This is commemorating
the time that I am spending to prepare to teach English in China as I have
spare time talking to an associate tonight. I will be leaving very shortly.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6,
2012
Al Arabiya
English: #Iraqi officials
say a roadside bomb has killed two Shiite pilgrims and wounded eight south of
Baghdad #Alarabiya
BBC Breaking
News: Government-backed report signals that a high speed rail line between
London and Birmingham will be approved bbc.in/xmDhW1
HuffPost #Worldnews: Tens of thousands rally in Yemen to demand a
trial for outgoing president Salehhuff.to/ubiyDd
BreakingNews: Update:
No fatalities reported in NW Indiana train collision - chicagotribune trib.in/yeY7wN
AP: Supreme Court 2
consider if police dog's sniff outside the front door of a Fla. home was an
unconstitutional search apne.ws/y5bX4k
MarketWatch: U.S.
stocks close higher in 2012's first week, led by Nasdaq, up 2.7%; Dow drops 56
in dayon.mktw.net/zPBsD3
Breaking News: US
stocks close mixed despite upbeat jobs data; Dow down about 60 points at
closing bell -@msnbc_business on.msnbc.com/wReEEk
Post World
News: Lawyer says prominent Bahraini human rights activist beaten by police wapo.st/ycEDOI
Breaking
News: Update: Authorities say 3 trains collide in NW Indiana; chemical
spill reported -@chicagotribune trib.in/yeY7wN
Breaking News: 11
people have died in a hot air balloon crash in New Zealand, spokeswoman says
- @NZStuffbit.ly/zuIUl2
Press TV: presstv.ir Thousands of #Jordanians have taken to streets across the country
to mark the first annitwitpic.com/840l5b
Breaking
News: Champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. turns himself in to begin jail
sentence - @reviewjournalbit.ly/A0CQGP
The Associated
Press: Thousands of officers stand at attention during funeral of ATF
agent killed by friendly fire during robbery: apne.ws/y9koQN -ldh
MarketWatch: U.S.
stocks mostly declined today, curbing weekly gains; the Dow is currently down
50 pointson.mktw.net/xvFZxI
Al Arabiya
English: 35 people were shot dead by the Syrian security forces on Friday:
Syrian Coordination Committees
Post World
News: Husband of jailed ex-Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko granted asylum in
the Czech Republicwapo.st/zuNuws
Sky News
Newsdesk: U.S. Navy rescues 13 Iranian sailors being held hostage by
pirates in Arabian Sea
Al Arabiya
English: 24 people were killed by the Syrian security forces on Friday:
Local Coordination Committees
AlArabiya_Eng: Fire
breaks out in Tripoli's international airport, causes big damages:
correspondent
Breaking #worldNews: Fitch downgrades Hungary's credit rating to
BB+, amid standoff over international bailout - AP
BBC #Worldnews: US unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% in
December, lowest level in nearly 3 years. Details soon: bbc.in/yY8ilJ
BBCWorld: 4 Nato
soldiers killed by bomb in southern #Afghanistan on Friday, Nato's Isaf says. Details soonbbc.in/yJe02A
AlArabiya_Eng: Five
rockets hit #Iraq's
Green Zone; three roadside bombs in #Baghdad kill two pilgrimsgoo.gl/1gvrR
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7,
2012
BreakingNews: Mexican
journalist shot to death in Monterrey, becoming 1st reporter to be killed in
Mexico in 2012 - AFP f24.my/ycGiWt
Breaking
News: Package explodes at home, seriously injuring two in Lafayette, Colo.
- The Denver Postbit.ly/xbWjbD
The Associated
Press: Argentine leader's thyroid, surgically removed, wasn't cancerous
after all; now she faces lifetime hormone therapy: apne.ws/A5HHhh
Al Arabiya
English: At least 26 killed in #Syria; regime holds funerals of Damascus
bombing goo.gl/69DXU
Reuters Top
News: Syrian military official defects with soldiers: report reuters.com/article/2012/0…
Press TV: presstv.ir #Egyptian #protesters set a #US #flag on fire during a #demonstration against US #policytwitpic.com/84fj8n
CNN Breaking
News: 17 Haitian men who say they were sexually abused by convicted U.S.
aid worker sue for millions in damages. on.cnn.com/yolScY
Al Arabiya
English: At least 19 people have been killed by Syrian forces today, the
revolution commission says
PressTV: Pakistani
policemen fire tear-gas shell to disperse protesters at a rally in #Karachi on January 6, 2012. twitpic.com/84aizv
AlArabiya_Eng: Police:
13 dead in attacks in 2 states in northeast Nigeria amid violence by radical
sect
PressTV: Supporters of
Syrian President Bashar al - #Assad demonstrate in central #Damascus on January 6, 2012. twitpic.com/84ajx5
BreakingNews: Kenyan
fighter jets kill at least 60 Islamist Shebab insurgents in southern Somalia,
officials say - AFP bit.ly/xLwSMl
Guardian
news: Hungary's 'Viktator' faces tide of protest at home and abroad,
writes @HelenPiddgu.com/p/34gb5/tw #longreads
BBC Breaking
News: UK govt believes a "serious terrorist plot" in #Kenya, probably against Western targets, has been
disrupted recently bbc.in/wfgrce
BreakingNews: Iranian
government welcomes US Navy's 'humanitarian' rescue of13 fishermen kidnapped by
pirates -ABC News bit.ly/zdgnqb
The Associated
Press: New Hampshire secretary of state expects 250,000 GOP votes in
Tuesday's primary, 75,000 on Democratic side: apne.ws/ysPFpi -RJJ
Al Arabiya
English: Kenyan air strike kills over 60 Somali Islamist insurgents:
military
Telegraph World
News: Israeli Christian murdered by 'Santa Claus' during #Christmas parade tgr.ph/zk142y
SUNDAY, JANUARY 8,
2012
MarketWatch: Hong
Kong stocks open lower, with resources weak; Hang Seng Index down 0.7%on.mktw.net/zYdqIf
Breaking
News: Malaysian court acquits opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy -
AP
Post World
News: Iran’s Ahmadinejad begins 4-nation Latin American tour in Venezuela,
seeking allies’ supportwapo.st/zMEzmU
Breaking
News: Australia trying to find Japanese whaling security ship with
detained protesters - WA Todaybit.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
Post #WorldNews: Gunmen kill municipal employee in northern
Mexico who wrote for small weekly newspaperwapo.st/xWS9BS
Daily Telegraph
News: Yemeni government drafts amnesty for President Ali Abdullah
Saleh tgr.ph/wCEgRH
HuffPostWorld: Israel
indicts 5 alleged Jewish extremists in connection with army base rampage huff.to/xwVsae
Guardian
news: Top story: Hackers expose defence and intelligence officials in US
and UK gu.com/p/34gn7/tw
Al Jazeera
English: Feature: Pakistani journalists face "red lines"
everywhere, and often have nowhere to turnaje.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 League gives observers in Syria green light to continue
their mission
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
Al Arabiya
English: Death toll in Syria today rises to 20: General Commission of the Revolution #Syria
The Associated
Press: Russian toddler swept into sewage system when sidewalk collapses,
presumed dead:apne.ws/wZtxva -EF
Breaking
News: Former President Pervez Musharraf says he will return to Pakistan
later this month and re-enter politics - CBS News bit.ly/xb2ie9
#worldNews: US Army confines dozens of soldiers to a Seattle base after
sensitive military equipment goes missing- CNN bit.ly/yGDuCz
PressTV: A US Predator
drone had reportedly fired the first bomb in an airstrike that killed 35
Kurdish civilians in... fb.me/1tRMU3y1B
AlArabiya: #BreakingNews: Five people killed across Syria by security
forces, including two tortured: Syrian Revolution General Commission
#worldNews: Revolutionary Guard commander says Iran will close key oil
route if crude exports blocked - AP
PressTV: Protesters
wave shoes, a sign of disrespect, at a demonstration in front of the
presidential palace in Berlin twitpic.com/84r2sz
PressTV: Thousands of
people march in the northern Spanish Basque city of #Bilbao on January 7 in favor of the
pro-in twitpic.com/84r34e
PressTV: An #Occupy Wall Street protester holds signs during
a rally outside the Republican presidential debate. twitpic.com/84r3ql
PressTV: At least 11
Syrian soldiers have been killed and 20 others wounded in clashes with gunmen
in Dara'a province,. fb.me/zJ7z9zR9
AJEnglish: After
US-led war and occupation, #Iraq still does not have full control of
its #oil,
writes @DahrJamailaje.me/w9M9Fy
SkyNewsBreak: Body
found on Queen's Sandringham estate identified as that of 17-year-old Alisa
Dmitrijeva.
AJELive: Police
clashing with protesters at #OccupyOakland march. At least 3 arrests so far. Watch
the livestream here: aje.me/xs2J1a
MONDAY, JANUARY 9,
2012
The Associated
Press: #Myanmar opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi confirms she will run for parliament.apne.ws/uK6OCU -MM
N Korean state media
announces 1 Feb amnesty for convicts. Not clear on numbers, details, or whether
it includes political prisoners. - BBC
MarketWatch: China's
December exports rise 13.4% from year earlier, well above forecast on.mktw.net/yCsnIM
MarketWatch: Hong
Kong stocks tick higher, with real-estate shares rising; Hang Seng Index up
0.2%on.mktw.net/wziku0
MarketWatch: Japanese
stocks open higher, with financials broadly stronger; Nikkei Average up 0.4%on.mktw.net/wsBLX3
Breaking
News: Mudslides kill at least 8 in Rio de Janeiro; year's toll from heavy
rains is now 23 - APon.msnbc.com/z2868M
The Associated
Press: U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will close 259 domestic
offices to help save $150 million per year: apne.ws/xB2qPO -RJJ
MarketWatch: U.S.
stocks close higher in light volume on hopes for solid U.S. corporate earningson.mktw.net/w1TOa3
BreakingNews: US
consumers boosted borrowing by $20.4 billion in November, biggest monthly gain
in a decade - AP
Breaking
News: Police kill 2 protesters in Nigeria, wound more than 2 dozen as
thousands demonstrate fuel subsidy cut - @Reuters reut.rs/Ac0T4f
TIMEWorld: EXCLUSIVE:
World music celebrity turned Senegal presidential candidate Youssou N'dour
speaks to @TIMEWorld | ti.me/yUHpWy
Al Arabiya
English: In cyber vengeance, #Israeli hackers say they obtained #Saudi credit card detailsenglish.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…
.Telegraph World
News: Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen from Greece's biggest state
art museumtgr.ph/wsn1e8
BBC Breaking
News: Sixty La Senza lingerie shops bought out of administration by
Kuwaiti firm, saving 1,100 UK jobs. Details soon: bbc.in/wxbFRS
Al Arabiya
English: #BreakingNews: Three car bomb blasts rock the Iraqi capital Baghdad: Al
Arabiya correspondent
Sky News
Newsdesk: Reuters: UN nuclear watchdog confirms Iran has started uranium
enrichment at new underground site.
Breaking
News: Iraqi police and hospital officials say 2 parked car bombs kill at
least 14 in Baghdad - @AP
AP: Gunman in #Afghan army uniform kills U.S. soldier on base
in south, Afghan military says. apne.ws/gFRC6n-MM
AlArabiya_Eng:
Fujairah pipeline could transport up to 1.5 million bpd once complete
AP: BREAKING:
Authorities: Suspected Islamic extremist arrested in plan to bomb, shoot up
Tampa-area sites. -EF
Reuters: Nigerian
police shoot dead one demonstrator in Lagos fuel protest, three others wounded
- witnesses, hospital staff
AJELive: #Syria's Local Coordination Committees report 18
deaths during protests today, including three army defectors. aje.me/jlCqCU
PressTV: presstv.com Forces loyal to outgoing #Yemeni #ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh have #attacked anti-regimetwitpic.com/859jg0
TheEconomist: Hotel
room rates rose 4.3% in America in 2011, a sign that business-travel demand
continues to increase econ.st/zWoLAW
SkyNewsBreak: Almost
130 jobs to be lost in Dover as ferry operator SeaFrance goes into
liquidation
CNNMoney: Stocks edge
higher at the open as investors weigh developments out of Europe. Dow gains 19
points. cnnmon.ie/bkgnews
AP: #Iraqi officials say roadside bomb blast kills
two Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad. apne.ws/ggQYWf -MM
AP: Bus crashes on icy
Montana interstate, killing two and injuring more than 30 others. apne.ws/xulpKl -MM
The Associated
Press: Police say Colorado bomb that hurt two was in bag with victims'
names on it; ex-husband is person of interest. apne.ws/zKqmEr -MM
Al Arabiya English: A
6.7-magnitude earthquake is recorded off Solomon islands: USGS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10,
2012
The Associated
Press: North Korea responds angrily to US offer of food aid in return for
nuclear disarmament:apne.ws/yXEQCV -VW
Al Arabiya
English: #BreakingNews: Mustapha Ahmadi, a university professor, is killed in Tehran
bombing
Breaking
News: ISNA News Agency: Car exploded near university in northern Tehran; 2
people injured -@Reuters
Telegraph #worldNews: Three dead, 37 rescued after fire on board
South Korean fishing ship tgr.ph/zpnz5U
Breaking News: US
resumes drone strikes in Pakistan; 4 suspected militants killed - @ccni bit.ly/whk2re
Post World
News: West Japan Railway president found not guilty of negligence in 2005
crash that killed 107wapo.st/A8DgQi
The
Economist: Far from improving the quality of justice in Bolivia, Mr
Morales’s reforms risk making it worseecon.st/xDzEn8
Post World
News: Sandinista leader Ortega takes oath of office to begin 3rd term as
Nicaragua’s presidentwapo.st/zVaBiR
Breaking #worldNews: Blizzard in Alaska closes Seward Highway;
snow-to-date mark, 81 inches, is new record -adn
nytimes #worldnews: World Briefing | Asia: Thailand:
Compensation Approved for Victims of Political Protestsnyti.ms/yOOGkG
Al Jazeera
English: At least half of the deaths in #ElSalvador's capital are gang-related | aje.me/zsAjHg
The Associated
Press: BREAKING: Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire Republican primary
NYTimes World: At
War Blog: In One Girl’s Story, a Test of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan nyti.ms/yJJHld
BBC News
(World): Suspected US drone strike kills at least 3 militants in
north-west #Pakistan, security officials say bbc.in/xkLPa3
CNBC: Fannie Mae
CEO Mike Williams to Step Down
Post World
News: Police: Islamist sect kills 8 at beer parlor in north Nigeria,
including 4 police officerswapo.st/yphomq
Breaking
News: Lawyer: Company settles wrongful death cases with families of 29
killed in 20120 West Virginia mine explosion - @AP apne.ws/w7k291
Breaking
News: Thousands gather in Washington state to honor slain Mount Rainer
ranger Margaret Anderson -@seattletimes bit.ly/wY7eYk
MarketWatch: U.S.
stocks close higher in wake of Alcoa, China trade data and dearth of bad Europe
newson.mktw.net/y6HjOm
Breaking
News: Update: No immediate reports of injuries or damage following
Indonesia quake; no sign of tsunami waves - @AP apne.ws/pTPd7G
Al Arabiya
English: France condemns attacks against Arab League observers in Syria:
Juppe - AFP
Sky News
Newsdesk: Reuters: Indonesian government issues tsunami warning after
earthquake off Sumatra
Sky News
Newsdesk: U.S. Geological Survey: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake off west coast
of northern Sumatra
Al Arabiya
English: UN Security Council: 400 people killed in Syria since Arab League
monitors started a monitoring mission
AJEnglish: Decade
after Bush signed its opening & 2 years after Obama called for closure, 171
detainees remain in Guantanamo aje.me/AxyKO8
PressTV: Yemeni
protesters demonstrate against the law of immunity pertaining outgoing
President Ali Abdullah Saleh for twitpic.com/85p9sz
Breaking
News: Taliban militants storm government building in Afghanistan, killing
at least 7 in 6-hour firefight - @latimes lat.ms/yDtQU0
Press TV: Roughly
2,000 Israelis of #Ethiopian origin stage a rally against #racism in the southern #Israeli town of Kiryat twitpic.com/85p9yv
AlArabiya_Eng: Jobless
Tunisian dies days after self-immolation: hospital
Al Arabiya
English: Suicide bombers storm govt building in Afghanistan, kill two
police: ministry
The Associated
Press: Bomb rips through market in northwest #Pakistan, killing at least 10 people:apne.ws/fWZEqW - VW
Post World
News: Mexico says it has controlled spill of 1,500 barrels of oil along
river leading to Gulfwapo.st/yLmJkU
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11,
2012
BBC News
(World): Royal Bank of Scotland expected to confirm plans to reduce its investment
banking division, affecting up to 4,000 staff bbc.in/w9CLAe
BBC Breaking
News: British spies will be cleared in a number of cases of alleged
complicity in the torture of detainees abroad, BBC learns bbc.in/zBUmMs
BBC News (World): Magnitude
5.7 #earthquake strikes off east coast of #Japan, US Geological Survey reportsbbc.in/zjhFwR
BBC Breaking
News: Mississippi judge blocks release of 21 inmates who were granted
reprieves, sparking outrage in the US state bbc.in/wJ6ShC
Breaking News
Storm: Update: Cyclone Heidi downgraded to category 1 after hitting
Western Australia - AAPbit.ly/AyOpYX
Breaking News
Storm: Update: 30-35 homes damaged as possible tornadoes touch down in
North Carolina, officials say - @wcnc bit.ly/A2NsjK
NYTimes
World: World Briefing | Europe: Czech Republic: Churches to Get
Restitution for Seized Propertynyti.ms/wDT79S
The Associated
Press: Canadian aid to help Haiti relocate 20,000 people from quake camp
outside crumbled palace: apne.ws/wjrW93 -CJ
CNN Breaking
News: Mississippi judge blocks release of prisoners pardoned by outgoing
Gov. Barbouron.cnn.com/yToOgH
CNNMoney.com: FDA
halts orange juice shipments from all over the world to test for fungicidecnnmon.ie/AdEJOI
The Associated
Press: Former U.S. soldier ordered held on charges that he tried to join
terrorist group in Somalia: apne.ws/ACyu2J -CJ
Breaking News: US
Marines to investigate video allegedly showing soldiers urinating on deceased
Taliban fighters - Air Force Times bit.ly/xQkcve
Reuters Top
News: Memo that triggered a U.S. investigation into possible
cyber-attack by Indian military intelligence likely fake: reut.rs/xsnEQW
CNN Breaking
News: Arrests in 17 states for making, selling fake Social Security cards,
birth certificateson.cnn.com/zJbwT6
Press TV: The
Russian government has announced it will not join proposed US and European
sanctions against Iran's oil... fb.me/1EaRBslDw
MarketWatch: U.S.
stocks recover most of day's losses by the close; S&P 500 stalled at
five-month highson.mktw.net/waQFuO
MarketWatch: U.S.
stock indexes mounting late rally in bid to post Wednesday gains on.mktw.net/w5vEZ7
Reuters: Arab League
will delay sending more monitors to Syria after this week's attack on an observer
team, league official says
PressTV: presstv.com #Kuwaiti #protesters take part in a #demonstration outside the #US #embassy in#Kuwait twitpic.com/862kir
AJEnglish: Feature:
Malaria kills nearly 3k children each day, but a new vaccine could make things
betteraje.me/z0DmKz @MeeraDalal
Breaking #worldNews: Gunmen ambush security patrol in SW
Pakistan, killing 14 soldiers, govt says - AP
cnnbrk: 100% of NH
precincts in: Romney 39%, Paul 23%, Huntsman 17%, Gingrich 10%, Santorum 10%,
Perry 1% #CNNElections on.cnn.com/zYpOsM
HuffPostWorld: Drug
violence in Mexico killed more than 47,000 people since December 2006 huff.to/y5CX1W
Al Arabiya
English: Syrian Revolution General Commission: 27 killed by security force
gunfire across Syria today
Breaking
News: Homicide drops off US list of top causes of death for the 1st time
in 45 years, government health officials say - @AP apne.ws/y9mVHP
MarketWatch: Energy
stocks have cooled off; $CVX has dropped 1.3%, $COG down 7%, $SWN fell 6.8%on.mktw.net/zrFaaO
Post #WorldNews: Joran van der Sloot pleads guilty to killing
21-year-old Peruvian woman wapo.st/ynbcgV
cnnbrk: 13,000 killed
in #Mexico drug
violence in first 9 months of 2011, attorney general says.on.cnn.com/zv2OG0
BBC #Worldnews: State prosecutor dies after being shot by
defendant in courtroom in Dachau, Germanybbc.in/yATDiT
Breaking
News: More: At least 8 people killed, 25 wounded in attack which killed
western journalist in Homs, Syria's Addounia TV reports - @Reuters
MarketWatch: Crude-oil
futures decline nearly 1%; dollar moves higher against euro on.mktw.net/zpDQgi
guardian #worldnews: FBI files describe Wu-Tang Clan as a
criminal organisation "co-ordinating drug-deals &
homicides" bit.ly/z0q1l8
Telegraph #worldNews: 'Mass suicide' protest at China Foxconn
factory telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
Telegraph #worldNews: GALLERY: Record snowfall in the Alps: latest
pictures telegraph.co.uk/travel/picture…
Breaking #worldNews: Twinkies maker Hostess Brands files for
bankruptcy protection to deal with high labor costs - AP
PressTV: presstv.com #Syrian #President Bashar al-Assad waves at #supporters during a #public appearance in twitpic.com/85zwnw
BBC: 5 police officers
go on trial in Bahrain over death in custody of blogger during last year's
antigovernment unrest bbc.in/AtBhfK
AlArabiya_Eng: Syrian
Revolution General Commission: 11 people killed by security force gunfire
across Syria today
Breaking #worldNews: Ford recalling 450,426 vehicles to fix
defects that can cause fire or loss of power - CNBC's @Lebeaucarnews
BBCDomC: High Court
rules that Justice Secretary Ken Clarke was wrong to stop the BBC filming a
terrorism suspect held for 7 years w/o trial
BBC #Worldnews: Two journalists killed when a shell exploded
while they were covering a rally in Homs, #Syriabbc.in/xxrYPI
guardian #worldnews: Another Iranian nuclear scientist killed in
Tehran bomb explosion gu.com/p/34tgt/tw
AlArabiya_Eng: #Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraqi
parliament blast, saying it targeted prime ministergoo.gl/VxYYk
AJEnglish: President Bashar
al Assad addresses a mass rally in #Syria's capital Damascus - watch live on Al
Jazeera: aje.me/ajelive
BBCBreaking: UK
roadside restaurant chain Little Chef to close 67 of its 161 sites, resulting
in loss of 500 - 600 jobs bbc.in/z5WLck
BBC Breaking
News: EDF Energy to cut gas prices in UK by 5% from 7 February, due to
fall in wholesale gas price. bbc.in/yGn3ZW
Breaking
News: More: State-run news agency reports Iranian professor was a
department supervisor at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility - Reuters
AJELive: Media reports
say #Cyprus has
intercepted #ammunition cargo headed for #Syria aje.me/kSZ2wl
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