Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Nightly World News of the 17th of January 2012 (Sorry that I missed it last night)


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
Guardian news: Top story: East Africa's drought - the avoidable disaster gu.com/p/34n7z/tw
Al Arabiya English: Iraqi gunmen kill Sunni chief and three sons goo.gl/nqZeH #Iraq
Al Arabiya English: Ethiopia says foreign tourists killers backed by Eritrea #AlArabiya
Al Jazeera English: Occupy protesters converge on White House aje.me/wdlGGo
Breaking News: Afghanistan's government: Security forces kill 9 insurgents - @AP yhoo.it/AtWAPU
Al Arabiya English: Taliban claims killing of Pakistani journalist working for U.S. media goo.gl/iNL3v
guardiannews: Occupy London protesters to learn eviction verdict gu.com/p/34n9b/tf

Al Jazeera English: Websites 'blackout' over anti-piracy bill aje.me/xENfKn
Al Arabiya English: Army, rebels agree ceasefire in Zabadani; U.N. council struggles on Syria resolution goo.gl/hpaSe
PressTV: Strikes, protests hit parts of #Tunisia dlvr.it/15lPZD

Al Jazeera English: Dozens killed in South Sudan tribal violence aje.me/y0cF0Q
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 soon bbc.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
CNN International: 5.6-magnitude quake hits Chile goo.gl/fb/nf2DI
CBSNews: Google confirms that it will protest #SOPA and #PIPA on its homepage tomorrow bit.ly/ybzK1j

Reuters Top News: Court won't add candidates to Virginia ballot reut.rs/xGTlKQ
cnnbrk: #Stocks end higher on signs of economic strength in the U.S. and abroad. Dow gains 59 points. on.cnn.com/wsNYrl

 AP: Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from company's board after 17 years apne.ws/wsPWtQ CJ

AP: Iraq war veteran charged with stabbing deaths of 4 homeless men in California, each stabbed dozens of times: apne.ws/x1SEYi -EF
Reuters: Kraft to cut 1,600 jobs in split reut.rs/ylhr87

PressTV: UK MoD to cut 4,200 jobs dlvr.it/15hszF

Breaking News: Israeli hackers shut down UAE, Saudi Arabia stock exchange sites - The Next Web tnw.co/ygqbmq
PressTV: Pakistani journalist killed in NW dlvr.it/15hbPQ

PressTV: Belgian trade unions call for strike dlvr.it/15hbSr

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
cnnbrk: Fuel transfer under way to icebound Nome, #Alaska. on.cnn.com/zgTnCi

The Morning World News of the 17 of January 2012


CNN Breaking News: Chemical accident injures 39 people in Germany.


PressTV: A protester runs with Romanian flag during an anti-presidential rally in Bucharest January 16, 2012 http://twitpic.com/88cpd5 
PressTV: Moderate quake jolts eastern Indonesia dlvr.it/15d8yP 
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 
PressTV: Kabul police bus blast kills 35 dlvr.it/15d8yD

BreakingNews: At least 29 dead and 56 injured in traffic accident late last night in Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Miami Herald's @jacquiecharles
AJEnglish: Striking Greeks bring transport to a halt aje.me/wTl1H5 
MarketWatch: Wells Fargo's quarterly profit a company record as revenue grows 20% on.mktw.net/ws5vsn 
Reuters_Biz: Citigroup fourth-quarter profit falls 11 percent reut.rs/xk0P7m 
AlArabiya_Eng: Al-Qaeda kidnaps Algerian governor: security officials goo.gl/frkgR

HuffPostWorld: Truck crash in Haiti kills at least 23 huff.to/zC1unp

guardian #worldnews: Spain's top judge goes on trial gu.com/p/34mbx/tf
PressTV: Gas pipeline blown up in SW #Pakistan dlvr.it/15bBSN

AlArabiya_Eng: Mali army and Tuareg rebels clash over northern town: witnesses #AlArabiya

cnni: Protests fail to halt China chemical plant goo.gl/fb/HxScr

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
PressTV: Asia oil prices soar on West-#Iran rifts dlvr.it/15cDhD

Breaking News: Calif. authorities arrest boy, 10, suspected of fatally stabbing friend, 12, with kitchen knife - U-T San Diego bit.ly/AtKulD
guardian #worldnews: Chinese dissident Zhu Yufu charged with subversion gu.com/p/34man/tf
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/wu8Osj

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