2011年12月21日星期三

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Arab team prepares Syria mission after deadly assault (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:41 PM PST

Anti-government protesters carry coffins during the funeral of protesters killed in earlier clashes in Damascus suburb of Zabadani December 21, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Arab League officials arrive in Syria on Thursday to prepare for monitors overseeing an Arab peace plan, after activists said President Bashar al-Assad's forces carried out the deadliest assault in their nine-month crackdown on protests.

Italy's Monti faces key final vote on austerity (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 03:13 PM PST

Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti faces a confidence vote on Thursday that he called to speed up final approval of a 33-billion-euro ($43 billion) austerity package aimed at restoring market confidence in the euro zone's third-biggest economy.

Exclusive: North Korea's military to share power with Kim's heir (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 05:56 AM PST

Reuters - North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.

Congo forces kill 24 since vote results: HRW (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST

Reuters - Democratic Republic of Congo security forces have killed 24 people since President Joseph Kabila won a disputed presidential election, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Norway panel split on killer's mental diagnosis: TV (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:09 PM PST

Reuters - Several members of a medical review panel believe there are serious flaws in a report that concluded the Norwegian right-wing militant who killed 77 people in July was psychotic and unfit to go to jail, the broadcaster NRK said on Wednesday.

Kim Jong Il's Most Dangerous Legacy: A Thriving Nuclear-Export Business (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 06:35 AM PST

Time.com - There has been mounting evidence in recent years that North Korea has set up an illicit nuclear export business to Syria, Iran and potentially elsewhere

Hungary tech firm immortalises Steve Jobs in bronze (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:45 PM PST

Reuters - A Hungarian software company unveiled what it said was the world's first bronze statue of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs on Wednesday, calling him one of the greatest personalities of the modern age.

Egypt's army rulers hike tone against protesters (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST

Egyptian army soldiers carry Zeinab al-Shogery, 58 in a wheelchair as she has an injury in her leg while she leaves a polling station after voting, in Giza, Egypt Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Voting in election runoffs for Egypt's first parliament since Hosni Mubarak's ouster resumed on Wednesday without the long lines outside polling centers seen in previous rounds of the staggered vote. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Egypt's ruling military escalated its tone against pro-democracy activists Wednesday, warning of an attempt to "topple the state," as government media said a plot had been uncovered to use upcoming protests to throw the country into a civil war.

US nixes Peace Corps class for Guatemala, Salvador (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 05:42 PM PST

AP - The U.S. government is suspending training for new Peace Corps volunteers in the Central American nations of Guatemala and El Salvador while it assesses security concerns.

Cairo calmer as Egyptian election resumes (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 05:31 PM PST

Volunteers clean the area where troops and protesters clashed in Tahrir square in the last few days, in Cairo December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Egypt is holding the latest round of its first democratic parliamentary election on Thursday in relative calm after five days of protests in Cairo that prompted a brutal response from security forces.

China's top paper praises settlement of village dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 05:39 PM PST

Reuters - China's top newspaper praised on Thursday the defusing of a 10-day standoff between villagers and officials, suggesting that the handling of the dispute would not necessarily harm the prospects of Wang Yang, Guangdong province's ambitious boss.

Imperial says Kearl project costs rise above $28 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST

Reuters - Imperial Oil Ltd said on Wednesday it will go ahead with an C$8.9 billion ($8.65 billion) plan to double the size of its Kearl oil sands project, even as it said total costs for the massive mining operation have climbed by nearly a quarter.

Australian teen jailed in Indian student's death (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:53 PM PST

AP - An Australian teenager who fatally stabbed an Indian student in an attack that prompted widespread outrage across India was sentenced Thursday to at least eight years in jail.

No extradition for Irishman accused of selling North Korean forged dollars (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:12 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It should have been Ireland's trial of the century:

Benghazi Residents Demonstrate Against Libyan Government (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 06:35 AM PST

Time.com - Afraid that their long-ignored city will continue to be forgotten, residents demonstrate against a government they say has too many Gaddafi holdovers

In austerity-hit Britain, holiday shoppers shorten their lists (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:18 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Sitting beneath a vast, glittering star in an out-of-town shopping mall only days before Christmas, Pauline Hedges grimaces as she talks about a task she normally enjoys: choosing presents for her family.

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