Friday, January 6, 2012

The Really Late Night World News of the 6th of January 2012


Al Jazeera English: Hungary's debt downgraded to 'junk' status aje.me/wRwBzy
PressTV: 'Foreign death squads kill Syrians' dlvr.it/13xy0r

Al Arabiya English: #Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has killed two Shiite pilgrims and wounded eight south of Baghdad #Alarabiya
Press TV: Moroccans demand more reforms dlvr.it/13xfnm
BBC Breaking News: Government-backed report signals that a high speed rail line between London and Birmingham will be approved bbc.in/xmDhW1
PressTV: '3,000 killed in S Sudan ethnic clashes' dlvr.it/13wPWs

nytimes #worldnews: Tibet Group Says 2 Set Themselves on Fire in China nyti.ms/x3bWsf
nytimes #worldnews: 8 NATO Troops Killed in Southern Afghanistan Attacks nyti.ms/w9wvkq
Fresh violence by radical Muslim sect kills at least 20 people in #Nigeria goo.gl/10H0L
HuffPost #Worldnews: Tens of thousands rally in Yemen to demand a trial for outgoing president Saleh huff.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 day on.mktw.net/zPBsD3
PressTV: UK police make 23rd arrest in hacking dlvr.it/13tfLG

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
PressTV: Twenty Christians killed in Nigeria dlvr.it/13tfHp

PressTV: Turkey police break up anti-NATO rally dlvr.it/13tfHR

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 - @NZStuff bit.ly/zuIUl2
Al Jazeera English: Several dead in Nigeria shooting attacks aje.me/zicYQx
Reuters Top News: Fed officials push more stimulus for housing reut.rs/zaUm0l
BBC News (World): Jamaica to break links with Queen bbc.in/x5sMVS
Press TV: presstv.ir Thousands of #Jordanians have taken to streets across the country to mark the first anni twitpic.com/840l5b
MarketWatch: Gold settles 0.2% lower at $1,616.80 an ounce on.mktw.net/w1gBPE
Breaking News: Champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. turns himself in to begin jail sentence - @reviewjournal bit.ly/A0CQGP
BBC News (World): VIDEO: South Africa's ANC marks 100 years bbc.in/xfhzOh
Al Jazeera English: Nigeria police block fuel hike protesters aje.me/z4wjok
The Associated Press: Thousands of officers stand at attention during funeral of ATF agent killed by friendly fire during robbery: apne.ws/y9koQN -ldh
BBC News (World): Arrest over Mexico casino attack bbc.in/y68IEH
Daily Telegraph News: First Tibetan self-immolations of 2012 tgr.ph/zZXhaR
MarketWatch: U.S. stocks mostly declined today, curbing weekly gains; the Dow is currently down 50 points on.mktw.net/xvFZxI
Al Jazeera English: Video: Palestinian population boom worries Israel aje.me/ysvbUx
Press TV: Jordanians mark protest anniversary dlvr.it/13sLj1
Daily Telegraph News: Kazakhstan cancels voting in riot-scarred town tgr.ph/zMY758
Al Arabiya English: 35 people were shot dead by the Syrian security forces on Friday: Syrian Coordination Committees 
BBC News (World): UN begins South Sudan aid effort bbc.in/wfZM71
Reuters Top News: Obama administration broadens definition of rape reut.rs/xRj1G0
HuffPostWorld: Iran plans new drills in Strait of Hormuz huff.to/zSERBa

The Morning World News of the 6th of January 2012


Press TV: Bahraini forces attack protest in Eker dlvr.it/13rvMP
Post World News: Husband of jailed ex-Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko granted asylum in the Czech Republic wapo.st/zuNuws
Reuters Top News: Van der Sloot to plead guilty for murder in Peru reut.rs/zcOw1k
Reuters Top News: Latest Egypt vote brings Islamists closer to win reut.rs/waVPMD
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

BBC #Worldnews: Ethiopia troops 'to quit Somalia' bbc.in/yNxaVP
BBC #Worldnews: Bosnia heritage sites in crisis bbc.in/y7ggdh
BBC #Worldnews: US economy creates 200,000 jobs bbc.in/zUf0ZG

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 soon bbc.in/yJe02A

AlArabiya_Eng: Five rockets hit #Iraq's Green Zone; three roadside bombs in #Baghdad kill two pilgrims goo.gl/1gvrR 
guardian #worldnews: House prices down by 1.3% in 2011 gu.com/p/34fpb/tf
Reuters: Damascus bomber kills 25, 46 wounded: Syria Addounia TV reut.rs/zR96Z8

BBC News (World): HTC quarterly profits plunge 25% bbc.in/x053Se
Daily Telegraph News: Tiger skins and bones seized in Thai customs swoop tgr.ph/xrBkjW

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