2012年1月15日星期日

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Two more bodies found on ship, three people rescued (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:50 PM PST

Reuters - Three survivors and two more dead bodies were pulled from the partially submerged wreck of a cruiseliner off the Italian coast, while a search continued though thousands of cabins for 15 people still missing.

Joint U.S.-Israel military exercise postponed (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:33 PM PST

Reuters - The United States and Israel have postponed an upcoming joint military exercise until later in the year, but sources in both countries denied on Sunday that the move was taken to avoid further escalating tensions with Iran.

Stop the killing, U.N. chief tells Syria's Assad (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:44 AM PST

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the Reform and Transitions to Democracy conference in Beirut January 15, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed AzakirReuters - The U.N. chief told Bashar al-Assad on Sunday to "stop killing your people" and the Syrian leader offered an amnesty for "crimes" committed during a 10-month-old revolt against him.


Pakistan Taliban leader believed dead: intelligence officials (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:41 PM PST

Reuters - The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, is believed to have been killed by a U.S. drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence officials told Reuters on Sunday.

Slow start for Libya drive to disband militias (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:28 PM PST

Reuters - Twenty-four hours after Libya's police force opened its doors for the thousands of militia members to join its ranks, only 100 had signed up, signaling the long road the government faces to bring the unruly militias to heel.

Gilani vs. the Military: Is a Coup d'etat in the Works in Pakistan? (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:55 PM PST

Time.com - The civilian prime minister is feuding with the all-powerful generals with the supreme court and opposition politicians itching to join the melee

Captain's conduct blasted as divers find more dead (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 05:06 PM PST

Italian firefighters scuba divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia leaning on its side, the day after it ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. A helicopter on Sunday airlifted a third survivor from the capsized hulk of a luxury cruise ship 36 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast, as prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the captain for manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Maritime authorities, passengers and mounting evidence pointed Sunday toward the captain of a cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast, amid accusations that he abandoned ship before everyone was safely evacuated and was showing off when he steered the vessel far too close to shore.


Egypt's transition to democracy grows more messy (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 01:12 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, March 19, 2011 file photo, supporters of Egyptian reform campaigner and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, front center with dark jacket, try to protect him as angry protesters shout slogans as he arrives to cast his vote outside a polling center in Cairo's Mokkatam district, Egypt. With less than six months left for Egypt's ruling generals to hand over power, reform leader Mohammed ElBaradei's surprise pullout from the presidential race has laid bare the messiness of what was supposed to be a transition to democracy after the uprising a year ago. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali, File)AP - Reform leader Mohammed ElBaradei's surprise pullout from the presidential race has laid bare the messiness of Egypt's transition to democracy with less than six months left for the ruling generals to hand over power.


Venezuela: Consulate officials in US threatened (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:20 AM PST

AP - Venezuelan exiles with links to terrorism have threatened officials at the South American country's consulate in Miami, the foreign minister said Sunday.

Liberian opposition leader flees angry party backers (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:34 PM PST

Reuters - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's main rival fled his party headquarters in the capital Monrovia Sunday when it was besieged by dozens of supporters angry at his decision to recognize her government after a disputed November election.

Pakistani government faces critical day in court (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 02:54 PM PST

In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 photo, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pauses during an interview with the Associated Press at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. A political crisis gripping Pakistan could take a decisive turn Monday when its embattled government appears before the Supreme Court, which is ordering it to reopen a stalled graft probe against the president or face dismissal. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A political crisis gripping Pakistan could take a decisive turn Monday when its embattled government appears before the Supreme Court, which is ordering it to reopen a stalled graft probe against the president or face dismissal.


Germany's Youngest College Lecturer Is Just 16 Years Old (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:55 PM PST

Time.com - By all accounts, Carina Lämmle is the youngest college lecturer in Germany. She also happens to teach a discipline so advanced, few have ever heard of it

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