Monday, January 23, 2012

Syria rejects Arab call for Assad to quit (Reuters)

Syria rejects Arab call for Assad to quit (Reuters)

Syria rejects Arab call for Assad to quit (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:46 PM PST

Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby attends a meeting with the Arab League's committee on Syria, in Cairo January 22, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Syria rejected on Monday a request by Arab League foreign ministers that President Bashar al-Assad hand over power to a deputy and set up a new unity government, saying the plan was part of a "conspiracy against Syria."

EU envoys agree to impose Iran oil embargo: diplomat (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:04 AM PST

Reuters - European Union ambassadors agreed on Monday to impose an embargo on Iranian oil imports, but decided to delay the full implementation of the ban until July 1, an EU diplomat said.

U.S. drone attacks kill at least 4 in Pakistan: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:36 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Monday, killing at least four militants, intelligence officials and tribesmen said, the latest strikes in a resumption of the air campaign.

Egypt parliament opens first session since uprising (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:12 AM PST

Reuters - Egypt's parliament began its first session on Monday since an election put Islamists in charge of the assembly following the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in February.

Analysis: Iran's softer Gulf words don't mean nuclear shift (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:35 AM PST

Reuters - Iran has stepped back from a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, but while its softened rhetoric appears to be aimed at de-escalating military tensions, it does not indicate any change of stance on its nuclear program.

The Arab League to Syria's President: It's Time for You to Go (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST

Time.com - After a rancorous meeting, the pan-Arab organization demands that Assad agrees to its roadmap, which begins with his relinquishing power to his vice president

EU finance chiefs to meet as Greek talks stall (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:15 AM PST

French Finance Minister Francois Baroin arrives at the Elysee Palace, Paris Wednesday Jan. 18, 2012, to attend a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Representatives of unions and members of the French government are gathered at the Elysee for a Crisis Summit.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - The French and German finance ministers are holding talks before a meeting with their eurozone counterparts, where they will seek progress in negotiations to lighten Greece's debt load through a bond swap.

First post-Mubarak parliament holds session (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:12 AM PST

AP - The Egyptian parliament elected in the nation's first legislative vote after Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly a year ago has opened its inaugural session.

13 killed, 8 at funeral, in violent Mexico state (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:56 PM PST

New Mexico ranchers Stephen Gault, 71, left, and his wife, Meira, 62, are shown during a community meeting with the US Border Patrol Friday Jan. 20, 2012, in Animas, N.M. The US Border Patrol announced Friday a plan for the new outpost for New Mexico's Bootheel 20 miles from the Mexico border but the Gaults wanted it closer in towards the border. The rugged terrain, where Geronimo once made his last stand, is now home to what federal officials say is one of the busiest border regions for illegal immigration and drug trafficking.(AP Photo/Russell Clontreras)AP - Police say eight men were killed in an attack on a funeral in a rural area of Guerrero, part of a death toll of 13 over the weekend in the southern state plagued by drug violence.

Ethiopia rebels say holding two Germans after attack (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST

Reuters - An Ethiopian rebel group said at the weekend it had kidnapped two German tourists and two Ethiopians, adding that they were safe, in good health and could be released unharmed.

Flags and flowers on Lunar New Year in North Korea (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:01 AM PST

North Koreans gather to lay flowers on a stage in front of a large portrait of the late Kim Jong Il as they pay their respects on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Pyongyang residents said they were encouraged to celebrate the traditional holiday as they usually do, despite the death of Kim Jong Il, only the second leader North Koreans have known since the nation was founded in 1948. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Soldiers and children, bundled up against the freezing cold, lined up Monday at Pyongyang's main plaza to pay their respects again to late leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Analysis: Canada's star fades as economy faces tough 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:57 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's moment in the sun as the fastest-growing economy in the G7 club of rich countries is set to end this year, when it will likely underperform the United States for the first time in seven years and struggle with a mounting household debt problem.

Plane crashes in New Zealand, killing 2 aboard (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 05:44 PM PST

AP - A small plane has crashed in a New Zealand park, killing both people aboard.

Nigeria's Latest Bloodbath: The Challenge of Boko Haram (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST

Time.com - A series of attacks in the predominately Muslim north escalate the sense of sectarian crisis in Africa's most populous country
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