies in Argentine baby thefts (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:06 PM PST

AP - A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina's military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its "dirty war" against leftists in the 1970s, and it appeared to be a systematic effort at the time.

Sudan sells seized South Sudan crude at deep discount: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:58 AM PST

Reuters - Sudan has sold at least one cargo of crude seized from South Sudan at millions of dollars discount and is offering more, industry sources said, as Khartoum looks to recover oil revenue from its former civil war foe.

AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:52 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, elephants are fed with fresh sugarcanes at the elephant camp in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Thailand's revered national symbol, the elephant, may face a new threat of extinction: being poached not just for their tusks, but for their meat. Two wild elephants were found slaughtered in December 2011 in a national park in western Thailand, alerting authorities to the new practice of consuming elephant meat. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)AP - A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.

Canada plays down embarrassing oil sands document (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:56 AM PST

Reuters - Canada disassociated itself on Thursday from an embarrassing official policy paper that said the country's independent energy regulator, now studying a controversial oil pipeline, is in fact a government ally.

Australian gov't, activists trade blame for clash (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard, second from left, is escorted out for safety by body guards and police through a crowd of rowdy protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia's national day in Canberra, Australia, Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. Some 200 supporters of indigenous rights surrounded a Canberra restaurant and banged its windows on Thursday while Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott were inside officiating at an award ceremony. (AP Photo/Lukas Coch) AUSTRALIA OUTAP - Authorities and indigenous-rights protesters blamed each other Friday for a heated clash in which bodyguards had to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event marking the anniversary of British colonization.

As Scottish clamor for independence, English beginning to say 'me too' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:18 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The debate over Scottish independence has sparked a backlash in England, where ordinary people believe their voice and rights are being ignored. 

An Introduction to Messi: An Outsider's Take (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:50 AM PST

Time.com - The man everyone wants to know is someone who doesn't want to give out -- or doesn't have -- any real personal information. Is he just a sports machine?

As Israeli-Palestinian talks sink, fringe ideas gain traction (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As another round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks faltered on Wednesday, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians say that the status quo is rapidly approaching a point at which establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel is impossible or unrealistic. 
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