2012年1月18日星期三

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Weather key to resuming search of capsized Italy liner (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST

Reuters - Divers searching a capsized Italian cruiseliner were hoping for calm seas on Thursday after the ship shifted precariously on a rocky ledge, delaying plans to remove oil from the vessel to prevent a possible environmental disaster.

UK urges tougher Syria sanctions, Russia issues warning (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:16 PM PST

EDITOR'S NOTE: REUTERS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY CONTENT OF VIDEO FROM WHICH THIS STILL IMAGE WAS TAKEN. A member of the Free Syrian Army with an assault rifle stands guard during a patrol in the western border town of Zabadani in this undated still image taken from amateur video obtained by Reuters January 16, 2012. REUTERS/Amateur video via Reuters TVReuters - Britain called on Wednesday for harsher sanctions on Syria, where an Arab monitoring mission has failed to halt bloodshed in a 10-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.


Iran says in touch with powers on new talks, EU denies it (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:09 PM PST

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi speaks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (not pictured) before an official meeting with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Tehran January 5, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlReuters - Iran said on Wednesday it was in touch with big powers to reopen talks soon but the European Union denied this, and Britain said Tehran would have to show it was serious if it wanted to avoid more EU sanctions over suspicions it is seeking nuclear weapons.


Swagger, insecurity feed China crackdown: dissident (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:35 PM PST

Reuters - China's broad crackdown on dissent that has seen activists get lengthy jail terms and human rights lawyers disappear stems from a mix of arrogance and insecurity in Beijing, the most recently exiled Chinese dissident said on Wednesday.

Britain accuses Argentina of "colonialism" over Falklands (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:42 PM PST

Reuters - Britain accused Argentina of "colonialism" in its claim to the Falkland Islands on Wednesday, as the 30th anniversary of their conflict over the British-ruled territory approaches.

Q&A: Russia's Blogger in Chief on the Anti-Putin Movement (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:30 AM PST

Time.com - TIME talks to Andrei Navalny, who has the most popular political blog in Russia and is the acclaimed leader of the largest antigovernment protests since the fall of the Soviet Union

Tales emerge of missing and dead in ship disaster (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:05 PM PST

The cruise ship Costa Serena passes offshore as its sister ship Costa Concordia lies on its side off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The $450 million Costa Concordia cruise ship was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into a reef Friday off the tiny Italian island of Giglio after the captain made an unauthorized maneuver. The death toll stands at 11, with 22 people still missing. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)AP - An Italian dad and his 5-year-old daughter. A retired American couple treating themselves after putting four children through college. A Hungarian musician who helped crying children into lifejackets, then disappeared while trying to retrieve his beloved violin from his cabin.


Yemen FM says no delay in presidential election (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 01:30 PM PST

AP - Yemen's presidential elections will be held as scheduled toward the end of February, the foreign minister said on Wednesday, countering his own observation a day earlier.

Mexico child-trafficking probe: 4 sexually abused (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:28 PM PST

AP - A Mexican official says four of the 10 children seized as part of a child-trafficking probe involving Irish couples in western Mexico were sexually abused.

Slow response to East Africa famine 'cost lives' (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:10 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 26, 2011 file photo, then seven month old Somali boy Minhaj Gedi Farah is treated in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Dadaab, Kenya. Thousands of people, more than half of them children, died needlessly and millions of dollars were wasted because the international community did not respond to early warnings of an impending famine in East Africa, aid agencies said Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, even as they warned of a new hunger crisis in West Africa. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)AP - Thousands of people died needlessly and millions of dollars were wasted because the international community did not respond fast enough to early signs of famine in East Africa, aid agencies said Wednesday, while warning of a new hunger crisis in West Africa.


Summary Box: Japan's nuclear plants may run longer (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:59 PM PST

AP - BEYOND THE CAP: Japan's planned 40-year cap on nuclear power plants could be extended up to 20 years, but exemptions will be rare, the government said Wednesday.

Republicans fume as Keystone oil pipeline rejected (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:37 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama Administration rejected the Keystone oil pipeline on Wednesday, a move that Republicans decried for sacrificing jobs and energy security in order to shore up the president's environmental base before elections.

Second Aussie surfer this month attacked by shark (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:59 AM PST

AP - A 44-year-old surfer suffered serious wounds to his thigh and buttocks in Australia's second shark attack this month.

German tabloid Bild takes down politicians with its unmatched megaphone (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 01:50 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It's notorious for its mix of gossip, inflammatory language, and sensationalism, which includes a daily picture of a topless woman on the front page. It receives more reprimands from Germany's independent press watchdog than any other paper. And it engenders fear in the hearts of politicians, who rarely dare to cross Bild â€" Europe's largest newspaper â€" which reaches 12 million readers daily.

In Libya, a Salafi Campaign against Tombs and Heineken (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:30 AM PST

Time.com - In community after community, rigid fundamentalists are going after purveyors of alcohol and Muslims who pray at the burial sites of saints

Denied visas to US, Ugandan Little League team finally gets a game (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:26 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As he warms up with a few practice swings ahead of the day's big game, Felix Barugahare kicks anxiously at the blood red earth of Uganda's only ball field.
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