Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Nightly World News Report of the 19th of January 2012


cnni: Palestinians: Council speaker arrested 

Al Jazeera English: Video: Brazil megadam washes residents away aje.me/xDyFBC
PressTV: Thailand recognizes Palestinian state dlvr.it/168Cdm

The Associated Press: Number of evacuees swells to 10,000 as wind whips a fast-moving brush fire south of Reno, Nev.: apne.ws/zKMe7c -MS
Breaking News: GM regains title as world's top-selling automaker - Reuters reut.rs/AqTqLK
HuffPostWorld: China will close Tibet during New Year festival huff.to/w2sTc3
nytimesworld: 8 Guilty for Prison Massacre in Rare Trial of Haiti's Police nyti.ms/AyJkt4

NYTimes World: Spanish Regional Governments to Get Aid nyti.ms/xtXYjH
Reuters Top News: Violent sex crimes committed by active U.S. Army soldiers have almost doubled over the past five years: report reut.rs/wc5TyS
MarketWatch: HSBC's China manufacturing index ticks up to 48.8 preliminary reading from 48.7 in Dec. on.mktw.net/xDLRSI
BBC News (World): UK launching strongest diplomatic offensive in Latin America for two centuries, foreign sec says as he visits Brazil. bbc.in/zn715V
Breaking News: Oregon governor declares state of emergency in 4 counties - Oregonian bit.ly/zaqL2f
Post World News: Beijing makes rare concession on pollution measure wapo.st/wUWlrB
PressTV: US police arrest more Occupy activists dlvr.it/167n2x

Breaking News: 4,000 evacuated from 3,000-acre fire spreading quickly near Reno, NV - Reno Gazette Journal on.rgj.com/wf204J
BBC News (UK): Suicides down among US soldiers bbc.in/AwDg32
nytimesworld: World Briefing | Somalia: Successful Pirate Attacks Drop nyti.ms/zmjhxO

Al Jazeera English: Ugandan opposition leader arrested aje.me/zwYbFj
CBSNews: Ga. child murderer found dead in jail cell bit.ly/xnoS1K (via Crimesider)

CBS News: Six International Security Assistance Force members died following a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan yesterday bit.ly/AqrbNV
MarketWatch: Japan stocks rally at open as exporters climb on stronger euro; Nikkei Average up 1.5% on.mktw.net/w1JLzW
Charlie Kaye: BREAKING: @CBSNews Correspondent David Martin reports an American CH-53 helicopter is down in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
MarketWatch: RT @MktwAustraliaNZ: Australian stocks rise with miners gaining; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.7% tinyurl.com/86v3c9f
Breaking News: Update: More sites have been struck in retaliation for Megaupload bust; details here: Gizmodo gizmo.do/ym0A7V
 Reuters Top News: Exclusive: Senior al Qaeda figure killed in drone strike inside Pakistan reut.rs/yJhS2s
Wall Street Journal: Anonymous claims to have crippled the Justice Department's website in retaliation for today's online-piracy arrests on.wsj.com/wJ0R6h
Breaking News: US sees new interest from Taliban in talks, expecting progress in coming week - AP bit.ly/yjcc07
Reuters Top News: Feds shut down MegaUpload.com over piracy. Accuse the site of $500 million in lost revenue for media owners reut.rs/yTa27v
HuffPostWorld: 5 killed in Venezuela helicopter crash huff.to/AzcS3g
Breaking News: After Megaupload shutdown, hacker group Anonymous shuts down US DOJ, Universal Music sites - 3News bit.ly/zUYp3R
TIMEWorld: Jamaica seeks to ditch the British monarchy. Here's why that should just be the start of big changes | ti.me/wpe3VQ
alexnhicken: It's raining in California, the first of which the whole winter.
NYTimes World:  Ethnic War Intensifies in Myanmar, Jeopardizing U.S. Ties nyti.ms/w3K1wv
Wall Street Journal: Google is down 8% in after-hours trading after its fourth-quarter earnings report missed expectations on.wsj.com/ADli5C
AlArabiya_Eng: 47 killed in fighting between Malian army and Tuareg rebels: government

WSJ World News: Vietnam, Cambodia Report Bird-Flu Deaths on.wsj.com/zlWmVw
The Associated Press: America's historic Chinatowns fade as Asian-Americans more and more move to the suburbs: apne.ws/wKEcnE -MS
MarketWatch: Microsoft shares rise 2% late after posting earnings that meet analysts' targets on.mktw.net/xempN5
MarketWatch: Intel reports 6% higher profit on $13.9 billion in revenue, exceeding estimates on.mktw.net/xOaFRw
BBCBreaking: Reports of two explosions in Londonderry following security alerts in the city in Northern Ireland. bbc.in/zwo7Ps
CNNMoney.com: Stocks edge higher on strong earnings and economic reports. Dow adds 46 points. Nasdaq, S&P each gain less than 1%. cnnmon.ie/bkgnews
MarketWatch: Google shares drop 9% late after disappointing earnings growth for fourth quarter on.mktw.net/zMQLrs
Breaking News: Champion skier Sarah Burke dies from injuries sustained in superpipe accident - @ktvx, @AP bit.ly/zNuU06
Reuters: Update: Police say 2nd Westerner kidnapped in Pakistan believed to be a German citizen reut.rs/yNSXXm

TIMEWorld: "Slapped a hundred times in the face": the ordeal of dissident Chinese writer ti.me/zWIweJ
Press TV: Thousands have attended protests in Jerusalem over racial discrimination within Israeli law and society against... fb.me/1imFeSVGX
AlArabiya_Eng: Hamas president of Palestinian parliament arrested: colleague

BBC News (World): File-sharing site MegaUpload shut down by US prosecutors; site founder charged with violating piracy laws bbc.in/wQmJTb
HuffPostWorld: Blast targets police car in southern Turkey huff.to/xwZMCq
Breaking News Storm: Puget Sound Energy in Washington says more than 250,000 customers now without power - @komonews
Reuters: Greece, creditors make little progress as clock ticks reut.rs/zJrP4k 
NYTimes World: Mexico's drug war, getting worse. Randal C. Archibold reporting: nyti.ms/xDO9NS
cnni: Floods trap tourists in safari area goo.gl/fb/MXUDM

 HuffPostWorld: Earthquake in northeast Iran injures 100, state TV reports huff.to/yT1Hi2
MarketWatch: Gold ends 0.3% lower at $1,654.50 an ounce on.mktw.net/J00Ag
Guardian news: Syrian forces withdraw from embattled Zabadani gu.com/p/34pyq/tf
PressTV: Two officers killed in new Syria clashes dlvr.it/1656Fg

Breaking News: Pumping complete as 1.3 million gallons of fuel transferred to iced-in city of Nome, Alaska - @AP
MarketWatch: The NY Federal Reserve Bank just sold $7 billion in Maiden Lane assets on.mktw.net/xp2rum
AlArabiya_Eng: Italian national kidnapped in Pakistan: foreign ministry

AP: Brazilian politician gets 103 years for killing running mate to take her place in Congress: apne.ws/wVBQ7X -BW 
PressTV: Strong quake strikes off New Zealand dlvr.it/164kGJ
BBCBreaking: Big rises in bank shares push #FTSE 100 share index to its highest close for almost six months. More soon bbc.in/wG7LnE
CBSNews: In famine's 6th month, some Somalis go home bit.ly/AhfRDk

AlArabiya_Eng: Arab observers to report back on Syria mission; Kurd groups to unite against Assad goo.gl/VzZMT

Al Arabiya English: #Syria has lost more than $2 billion in revenues since Sept. 1 as result of European and US bans on importing its oil: Oil Minister Allaou
Reuters: Northeast Iran hit by earthquake, 36 people injured reut.rs/xzpiym

AlArabiya_Eng: Six killed in Somali capital bomb blast: UN source

Breaking News: Live video: Texas Gov Rick Perry holds press conference in South Carolina to announce dropping his presidential bid bit.ly/w0m5Di
MarketWatch: U.S. benchmark 30-year mortgage rate hits record-low 3.88% on.mktw.net/wylVko

NYTimes World: 5 Unemployed Moroccans Set Selves on Fire nyti.ms/AmnAPY
Al Jazeera English: "He suddenly slipped and fell into the boiling sulphur" one sulphur gatherer in east Java, #Indonesia says I aje.me/zL2zRJ

The Morning World News Report of the 19th of January 2012


ReutersIndia: BREAKINGVIEWS - Unravelling India, Part 2: Corruption http://reut.rs/w7tEae 
AP: BREAKING: AP Source: Texas Gov. Rick Perry to endorse Newt Gingrich -BW

MarketWatch: Bank of America swings to profit on 11% higher revenue; shares up 6% on.mktw.net/wVwcQX

Rick Santorum won Jan 3 Iowa Republican US presidential caucuses by 34 votes, according to certified results - Reuters

PressTV: New Yorkers protest anti-piracy bills dlvr.it/162ptL 
HuffPost #Worldnews: Myanmar holds new cease-fire talks huff.to/zMEbqf
BBCWorld: Texas Governor Rick Perry set to drop out of US Republican presidential nomination campaign. Details soon bbc.in/yq8nXK
Bangladeshi army claims to have foiled a plan to bring down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government, military spokesman claims - Reuters
PressTV: Rocket hits Turkish Embassy in Baghdad dlvr.it/162Nlq

AP: Weekly unemployment benefit applications drop by 50,000, lowest in nearly 4 years: apne.ws/yqp5BX -BW

PressTV: Panamanian policemen smash #drug packages with machetes before being incinerated in Cerro Patacon twitpic.com/8931ex
AlArabiya_Eng: #Nigeria police fire teargas at protesters in Lagos: AFP

wsj #worldnews: News Corp. Settles Phone-Hacking Cases on.wsj.com/wzYZeE
AlArabiya_Eng: Top Syrian activists, security officer killed; #Russia says no to Western intervention goo.gl/rOqoF

AlArabiya_Eng: Death toll rises to 18 in #Syria: revolution council

AJEnglish: #Yemen fighters 'to withdraw' if inmates freed aje.me/zzo12z

guardianworld: An al-Qaida affiliate publishes a magazine called Inspire. One copy found its way to Gitmo bit.ly/zIoDTV
Breaking #worldNews: Iran's foreign minister says US should express they are open for negotiations without conditions - Reuters
AlArabiya_Eng: At least six people killed in a suicide attack at Kandahar international airport Thursday, police say - AFP

AP: Avalanches kill 29 in northeastern #Afghanistan; #NATO soldier killed by bomb in south: apne.ws/gFRC6n -VW

BBC News (World): Suicide attack at Kandahar airport in #Afghanistan, reports say. Details soon bbc.in/yP82dY
Reuters: Pakistan expects to re-open supply route to NATO forces in Afghanistan, impose tariffs on shipments. - a senior security official
PressTV: 5 #US-led soldiers killed in S #Afghanistan dlvr.it/15zdkQ

NYTimes World: Bombings Kill 17 in Southern Afghanistan nyti.ms/wtXhyK
PressTV: Roadside bomb kills 1 in NW #Pakistan dlvr.it/15z5Ht

Reuters Top News: Pakistan court puts off contempt case against PM reut.rs/A0DUqa

Rory Cellan-Jones: Wikipedia says 162 million saw its blackout landing page, and in US 8 million looked up Congressional rep to protest SOPA and PIPA

Elon Musk's Starlink to serve North America gigabit internet by end of the year

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