2012年2月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News


U.N. says Syria emboldened by diplomatic deadlock (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST

Reuters - The U.N. human rights chief accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of launching an "indiscriminate attack" on civilians to end pro-democracy protests and said he had been emboldened by the failure of the Security Council to condemn him.

Israel blames Iran after attacks on embassy staff (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:25 PM PST

Reuters - Israel accused arch-enemies Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of being behind twin bomb attacks that targeted Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people.

Britain frees radical cleric Abu Qatada (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:42 PM PST

Reuters - A radical cleric once described as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" was freed from a British prison to live under virtual house arrest on Monday after a court ruled that his detention without trial was unlawful.

Athens mayhem raises fears of Greek social explosion (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:34 AM PST

Reuters - Greek political leaders say the nation must accept yet more punishing austerity or face a social explosion, but after a night of violence and destruction in Athens, some people fear this explosion may already be about to begin.

Asia key as U.S., EU tighten sanctions against Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:17 AM PST

Reuters - Western states hope new oil sanctions will deter Tehran from pursuing its disputed nuclear program but ultimately it will be China, India and other Asian powers that determine their effectiveness impact on already volatile Iranian politics.

Pakistan's Supreme Court Vs. Everybody: But Most of All the Prime Minister (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:20 PM PST

Time.com - With the indictment of Yousaf Gilani, the major branches of the Pakistani establishment are more than ever at each other's throats.

Greece faces further obstacles in bailout deal (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST

Employees of the Greek Stock Exchange are seen next to charts with stock prices, indicating gains, in Athens, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. World stock markets rose Monday after Greece's parliament approved a new set of austerity measures that were required by international lenders in exchange for an emergency bailout. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greece faces further hurdles and delays before it can receive a second, euro130 billion ($171 billion) bailout despite its lawmakers voting through more austerity measures in the face of violent protests.


Activists: Syrian rebels repel attack on key town (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:24 PM PST

This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network, purports to show a Syrian military tank in Daraa, Syria, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. An activist group says Syrian rebels have repelled a push by government tanks into a key central town held by forces fighting against President Bashar Assad's regime. The Arab League called for the Security Council to create a joint Arab-U.N. peacekeeping force for Syria and urged Arab states to sever all diplomatic contact with Damascus. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUTAP - Syrian rebels repelled a push Monday by government tanks into a central town held by forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime in an 11-month conflict that looks increasingly like a civil war.


UN Security Council visits Haiti to review mandate (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:58 PM PST

AP - The United Nations Security Council has begun a four-day mission in Haiti to review the terms of its mandate.

Clinton: Poverty helping fuel violence in Nigeria (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:53 PM PST

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks during  an annual ThisDay awards ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.  Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says poverty is fueling the religious violence tearing at Nigeria.  In a speech Monday, Clinton acknowledged he was 'really worried' about the security problems now plaguing the nation, which includes increasingly violent attacks by a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.  Boko Haram is based in and has launched attacks across the nation's impoverished Muslim north.  (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton warned Monday that the rampant poverty that plagues oil-rich Nigeria — felt most acutely in its Muslim north — is fueling the religious violence now tearing at the nation.


Soldier's death sparks debate over arming medevacs (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:24 PM PST

In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 photo, a crew member of a U.S. medevac helicopter is hoisted into the aircraft during a demonstrate how they evacuate patients from the battlefield outside of the U.S. Bagram air field north of Kabul, Afghanistan. About 20 U.S. lawmakers have written to military officials inquiring about a Sept. 18, 2011 incident, when it took a medevac unit 59 minutes to get U.S. Army Spec. Chazray Clark, a 24-year-old combat engineer from Detroit, to a hospital in southern Afghanistan after receiving a call that a roadside bombing severed three of his limbs. Clark did not survive. The incident has revived a debate over whether medevac helicopters should have their own guns. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - It took a medevac unit 59 minutes to get U.S. Army Spec. Chazray Clark to a hospital in southern Afghanistan after receiving a call that a roadside bombing severed three of his limbs. Clark did not survive.


Air Canada confident of avoiding strike, says no lockout (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:16 PM PST

Reuters - Air Canada said on Monday it is confident of avoiding a damaging labor disruption involving its 3,000 pilots, and talks will continue even as a possible strike deadline nears.

Australian lawmakers propose allowing gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:06 AM PST

AP - Two bills to allow gay marriages in Australia were introduced in Parliament on Monday but may fail because of political conflicts.

Murdoch media crisis deepens with five new arrests (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:54 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The famed Rupert Murdoch tabloid scandal-mills are grinding yet again.

Greek MPs Pass Austerity Measures amid Street Protests (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:20 PM PST

Time.com - As the streets of Athens explode in anger, Parliament passes the austerity measures that diminish the standard of living. But is there any other choice?

More than 30,000 Germans turn out against anti-piracy treaty ACTA (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:41 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Tens of thousands of Germans have protested against ACTA, a controversial international anti-piracy agreement that has embroiled Germany's politicians in a heated debate on whether the treaty is a useful tool to protect intellectual property or an infringement of personal freedom. 

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