2012年1月9日星期一

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Iran starts uranium enrichment, condemns American to death (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 04:55 PM PST

Iranian-American Amir Mirza Hekmati in an undated still image taken from video in an undisclosed location made available to Reuters TV on January 9, 2012. REUTERS/via Reuters TVReuters - Iran has begun enriching uranium deep inside a mountain and sentenced an American to death for spying, angering the West and undermining hopes that diplomacy could avert further sanctions or war.

Embattled Assad to make speech on "internal issue" (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 03:23 PM PST

Reuters - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, locked in a violent struggle against a wave of unrest, is to make a speech on Tuesday on "the internal issue and international and regional developments," state media said.

Police find 13 bodies shot dead in western Mexico (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:42 AM PST

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, third from left, attends a ceremony of the newly formed 'Fuerza Civil', a police force of the northern state of Nuevo Leon, at the police headquarters in Monterrey, Mexico, Monday Jan. 9, 2012. The state of Nuevo Leon, and its industrial capital Monterrey, have been mired in violence over the past two years as rival drug gangs battle for control of the region. Other officials accompanying Calderon are, from left: Nuevo Leon's Public Safety Director Jaime Castaneda, Nuevo Leon Gov. Rodrigo Medina, Mexico's Defense Secretary Gen. Guillermo Galvan, Army Commander of the 4th Military Region Gen. Noe Sandoval and Escobedo City's Mayor Clara Luz Flores. (AP Photo/Hans Maximo Musielik)Reuters - Police found thirteen semi-naked bodies piled one atop the other outside a convenience store in western Mexico on Monday, local authorities said.

Analysis: Suu Kyi's party seeks makeover to grab Myanmar's youth (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 03:18 PM PST

Reuters - With his walking stick, long white hair and thick spectacles from a bygone age, Win Tin embodies the challenge facing the party that has led the campaign for democracy in Myanmar but now needs new blood to secure its future.

Boycott threat overshadows last stage of Egypt vote (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 03:08 PM PST

Reuters - Islamists aim to deepen their control over Egypt's lower house of parliament on Tuesday in a final phase of voting overshadowed by a threat from a liberal party to boycott elections for the upper chamber.

Nigeria Paralyzed by 'Occupy' Strike Over Gas Prices (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST

Time.com - Gasoline prices have doubled after Africa's largest oil producer withdrew its domestic fuel subsidies, sparking a wave of popular anger

Concerns over Europe keep traders buying Treasurys (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 02:19 PM PST

AP - Treasury prices were mixed Monday as traders weighed concern over Europe's debt crisis against news that U.S. consumers are back to borrowing again.

Egypt's Brotherhood treads carefully after victory (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 12:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 file photo, Mohamed Morsi, left, of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian presidential hopeful Amr Moussa, right, talk before Christmas Eve mass, led by Coptic Pope Shenouda III at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood has emerged as the biggest winner in parliamentary elections, but the fundamentalist group that has long dreamed of ruling Egypt is likely to be cautious about flexing its newfound muscle.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)AP - The Muslim Brotherhood has emerged as the biggest winner in parliamentary elections, but the fundamentalist group that has long dreamed of ruling Egypt is likely to be cautious about flexing its newfound muscle.

Rain kills at least 8 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 05:05 PM PST

Rescue personnel work at the site of a mudslide that killed at least eight people in Jamapara, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Heavy rains caused mudslides along Rio de Janeiro state, raising the number of dead there and in neighboring Minas Gerais state to 23 so far this year, civil defense officials said. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - Heavy rains caused mudslides that killed at least eight people in Rio de Janeiro state Monday, raising the number of dead in Rio and neighboring Minas Gerais state to 23 so far this year, civil defense officials said.

National radio: Guinea-Bissau president dies (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:50 PM PST

FILE In this June 30, 2011 file photo, Guinea-Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha listens during a session of the 17th African Union Summit at the Sipopo Conference Center, outside Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. National radio in the tiny West African nation of Guinea-Bissau is reporting on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 that the president has died. No other immediate details were given Monday, but President Malam Bacai Sanha has been known for his frequent hospitalizations abroad.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - President Malam Bacai Sanha, who was elected in this tiny, coup-prone nation on Africa's western coast about two years ago after the previous leader was assassinated, died Monday in Paris after a lengthy hospitalization.

Half of wrecked cargo ship sinking in New Zealand (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 04:48 PM PST

In this photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, the cargo ship Rena is split in two and sits on a reef near Tauranga, New Zealand, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. The Greek-owned Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbour Oct. 5, 2011, spewing heavy fuel oil into the seas in what has been described as New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - One half of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef three months ago began sinking into the ocean Tuesday.

Canada blasts foreign "radicals" opposing pipeline (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST

Reuters - On the eve of public hearings into a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta's tar sands to the Pacific Coast, the Canadian government lashed out on Monday at what it said were foreign-funded radical groups opposing the project.

Snapped bungee plunges tourist into African river (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 05:19 AM PST

In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 image made from video by Australia's Channel 9, Erin Langworthy, 22, of Perth, Australia, does bungee jumping to the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on the border with Zambia. The Australian tourist bungee jumping plunged 365 feet (111 meters) into the river when her cord snapped, but she managed to swim to safety with a broken collarbone and her legs tied together. (AP Photo/Channel 9 via APTN) MANDATORY CREDIT: CHANNEL 9, AUSTRALIA OUTAP - An Australian tourist bungee jumping in Africa plunged 365 feet (111 meters) into a river when her cord snapped, but she managed to swim to safety with a broken collarbone and her legs tied together.

Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Social Media Stars (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 09:35 AM PST

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Istanbul: Big Trouble in Little Kurdistan (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST

Time.com - The potential for unrest does not exist only in Turkey's Kurdish regions. Large urban centers have significant Kurdish populations and Istanbul is Turkey's largest Kurdish city

Why Musharraf is risking a return to Pakistan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 06:12 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Former Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has said he will return to the country to contest elections, despite an announcement by prosecutors that he will be arrested for the killing of former premier Benazir Bhutto upon arrival.

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