News 1st Look: Three dead, 40 missing in Italian ship disaster (Reuters)

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Three dead, 40 missing in Italian ship disaster (Reuters)

Three dead, 40 missing in Italian ship disaster (Reuters)
Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist (Reuters)
Blast in home of Gaza militant leader kills one (Reuters)
Greeks like their PM but unhappy with coalition government: poll (Reuters)
Tunisians celebrate their revolution one year on (Reuters)
Germany's Youngest College Lecturer Is Just 16 Years Old (Time.com)
Crash and burn time for Spain's crusading judge? (AP)
Syrian president grants general amnesty (AP)
Guatemala leader takes office pledging 'iron fist' (AP)
Nigeria labor says no agreement to end fuel strike (AP)
Oil-rich Kazakhstan votes in parliamentary polls (AP)
The Fugitive Butt-Cutter is Off the Streets At Last (The Atlantic Wire)
Russia: The Revolution Will Be Tweeted and Facebooked and YouTubed (Time.com)

Three dead, 40 missing in Italian ship disaster (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 01:00 AM PST

Reuters - Italian rescue workers were searching for nearly 40 people still missing early on Sunday, more than a day after a cruise ship with more than 4,000 on board capsized off Italy's west coast, killing at least three people and injuring 70.

Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

Reuters - Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country's nuclear program have escalated to their highest level ever.

Blast in home of Gaza militant leader kills one (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 11:22 AM PST

Reuters - A Palestinian man who had been preparing an attack on Israeli targets was killed on Saturday in an explosion at the home of a militant leader in the Gaza Strip, his group said.

Greeks like their PM but unhappy with coalition government: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 11:54 AM PST

Reuters - Most Greeks are unhappy with their coalition government but continue to support its technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, an opinion poll showed Saturday.

Tunisians celebrate their revolution one year on (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:38 AM PST

Reuters - Tunisians Saturday marked the first anniversary of the revolution that started the "Arab Spring" with celebrations that were true to the spirit of the revolt: raucous, unscripted, and driven by the energy of ordinary people.

Germany's Youngest College Lecturer Is Just 16 Years Old (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:25 PM PST

Time.com - By all accounts, Carina Lämmle is the youngest college lecturer in Germany. She also happens to teach a discipline so advanced, few have ever heard of it

Crash and burn time for Spain's crusading judge? (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 12:22 AM PST

AP - He indicted late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on genocide charges and became an instant hero to many around the world. A decade later he launched a similar crimes-against-humanity probe over atrocities by the right-wing victors of Spain's Civil War.

Syrian president grants general amnesty (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 01:09 AM PST

AP - Syria's state news agency says President Bashar Assad has granted a general amnesty for crimes committed during the unrest of the past 10 months.

Guatemala leader takes office pledging 'iron fist' (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 03:54 PM PST

AP - Retired Gen. Otto Perez Molina was sworn in as president of Guatemala on Saturday, calling on the United States and Mexico to help him fight a wave of drug trafficking and violence that has overwhelmed the Central American country.

Nigeria labor says no agreement to end fuel strike (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:36 PM PST

AP - Nigeria's government and labor unions failed to end a paralyzing nationwide strike over high gasoline costs, potentially sparking an oil production shutdown in a nation vital to U.S. oil supplies.

Oil-rich Kazakhstan votes in parliamentary polls (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 01:00 AM PST

AP - Voters cast ballots Sunday in the oil-rich Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan in elections that are expected to slightly broaden democratic representation in parliament's rubber-stamp lower house.

The Fugitive Butt-Cutter is Off the Streets At Last (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:31 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - RELATED: East Timor vs. Ninjas

Russia: The Revolution Will Be Tweeted and Facebooked and YouTubed (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:25 PM PST

Time.com - The very real protest movement that swept through Russia's cities in December were propelled by virtual machinery