Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Pressure on nations as they talk Syria

Pressure on nations as they talk Syria


Pressure on nations as they talk Syria

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:41 AM PST

Desperation and a rapidly growing death toll serve as a backdrop for a new effort dozens of countries are launching in hopes of finally stemming the brutal crackdown under way in Syria.

Report: Dozens dead in Argentina train crash

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:23 PM PST

At least 49 people were killed and more than 600 people were injured Wednesday when a train plowed into a platform at a Buenos Aires station, state media said.

Police subdue rioting inmates in Bali

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:24 AM PST

Hundreds of Indonesian police officers charged into a prison in Bali on Wednesday to subdue rioting inmates who had set a building on fire and thrown stones at firefighters.

Megaupload founder Dotcom released on bail

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:05 PM PST

A New Zealand court on Wednesday released on bail Kim Dotcom, the millionaire founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, after a judge said Dotcom did not appear to have funds available to flee.

Australian foreign minister Rudd resigns

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 05:08 AM PST

Kevin Rudd, the Australian foreign minister, has resigned, his office said Wednesday, amid speculation that he may mount a leadership challenge to Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

More child soldiers in Somalia fighting

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:22 PM PST

Children as young as 10 years old increasingly face horrific abuse in war-torn Somalia as the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has targeted them to replenish its diminishing ranks of fighters, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday.

Saving Syria's wounded kids

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:24 AM PST

The shrapnel wound is in the toddler's left side. The boy needs "a proper hospital," the doctor says, not the makeshift clinic in the Syrian city of Homs where he's being treated.

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