The Nightly World News of the Eighth of January 2012

Reuters Top News: Blasts at Malaysian courthouse where Anwar acquitted reut.rs/wIC9D3

MarketWatch: Hong Kong stocks open lower, with resources weak; Hang Seng Index down 0.7% on.mktw.net/zYdqIf

BBC #Worldnews: Gang threatens Colombian police bbc.in/yNjC4J

Breaking News: Malaysian court acquits opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy - AP

BBC #Worldnews: VIDEO: Cholera still rife in Haiti bbc.in/ycz63b

Reuters Top News: Euro, stocks down as debt jitters trump U.S. data reut.rs/y2qXVQ

BBC #Worldnews: Triple murder probe nurse bailed bbc.in/z0RM8P

guardiannews: Four arrested at Occupy protest in Lancaster gu.com/p/34hv7/tf

HuffPostWorld: 14 hostages freed from suspected pirate ship huff.to/ytKgaO

Post World News: Iran’s Ahmadinejad begins 4-nation Latin American tour in Venezuela, seeking allies’ support wapo.st/zMEzmU

BBC News (World): In pictures: ANC celebrates 100 years bbc.in/zxf5yZ

Reuters Top News: Swiss National Bank chief to face grilling over currency scandal reut.rs/AuCPtN

Breaking News: Australia trying to find Japanese whaling security ship with detained protesters - WA Today bit.ly/ynlSr3

Daily Telegraph News: Kenyan police close in on British woman connected to terror attacks tgr.ph/wttZOm

The Associated Press: Gunmen kill municipal employee in northern Mexico who wrote for small weekly newspaper: apne.ws/ylERad -CJ

Reuters: Investors in Murdoch's News Corp forgive hacking reut.rs/xNAlJ3

Post #WorldNews: Gunmen kill municipal employee in northern Mexico who wrote for small weekly newspaper wapo.st/xWS9BS

Daily Telegraph News: Yemeni government drafts amnesty for President Ali Abdullah Saleh tgr.ph/wCEgRH

Al Jazeera English: Video: Malaysian court to rule on Anwar sodomy trial aje.me/wmWnRD

PressTV: Another bomb alert hits N. Ireland dlvr.it/147wJh

HuffPostWorld: Israel indicts 5 alleged Jewish extremists in connection with army base rampage huff.to/xwVsae

Guardian news: Mexican footballer arrested over links to kidnapping gang gu.com/p/34gzf/tf

Press TV: Yemeni 'dignity' march arrives in Sana'a dlvr.it/147XGG

Guardian news: Top story: Hackers expose defence and intelligence officials in US and UK gu.com/p/34gn7/tw

PressTV: US-led soldier killed in #Afghanistan dlvr.it/147QvY #NATO

Al Jazeera English: Feature: Pakistani journalists face "red lines" everywhere, and often have nowhere to turn aje.me/AnqeUP

Press TV: Tunisian artists #demonstrate on January 8, 2012 in front of the Constituent Assembly in #Tunis to demand a guaran twitpic.com/84v3r7

Press TV: A sign posted January 8, 2012 in the #Occupy DC encampment in #McPherson Square in #Washington, DC. Today marks th twitpic.com/84v377

 Al Arabiya English: Arab ministers meeting in Cairo demand immediate end to violence in #Syria

Al Arabiya English: Arab League gives observers in Syria green light to continue their mission

Reuters Top News: Arabs stop short of asking for UN help in Syria reut.rs/AaRxSP

Daily Telegraph News: Kim Jong-un celebrates birthday by driving a tank tgr.ph/x1dC8d

BBC News (World): Tibetan dies in self-immolation bbc.in/zrro2V

Post World News: New Syria clashes kill 11 soldiers, 10 civilians, activists say wapo.st/yqORTH

Breaking News: Seven dead after Yemeni troops clash with Al-Qaeda linked militants in a new attempt to regain control of Abyan province - @FRANCE24

Al Arabiya English: Nigerian president says unrest is 'even worse' than 1960s civil war

PressTV: Suicides continue to plague #Indian army dlvr.it/146yLH

BBC News (UK): Man 'stable' following shooting bbc.in/wr6XNH

 Al Arabiya English: Death toll in Syria today rises to 20: General Commission of the Revolution #Syria

Jess Bidgood: #occupynh boos Romney in Concord yfrog.com/ocwl2bcj

CNN Breaking News: U.S. expels #Venezuela consul in Miami. on.cnn.com/AFnvff

Reuters Top News: Giffords comes home to mark Tucson shooting anniversary reut.rs/xWhwfX

The Associated Press: Russian toddler swept into sewage system when sidewalk collapses, presumed dead: apne.ws/wZtxva -EF

Press TV: Bahraini forces clash with protesters dlvr.it/146sqr