THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
Breaking
News: Update: Myanmar frees prominent political prisoners, including Min
Ko Naing - @AP on.msnbc.com/yvAufJ
HuffPostWorld: Former
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter fears for her mother's
life in jailhuff.to/wxhI55
breakingstorm: More
than 140 flights at Chicago's Midway airport and 420 flights at O'Hare were
canceled today - nbc bit.ly/ArwAkb
Breaking
News: Update: Officials in New Orleans say bomb squad removed grenades,
detonated them at a remote location - @WWLTV bit.ly/ySCEd3
MarketWatch: Japanese
stocks open sharply higher, with cars, banks gaining; Nikkei Average up 1.1%on.mktw.net/zKW6o4
Al Arabiya
English: Somali pirates tried to board Spanish navy ship off Horn of
Africa nation but it repulsed the attack & arrested 6 pirates: EU
The Associated
Press: Idled Midwest snow plows are put to work as region gets first big
snowstorm of an unusually warm winter: apne.ws/yXbgac -CJ
The Associated
Press: Ala. judge signs an order declaring Natalee Holloway dead, more
than 6 years after the teen vanished in Aruba: apne.ws/xkX91l -RAS
FINSider:
Average starting salaries for business majors rose 3.8% to $48,144 in 2011 from
$46,378 in 2010bit.ly/wzgkTG
AlArabiya_Eng: US
sanctions aim to 'close down' Iran central bank: US official
AlArabiya_Eng: 57
killed in new South Sudan clashes: government
Al Arabiya
English: Iran ready for 'serious' nuclear talks with world powers:
Larijani #AlArabita #Iran
AJEnglish: In San
Salvador, between 10 and 15 people are murdered daily in gang violence | aje.me/zsAjHg
breakingstorm: 3 dead
in Iowa, Missouri after what are believed to be weather-related traffic
accidents- weatherchannel wxch.nl/xb3zST
AlArabiya_Eng: U.N.
envoy to Yemen in Sana'a amid protests; 20 killed in sectarian clashes in the
northgoo.gl/qDPJq
MarketWatch: Alcoa
and Caterpillar blaze trail as Dow joins Nasdaq, S&P in positive
territory on.mktw.net/xxhHcw
The Associated
Press: AP VIDEO: Thai navy patrol rescues 750 dogs caged and destined for
cooking pots in Vietnam: apne.ws/xcMtC4 -ldh
Guardian
news: Xbox assembly workers in China threaten mass suicide over jobs
dispute gu.com/p/34kxg/tf
Breaking
News: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan enters meeting with labor
unions over fuel subsidy dispute, witness says - @Reuters
Al Arabiya
English: Video: Egyptians cast votes in final round of elections english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…
The Economist: As
Turkey continues its membership talks with the EU, it can expect scrutiny of
its attitude to criticism to grow econ.st/wIdNfv
Guardian
news: Court upholds law banning Palestinian spouses from living in
Israel gu.com/p/34jhh/tf
The Associated
Press: Kentucky judge jails Amish men for refusing to mark buggies with
reflective triangles:apne.ws/yYjrxk -ldh
Reuters Top
News: Calls for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to resign flood
campaign websitereut.rs/AB0tmR
Al Jazeera
English: More than 13 million #Americans are unemployed - is there any hope for
them? |aje.me/vZhK4z
cnni: TASTED
CHOCOLATE? on.cnn.com/Ay9jhg There are child slaves harvesting cocoa
to make chocolate who haven't #Endslavery
AP: Weekly
applications for unemployment benefits jump to 399K after post-holiday
layoffs apne.ws/kBaYDE -ldh
Breaking #worldNews: Myanmar signs cease-fire agreement with
ethnic Karen rebels to end 63-year insurgency -AP
BBCworld: World's
biggest producer of wind turbines, Danish company Vestas, to cut 2,335 jobs,
mainly in Denmark. bbc.in/xsbwAl
guardianworld: Burma
signs ceasefire with Karen rebels - key condition for better ties with the
West. More on this soon gu.com/p/34je3/tw
BBCworld: Ulster Bank
to cut workforce by 950 with 600 redundancies in Republic of Ireland and 350 in
Northern Ireland. bbc.in/x93IuQ
Pakistan Foreign
Ministry spokesman confirms President Zardari will return to Pakistan from
Dubai on Friday amid tensions - Reuters
AP: Hong Kong
stockbrokers protest shorter lunch break - down to an hour from 90 minutes; it
was 2 hours last year: apne.ws/xd2RDC
CNNMoney: European
Central Bank leaves key interest rate unchanged at 1% despite continued concern
about debt crisis. cnnmon.ie/bkgnews
.
AlArabiya: Video:
Turkish convoy prevented from entering #Syria english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…
BBCWorld: Israel
Supreme Court upholds citizenship bar preventing Palestinians gaining #Israeli nationality by marriage bbc.in/wOH2Dv
AP: Nigeria oil union
threatens to join strike, start "systematic shutting down" of oil,
gas starting Sunday:apne.ws/wD6Qew -ldh
BBC: On the 2nd
anniversary of the Haiti earthquake LauraTrevelyan reports on the 500,000
people still living in tents. bbc.in/xTk7uR
BreakingNews: Taliban
say tape depicting US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters won't hurt
peace talks - Reuters reut.rs/zT3CSF
PressTV:
Pakistani protesters gather around a burning US flag during a #demonstration in #Multan on January 11, 2012. twitpic.com/86bfcc
PressTV: Tunisians
shout slogan and hold placards during a protest outside the Interior Ministry
headquarters demanding twitpic.com/86bfv6
BBC News
(World): Burmese government signs ceasefire with ethnic Karen rebels. KNU
has been fighting for more autonomy since 1940s bbc.in/wsd17s
BBC Breaking
News: Body of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's late leader, to lie permanently
in state at Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Pyongyang bbc.in/AjBDMV
BBC Breaking
News: Royal Bank of Scotland says it will cut about 3,500 jobs over
next
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13,
2012
Reuters: At least 15
people killed in suicide bombing in Iraqi city of Basra
AlArabiya: Firefights
between police and separatists kill 5, wound 23 in southern #Yemen goo.gl/0oLoN
BreakingNews: Stampede
at religious ceremony kills 10 at Muslim shrine in central India nyti.ms/zKgtwS
Breaking
News: Update: At least 8 dead off coast of Italy after cruise ship runs
aground on.msnbc.com/AjxRpE
Al Jazeera
English: Feature: 42% of #Indianchildren are suffering from malnutrition, reports @bolanmol Anmol Saxena aje.me/wd2qPU
Al Jazeera
English: Feature: Child malnutrition rate in #India is almost double that of sub-Saharan
Africa, reports@bolanmol Anmol Saxena aje.me/wd2qPU
Breaking News: 2
die after luxury cruise ship carrying 4,200 passengers and crew runs aground
off coast of Italy - SkyNews bit.ly/wUIzgu
Telegraph World
News: More than 4,000 evacuated after Italian cruise ship runs
aground tgr.ph/zzNFYo
The
Economist: Slovenia is in turmoil. It’s struggling with increasing debt
and the threat of further cuts to its credit rating econ.st/xlPmus
Al Jazeera
English: Feature: 836m people in #India live under less than Rs20 (38 US cents)
a day, reports@bolanmol Anmol Saxena aje.me/wd2qPU
Sky News
Newsdesk: Seven countries' credit ratings unchanged by Standard &
Poor's: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Estonia, Finland
BreakingNews: Update:
S&P downgrades 9 eurozone nations; Germany maintains AAA rating -
guardiannewsbit.ly/zyW6Ah
CNN Breaking
News: Judge rules against 4 GOP presidential candidates trying to get on
Virginia's March 6 primary ballot on.cnn.com/yRvBAf
Telegraph #Worldnews: Afghan boy suicide bombers tell how they are
brainwashed #afghanistan #talibantelegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
Breaking News: A
doctor says former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash has died at age 87
- @APapne.ws/zWXr6b
BBC News
(World): Royal Navy captures 13 suspected Somali pirates after Nato-led
operation in Indian Ocean, MoD says. More soon bbc.in/AcTdB6
Al Arabiya
English: 25 people killed by the fire of Syrian security forces across the
country: Syrian activists
The
Economist: China has become Brazil’s biggest economic partner–and its most
difficult one econ.st/AiGRha
The Associated Press: U.S.
judge sentencing 3 men convicted in ring that plotted to attack Marine base,
other targets: apne.ws/zHl3yX -BW
Telegraph World
News: Chinese construction worker rescued after dangling from 40
metres tgr.ph/wpDCQm
AlArabiya_Eng: Video:
Algerians protest against corrupt housing scheme english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…
BreakingNews: US says
it will exchange ambassadors with Myanmar in response to reforms there - AP
Breaking
News: Report: S&P plans to downgrade France and Austria's rating to
AA+ - @FinancialTimeson.ft.com/yyY2KH
BBC News (World): Banks
fail to reach an agreement on cutting #Greece's debt burden, Institute of International
Finance says. More soon. bbc.in/zp3uYC
BBCBreaking: US trade
deficit increased 10.4% to $47.8bn in November, highest level since June -
Commerce Department bbc.in/zgJpqV
BBC Breaking
News: Airline #Easyjet found guilty by French court of
discriminating against three disabled passengers, fined 70,000 euros bbc.in/y3wMxQ
Breaking #worldNews: 3 killed, 2 injured in shooting at North
Carolina lumber company; gunman among wounded - WXII bit.ly/yI8l19
MarketWatch: U.S.
stock benchmarks quickly shed nearly 1% amid rumors of euro-zone ratings
downgradeson.mktw.net/xWNOLd
BreakingNews: Thailand
authorities say Lebanese suspect thought to be Hizbollah arrested in Bangkok
security 'scare' - Reuters
MarketWatch: J.P.
Morgan earns 90 cents a share in the fourth quarter, missing forecasts on.mktw.net/zz4arr
guardianworld: Here's
the video of those Mexican medics dropping a human heart on its way for
transplant operation gu.com/p/34ka2/tw
AP: AP Video: Angry
customers and scalpers in Beijing egg Apple store after launch of iPhone 4S is
canceled:apne.ws/zySUqD -ldh
Breaking News: US
embassy in Bangkok warns of future terror attacks, urges Americans to 'keep a
low profile in public' - Bangkok Post bit.ly/AvyhNy
BreakingNews:
Pakistani police say gunmen kill 3 officers in the northwestern city of
Peshawar - AP huff.to/yztcrs
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14,
2012
Breaking
News: Freighter carrying oil explodes, sinks near S. Korea port of
Incheon; 3 crew dead, 8 missing - Yonhap bit.ly/wFdo17
CNN Breaking
News: Two rescued after spending more than 24 hours in capsized cruise
ship chttp://on.cnn.com/yXF7bD
Breaking
News: Anaheim, Calif., police say suspect nabbed Friday in homeless man's
killing is responsible for 3 others as well - @AP
The
Economist: The meeting between Hungary and the IMF for talks about
financial aid do not appear to have gone very well econ.st/yfFj1B
Breaking
News: Labor, Nigeria government fail to reach compromise to end nationwide
strike over gas prices -@AP
Breaking
News: Official: French, Saudi warplanes collide during a joint exercise;
no casualties - state news agency via AFP f24.my/yK5RwL
nytimesworld: An
Election in Kazakhstan Will Offer Something New: A Multiparty System nyti.ms/wDq7Md
Telegraph World
News: Cruise disaster: Perfect storm of events caused Costa Concordia
crash tgr.ph/xFuWaN
PressTV: presstv.ir #Kuwaiti #riot #police use #teargas to disperse stateless #protesters, known as #bidoon,twitpic.com/87a6uw
AlArabiya_Eng: 9
killed in fighting between Yemeni forces and southern separatists
AJEnglish: Two years
after earthquake devastated #Haiti, #cholera still hampers reconstruction, writes
MeeraDalal aje.me/xxK9zO
BBCWorld: At least
three #Kenya police
officers killed and "many" reported missing after attack near Somali
border. bbc.in/AoKLtG
BreakingNews: Report:
Power outage in Turkey affects millions in Istanbul, 5 other cities - APon.msnbc.com/wnNhQ0
Breaking #worldNews: 17 killed as bus plunges into a deep gorge
during heavy fog in southeastern Bangladesh - ABC News abcn.ws/yeBSV2
PressTV: Hundreds of
Tunisians turn out to demand jobs and dignity as the North African country
marks a year since... twitpic.com/874voo
PressTV: Tens of
thousands of protesters stage an anti-government #demonstration in #Manama, capital of#Bahrain. twitpic.com/874w3d
BBCWorld: Mohamed
ElBaradei, #Egypt's
opposition leader, drops out of presidential race in protest of military
leaders bbc.in/xCH8if
AP: #Iraq official: Death toll now 53 from bomb
attack on Shiite pilgrims in south: apne.ws/ggQYWf -JM
AlArabiya: Egypt
military ruler to Libya on first state visit abroad; rival Libyan militias'
clashes kill one, wound 14goo.gl/gZUtu
BBCWorld: As many as
50 Costa Concordia passengers are still unaccounted for, say authorities in
Santo Stafano, #Italy bbc.in/yvDESI
BBCWorld: Party
of #Taiwan's
incumbent president, Ma Ying-jeou, claims victory in country's presidential
election bbc.in/yotbZx
BBCBreaking: Emir of
Qatar becomes first Arab leader to call for troops to be sent to stop bloodshed
in #Syria.bbc.in/wAYguC
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15,
2012
BreakingNews: More:
Jon Huntsman to endorse Mitt Romney as he quits GOP race - NBC News
MarketWatch: Hong Kong
shares slide in early trade after S&P downgrades; Hang Seng Index down 1%on.mktw.net/zUCwsN
guardian #worldnews: Jon Huntsman withdraws from race 4
Republican presidential nominationgu.com/p/34yfm/tf
AlArabiya_Eng: Car
bomb kills at least 8 in Iraq's Mosul: hospital
CNN Breaking
News: A 6.6-magnitude #earthquake struck off coast of Antarctica; there is
"small possibility" it could trigger tsunami. on.cnn.com/xazcd7
The Economist: On
January 5th and 6th, a Colombian gang declared an armed strike in retaliation
for the death of their leader econ.st/A043TC
Guardian
news: Alexei Navalny: Russia's new rebel who has Vladimir Putin in his
sights gu.com/p/34ybx/tf
Al Jazeera
English: Op-ed: Unemployment, inflation, and daily killings are all part
of life in #Balochistan, says Akbar Ahmed aje.me/xDZHyC
Al Arabiya
English: Arab League Chief says sending troops to #Syria could be discussed in Cairo on Saturday
Al Jazeera
English: Op-ed: #Pakistan must stop killings in #Balochistan for its own political and economic good,
writes @AskAkbar aje.me/xDZHyC
Al Arabiya
English: #Hamas says #Palestinian Authority detained 805 of its members in
2011 goo.gl/MGMvR
AlArabiya_Eng:
Imad #Ghalyoun, a member of the Syrian parliament, joins the revolt against
President #Assad's
regime
Al Arabiya
English: Many Syrian members of parliament want to joins the
opposition: #ImadGhalyoun tells Al Arabiya
AlArabiya_Eng: Qaeda
militants seize town southeast of Yemen capital. english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…
BBCBreaking:
Insurgents seize police station in #Iraq city of #Ramadi after setting off series of explosions.
More soon bbc.in/wXHCCK
Breaking
News: Iran warns Arab neighbors not to boost oil output to make up for
expected embargo on its sales - Reuters
The
Economist: Long before Scottish voters are asked whether they want to
leave the United Kingdom, the wrangling has begun econ.st/zC6QHv
MONDAY, JANUARY 16,
2012
Reuters Top
News: China's economy grew at its weakest pace in 2.5 years in the latest
quarter reut.rs/wW5cns
Breaking
News: Fuel begins flowing from Russian tanker to iced-in Nome, Alaska -
Anchorage DN bit.ly/zKDKwW
CNN Breaking
News: At least 20 dolphins die after stranding on Cape Cod coast; about 50
found stranded since Thursday. on.cnn.com/zBXkRJ
Breaking
News: Warning issued for strong winter storm nearing Washington, Oregon -
Natl Weather Service1.usa.gov/zkczvy
MarketWatch: Hong
Kong shares advance in early trading as banks rebound; Hang Seng Index up 1%on.mktw.net/x3vX6z
MarketWatch: Japanese
shares gain as exporters advance; Nikkei Stock Average up 0.6% on.mktw.net/yAdPfy
Press TV: An
elderly Bahraini woman has committed suicide over depression that she developed
following the Saudi-backed... fb.me/So7HkAYN
BBC Breaking
News: Ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgrades EFSF eurozone
bailout fund to AA+. Details soon: bbc.in/yYPAas
Breaking News: At
least 25 dead after 6-story building collapse in Beirut, Lebanon, news agency
reports -@cnnbrk bit.ly/A2wWvw
PressTV: presstv.com Anti-government #protesters shout #slogans during a #rally to demand the #trial for #Yetwitpic.com/882tue
BBC Breaking
News: UK fashion retailer Peacocks says it will file for administration.
Peacocks employs nearly 10,000 people. Details soon: bbc.in/bsYxBA
Al Arabiya
English: At least 21 people were killed in #Syria today: The General Commission of the
Revolution
Breaking
News: More: Italy environment minster says liquid starting to emerge from
ship, unknown if fuel; protective barriers being put in place - @Reuters
Al Arabiya
English: Syrian Revolution General Commission: 20 people killed by
security force gunfire across Syria today
AJELive: Activists
say #Syrian security
forces fired on a town that Arab League monitors were visiting in Idlib
province: aje.me/zMXQUM
BBCWorld: Militants
briefly seize a security building in the southern #Yemeni town of Rada, reports say.bbc.in/yNxtrn
nytimes #worldnews: Protest Leader Becomes Party Boss in Chinese
Village That Rebelled nyti.ms/wYVji9
BreakingNews: Chevron
report that an oil rig has caught fire off Nigeria's delta - AP
AP: BREAKING: Labor
union announces suspension of strike over fuel prices in Nigeria. -EF
This seems to be the
half way point for me, leaving for China. I will have one last chapter before I
leave.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17,
2012
The Associated
Press: Afghan officials say security forces kill 9 insurgents, capture 23
in a series of raids across the country: apne.ws/gFRC6n -VW
Al Arabiya
English: Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) denies its website has been
exposed to an alleged cyber-attack by Israeli hackers: statement
Al Arabiya
English: Taliban claims killing of Pakistani journalist working for U.S.
media goo.gl/iNL3v
Al Arabiya
English: Army, rebels agree ceasefire in Zabadani; U.N. council struggles
on Syria resolutiongoo.gl/hpaSe
BBC News
(World): At least 5.7 million bats across 16 #US states and #Canada have died from White-nose syndrome, say
scientists bbc.in/zSxCYr
BBC News (World): Global
economic growth will slow to 2.5% in 2012, says World Bank. Details soonbbc.in/yTIQM0
nytimes #worldnews: After Years of Decline, Polio Cases in
Afghanistan Triple in a Year nyti.ms/yofNYH
CNN Breaking
News: Storm system spawns at least 2 rare January #tornadoes -- 1 in Kentucky, 1 in Indiana.on.cnn.com/x8VrYq
CBSNews: Google
confirms that it will protest #SOPA and #PIPA on its homepage tomorrow bit.ly/ybzK1j
cnnbrk: #Stocks end higher on signs of economic strength
in the U.S. and abroad. Dow gains 59 points.on.cnn.com/wsNYrl
AP: Iraq war veteran
charged with stabbing deaths of 4 homeless men in California, each stabbed
dozens of times: apne.ws/x1SEYi -EF
Breaking
News: Israeli hackers shut down UAE, Saudi Arabia stock exchange sites -
The Next Webtnw.co/ygqbmq
Breaking
News: Gunmen kill 5 tourists in Ethiopia, state media reports, citing
security officials - Reuters
BBC News
(World): US Pacific north-western states are bracing for blizzard that
could bring heaviest snowfall seen in a generation bbc.in/x6wivO
Breaking
News: Effort to recall Wisconsin state Sen Fitzgerald will be turning in
enough signatures for election, petitioners say - @AP
AJELive: Rights
activist Najati Tayyara freed from Homs prison after Assad grants
"amnesty" to "criminals".aje.me/jlCqCU #Syria
PressTV: A protester
runs with Romanian flag during an anti-presidential rally in Bucharest January
16, 2012http://twitpic.com/88cpd5
SkyNewsBreak: Ryanair
to create more than 1,000 new jobs this year
AlArabiya_Eng: Local
Coordinating Committees report that 30 people have been killed by security
force gunfire today across Syria
BreakingNews: At least
29 dead and 56 injured in traffic accident late last night in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti - Miami Herald's @jacquiecharles
MarketWatch: Wells
Fargo's quarterly profit a company record as revenue grows 20% on.mktw.net/ws5vsn
MarketWatch: U.K.
annual inflation drops to 4.2% in December, biggest fall since 2008 on.mktw.net/zzj7K4
CNNMoney: Wikipedia
and several other sites will go dark Wednesday to protest anti-piracy bill
SOPA.cnnmon.ie/zwhVsH
BBC #Worldnews: Gunmen kill the police chief of the central
Mexican town of Zacatepec as violence flares in the region bbc.in/yrffQe
Breaking
News: Calif. authorities arrest boy, 10, suspected of fatally stabbing friend,
12, with kitchen knife - U-T San Diego bit.ly/AtKulD
Sky News
Newsdesk: Premier Foods expects to cut 600 jobs as part of cost-saving
plan
MarketWatch: Chinese
shares soar in late afternoon trading; Shanghai Composite jumps 4%on.mktw.net/wu8Os
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