Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Syria forces retake Damascus suburbs; showdown at U.N. (Reuters)

Syria forces retake Damascus suburbs; showdown at U.N. (Reuters)

Syria forces retake Damascus suburbs; showdown at U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:12 PM PST

Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have taken the upper hand in escalating battles on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, while top Western and Arab diplomats are seeking a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for him to go.

Insight: From darkest India, an enlightened leader (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:03 PM PST

Reuters - There's an apocryphal story about Bihar, a sprawling state on the Gangetic plains of eastern India that for decades held the dubious honor of being the most violent, poverty-stricken and corrupt in the land.

Qaeda militants killed in Yemen air strike: residents (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:00 PM PST

Reuters - At least 11 al Qaeda militants, including a number of local leaders, were killed in an overnight air strike in southern Yemen, local residents said on Tuesday.

Myanmar says it will put stability ahead of economy: report (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:18 PM PST

Reuters - Myanmar President Thein Sein said his government was committed to political reform and would put the stability of the country ahead of economic development, Singapore's Straits Times newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Iran vows to stop "some" oil sales as inspectors visit (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:43 PM PST

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. A lawmaker walks during a parliament session in Tehran January 29, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - Iran sent conflicting signals in a dispute with the West over its nuclear ambitions, vowing to stop oil exports soon to "some" countries but postponing a parliamentary debate on a proposed halt to crude sales to the European Union.

Afghanistan: The Taliban's Momentum Seems Not Broken (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:50 PM PST

Time.com - A fighting unit's experiences in Kunar province poses doubts on President Obama's claim that the Afghan insurgency has been rocked back on its heels

Oil above $99 in Asia on Europe's austerity move (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 12:35 AM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, traffic heads south along Route 220 at intersection with Witamy Lane near Lisa Richlin’s home near Laporte, Pa. Richlin is in court with Central New York Oil and Gas Company LLC on trying to get them to move a proposed entrance road for building the MARC 1 pipeline from a couple hundred yards north of her home at Thorndale Road to a site a couple hundred yards south of her home at Witamy Lane. (AP Photo/Jimmy May)AP - Oil rose above $99 a barrel Tuesday in Asia in sync with gains in regional equity markets after Europe took measures to battle its debt crisis.

Car bomb north of Baghdad kills 3 Iraqi soldiers (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:27 PM PST

Recovered artifacts are displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The German government has returned some 52 artifacts that were looted from Iraq amid the chaos of the 2003 U.S. led invasion that toppled former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - An Iraqi official says a bomb blast north of Baghdad has killed three Iraqi soldiers, hours before the nation's parliament is to reconvene after Sunni-backed lawmakers ended their boycott to protest persecution of Sunni officials.

DomRep bus crash kills driver, injures 10 tourists (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:11 PM PST

AP - Officials in the Dominican Republic say a tourist bus has crashed down a hill, killing the driver and injuring 10 people, including seven from the United States.

Somali insurgents shut down Red Cross food aid (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 12:59 AM PST

AP - Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major aid group because they say the organization is distributing spoiled food in the famine-hit south.

UN poll: Afghan police still corrupt but improving (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 12:43 AM PST

Afghan boys play with snow in Kabul January 31, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)AP - A U.N. survey has found that more than half of Afghans polled see the national police as corrupt, though their overall reputation is improving.

Canada says Old Age Security plan unsustainable (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's Old Age Security pension program is unsustainable and needs to be changed, the Conservative government said on Monday, drawing opposition accusations that it was breaking a campaign promise not to cut seniors' benefits.

Putin's answer to polling fraud: lots of webcams (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:47 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Russian government is installing web cameras at more than 90,000 polling sites in an effort to undermine expected accusations of widespread fraud in the upcoming presidential election.

Syria: Assad Retains Backers Battling the Opposition (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:50 PM PST

Time.com - NBC correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin describes how the Assad regime and the various strands of the opposition are battling for the soul of Syria

Free Syrian Army: Better tool for toppling Syria's Assad than UN? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:25 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As hope for a diplomatic solution to Syria's violence fades, international attention is turning to the rebel Free Syrian Army as an alternative means of toppling President Bashar al-Assad.
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