2012年1月4日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Syrian activists say troop withdrawal is a sham (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 05:08 PM PST

Reuters - Opposition activists say Syrian authorities are breaking their promises to withdraw troops from the streets of strife-torn towns, contradicting statements by Arab League peace monitors that government forces have pulled back.

Exclusive: EU agrees to embargo on Iranian crude (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 11:37 AM PST

An F/A-18F fighter jet launches off the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis during maneuvers in the Arabian Gulf in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated November 23, 2011. Iran threatened on Tuesday to take action if the U.S. Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Tehran's most aggressive statement yet after weeks of saber-rattling as new U.S. and EU financial sanctions take a toll on its economy. The aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis leads a U.S. Navy task force in the region. It is now outside the Gulf in the Arabian Sea, providing air support for the war in Afghanistan, said Lieutenant Rebecca Rebarich, spokeswoman for the 5th Fleet. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Benjamin Crossley/Handout (OMAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 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 - European governments have agreed in principle to ban imports of Iranian oil, EU diplomats said on Wednesday, dealing a blow to Tehran that crowns new Western sanctions months before an Iranian election.

In final leg of vote, Egypt's Islamists eye majority (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 07:02 AM PST

Supporters of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak shout slogans outside the police academy, where his trial will take place, in Cairo January 2, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood looks set for a dominant role in Egypt's first free parliament in decades and is promising rivals a role in writing a new constitution as military generals face growing pressure to hand power to civilians.

Israel's Netanyahu nixes bill on naming top judges (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:47 PM PST

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday withdrew proposed legislation seen by critics as unfairly favoring his rightist coalition, after being told by the attorney-general that a court would probably deem it as flawed, a spokesman said.

In Post-Gaddafi Libya, Freedom Is Messy -- and Getting Messier (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST

Time.com - Clashes have become increasingly common in the Libyan capital over the past two months, as rival militias stake out turf in the power vacuum caused by the collapse of the Gaddafi regime

UK's Hague visits Myanmar to urge reforms (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST

AP - Britain's William Hague was arriving in Myanmar on Thursday for the first visit by a U.K. foreign secretary since 1955 — a new sign of the Southeast Asian nation's warming relations with the West.

Libya army chief of staff wants to disarm fighters (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST

AP - Libya's new military chief of staff said Wednesday his first missions are to protect the desert nation's vast borders and help disarm thousands of former rebels who took part in the overthrow of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Chile navy locates solo US sailor in South Pacific (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 05:24 PM PST

In this Nov. 2010 photo released by Jack Majszak , U.S. sailor Thomas Louis Corogin is pictured near a boat in the Panama Canal Zone. The 84-year American making his seventh attempt to sail alone around the tip of South America was found tired but alive by the Chilean Navy on Wednesday after his mast broke. The Chilean Navy located Corogin on his 32-foot sailboat more than 520 miles or 850 kilometers, south of Easter Island, stranded but in relatively stable weather, with ocean swells of about 15 feet or 5 meters. (AP Photo/Jack Majszak)AP - An 84-year-old American making his seventh attempt to sail alone around the tip of South America was found tired but alive by the Chilean Navy on Wednesday after his mast broke far from land in the South Pacific.

UN diplomat wants Libya NATO investigation (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:14 PM PST

AP - The incoming U.N. Security Council president called Wednesday for an investigation into human rights abuses committed during NATO's bombing campaign to oust Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Some find hope in Afghan outcry over bride's abuse (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, 15-year-old Sahar Gul, is carried into hospital in Baghlan north of Kabul, Afghanistan. According to officials in northeastern Baghlan province, Gul's in-laws kept her in a basement for six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke her fingers — all in an attempt to force her into prostitution. Police freed her last week after her uncle called authorities. Horrific images of Sahar, bruised and bloodied, captured on video, transfixed Afghanistan and set off a storm of condemnation. President Hamid Karzai set up a commission to investigate, and his health minister visited her bedside at a Kabul hospital. The in-laws have been arrested — they deny abusing her — and a warrant has been issued for her husband, who serves in the Afghan army. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat, File)AP - Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has become the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan. The teenage bride's eyes were swollen nearly shut as she was wheeled into the hospital seven months after her arranged marriage. Black scabs crusted her fingertips where her nails used to be.

North Korea military has an edge over South, but wouldn't win a war, study finds (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 09:20 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea's military strategy is superior to the defensive posture of its affluent neighbor to the South, an independent think-tank said on Wednesday, giving Pyongyang the edge in the early days of any war on the divided peninsula.

Syria: How the Arab League's Monitors Are on a 'Mission: Impossible' (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST

Time.com - With the regime apparently still shooting at its opposition, the official observers are caught in a credibility trap

Taliban talks: Does Mullah Omar speak for his footsoldiers? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 08:02 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - After months of setbacks in negotiations with the Taliban, news that the group has agreed to create a political office in Qatar has been heralded as a significant breakthrough. However, agreeing to an office does not solve all the problems of communicating with the shadowy insurgency.

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