2012年1月27日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Syria violence kills over 40 (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:28 PM PST

Syrian soldiers who defected to join the Free Syrian Army are seen among demonstrators during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Khalidieh, near Homs January 26, 2012. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt.

Libyan commander says will retake Bani Walid (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:44 PM PST

Reuters - A militia commander whose troops were driven out of the Libyan tribal stronghold of Bani Walid this week said on Friday that his forces were massing to recapture the town but were holding back at the government's request.

Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:52 PM PST

Reuters - A Egyptian military team plans to visit the United States next week as Cairo's crackdown on pro-democracy organizations has called into question the future of U.S. aid to Egypt, American officials said on Friday.

Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:28 PM PST

Reuters - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan on Saturday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

Poll ruling sparks street clashes in Senegal (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:14 PM PST

Reuters - Protesters hurled rocks at police who retaliated with tear gas in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next month.

The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - Despite the embargo and their cold war, the two countries appear to be in some synch over fear of potential drilling catastrophes

Some G20 countries soften stance on Europe: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST

Reuters - Some of the world's biggest economies want to move quickly on a cash injection for the International Monetary Fund to help rescue the euro zone, but hardliners may still scupper an early deal to boost the fund's war chest, G20 sources said on Friday.

Islamists, protesters scuffle at at Egypt rally (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:48 PM PST

Egyptian protesters sit in front of graffiti showing protesters chat slogans and the on the right side the face of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), with arabic writing, center, that reads 'if you see the fangs of the lion bared, then don't think the lion is smiling,' at a rally to mark the first anniversary of the 'Friday of Rage,' in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Some 10,000 Egyptian protesters converged on Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of 'Friday of Rage,' a key day in the popular uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Muslim Brotherhood supporters and secular protesters hurled bottles and rocks at each other and got into fistfights in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday as their political differences boiled over at a rally by tens of thousands marking an anniversary in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Former close ally of Bolivian president sentenced (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:34 PM PST

AP - A former close ally of Bolivian President Evo Morales was convicted of corruption for taking bribes while running the state-run YPFB oil company and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:30 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Teresa Ock, shows William Gregory Ock, 50, of Bowdon, Ga. The U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press that Ock had been released after being kidnapped in Warri in Delta state on Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Teresa Ock)AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.

Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:16 PM PST

AP - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued.

Saputo warns of cleaning solution in milk (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:55 AM PST

Reuters - Canadian dairy products producer Saputo Inc is warning customers not to consume one of its milk products because it could be tainted with a cleaning solution.

Australian gov't, activists trade blame for clash (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard, second from left, is escorted out for safety by body guards and police through a crowd of rowdy protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia's national day in Canberra, Australia, Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. Some 200 supporters of indigenous rights surrounded a Canberra restaurant and banged its windows on Thursday while Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott were inside officiating at an award ceremony. (AP Photo/Lukas Coch) AUSTRALIA OUTAP - Authorities and indigenous-rights protesters blamed each other Friday for a heated clash in which bodyguards had to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event marking the anniversary of British colonization.

Syria's opposition concerned about independent armed rebel groups (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:55 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A leading Syrian opposition figure says that as rebels become increasingly militarized, it is critical that disparate armed groups be integrated with the political opposition so that they are working in concert. 

U.S.-Backed Yemen Transition Plan Draws Fire From Democracy Activists (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - The overriding concern with maintaining a regime dedicated to the U.S. campaign against al-Qaeda has seen Washington work to keep much of the old order intact

Anti-nuclear movement growing in Asia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:33 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Heonseok Lee has a simple way of describing how public sentiment toward nuclear power has changed in South Korea since the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last March 11.

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