2012年1月12日星期四

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Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:43 PM PST

Reuters - A video showing what appears to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighters prompted anger in Afghanistan and promises of a U.S. investigation on Thursday but the insurgent group said it would not harm nascent efforts to broker peace talks.

Iran embargo gathers support in Asia, Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  (L) stands with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Cuba January 12, 2012. Ahmadinejad said on Thursday both Cuba-Iranian relations and Castro were in good shape after he met with the former Cuban leader and his younger brother President Raul Castro during a one-day visit to the communist island. REUTERS/President.ir/Handout (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - U.S. allies in Asia and Europe voiced support on Thursday for Washington's drive to cut Iran's oil exports, although fear of self-inflicted pain is curbing enthusiasm for an embargo that a defiant Iran says will not halt its nuclear program.


Some Arab monitors quit Syria over persisting violence (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:24 AM PST

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad addresses his supporters during a surprise appearance at a rally in Umayyad Square in Damascus January 11, 2012. REUTERS/Wael Hmedan-Presidential PalaceReuters - Several Arab League monitors have left Syria or may do so soon because the mission has failed to halt President Bashar al-Assad's violent crackdown on a popular revolt against his rule, an Algerian former monitor said on Thursday.


Haiti marks two years after catastrophic quake (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST

Workers clean up a camp which housed people displaced by the January 12, 2010 earthquake for almost two years, in Port-au-Prince January 10, 2012. Almost 500,000 people still live in tent encampments throughout the Haitian capital as the second anniversary of the quake approaches, according to the Red Cross. REUTERS/Swoan ParkerReuters - Haitians marked the second anniversary on Thursday of a devastating earthquake that ravaged their impoverished Caribbean country as their president held out new promises to rebuild the shattered land.


Japan vows "concrete" steps to cut Iran oil reliance (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:10 PM PST

Reuters - Japan pledged on Thursday to take concrete action to cut Iranian oil imports in response to an appeal for support from visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, as Washington steps up efforts to sanction Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.

The Crisis in Syria: No Immunity for Bystanders (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

Time.com - Journalists and official peace monitors are swept up in the violence plaguing the country

Balotelli pops into school to use toilet (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST

Reuters - Italy striker Mario Balotelli added to his long list of madcap antics on Thursday when he parked his Bentley outside a Manchester school and wandered in to find a toilet.

No new offers from Israel, Abbas says (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:09 PM PST

A general view shows a section of the controversial Israeli barrier near the West Bank town of Kalandia near Jerusalem January 12, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Israel has made no new proposals in meetings with Palestinians about the possibility of resuming formal peace talks, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday.


Haiti quiet as quake marked with national holiday (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:00 PM PST

A man plays a guitar in the earthquake damaged Cathedral as people visit different areas of the city where people were killed during the Jan. 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Jan. 12, 2012.  Haitians are marking the second anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake which according to government officials killed 316,000 people and displaced 1.5 million. More than 500,000 are still in temporary settlement camps. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Haitians gathered in makeshift churches and even a United Nations supply base Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake, holding ceremonies that mixed remembrance with hope for a new beginning.


Union threatens oil production shutdown in Nigeria (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:46 PM PST

An man protest with a placard saying ' President Jonathan should go or die like Gadafi' on the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. A union representing 20,000 oil and gas workers in Nigeria threatened Thursday it would shut down all production starting Sunday to take part in the crippling nationwide strike over spiraling fuel prices. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - A major union threatened Thursday to stop the beating heart of Nigeria's economy — crude oil production — as part of a nationwide strike and protests gripping Africa's most populous nation.


Japan's PM reshuffles Cabinet to win tax support (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:33 PM PST

AP - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is reshuffling his Cabinet in a bid to win more cooperation from the opposition in raising the sales tax.

Canada says marriages of foreign gays invalid (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:50 PM PST

Reuters - The government is abruptly arguing that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners who wed in Canada are not valid, a move that stunned the gay community and could affect thousands of couples.

Australia fumes over kangaroo cigarette packs (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:13 PM PST

Reuters - Australia's government has lambasted British and American Tobacco for using the image of a kangaroo on packets of cigarettes sold in Europe, ramping up hostilities with Big Tobacco ahead of a legal battle over plain-packaging laws.

In Haiti, cautious hope around effort to find families new homes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:17 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - For nearly two years, some 2,000 families lived crammed together in a makeshift camp called Maïs Gaté on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Set up spontaneously in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, it was an unforgiving stretch of land, barren, rendering the insides of tents unbearable through much of the year.

Look Back in Terror: Why a Syrian Novelist Fled Her Country (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

Time.com - Despite belonging to the ruling Alawite sect, Samar Yazbek believed her support for the revolt jeopardized her family and fled to the safety of Paris

Ethiopia's 'grand dam' rouses citizens, dismays critics (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In the western fringe of Ethiopia on the banks of the Blue Nile river, the nation's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi thundered that the country would overcome all obstacles to complete Africa's largest hydropower plant.

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