Sunday, January 22, 2012

Italy cruise disaster captain denies delaying alarm (Reuters)

Italy cruise disaster captain denies delaying alarm (Reuters)


Italy cruise disaster captain denies delaying alarm (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:12 AM PST

Reuters - The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which struck a rock and capsized off Italy, told magistrates he informed the ship's owners of the accident immediately, denying he delayed raising the alarm, judicial sources said Saturday.

At least 9 die in Iran passenger boat sinking: IRNA (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:11 AM PST

Reuters - Nine bodies have been recovered from a passenger vessel that sank off the Iranian coast with 22 people aboard, but five survivors have been rescued, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

Syrian blasts kill 14, Arab monitors may stay (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:11 PM PST

Syrian soldiers who defected to join the Free Syrian Army pose in the northern province of Idlib, January 19, 2012. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Bombs killed at least 14 prisoners in a Syrian security vehicle on Saturday, and fierce battles erupted between rebels and state forces as the Arab League considered whether to keep monitors in place.


Rights group urges West to get over Islamist aversion (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:02 AM PST

Reuters - Western democracies should overcome their aversion to Islamist groups that enjoy popular support in North Africa and the Middle East and encourage them to respect basic rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Sunday.

Over 100,000 rally in Hungary to back government in EU row (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:52 PM PST

Reuters - More than 100,000 people rallied Saturday in a show of support for the embattled Hungarian government, as it prepares to compromise in a bitter row with the European Union to secure a vital loan.

Costa Concordia: As Hope Fades for More Survivors, Finger-Pointing Begins (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:45 AM PST

Time.com - With the death toll now at 12 and rescue operators increasingly worried about the threat of an oil spill, the Costa Concordia's survivors -- and their lawyers -- turn to the culpability of the ship's captain and owners

Croats vote in EU membership referendum (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:31 AM PST

AP - Croatians are voting in a nationwide referendum on whether to join the debt-stricken European Union.

Report: 17 die when boat capsizes in Iran (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:05 AM PST

AP - Iran's official news agency is reporting that 17 people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat off of the country's southern coast.

Teen ends globe-circling voyage in St. Maarten (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:35 PM PST

Dutch sailor Laura Dekker throws a rope as she docks her boat in Simpson Bay Marina in St. Maarten, Saturday Jan. 21, 2012.  Dekker ended a yearlong voyage aboard her sailboat named 'Guppy' that made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe, although Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council did not verify the voyage, saying they no longer recognize records for youngest sailors to discourage dangerous attempts. (AP Photo/Stephan Kogelman)AP - Laura Dekker set a steady foot aboard a dock in St. Maarten on Saturday, ending a yearlong voyage aboard a sailboat named "Guppy" that apparently made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe, though her trip was interrupted at several points.


Officials: US drone strike killed Somali insurgent (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:52 PM PST

AP - Somali insurgents say that a U.S. drone strike killed an al-Qaida official fighting alongside them in Somalia.

Military: Filipino rebels kill 100 troops in 2011 (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST

AP - The Philippine military says communist guerrillas killed about 100 government troops and police and waged 447 attacks last year despite a continuing decline in their decades-long insurgency.

Should the World Ignore the Presidential Campaign Foreign Policy Debates? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:45 AM PST

Time.com - Foreign policy vows made on the presidential campaign trail are almost invariably forgotten by the winning candidate once in office

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