2011年12月24日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Tens of thousands of protesters pressure Putin (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 08:16 AM PST

Reuters - Tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting protesters called Saturday for a disputed parliamentary election to be rerun and an end to Vladimir Putin's rule, increasing pressure on the Russian leader as he tries to win back the presidency.

Christmas pilgrims pray for peace in Bethlehem (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:21 PM PST

Reuters - Thousands of foreign pilgrims and Palestinian Christians, some in Santa hats, gathered at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity Saturday to pray for peace at the place where Jesus was born.

Yemen's Saleh vows to leave, troops kill 9 protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 11:26 AM PST

Reuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would leave for the United States and give way to a successor, hours after his forces killed nine people demanding he be tried for killings over nearly a year of protests aimed at his ouster.

Mourning Syrians rally for Assad, U.N. condemns bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:07 PM PST

Reuters - Funerals for 44 people killed in twin suicide car bombs in Damascus turned into a show of support for President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday, with thousands of mourners denouncing the United States and its Arab allies for interfering in Syria.

German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 10:15 PM PST

Time.com - The Federal Administrative Court in Germany has ruled against an 18-year-old Muslim student, ending his long legal fight for permission to pray openly at school

Pope laments Christmas consumerism, glitter (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 03:22 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI is flanked by his aide George Gaenswein as he lights a candle at his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, kicking off a busy two weeks of public appearances that will test his stamina. Hours before the evening Mass began, Benedict lit a candle in his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square in a traditional sign of peace. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI decried the increasing commercialization of Christmas as he celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, urging the faithful to look beyond the holiday's "superficial glitter" to discover its true meaning.

Thousands enjoy merry Christmas in Bethlehem (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST

A Franciscan monk attends Christmas celebrations at the Church of Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing warm holiday cheer to the traditional birthplace of Jesus on a raw, breezy and rainy night.

Venezuelan opposition politician freed from prison (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST

AP - A Venezuelan opposition politician who has prostate cancer has been freed after four years in prison.

Clashes between sect, police kill 61 in Nigeria (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 04:12 PM PST

AP - Fighting between a radical Muslim sect and paramilitary forces in Nigeria has killed at least 61 people over several days of violence in the nation's northeast that has left churches bombed and people hiding in fear, authorities said.

Kim son called 'supreme leader' of NKorea military (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

Mourners use a bus to stay warm as many gather around a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il hanging outside the Pyongyang Circus Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. The sign on the bus window reads 'Warm rest area. Warm water also available'. North Korea on Saturday called Kim Jong Il's son 'supreme leader' of the military, dramatically ramping up its campaign to install the young man as next leader even as millions continued mourning the father. (AP Photo)AP - North Korea hailed Kim Jong Il's son as "supreme leader" of the 1.2-million strong military, ramping up its campaign to install the young man as the nation's next leader even as the mourning for his father continued a week after his death.

Vaclav Havel: crisis of 'human spirit' demands spiritual reawakening (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 12:27 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The mingled images of Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong-il lying in state this week are a sobering finale to a year of global upheaval.

Russia's Crisis: This Winter, the Bears Will Not Hibernate (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 10:15 PM PST

Time.com - In a massive demonstration in Moscow and other cities, Russians declare they are sick of being fooled by bad elections and corrupt officials. It will not be the last time they will take to the streets

One year after Tunisian revolt began, little has changed, residents say (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:43 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It was supposed to be a day of national pride, the anniversary of a shocking self-immolation in a sleepy Tunisian town that kicked off the Arab Spring.

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