The Nightly World News of the 22nd of January 2012

Al Arabiya English: US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan: security officials 

NYTimes World: Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala Ex-Dictator, to Appear in Court nyti.ms/wYB9D0

Al Jazeera English: #Egypt's new parliament to hold first session aje.me/xzGCKI

Finnish presidential poll heads to runoff aje.me/AhMzfq

Breaking #worldNews: Multiple reports of tornadoes in Arkansas; residents urged to take shelter - breakingweather bit.ly/w5aa3N

Reuters: BlackBerry maker CEOs step down as pressure mounts reut.rs/xttkge

BBCWorld: Brazil police storm illegal slum bbc.in/ymR5qG

BBCWorld: Panama Canal strike called off bbc.in/xrbxsz

guardiannews: Mexico: eight killed in funeral attack gu.com/p/35v8x/tf

BBC #Worldnews: Gold diggers shoot-out kills nine bbc.in/ymbeDA

Al Arabiya English: Iran arrests prominent Ahwazi Arab singer and his brother goo.gl/uglZ3

Reuters Top News: Gabrielle Giffords resigning to focus on recovery: YouTube reut.rs/xTAP9N

The Associated Press: BREAKING: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona says she will resign from Congress this week -ldh

Al Arabiya English: Video: Lebanese fishing boat captured at Syrian border english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…

The Morning World News Report of the 22nd of January 2012

I leave for China tomorrow, so this may be one of the final entries for months.


AlArabiya_Eng: #Saudi Arabia decides to withdraw its monitors from Syria, Al Arabiya correspondent reports

Press TV: A view showing the #Occupy #DC encampment in McPherson Square on a cold morning in Washington, DC January 22, 2012 twitpic.com/8aeofo

Al Arabiya English: #UAE central bank thwarts website hacking attempt goo.gl/E1RX0

Al Jazeera English: Hollande looks to cement lead over Sarkozy aje.me/wwj8ZT

cnni: Bosnian Serb war criminal recaptured goo.gl/fb/blWge

PressTV: About 100,000 Hungarian protesters rally on the in #Budapest on January 21, in support of #Hungary's Prime M twitpic.com/8abgsq

BBC #Worldnews: Eight cruise ship dead identified bbc.in/zOvcoL

Breaking #worldNews: The Arab League has agreed to extend Syria observer mission for another month - AP

BBC #Worldnews: At least 11 killed in attacks in Bauchi state in northern #Nigeria, officials say bbc.in/AtoAJd

BBCBreaking: US football coach Joe Paterno dies aged 85. Details soon: bbc.in/zDpgiA 

AlArabiya_Eng: Update: NTC's deputy resigns as premier warns that #Libya could fall into 'bottomless pit' goo.gl/pirLg 

Update: Death toll from attacks in Kano, Nigeria reaches 178, 'real figure likely to be higher' doctor tells reporter - @Reuters

BreakingNews: Update: Iran news agency IRNA reports that 17 people have died after storm capsized passenger boat off the southern coast - AP

BBC: British martyr who Al-Shabab claimed was killed by drone strike in Somalia is not British, UK Foreign Office says bbc.in/yxE7sh

BBCWorld: Al-Shabab says a "British martyr" was killed in drone strike near #Somalia capital Mogadishu on Saturday. bbc.in/w6AUEk

AJELive: Activists documented the death of 976 people in Syria since the 1st Arab League team arrived into the country. aje.me/waKg4h

martinplautBBC: #Nigeria: Gunmen overnight raided the northern town of Tafawa Balewa in Bauchi state. Attack blamed on Muslim Hausa-Fulanis.

AlArabiya_Eng: 10s of thousands of Yemenis demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh's execution in protests against his immunity from prosecution

cnni: Arab League decision due on Syria goo.gl/fb/WfYrB

BBC News (World): #China reports second bird flu death in a month, following deaths last week in #Indonesia, #Vietnam and #Cambodia bbc.in/AxYNjM

TheEconomist: w/ European bank demand 4 sovereign debt about 2 dry up, Europe is a long way from being out of the woods econ.st/yJt1sj

BreakingNews: China-bound cargo ship full of iron ore lists, possibly sinks; crew rescued after abandoning ship - AP on.msnbc.com/zAtYou

cnni: Congolese protesters rally in U.S. capital goo.gl/fb/hcZrd

Breaking News: Somali insurgents claim US drone strike kills al-Qaida official fighting with them - AP on.msnbc.com/xxnj1A

WSJ World News: Madagascar Bars Ex-Leader's Return on.wsj.com/xyacD1

The Economist: Thanks to a booming mining industry, Mongolia is likely to grow faster than any other country in the next decade econ.st/zY3cRx