2012年2月3日星期五

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Iran threatens retaliation over oil embargo (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 07:37 AM PST

Demonstrators take part in a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in Talbiseh, near Homs February 3, 2012. Poster show Syria's Assad (L) and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. REUTERS/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) 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 - Iran's supreme leader threatened on Friday to retaliate against the West for sanctions, a day after a U.S. newspaper said defense secretary Leon Panetta believed Israel was likely to bomb Iran within months to stop it building a nuclear bomb.

Death toll hits 217 in shelling of Syria's Homs: group (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:49 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington. The Obama administration pressed Russia on Friday to back a softened version of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the violence in Syria, though it was unclear if the compromise wording would compel President Bashar Assad to step down as Washington wants. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Reuters - At least 217 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights said on Saturday.

Amid peace bid, U.S. got purported letter from Taliban (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST

The Tolonews website runs a story on its front page reporting about the news of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in Kabulin this May 23, 2011, file photo. The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver militant prisoners whose transfer is now at the heart of the Obama administration's bid to broker peace in Afghanistan. The unusual message kicked off a debate within the administration about whether it was truly authored by the mysterious one-eyed preacher believed to be directing the Taliban from hiding in Pakistan -- and its meaning for U.S. efforts to forge a negotiated end to America's longest war. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA)Reuters - The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver militant prisoners whose transfer is now at the heart of the Obama administration's bid to broker peace in Afghanistan.

Cost drives NATO bid for smaller Afghan army (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:45 PM PST

Reuters - Afghanistan could end up fighting Taliban insurgents with a national army and police force two-thirds the size envisaged, if plans discussed on Friday by NATO defense ministers, trying to balance security needs with budget cuts, gain traction.

Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:53 PM PST

A woman is seen through a frosted tram window in central Sofia February 1, 2012. Cold weather raised Bulgaria's power consumption to a record-high 7,300 megawatts per hour on Tuesday evening, power grid operator data showed on Wednesday. The Balkan country's temperatures remain at minus 15-20 degrees Celsius during the day and minus 20-29 degrees at night for a third day and the grid operator expects increased power consumption until Saturday. REUTERS/Stoyan NenovReuters - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west.

Egyptian Protesters Confront Police After Soccer Riots (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:50 PM PST

Time.com - Four more die in a day of violent clashes, as anger over alleged police complicity in a stadium tragedy unleashes pent-up frustrations

Europe says aims to double e-commerce by 2015 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:52 PM PST

Reuters - European Union competition ministers supported plans on Friday to remove barriers to electronic trade in a bid to spur economic growth and jobs by expanding the single market to the digital world, officials said.

Syrian activists: 200 dead in govt assault (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:41 PM PST

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster in Arabic that reads, 'to the Syrian freedom soldiers, our hearts are bases for you,' as he walks during a demonstration in Idlib Province, north Syria. Russia's deputy defense minister says Moscow will not stop arms sales to Syria. Russian state news agencies quoted Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov on Thursday as saying Russia is not violating any international obligations. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP - Syrian activists say an evening assault by government forces in the central city of Homs has killed 200 people and wounded hundreds.

Colombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:43 PM PST

AP - A Colombian rebel commander who has been detained in Venezuela since May was taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Friday.

Lawmakers step up warnings on Egypt military aid (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:48 PM PST

Reuters - A leading senator warned Egypt's military-led government on Friday that "the days of blank checks are over" as an Egyptian army team huddled with State Department officials to discuss the future of $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.

Canadian PM to visit China next week (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

AP - Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which rejected a pipeline from Canada to Texas.

Canada PM wants RIM to grow as "a Canadian company" (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:56 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's prime minister drew an apparent line in the sand on foreign takeovers on Friday, saying he wanted to see BlackBerry maker Research In Motion grow "as a Canadian company" and questioning whether hostile takeovers of key domestic firms are in the country's best interests.

Australia's Gillard faces new leadership discontent (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:24 PM PST

Reuters - Growing speculation that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard could be dumped by her party before the end of the year forced senior ministers to rally behind her Friday after a disastrous start to 2012.

Facebook on collision course with new EU privacy laws (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:06 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - With its initial public offering this week, Facebook is roaring ahead. However, new European Union privacy regulations are taking aim at Internet companies' ability to profit through control of personal information â€" the key to their tremendous online advertising profits. 

Bangladeshi Investors Badly Hit by the Stock-Market Crash (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:50 PM PST

Time.com - The dramatic rise and swift fall of Bangladesh's stock market is a cautionary tale for emerging-market investors oblivious to the perils of hasty deregulation and rapid capital inflows

A banker's punishment: Sir Fred Goodwin is now just Fred (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In the good times he was the doyen of British banking. Wealthy and courted by decision makers and knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to his industry, Sir Fred Goodwin, head of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), seemed invincible.

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