2012年1月10日星期二

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U.N. says Syria killings rise after monitors arrive (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:25 PM PST

Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad derided the efforts of Arab League monitors to halt violence against anti-government activists, and a senior U.N. official said Syria had stepped up its killing of protesters after the monitors arrived.

EU ministers plan Iran oil embargo, IAEA team to visit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:26 AM PST

A United States Coast Guardsman from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy wakes an Iranian mariner to give him food in the Arabian Gulf in this January 10, 2012 handout. Another six Iranian mariners have been rescued by American forces, this time in waters off Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, just days after announcing that a U.S. warship had rescued 13 Iranian fishermen kidnapped by pirates. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard Photo/Handout (ARABIAN GULF - Tags: MILITARY MARITIME) 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 - Europe and Japan moved ahead Tuesday in planning for punitive cuts in oil imports from Iran, where a senior official dismissed Western anger at news Tehran is enriching uranium deep underground as cover for ulterior motives.

Anger grows as Nigeria fuel strike enters 3rd day (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 05:03 PM PST

Demonstrators gather at a burning barricade during a protest against the elimination of a popular fuel subsidy that has doubled the price of petrol, at Gwagwalada on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja January 9, 2012. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT MILITARY)Reuters - A bitter showdown between Nigeria's government and unions with popular backing enters its third day on Wednesday, with workers vowing to stay on strike unless a motor fuel subsidy is restored, and authorities threatening to withhold their pay.

Judge sets mid-February end date for Mubarak trial (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:19 AM PST

Reuters - A Cairo judge Tuesday gave the prosecution and defense until February 16 to make their cases in the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, accused of killing protesters during the uprising that swept him from power last year.

Mafia now "Italy's No.1 bank" as crisis bites: report (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:36 PM PST

Reuters - Organized crime has tightened its grip on the Italian economy during the economic crisis, making the Mafia the country's biggest "bank" and squeezing the life out of thousands of small firms, according to a report on Tuesday.

Syrian President Assad Defends Self, Cites Conspiracies (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:45 AM PST

Time.com - In his latest address, the Syrian President may have seemed as unbending as usual. But he is appealing to an important constituency. Oh, and he also attacked Barbara Walters

Italy's Monti Talks Economic Growth and Euro Crisis (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:28 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - All eyes remained on Italy as Prime Minister Mario Monti on Monday promised to shift his attention to the growth of the Italian economy and job creation, according to the International Herald Tribune. Monti has been busy crafting a slew of austerity measures in the last few months aimed at getting Italy's debt crisis under control.

Syrian president vows to crush 'conspiracy' (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at Damascus University, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Assad said Tuesday he will not step down, insisting that he still has his people's support despite a 10-month-old uprising against him. In his fourth speech since the Syrian revolt began in March, Assad also lashed out at the Arab League and accused the Cairo-based bloc of failing to protect Arab interests. The president has made few public appearances since the anti-government uprising began in March, inspired by the revolutions sweeping the Arab world. The regime's crackdown on dissent has killed thousands and led to international isolation and sanctions. (AP Photo/SANA) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - In his first speech since June, Assad showed a steely confidence in the face of the uprising, one of the bloodiest of the Arab Spring. But opponents called it a rambling address by a leader who is dangerously out of touch.

Mexico seizes 32.6 tons of meth precursor chemical (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:49 PM 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)AP - Mexican authorities say they have seized 32.6 metric tons of a precursor chemical used to make methamphetamines at the Pacific coast port of Manzanillo.

Sect kills 8 in beer parlor attack in Nigeria (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 02:31 PM PST

AP - Gunmen from a radical Islamist group opened fire Tuesday night at a beer parlor in northeast Nigeria, killing eight people including four police officers as part of their ongoing sectarian battle against the oil-rich nation's government, authorities said.

Powerful earthquake hits off western Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST

AP - A powerful earthquake hit waters off western Indonesia early Wednesday, prompting officials to briefly issue a tsunami warning. Panicked residents poured into the streets, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage.

Canadian natives warn against pipeline to Pacific (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 02:57 PM PST

Hereditary Chief of the Haisla First Nation, Sam Robinson (L), testifies next to Henry Amos, a band councillor, before the Enbridge's Inc's Northern Gateway pipeline Joint Review hearing in Kitamaat Village, British Columbia, January 10, 2012. Aboriginal leaders opposed to a C$5.5 billion ($5.4 billion) oil sands pipeline backed by Canada's government warned on Tuesday that the project could devastate fishing and traditional life on the rugged Pacific Coast and called for it to be stopped. REUTERS/Robin Rowland (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS ENERGY)Reuters - Aboriginal leaders opposed to a C$5.5 billion ($5.4 billion) oil sands pipeline backed by Canada's government warned on Tuesday that the project could devastate fishing and traditional life on the rugged Pacific Coast and called for it to be stopped.

3 believed dead, 37 rescued in Antarctic boat fire (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 03:43 PM PST

AP - Three crew members aboard a South Korean fishing boat near Antarctica are believed to have died when a fire raged through their quarters early Wednesday.

After sodomy acquittal, Malaysia's Anwar pressing for power (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Monday's surprise acquittal of Malaysia's opposition leader in a sodomy trial that many viewed as politically motivated eases the prospect of unrest in the multi-ethnic country, one of southeast Asia's largest tourist draws.

Viewpoint: What Young Asians Expect for the Future (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:45 AM PST

Time.com - Young Asians are growing up amid peace and prosperity unimaginable to previous generations. Their rising expectations will transform the future of the continent

An end to cut, cut, cut? Merkel and Sarkozy agree to focus on growth. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:44 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - After months of focusing on fiscal discipline in the eurozone, pushing indebted countries to cut their spending, the leaders of France and Germany are turning their attention to growth. The change in tack has been heralded as the right move â€" albeit a late and probably insufficient one. 

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