Monday, January 9, 2012

The Nightly World News of the Ninth of January 2012


PressTV: Bahrain court drops two death verdicts http://dlvr.it/14M3L3 
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
NYTimes World: Israelis and Palestinians Discuss Peace Talks in Jordan nyti.ms/wVtuGj
nytimes #worldnews: World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Militants Kill 10 Soldiers nyti.ms/wMXULr
BBC News (World): VIDEO: Blaze sweeps through Peru town bbc.in/w1oejP
MarketWatch: Hong Kong stocks tick higher, with real-estate shares rising; Hang Seng Index up 0.2% on.mktw.net/wziku0
nytimes #worldnews: 3 Monks' Deaths Show Rise of Self-Immolation Among Tibetans nyti.ms/ww7c5l
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 - AP on.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
Reuters: U.S. November consumer credit surges by most since 2001 reut.rs/wkiglq

AJEnglish: Video: Kenya's TB campaign proves a success aje.me/wdAJWg

MarketWatch: U.S. stocks close higher in light volume on hopes for solid U.S. corporate earnings on.mktw.net/w1TOa3
BreakingNews: US consumers boosted borrowing by $20.4 billion in November, biggest monthly gain in a decade - AP

 Top News: White House Chief of Staff Daley stepping down reut.rs/z8ER1Z
Breaking News: Police kill 2 protesters in Nigeria, wound more than 2 dozen as thousands demonstrate fuel subsidy cut - @Reuters reut.rs/Ac0T4f
MarketWatch: Feb. gold down $8.70, or 0.5%, to end at $1,608.10 on.mktw.net/wGAOB3
Al Jazeera English: #Yemen Cabinet approves immunity law for Saleh aje.me/A2Ckj3

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 details english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…
.Telegraph World News: Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen from Greece's biggest state art museum tgr.ph/wsn1e8
BBC News (World): Bahrain: Protest policeman jailed bbc.in/ynTZLR
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
NYTimes World: Afghan Soldier Kills American and Wounds 3 Others nyti.ms/zxEgrk
Al Arabiya English: #Iran arrests opposition figure Mehdi #Khazali
BBC News (World): Strike shuts down Malawi courts bbc.in/zRoRhp
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.
PressTV: S Sudan ethnic clashes leave 24 dead dlvr.it/14HF9h

Al Jazeera English: Bahrain court overturns two death sentences aje.me/xu7mBg
HuffPostWorld: New wave of bombs kills at least 14 in Baghdad huff.to/AdqvUG

The Morning World News of the Ninth of January 2012


cnni: Japan holds Australian activists goo.gl/fb/HXhwC

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

cnni: Mubarak trial resumes in Egypt goo.gl/fb/qOd55

cnni: More Chinese monks self-immolate goo.gl/fb/IF0Ow

AlArabiya_Eng: Fujairah pipeline could transport up to 1.5 million bpd once complete

BBCWorld: Rolls-Royce sales hit new record bbc.in/AEhrsZ

MarketWatch: U.S. stock futures little changed; Alcoa set to report on.mktw.net/z5WefP

PressTV: 'Anonymous' hacks #US, UK officials dlvr.it/14DFHy

AP: BREAKING: Authorities: Suspected Islamic extremist arrested in plan to bomb, shoot up Tampa-area sites. -EF 
AJEnglish: Nigerian fuel protests turn deadly aje.me/xuoOec

 PressTV: Iraq bombings kill one, hurt dozens dlvr.it/14DFMK

Reuters: Nigerian police shoot dead one demonstrator in Lagos fuel protest, three others wounded - witnesses, hospital staff 
BBC #Worldnews: Chechnya fighting 'kills seven' bbc.in/zLK1nj
BBCWorld: Viewpoint: Comeback kid to boost Malaysia's opposition bbc.in/yzFXps 
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-regime twitpic.com/859jg0
cnnbrk: 13 bodies found outside Mexican gas station, state media report. on.cnn.com/AqsYUb 
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 
BBC #Worldnews: Guinea-Bissau leader dies at 64 bbc.in/zng4k1
PressTV: Two #Yemeni protesters killed in Taizz dlvr.it/14G01Y

 PressTV: Restaurant blast kills two in #Russia dlvr.it/14G05q

cnni: Hildebrand quits as Swiss bank chief goo.gl/fb/Epjoi

CNNMoney: Stocks edge higher at the open as investors weigh developments out of Europe. Dow gains 19 points. cnnmon.ie/bkgnews

Telegraph #worldNews: Thirteen thousand police hunt Chinese serial killer tgr.ph/xcMFQ1
AP: #Iraqi officials say roadside bomb blast kills two Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad. apne.ws/ggQYWf -MM

BBC #Worldnews: German exports ahead of forecasts bbc.in/y3Uyxd
AP: Bus crashes on icy Montana interstate, killing two and injuring more than 30 others. apne.ws/xulpKl -MM 
cnni: 10 beheaded Pakistani soldiers found goo.gl/fb/o1wXO

Reuters: Grim exchange of bodies after Pakistan army, Taliban clash reut.rs/zWh32D

Reuters: Electricity only reaches one in three Afghans reut.rs/yBvmXQ 
PressTV: Nigerians launch nationwide strike dlvr.it/14Cfry

PressTV: #Iran sentences CIA operative to death dlvr.it/14CfxP

cnnbrk: Carbon monoxide leak at Merchant Marine Academy sends 39 to hospital. on.cnn.com/zEpDAV

BBC #Worldnews: Australia in talks over activists bbc.in/x6l0uv
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
BBC News (World): Activist Hazare leaves hospital bbc.in/x6s52c
Al Arabiya English: A 6.7-magnitude earthquake is recorded off Solomon islands: USGS

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