Simultaneous bombs hit army compounds in Aleppo

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• Simultaneous bombs hit army compounds in Aleppo
• Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence
• Mali Islamists say army killing of preachers declaration of war
• Japan's PM Noda likely to keep party leadership
• Gold Fields says 15,000 workers strike at South Africa mine
• U.S. probes reported record-shredding of fuel buys for Afghan army
• U.S. budget cuts sharpen battle for fighter jet exports
• Japan energy deadlock deepens; government fails to announce policy mix
• Analysis: Pressure from below strains Angola MPLA monolith
• Germans trust pragmatic top judge to walk euro tightrope
• Car bomb kills 17 in north Syrian city of Aleppo
• 16 moderate Muslim preachers killed in Mali
• US hands over Bagram prison to Afghans
• Leader of al-Qaida N. African branch dies in car
• Daughter of slain British-Iraqi couple back in UK
• Pussy Riot fest held in Russia despite pressure
• Iraq: Gunmen kill 3 anti-al-Qaida fighters
• China quake survivors await shelter, expect rain
• Slim Hong Kong legislative win for Beijing backers

Simultaneous bombs hit army compounds in Aleppo Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:15 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded simultaneously on Sunday night next to Syrian army compounds in the northern city of Aleppo, killing and wounding scores of President Bashar al-Assad's forces, residents and opposition activists said. The bombs targeted makeshift barracks and the military police headquarters, situated in two adjacent sealed off districts in the centre of the city, said several residents and opposition campaigners from Aleppo. The state news agency said an explosion near a hospital and a school in the Municipal Stadium district killed 17 people and wounded at least 40. ...

Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:22 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs ripped through mainly Shi'ite Baghdad districts on Sunday after Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death, ending one of the bloodiest days of the year with more than 100 killed across the country. The violence and the sentence for Hashemi, a senior Sunni politician, threatened to stoke sectarian tensions in Iraq where a Shi'ite-led government is battling political instability and a Sunni Islamist insurgency nine months after U.S. troops left. ...

Mali Islamists say army killing of preachers declaration of war Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali Islamic militant group MUJWA said on Sunday the killing of 16 Muslim preachers including eight Mauritanians and eight Malians by an army patrol in Mali was a declaration of war. The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA) is one of the Islamic groups that has hijacked a Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali since April with the intention of imposing sharia law in the country. "With this barbaric act that was not warranted, I don't see any future for Malian army or the Malian government because we are going to continue our southward push to Bamako. ...

Japan's PM Noda likely to keep party leadership Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:09 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda looked very likely on Monday to hang on to one of the worst jobs around - leading the demoralized ruling party to almost certain crushing election defeat. ...

Gold Fields says 15,000 workers strike at South Africa mine Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:26 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A third of the South African workforce of world No. 4 bullion producer Gold Fields have downed tools in an illegal strike, the company said on Monday, the latest labor stoppage to hit the mining sector in Africa's largest economy. The wildcat strike action came as South African police readied for possible violence over Monday's back-to-work deadline for striking workers at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, where 44 people died in labor strife last month, most of them shot by police. ...

U.S. probes reported record-shredding of fuel buys for Afghan army Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:59 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators are probing reports of record-shredding by officials in the U.S.-led NATO command that trains the Afghan army after learning that records of fuel purchases for the Afghans totaling nearly $475 million are gone. The training command has also not been tracking whether the fuel it delivers to the Afghan army is actually used or stored, leaving officials unable to determine whether any of it was stolen, said an interim report by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, or SIGAR. ...

U.S. budget cuts sharpen battle for fighter jet exports Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Competition is heating up in the global fighter jet market, prompting accusations of aggressive tactics as major arms makers jostle for export business to offset domestic spending cuts. Purchase decisions in the coming months from South Korea and Brazil, as well as the finalization of a huge Indian contract tentatively awarded to France, could shape the balance of power in the aerial combat market for years to come. ...

Japan energy deadlock deepens; government fails to announce policy mix Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:57 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Deadlock in Japan between anti-nuclear activists and advocates of atomic power deepened on Monday as the government failed to produce an expected proposal to reduce the role of nuclear power in the country's energy porfolio after the Fukushima disaster. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's government had been widely expected to announce a decision on energy policy and a reduction of the share of nuclear power to 15 percent or less by 2030. A government source, however, said the announcement was unlikely to take place. ...

Analysis: Pressure from below strains Angola MPLA monolith Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:03 AM PDT LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola's showcase Kilamba Kiaxi housing development rises up from an ochre-red African plain, clustered pods of neat apartment blocks in eye-catching pastel shades of light blue, yellow and grey stretching from horizon to horizon. The impressive Chinese-built project, inaugurated last year by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, is one of the biggest in Africa, touted by Angola's leadership as an example of how it is using oil wealth to better the lives of its people. But draw closer, and you will find few cars or residents traversing the wide, lamp-lined boulevards. ...

Germans trust pragmatic top judge to walk euro tightrope Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:01 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel may be the most powerful woman in Europe, but this week the chancellor's plans to save the euro lie in the hands of Andreas Vosskuhle, the supreme court judge known as Germany's most powerful man. In a ruling with global ramifications, the Constitutional Court is expected on Wednesday to allow an EU bailout fund and budget pact, although most legal experts expect it to impose conditions to show that parliament controls Germany's budget. ...

Car bomb kills 17 in north Syrian city of Aleppo Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT A car bomb ripped through Syria's largest city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 40 in one of the main battlegrounds of the country's civil war, state-run media said.

16 moderate Muslim preachers killed in Mali Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT Sixteen Muslim preachers from a moderate sect were shot dead in central Mali as they traveled by road to a religious conference, the Malian and Mauritanian governments said Sunday. Early reports indicate that the men's long beards aroused the suspicion of Mali's military, which confused them for the extremists who have taken over the nation's north.

US hands over Bagram prison to Afghans Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:12 AM PDT U.S. officials handed over formal control of Afghanistan's only large-scale U.S.-run prison to Kabul on Monday, even as disagreements between the two countries over the Taliban and terror suspects held there marred the transfer.

Leader of al-Qaida N. African branch dies in car Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:45 PM PDT A spokesman for a radical Islamic group in northern Mali has confirmed that a leader of al-Qaida's North African branch was killed in a car crash.

Daughter of slain British-Iraqi couple back in UK Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT The younger daughter of a British-Iraqi couple slain while vacationing in the French Alps has returned to Britain, while her badly wounded older sister has come out of an artificial coma, authorities said Sunday.

Pussy Riot fest held in Russia despite pressure Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:37 AM PDT Despite official pressure, a music festival to support jailed band members of Pussy Riot has taken place in St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city and President Vladimir Putin's hometown.

Iraq: Gunmen kill 3 anti-al-Qaida fighters Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:40 AM PDT Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead three anti-al-Qaida fighters manning a security checkpoint north of Baghdad.

China quake survivors await shelter, expect rain Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:58 PM PDT Survivors of multiple earthquakes in southwestern China waited for shelter and other supplies on Monday amid forecasts of heavy rains that are likely to hinder ongoing search efforts.

Slim Hong Kong legislative win for Beijing backers Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:02 AM PDT Pro-democratic parties in Hong Kong were edged out by well-funded, pro-Beijing rivals in key legislative elections, but they kept their veto power over any constitutional changes proposed by the government.

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