2012年2月17日星期五

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German president resigns in setback for Merkel (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:08 AM PST

German President Christian Wulff (C) sits in his limousine as he is leaving his home in Berlin February 17, 2012. German state prosecutors have asked the Bundestag to end the legal immunity of President whom they suspect of accepting undue privileges, in an escalating scandal that could hurt Chancellor Angela Merkel. Wullf has come embroiled over the past two months in a scandal over money, power and political favours that could cost him his job and damage Merkel who installed him in the largely ceremonial office in 2010. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - Angela Merkel's hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president resigned Friday in a scandal over political favors, dealing a blow to the German chancellor in the midst of the euro zone debt crisis.

Xi waves off China economy fears, triggers deals (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:21 PM PST

Reuters - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Friday dismissed worries of a hard landing for his country's economy and turned to courting American companies and states hungry for a slice of Chinese growth on the final day of his U.S. visit.

U.S., EU welcome Iran nuclear letter, suggest talks (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:18 AM PST

Reuters - The United States and European Union expressed cautious optimism on Friday over prospects that Iran may be willing to engage major powers in new talks, but underscored any resumed negotiations must be sustained and focus on the nuclear issue.

Iranian naval ships enter Mediterranean via Suez (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:08 AM PST

Reuters - Two Iranian naval ships have sailed through Egypt's Suez Canal into the Mediterranean, in a move likely to be keenly watched by Israel.

Prison fire puts spotlight on Honduras meltdown (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:21 AM PST

Soldiers stand guard next to family members of inmates of Comayagua jail, where a massive fire took place, as they wait to receive news or the bodies of their relatives outside a morgue in Tegucigalpa, February 16, 2012. REUTERS/Jorge Dan LopezReuters - It took just seconds to ignite the fire that killed more than 350 inmates in a Honduran prison on Valentine's Day, but the country's messy spiral into lawlessness has been years in the making.

Anthony Shadid: New York Times Correspondent Remembered (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST

Time.com - A TIME reporter recalls her meetings with the legendary New York Times correspondent -- including one just as he set off on his final assignment

Sunken treasure headed back to Spain (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:08 PM PST

Reuters - A federal judge on Friday ordered a deep sea salvage company to turn over $500 million worth of Spanish coins it recovered from a shipwreck to the Spanish government within a week.

Wounded Syrian refugees flee dramatic escalation (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:33 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, Syrian families gather at a shelter hiding from Syrian government forces shelling, in Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Syrian troops intensively shelled rebel-held neighborhoods in the restive central city of Homs Friday and killed at least five people, activists said. Britain and France urged the opposition to unite and said it needs more international support to resist the deadly government crackdown. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP - Syrian refugees fleeing to Jordan for their lives described a dramatic escalation in violence and a mounting toll of dead and wounded in the southern city of Daraa and the country's battered central region.

Haiti govt says president attacked while walking (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

AP - Haitian President Michel Martelly and his motorcade were attacked as the leader strolled on foot in downtown Port-au-Prince, the National Palace said Friday.

Senegalese police fire tear gas at opposition demo (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:14 PM PST

Anti-government protesters and bystanders flee as riot police fire tear gas to stop protesters from gathering, in central Dakar, Senegal Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Anti-government protesters and police clashed for a third consecutive day Friday, engaging in running street battles of rock throwing and tear gas in the streets of Dakar's downtown Plateau neighborhood. Demonstrators are defying a government ban on protests to call for the departure of 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade, who is running for a third term in next week's election.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Senegalese riot police fired tear gas Friday at protesters on a main commercial boulevard in the capital, after the country's opposition went ahead with a protest in defiance of a government ban.

Dreamworks Animation heads to China (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:14 PM PST

Reuters - "Kung Fu Panda" creator Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc plans to build a production studio in Shanghai with some of China's biggest media companies, a landmark deal that gives the company a foothold in one of the largest untapped markets for Hollywood.

Conservatives hope to present budget by end of March (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:12 AM PST

Reuters - The Conservative government hopes to present its next budget by the end of March, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday.

Forget about preventing default in Greece, control it says Europe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:41 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Greece’s European partners are increasingly skeptical that Athens can avoid default. The highly indebted country is working feverishly to secure a debt write-off to avoid default, but international investors see even that as a default of sorts.

Remembering Anthony Shadid: The Best of Our Breed (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST

Time.com - In an era blessed with more than its fair share of brilliant foreign correspondents, he was the best

What would happen if Iran had the bomb? (+video) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:04 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Are you afraid of Iran yet? Shrill warnings of war or imminent apocalypse over Iran's nuclear program have never been so strident, or so ominous.

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