Thursday, December 29, 2011

The Evening World News of the 29th of December 2011


Al Jazeera English: North Korea declares no policy change 


Al Arabiya English: #U.S. says #Arab monitors helpful in #Syria despite their inability to halt crackdown against protesters #Alarabiya

AJEnglish: Video: Anger at slow pace of cash flow in Libya aje.me/ruKwny

PressTV: Five killed in Ukraine bank robbery dlvr.it/12l3rl

PressTV: India's anti-graft bill fails to pass dlvr.it/12krtJ

nytimes: #Worldnews Briefing | Asia: China: 12 People Executed in 1 Day nyti.ms/vWs9eJ

Breaking News:  Citizen journalist who chronicled Syrian uprising is killed by security forces - NPR n.pr/ue56Af

Post #WorldNews: Jamaica's youngest prime minister faces tight national elections against former PM wapo.st/ty1ZpH

Reuters: Sears lists 79 closings, gets Fitch downgrade reut.rs/vBIR8H 

Reuters: U.S. mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid reut.rs/tm8jQe 

AJEnglish: Two aid workers shot dead in Somalia aje.me/sC0cS0

HuffPost #Worldnews: Second education minister steps down in Chile following protests huff.to/rYoCwD

Breaking #worldNews: South Pole records warmest temperature on record. 9.9 Fahrenheit - Wunderground bit.ly/sj0oD9

Post #WorldNews: Fire sparked by tanker truck crash in Venezuela kills at least 13 wapo.st/vN72jH

HuffPost #Worldnews: Autopsy confirms former Chilean president committed suicide huff.to/ukCPSc


Reuters: U.S. economy gaining momentum, housing shows a pulse reut.rs/vSV3Df 

WSJ: Closing bell: the Dow rose 136 points, or 1.1%, taking back almost all of yesterday's decline on.wsj.com/ut0X4I

Reuters: Wall Street ends up; S&P 500 positive for year reut.rs/sE8XU3

PressTV: Govt. troops retake south #Somalia town dlvr.it/12jFtq 

Reuters: Low volume rally on Wall Street sets tone for next year reut.rs/sE8XU3

Post World News: Russian billionaire Prokhorov running for president calls for common currency with the EU wapo.st/skTWXw
PressTV: More protests erupt around Manama dlvr.it/12hYvM

PressTV: Somali hospital hit by funding crisis dlvr.it/12hmYW

HuffPost #Worldnews: Argentine dictator found guilty of setting up secret hospital torture center huff.to/rR0zK1

HuffPostWorld: Neck and neck race in Congo elections huff.to/uyoNf6

The Later than usual morning World News Report of 29th of December 2011


PressTV: US police arrest OWS protesters in Iowa http://dlvr.it/12cRhl

AlArabiya_Eng: Algeria's leaders have lost touch, risk anger goo.gl/F4gYf

BBC #Worldnews: Fast puts pressure on Hungary TV bbc.in/tdgDE0
AlArabiya_Eng: Roadside bomb kills 11 police in southern #Afghanistan: official

guardiannews: Turkey kills smugglers in air strike aimed at PKK guerillas gu.com/p/34c2g/tf

AP: 2011 was worst year in decades for elephants, wildlife trade monitoring network says: apne.ws/u95epz -CC

Reuters: Amazon shares dip on growth concerns reut.rs/s8NHAf

PressTV: Thailand flooding damages environment dlvr.it/12hCht

BBC #Worldnews: Jamaicans vote in close election bbc.in/trLDAu

PressTV: Thailand flooding death toll reach 790 dlvr.it/12cy1J

AlArabiya: 37 people have been killed by the fire of Syrian security forces: Syrian activists

wsj #worldnews: Taliban Attacks Kill 13, Reflect Shift on.wsj.com/vx3iIM

BBC #Worldnews: Pakistan journalists 'threatened' bbc.in/sbTsiN

AlArabiya_Eng: Egypt court frees five police over protester deaths goo.gl/PwEJH

PressTV: World fails to notice tortures in #Bahrain dlvr.it/12gkY5

BBCWorld: Fire on Russian nuclear submarine at Roslyakovo shipyard in Murmansk caused no radiation leak, officials say bbc.in/sZP8vR

cnni: Ex Argentine dictator sentenced again goo.gl/fb/fTKxq

Telegraph #Worldnews: Australian woman survives three days trapped upside down in car tgr.ph/rD7PkE

WSJ: The recent collapse in gold prices has pulled the metal's performance down to even with the Dow this year on.wsj.com/uomVPP

WSJ: Children in California will soon have to use car seats until they are 8 years old. Kids aren't pleased: on.wsj.com/tE2YsF

Reuters: Wall Street edges up at open reut.rs/sE8XU3

cnnbrk: 2 killed, dozens hurt in 40-vehicle wreck in #NewOrleans. t.co/VFEg0W5Y

AlArabiya_Eng: Two aid workers shot dead in Mogadishu: official

WSJ: RT ShiraOvide: Amazon sold well over 1mln Kindles a week in Dec Average iPad weekly sales in last year were 623000 on.wsj.com/vr7kQI

AlArabiya_Eng: Cairo police, justice officials raid 17 Egyptian, U.S. NGOs over foreign funding goo.gl/DTjAe

PressTV: Over 3000 register for Majlis elections dlvr.it/12gMtt

AlArabiya_Eng: South Sudan says 17 killed in Sudanese air raids

Telegraph #worldNews: Chinese daughter of jailed activists pleas for Britain's help tgr.ph/rT8KMh

BBC #Worldnews: Search for missing British woman bbc.in/vGmiHa

PressTV: 'US to sell scores of warplanes to KSA' dlvr.it/12dKVv #worldnews

PressTV: #Iran's major naval drill enters 6th day dlvr.it/12dS16 #worldnews

BBC #Worldnews: 'Record year' for ivory seizures bbc.in/uRlbRT

AP: Religious leaders upset at the NYPD for spying on Muslims will skip the mayor's prayer breakfast: apne.ws/nYZrti -EC (1/2)

BBC #Worldnews: Hungary abandons new debt auction bbc.in/ulpibe

Post #WorldNews: Burma gunpowder warehouse blast kills 17, injures scores (video) wapo.st/vF33gn

UK soldier who died of wounds after being flown back from Afghanistan named as RAF Squadron Leader Anthony Downing - PA bbc.in/tj53Ph

Post #WorldNews: Man in Afghan army uniform attacks NATO troops, killing 2 service members wapo.st/vtUwAH

PressTV: Bomb kills 11 police in #Afghanistan dlvr.it/12dZNk

Reuters: Italy bond yields fall, 10-year not far from record high reut.rs/t6jSJa

AP: France says two members of the French Foreign Legion have been killed in Afghanistan: apne.ws/sCGJSc -CC

BBC #Worldnews: Iberia pilots strike hits flights bbc.in/tBcVQ6

BBC #Worldnews: Hacked think-tank stays offline bbc.in/rDXXQC

AJEnglish: Syrian activists criticise Arab monitors aje.me/sq69ea

ReutersIndia: Farm anger adds to India's economic worries reut.rs/sA1dvE

PressTV: Afghans hold anti-US demonstration dlvr.it/12dhy4

PressTV: Moroccan police injure five protesters dlvr.it/12dhzX

AlArabiya_Eng: Eleven protesters killed in #Syria: revolution council #Alarabiya

PressTV: 'UK budget cuts lead to prison riots' dlvr.it/12dxkx

PressTV: Spaniards protest education fund cuts dlvr.it/12c2JP

BBC News (World): Fifth arrest in Salford shooting bbc.in/v1v0a8

Press TV: Turkish airstrikes kill 23 Kurds dlvr.it/12bvk0

The Associated Press: "The Blondies" cartel chief, one of the most wanted U.S. drug traffickers, arrested in Mexico City: apne.ws/lkcIo1 -CC

nytimesworld: World Briefing | Asia: Workers at Korean Factory Strike Over Low Wages nyti.ms/tmgTcR


nytimesworld: World Briefing | The Americas: Argentina: Fears Over Terror Law nyti.ms/tpksE9

nytimesworld: World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Islamic School Is Bombed nyti.ms/u948Wl
BBC News (World): 'Kidnappers' killed in Xinjiang bbc.in/sYjVMK
AJELive: Video: #OccupyIowa activists hold a caucus meeting to discuss upcoming occupation plans aje.me/tQMFZR
Breaking News: Police shoot 7 'terrorists' in China's Muslim west - @AP on.msnbc.com/vwe3PP
Al Arabiya English: Non-Euro Denmark takes over #EU amid Euro crisis goo.gl/Gckb7
HuffPostWorld: Charred body of Chicago teenager found on roadside in Mexico huff.to/w2uBUW
Press TV: Saudi protesters slam regime raids dlvr.it/12bP8z

BBC News (World): Three die in Indonesia mudflow bbc.in/vNv6TW

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