Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Last Night World News of the Fourth of January 2012


Al Arabiya English: Egyptian Nasserist presidential hopeful comments on new parliament, discusses his presidential platform. goo.gl/4RQcr
Al Arabiya English: #BreakingNews: At least 6 killed, 17 wounded in two explosions in Baghdad’s Sadr city area, say Iraqi police
NYTimes World: World Briefing | Europe: Protest Leader Sergei Udaltsov Freed in Russia nyti.ms/yVZf3q
Breaking News: 6 police officers shot, being treated for gunshot wounds in Ogden, Utah; suspect in custody - @ktvx bit.ly/yta08d
BBC News (World): US sales fall at Toyota and Honda bbc.in/ABxO4r
Breaking News: Pakistani militants claim to have killed 15 soldiers they kidnapped last month - @AP
HuffPostWorld: Overloaded bus slips off snowy bridge, killing at least 18 huff.to/zKXQBM

HuffPostWorld: Inmates' relatives storm Venezuelan prison huff.to/y6Gb8I
Al Jazeera English: Feature: Counter-insurgency used by #Brazil police in a crackdown on drug lords in the favelas aje.me/AhQnlD #wikileaks
CNN Breaking News: At least 31 killed in Mexican prison riot. #Mexico on.cnn.com/xxpxbu
Post World News: Australian kidnapped in Philippines urges governments to help raise $2 million ransom in video wapo.st/yI3PiX
PressTV: In Greece, default looming large again dlvr.it/13b1yM

PressTV: Saudi youths stage anti-regime rally dlvr.it/13b1zW

PressTV: Several injured during Morocco protest dlvr.it/13b20n

PressTV: Brazil storms kill 7, displace 1000s dlvr.it/13b225

AP: Officials say more than 100 remain buried in the rubble after a deadly landslide in the Philippines: apne.ws/zBx0A5 -MS

Dorothy Lamar: Asian Markets Inch Lower, Nikkei Down 0.5%: Asian markets are down in early trading tonight. Australia's S&P/ASX is down 1.2% 
BBC #Worldnews: Deadly floods hit southern Brazil bbc.in/z11irz
AP: BREAKING: Officials say landslide kills at least 25 in southern Philippines; more missing.

Al Jazeera English: Video: Pakistan's women get first abuse hotline aje.me/xFF94x
BBC #Worldnews: Rwandan rebels 'kill 26 in DRC' bbc.in/zyxopG
Breaking News: Ton of marijuana seized from boat off California coast; 10 arrested - latimes lat.ms/xbypsn
BBC News (World): VIDEO: Bachmann suspends White House bid bbc.in/wWoTWK
HuffPostWorld: Militia reportedly kills 26 civilians in Congo huff.to/xygRvS
Al Arabiya English: Three bomb blasts hit northern #Nigerian cities of Maiduguri and Damaturu, but no details of casualties are immediately available
Al Jazeera English: Jose Graziano da Silva is the new head of the UN's #food agency. Can he tackle the food #security challenges ahead? | aje.me/zJ8EIp
The Associated Press: Scientists: Honey bee die-off might be due to parasite that hijacks the bees' bodies and causes them to abandon hives: apne.ws/xcU2Ky
CNNMoney: Stocks claw back from earlier losses to finish mostly higher. Dow adds 22 points. Nasdaq and S&P 500 end flat cnnmon.ie/bkgnews
Al Jazeera English: #SomaliaSpeaks - "I have 7 children and their father is in Garoowe. Life is very difficult for me" aljazeera.com/somaliaspeaks
The Associated Press: BREAKING: Obama appointing three nominees to fill out stalled labor board, get around GOP
Daily Telegraph News: German President admits 'grave mistake' but refuses to resign tgr.ph/xchfl7
PressTV: #Unemployment surges in #Saudi Arabia dlvr.it/13XxCM

Al Arabiya English: 21 protesters killed across #Syria: revolution council #Alarabiya
TIMEWorld: After 18 years, two British men finally face justice for a racial murder | ti.me/AyvAm5
Press TV: presstv.ir An #Egyptian soldier checks the #ID card of #women at the entrance of a polling station twitpic.com/8366u2
Breaking News: WA Gov. Gregoire to introduce legislation to legalize gay marriage. 'It's the right thing to do' - Seattle Times bit.ly/A1ExF0
PressTV: US stocks fall on euro debt concerns dlvr.it/13XhVM

BBC #Worldnews: Norway killer is 'not psychotic' bbc.in/ArWBuK
Reuters Top News: Argentina's Fernandez recovering well after surgery reut.rs/wwndSa
The Associated Press: BREAKING: US prosecutors: Mexican cartel figure Arellano Felix to plead guilty to unspecified charges. -EF
BBC News (World): Syria 'deceiving' Arab monitors bbc.in/wMwRjx
BBC #Worldnews: Kazakh town's emergency extended bbc.in/x4dbmd

Reuters: Mass grave found in Afghan army compound: officials reut.rs/wzMGSw

Morning World News of the fourth of January 2012


Telegraph World News: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's cancer operation 'successful' tgr.ph/x0Awaz
HuffPostWorld: WATCH: Inside Chile's student protests huff.to/yPpD8L
PressTV: Cambodian women carry their babies as residents are evicted from a slum village in the centre of Phnom Penh twitpic.com/830pne
guardian #worldnews: Taliban leaders held at Guantanamo Bay to be released in peace talks deal gu.com/p/34e98/tw
BBC #Worldnews: Poisoned cat stew 'killed tycoon' bbc.in/zSrXkj
HuffPost #Worldnews: Raid on Yemeni hotel that served alcohol leaves 2 dead huff.to/wFrELw
Breaking #worldNews: Chrysler's US sales in 2011 increase 26%; best annual sales since 2008 - @CNBC's @Lebeaucarnews
cnnbrk: Record lows, highs reported in day of extremes for weather across United States. on.cnn.com/xpIo9v

BBC #Worldnews: In pictures: Storms lash the UK bbc.in/xggify
guardian #worldnews: Aum cult fugitive was turned away from Tokyo police station when he attempted to give himself up gu.com/p/34ecv/tw
Post #WorldNews: Indonesian court jails wife of Bali bombing suspect on immigration violations wapo.st/A58sbL
PressTV: A Bahraini woman has been killed in a tear gas attack by the Saudi-backed regime forces on an anti-government. fb.me/119iJGODD
PressTV: #Iranian forces seize 10 tons of drugs dlvr.it/13S9nJ

PressTV: 6 children injured in #Pakistan violence dlvr.it/13S9pM

Breaking #worldNews: Inflation in the 17 countries that use the euro eases to 2.8 pct in December from 3 pct - AP
Ford to invest $142m in India to manufacture a new global compact SUV at the company's plant in Chennai - Reuters reut.rs/wTaDUZ
AlArabiya: 30 people held pending investigation in the case of bombing the mosque at the presidential complex in Sanaa: #Yemeni news agency
guardian #worldnews: Romney wins Iowa by eight votes - video gu.com/p/34eca/tf
AP: Bomb attacks targeting homes of Iraqi police officers kill two children, wound nine people. apne.ws/ggQYWf -MM

AP: Reinsurer says earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand make 2011 industry's costliest yet. apne.ws/wcIKZe -MM

PressTV: Cholera kills 25 more Somali children dlvr.it/13T2cS

BBC #Worldnews: In pictures: Chile battles wildfires bbc.in/xx1CRQ
Reuters Top News: Singapore PM faces 36 pct pay cut, still world's best paid reut.rs/ADxzPg
Al Arabiya English: Gunmen attack police station in northern Nigeria; one dead: police

NYTimes World: Jamaica’s Opposition Easily Wins Election nyti.ms/Awqcv5
AlArabiya_Eng: Eight explosions rock the houses of security officials in the Iraqi city of Baqouba

The Associated Press: As #Romney and #Santorum battle for lead, #Iowa caucus vote still too close to call a winner. apne.ws/xpeDE2 -MM

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