Saturday, December 24, 2011

The World News Report of Tonight, the 24 of December 2011

Breaking #worldNews: Cyclone winds lash Cobourg Peninsula in Australia's Northern Territory http://bit.ly/u2UfvS

PressTV: Afghan soldier kills two #US troops http://dlvr.it/123rQZ

Breaking News: Update: Plane with wheel jam makes safe landing at Karachi airport - thenews.com.pk

Breaking News: Russian plane with 72 aboard to make emergency landing at Karachi, Pakistan, airport; landing gear malfunctioning - NBC News

The Associated Press: Virginia police say man killed two people, then stole SUV with 2-year-old in back seat: apne.ws/v33Nkm -CC

Al Arabiya English: Rebel leader from Darfur region, Khalil Ibrahim, killed by Sudan forces in North Kordofan: AFP

 msnbc.com - World: At least 38 dead in Haitian shipwreck off Cuba 

PressTV: Coal mine collapse kills 11 in #Afghanistan http://dlvr.it/123Sl9

cnni: 3 Americans 'among Mexico victims' http://goo.gl/fb/hdYvK

CNN International: Iraqi PM promises security after attacks goo.gl/fb/J1NNY

AP INTERACTIVE: From Steve Jobs to Kim Jong Il, a look at the famous and infamous who died in 2011: http://apne.ws/ugNP8Z -EC


BBC #Worldnews: Man shot in East Dunbartonshire bbc.in/t52GCS

cnni: Kim now N.Korea 'supreme commander' goo.gl/fb/cm8xu

nytimes #worldnews: Royalists Step Up Efforts to Defend Thai Monarchy nyti.ms/tUQVgY

The Associated Press: Is the Occupy movement history in the making? Time will tell. Just in case, artifacts are being kept: apne.ws/spMtej -EC

Al Arabiya English: Death toll rises to 38 protesters and dissents killed across #Syria, the coordination committees say

Al Arabiya English: #Yemeni president says he will travel to the U.S. not for treatment but "to create favorable conditions for the presidential election”

Al Arabiya English: The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev calls on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to quit politics

CNN Breaking News: 10,000 doctors strike for better pay in #India. goo.gl/fb/dwvJc

Al Arabiya English: #Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh intends to head to the U.S. for a medical treatment

Sky News Newsdesk: Reuters: Medical source says 9 people have been killed and 90 injured after security forces fire on protesters in Yemeni capital, Sanaa

Post #WorldNews: Libyan economy minister resigns after protesters discover he accepted same post from Gadhafi wapo.st/tnqpK7

Reuters Top News: Christmas pilgrims pray for peace in Bethlehem reut.rs/thz7Ag

Al Arabiya English: Death toll from attacks in northern Nigeria attributed to the Islamist Boko Haram sect could reach 100, police & a local rights group say

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CNN International: India doctors strike for better pay goo.gl/fb/dwvJc

Post #WorldNews: Report: Turkey releases AFP photographer, arrests 31 people accused of Kurdish rebel links wapo.st/uT1Tzg

PressTV: Over dozen protesters injured in #Bahrain dlvr.it/11yKhf

PressTV: Turkey to buy #Iran oil despite sanctions dlvr.it/11yWml

AP: GOP: #Gingrich, #Perry fail to make Virginia primary ballot; fall short of 10,000 signatures: apne.ws/tJN7Sk -VW

Post #WorldNews: Iran starts registering candidates for March parliamentary elections; reformists stay out wapo.st/slFZpa

Al Arabiya English: Video: Iraqis protest against vice president Hashemi english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #TareqalHashemi #IraqPolitics #Baghdad #AlArabiyaEnglish

PressTV: 'Afghan civilians killed for no reason' dlvr.it/120yCZ

BBC #Worldnews: Libya celebrates independence day bbc.in/uksMA2

PressTV: Fresh protests hit Moroccan cities dlvr.it/11z1RV

PressTV: 'Saudi protests are growing weekly' dlvr.it/11z6Dl

PressTV: 'CIA halts drone raids on #Pakistan' dlvr.it/11zNgn

PressTV: 27 PKK members killed in SE #Turkey dlvr.it/11zNhW

PressTV: A Palestinian protester throws a tear gas canister back at Israeli soldiers during a #demonstration twitpic.com/7xoi4s

PressTV: Bahraini anti-government protesters run for cover from tear gas during clashes with riot police twitpic.com/7xok0x

TelegraphNews: Muslim Brotherhood claims responsability for Damascus suicide bombs tgr.ph/sff3KC

PressTV: Russians hold 2nd nationwide protests dlvr.it/120hgH

#AlArabiya: Death toll rises to six protesters killed in #Sana'a: correspondent #Yemen

guardian #worldnews: Railway signallers start 72-hour strike gu.com/p/34b33/tf

SkyNews: Member of RAF injured in explosion in Afghanistan has died of his wounds at Queen Elizabeth Hospital,& the family has been informed

CBS #worldNews: Thousands in Syria attend funerals for44 victims of suicide bombings, shout support for President Assad bit.ly/s8Atm6

Reuters: Mourning Syrians rally for Assad reut.rs/rxpEq4 #worldnews

AP: Yemeni forces attack march by 100,000 protesters with rifles, tear gas, water cannons; 30 said to be hurt: apne.ws/hWadzr -EC

wsj #worldnews: Nigerian Violence Kills 61 on.wsj.com/vags6U

AJELive: Dozens killed during several days of fighting in northeast #Nigeria aje.me/rXSDzk #BokoHaram

PressTV: Yemeni forces kill two protesters dlvr.it/120GPv

#AlArabiya: Tens of thousands demonstrate against #Putin in #Moscow as leader fears 'revolution' goo.gl/zBY5e #Russia

Al Arabiya English: Arab League monitors to meet Syria’s foreign minister after bombings bit.ly/tdLOZr #syria

CNN International: Taliban claims Pakistani bombing goo.gl/fb/5XikI

Press TV: Police helicopter crash kills 3 in #Iran dlvr.it/11y09d

Breaking News: Noth Korea media refer to Kim Jong Un as commander for first time - NHK bit.ly/rKswx0

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