This will probably be
the last chapter of Read the Story of the World in months, for I am unsure in
Twitter or Blogspot works in China. Take care.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
Breaking News: Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - @MarketWatch bit.ly/wuQD2T
CBS News: U.S. Army destroying last of its chemical weapons - bit.ly/xUKw8x
wsj #worldnews: Australian Banks Brace for More Cuts on.wsj.com/yB7rqE
nytimes #worldnews: Mexico Drug War Bloodies Areas
Thought Safe nyti.ms/xEG9WG
BBCBreaking: #Pakistan's PM Yousuf Raza Gilani enters Supreme
Court to face contempt charges bbc.in/A3g6sG
BBC #Worldnews: New limbs found by Hollywood sign bbc.in/zJGaTx
nytimes #worldnews: World Briefing | Middle East: Yemen:
February Presidential Election Is on Againnyti.ms/wJqsgL
BreakingNews: China sentences activist to 10 years in jail over writings
- @AP huff.to/wDYmSW
nytimesworld: World Briefing | Asia: China: Dissident Author Flees to
U.S. nyti.ms/x8ATuS
MarketWatch: Japan stocks advance, with techs higher as euro rises;
Nikkei Average up 0.8% on.mktw.net/AgS6Lg
BBC News (World): Mexican army says it has rescued three children
who were being held by a suspected criminal gang in Temixco bbc.in/wAqIbg
MarketWatch: Australian shares gain, miners rising; S&P/ASX 200
up 0.7% tinyurl.com/73ahgs3
Reuters Top News: House rejects debt limit hike in protest vote reut.rs/xcZtES
WSJ World News: India Faces Tuberculosis Battle on.wsj.com/xnPuVO
CNN Breaking News: #Stocks rise
as investors react to Euro bailout plan, upbeat housing report & earnings.
Dow adds 96 points. on.cnn.com/ADHtZE
MarketWatch: U.S. stocks end higher, led by banks, tech; S&P
above 1,300 for first time since July 28on.mktw.net/xHbulD
MarketWatch: Citigroup has been slapped with a $725,000 fine for
failure to disclose on.mktw.net/wHRPUl
HuffPostWorld: Somalia famine response too slow, thousands of people
died needlessly: report huff.to/AcbzZn
Al Arabiya English: Syrian Revolution General Commission: 23 people
killed by security force gunfire across Syria today
cnni: Three killed in Cuba building collapse goo.gl/fb/OtuZ1
CNN International: Occupy London loses eviction battle goo.gl/fb/44Pid
Wall Street Journal: MarketWatch's CEO of the Year Amazon's Jeff
Bezos took home a salary of $81K and holds more than 88 mil shares. on.wsj.com/x7lqzE
Breaking News: Woman taken into custody at DFW is released, hours
after she passed a checkpoint with a gun in her bag - NBCDFW bit.ly/yiAhGI
BBC #Worldnews: Rwanda arrests top army officers bbc.in/xfeQAs
BreakingNews: California Gov. Brown, in state address, makes pitch for
more spending cuts, higher taxes, saying both 'must be done' - AP
AP: Officials have released the list of 21 people still unaccounted for
from stricken cruise ship off Italy:apne.ws/wJsaen -EF
PressTV: 'Torture, widespread in #Israeli jails' dlvr.it/15tqWR
Breakingnews: Retired NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is named a US global
cultural ambassador - AP bit.ly/xHt4rs
MarketWatch: Gold settles 0.3% higher at $1,659.90 an ounce on.mktw.net/J00Ag
PressTV: presstv.ir Civil
rights #groups have condemned Tel Aviv's
discriminatory measures against the #Arabtwitpic.com/88ukf5
BBC #Worldnews: Peacocks goes into administration bbc.in/zyLGmV
BBC #Worldnews: Death of Pakistan's IT girl genius bbc.in/zfNrNp
BBC #Worldnews: Two blasts in Afghanistan kill 13 bbc.in/y7qiYl
The Economist: Wen Jiabao’s visit to Nepal comes at a time when the
country's relations with India and China are under more scrutiny econ.st/z6Yb4T
Reuters Top News: Rebel Syrian town calmer after surprise ceasefire reut.rs/zDx0PU
Al Arabiya English: Syrian Revolution General Commission: 20 people
killed by security force gunfire across Syria today
PressTV: Bahraini troops attack anti-regime demo dlvr.it/15tQDq
PressTV: US-led forces kill five Afghan civilians dlvr.it/15tQFX
Wall Street Journal: 7 charged in insider trading probe, including
some of Wall Street's biggest money managers. see news conf. live stream: on.wsj.com/AkxH03
The Associated Press: 12 people killed by suicide bomber on
motorcycle in southern Afghanistan, officials say:apne.ws/gFRC6n -EF
WSJ World News: Indonesia Gets Ratings Boost From Moody's on.wsj.com/xjoDdV
BBC News (World): IMF says it needs an extra $500bn for new loans to
countries in urgent need of supportbbc.in/xjiMnY
Wall Street Journal: Food Stamp Facts. 2011: 44.7 mil people in
program w $71.8B benefits paid. 2008: 28.2 mil people w $34.6B benefits paid on.wsj.com/yQwnaU
Sky News Newsdesk: AFP: German woman believed to be missing on the
Costa Concordia found alive
Reuters Top News: More arrests in insider trading probe: sources reut.rs/ApVsih
wsjworld: Thai King Endorses Cabinet Reshuffle on.wsj.com/xH9Wty
MarketWatch: President Obama to reject Keystone XL pipeline; oil
turns lower on.mktw.net/J00Ag
Reuters Top News: Greece, creditors in new push to avoid costly
default reut.rs/wgQLw7
BBC Breaking News: 13 people killed in two attacks in #Afghanistan's
southern Helmand province bbc.in/yUGB67
Telegraph World News: Iranian actress banned from homeland after
naked magazine shoot tgr.ph/zDm7o0
AJELive: Splits remain within #Syria opposition
over armed resistance - Michel Kilo warns of "chaos without end"http://aje.me/xiwY6G
AP: Agriculture secretary announces $308 million in aid for
disaster-stricken states: apne.ws/xjLQ23 -VW
cnni: Gunmen kill local Iraqi leader and 3 sons goo.gl/fb/xIXnA
BBCWorld: Video: Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi registers
to run in April parliamentary by-election bbc.in/w8U30O
AlArabiya_Eng: Security forces' gunfire kills at five in #Syria:
revolution council
AP: U.S. wholesale prices fell in December because of lower costs,
evidence that inflation remains tame:apne.ws/wKJA8H -EF
A Canadian journalist was imprisoned by Japanese officials after his name
appeared on a immigration watch listecon.st/AaRbZ9
SkyNewsBreak: Reports: At least two people have died after seven-seater
plane hit a mountain on the England-Wales border
guardian #worldnews: That didn't last long... Syria
troops break Zabadani ceasefire bit.ly/xjfcTy
MarketWatch: Goldman Sachs' quarterly profit lower as investment-banking
revenue falls 43%; shares gainon.mktw.net/y1jKlx
MarketWatch: European shares open mostly lower; ASML up 2.8% on.mktw.net/xLkdR1
BreakingNews: Search suspended at the Costa Concordia site after ship
moves slightly, rescue officials say - Reuters
BBCWorld: Human head found in plastic bag on hiking trail near #Hollywood sign
in Los Angeles, police say.bbc.in/AzE3DA
BBCWorld:
UK unemployment rose by 118,000 to bring total to 2.68m in the three months to
November.bbc.in/ygU48W
SkyNewsBreak: Unemployment rate is 8.4%, up from 8.3%, number rises to
2.685m, up by 118,0003
AJELive: Watch our latest report on the situation in #Zabadani as
a ceasefire is reported: aje.me/zuofom
PressTV: UK troops jailed for abuse of Afghan kids dlvr.it/15nlGt
PressTV: 'Smoke bomb' locks White House down dlvr.it/15nlGn
AlArabiya: An Israeli strike kills two Palestinians close to the border
fence in the Gaza Strip, Hamas police say
BBC #Worldnews: Striking images of life in Horn of #Africa as
families struggle to survive amid drought bbc.in/zjO6eN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
cnni: Palestinians: Council speaker arrested http://goo.gl/f
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 Journalon.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: Gizmodogizmo.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, @APbit.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, #Indonesiasays
I aje.me/zL2zRJ
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 Patacontwitpic.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 Gitmobit.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
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012
Paul Danahar: #Egypt 's High Judicial Election Commission
will announce final results of the parliamentary elections at 11GMT today
HuffPost #Worldnews: Thousands join mass protests against
Syrian regime huff.to/xd52HW
PressTV: Militants blow up school in NW #Pakistan dlvr.it/16MdKG
AJEnglish: Feature: Brazil will spend $ 14bn building the world's third
biggest dam, writes @elizondogabrielaje.me/xLIBJg
PressTV: Second Palestinian MP arrested dlvr.it/16M2nY
CBS News: Meet 84-year-old Virgil Harms, who has been mayor of
Paoli, Colo. for 50 years ow.ly/8BbFs
The Associated Press: First big storm to hit Chicago this winter
snarls rush-hour traffic, forces more than 700 flight cancellations: apne.ws/wVtAVY -RJJ
nytimes #worldnews: Somali and African Union Forces
Strike Rebels in Mogadishu nyti.ms/wPptnA
Telegraph #Worldnews: Protests over corporate campaign
spending outside Supreme Court tgr.ph/y4e9Zg
BBC Breaking News: British embassy in Baghdad has received body of
hostage Alan McMenemy, who was kidnapped in 2007, UK PM says. More soon bbc.in/bsYxBA
MarketWatch: U.S. stocks close higher, capping third week of gains;
Dow up 97, Google a drag on Nasdaqon.mktw.net/x3X1WJ
HuffPost #Worldnews: Gunmen kidnap American in Nigeria huff.to/y7BRmW
Reuters: GE revenue lower than expected reut.rs/xpDSMh
Al Arabiya English: At 8 least dead in Nigerian attacks, including
bomber: witnesses, source #AlArabiya
PressTV: Zimbabwe teachers walk off in protest dlvr.it/16HnjQ
HuffPostWorld: Costa Concordia search resumes above water after ship
shifts huff.to/wnULZR
#AlArabiya: Suicide attack on Nigerian police
post kills 2 officers: police source
AJELive: Multiple explosions and gunfire have rocked the Nigerian city of
Kano, targeting several police stationsaje.me/wE20jj
AlArabiyaEng: 19 people have been killed by the fire of Syrian security
forces across the country: Syrian activists
PressTV: 100,000 flee homes in DR Congo: UN dlvr.it/16H5q6
cnni: Cuba dissident freed after activist dies goo.gl/fb/tWTvf
Daily Telegraph News: Legendary soul singer Etta James has died of
complications from leukemia in California. More to come.
BBC Breaking News: Up to 20 explosions rock city of #Kano in
northern Nigeria - no information on casualties. Details soon. bbc.in/wH0KAO
Al Arabiya English: French withdrawal from Afghanistan up to Paris:
Pentagon
AlArabiya_Eng: Moroccan female lawmakers protest lack of representation
in Islamist-led cabinet goo.gl/TYhxa
BBC #Worldnews: Stripped and beaten for wearing
trousers - Malawi women hold public protest #Africa bbc.in/xXLJSr
HuffPost #Worldnews: Polish politician tries to smoke pot
in parliament huff.to/AchDyi
Telegraph World News: Indonesian children cross collapsed bridge to
reach school tgr.ph/w4Mrzf
PressTV: Blast kills one, hurts dozens in SE #Turkey dlvr.it/16BXJy
PressTV: 230 people hurt in NE #Iran temblor dlvr.it/16C7rn
PressTV: Bahraini forces kill 11-year-old boy dlvr.it/16CcvD
PressTV: Bomb blast leaves 6 dead in Mogadishu dlvr.it/16D6sf
BreakingNews: Phone giant Vodafone wins case in India's top court, isn't
liable for up to $4.4 billion in back taxes and penalties - AP
TheEconomist: Palestinians and Israelis are talking again-but have yet to
decide what about econ.st/yWHm0F
Pro-government forces launch major offensive in Somali capital,
Mogadishu,2seize territory from al-Shabab militantsbbc.in/zePVCl BBC
BBC #worldnews: Assassins "may be on the way to
Jaipur to kill me" - Salman Rushdie on why he quit literary festival bbc.in/AjIsxX
BBCWorld: France suspends training programme for #Afghan troops
after 4 French soldiers shot dead by Afghan soldier. bbc.in/y4WCNJ
TheEconomist: Power is essential for India's long-term growth. But
electricity is unlikely to flow fast enoughecon.st/z0sj2Z
guardian #worldnews: Third baby dies at Belfast hospital
after infection outbreak gu.com/p/34pq5/tf
PressTV: Gendarme forces move toward protesters in #Piata #Universitatii square, #Bucharest January
19. Thousands of twitpic.com/89g0op
PressTV: #Occupy #Charleston protesters
raise their voices outside the site of the Republican presidential debatetwitpic.com/89g0uh
Update: 17 injured in addition to 4 French soldiers killed by Afghan
soldier in the Taghab valley of eastern Kapisa province - Reuters
CNN International: South Korea restarts food aid to North goo.gl/fb/f68g7
BBC News (World): Jailed Cuban hunger striker dies bbc.in/xpv7GF
PressTV: Saudis protest against Al Saud dlvr.it/169hDJ
BBC News (World): Somalia suicide blast kills six bbc.in/w1zovi
Al Arabiya English: Three Yemeni security members are killed by
unknown gunmen in Aden, Al Arabiya correspondent reports
PressTV: Blast injures 5 in eastern #Afghanistan dlvr.it/169JhS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012
BBCWorld: Colombia rebels hit radar station http://bbc.in/wVtJhP
CNNPolitics: BREAKING: Exit polls show Gingrich leads Romney 38% to 29%
among SC voters.
AJEnglish: Video: Chile's Mapuche fear wildfire backlash aje.me/xtkSDS
Reuters: Gingrich wins gloves-off South Carolina Republican race reut.rs/wwuNj0
nytimes #worldnews: Muslim Brotherhood Wins 47% of Egypt
Assembly Seats nyti.ms/w3lZxZ
Breaking News: South Carolina primary polls close at 7 pm ET; Follow
updates, results on breakingnews.combit.ly/w0m5Di
Breaking News: Heavy clashes between army and opposition fighters
reported in Damascus, Syria, suburb - @AJELivebit.ly/wmqSDR
Reuters Top News: Syrian rebels seize parts of Damascus suburb:
sources reut.rs/xOxhsd
he Associated Press: Swiss police detain more than 100 people at a
protest in advance of the annual meeting of global elites at Davos: apne.ws/zfLxPo
Telegraph #worldNews: Ministry of Defence faces £2 billion
more cuts tgr.ph/yqtSct
Reuters Top News: Darfur peacekeeper killed, three wounded: U.N. reut.rs/zrJG0k
Breaking News: Update: 6.2 quake hits off coast of southern Mexico;
no initial reports of damage - @APapne.ws/xfnrAB
The Associated Press: 16-year-old sailor from the Netherlands ends
her yearlong solo journey around the world in St. Maarten: apne.ws/Aacs86 -EF
BBC News (World): South Carolina voting under way bbc.in/wpextE
CNN Breaking News: Nevada fire 100% contained; 29 homes destroyed. on.cnn.com/zxzqyj
Al Arabiya English: Death toll in #Syria today
rises to 94, including 60 in Idlib hospital morgue: Revolution commission
Huffington Post #Worldnews:
Thailand makes largest drug bust in years huff.to/wHj4m6
Post World News: 4 Iraqi troops killed in attack in Fallujah wapo.st/yLMNO8
AJELive: Head of #Egypt's
SCAF orders release of 1,959 detainees convicted by military courts. aje.me/ruz2TK
Press TV: The United States has sent some 12,000 soldiers to Libya,
in the first phase of deployments to the oil-rich North... fb.me/13M6aMRO1
HuffPostWorld: Islamists secure 75 percent of Egypt's parliament huff.to/xUZ2m2
PressTV: presstv.com #Afghan rescue
workers walk in a line into a #snowbound village
in the mountainous norttwitpic.com/89yyud
Al Arabiya English: 58 people have been killed in #Syria today,
including 30 in a 'massacre' in #Idlib,
the Revolution's General Commission reports
cnni: Hundreds trapped by Kashmir snow http://goo.gl/fb/EvRM0
Daily Telegraph News: Iran's economic troubles mount as new
sanctions are made ready tgr.ph/Avlo3s
CBSNews: 19 arrests at Occupy SF protest as demonstrations across US mark
2nd anniv. of Citizens United OWS Movetoamend bit.ly/yzpJbA
AlArabiya_Eng: Boko Haram claims #Nigeria #Kano attacks,
dozens killed goo.gl/KOdcP
Telegraph #worldNews: French presidential election: the
battle to be first lady tgr.ph/wamML0
cnnbrk: 12th body found as Italian cruise ship search resumes. on.cnn.com/wKMoLM
BBC Breaking News: At least 120 die in co-ordinated attacks by
Islamist militants on Friday in Kano, northern Nigeria, local reports say bbc.in/yE6BRW
AP: Jobs, re-election frame Obama's State of the Union, makes contrast
with opponents' approach: apne.ws/xnpCeB-JM
AJEnglish: Video: Philippine storm victims struggle on aje.me/xa54Se
guardian #worldnews: South Carolina primary: Mitt Romney
'neck & neck' with Newt Gingrich gu.com/p/34qnh/tf
AlArabiya: Leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, won't seek new term, the
group says goo.gl/lHhbA
cnni: Pakistan: 3 Germans arrested in raid goo.gl/fb/efxQy
BBC #Worldnews: Australia government loses key MP bbc.in/yob32w
AJEnglish: South Sudan orders halt of oil production aje.me/wRHr0Y
Telegraph #worldNews: South Carolina Republican primary:
live tgr.ph/zxGs2r
AP: Crocodile swallows girl in Indonesia as father looks on helplessly: apne.ws/w6t0Vs -JM
AJEnglish: #Yemen parliament approves immunity law aje.me/zEU5ho
cnni: Immunity for Yemen's President Saleh goo.gl/fb/ru1iD
cnni: U.S. says aid to Pakistan will continue goo.gl/fb/zNlE2
cnni: Madagascar's ousted leader returns goo.gl/fb/1j79D
BreakingNews: Maoist rebels blow up vehicle, kill 13 policemen in eastern
India - AP
guardian #worldnews: Taliban say Afghan soldier who
killed French troops was a recruit gu.com/p/34qn2/tf
AJELive: Curfew in #Nigeria's #Kano comes
after co-ordinated bomb attacks targeting police, claims 7 livesaje.me/wE20jj
HuffPost #Worldnews: Hundreds of protesters march toward
Tahrir huff.to/xa7NJj
cnni: Hamas leader Meshaal to step down goo.gl/fb/2MQKX
BBC #Worldnews: Beijing releases pollution data bbc.in/wNefK2
AlArabiya_Eng: Death toll rises to 23 in #Syria;
11 of the dead were killed during the bus bomb attack: revolution council #Alarabiya
Al Arabiya English: Gunmen attack policeman’s house, kill guard in
northern #Iraq goo.gl/HbYoc
Breaking News: Several loud explosions heard in Somali capital
Mogadishu near rebel stronghold; smoke seen rising, residents say - Reuters
Breaking News: Indonesian man charged with 'blasphemy' for atheist
post on Facebook, faces maximum sentence of 5 years in jail - AP
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012
Al Arabiya English: US drone strike kills four militants in
Pakistan: security officials
NYTimes World: EfraÃn RÃos 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 - breakingweatherbit.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/…
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 - APon.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 - APon.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
MORNING OF MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012
BBCWorld: Police in #India arrest
2people in connection with a deadly triple bombing which killed27in #Mumbai last
July http://bbc.in/AziY3p
MarketWatch: Euro reaches its highest level of 2012, climbs above
$1.30 on.mktw.net/AtOTtP
CBSNews: West Bank police free Palestinian woman, held captive9years by
her dad, who refused contact w/ divorced mother bit.ly/ydfXXV
More than 100 people have been injured in central Alabama by storms, at
least 2 killed: apne.ws/wYMFAB -EF
Reuters: Storms leave 3 dead in Alabama reut.rs/yvIqFu
BBCWorld: Four killed in clash between pro-Gaddafi fighters and
government militia in Bani Walid, Libya, officials say. bbc.in/ydkKVW
Press TV: A recent report shows that minor Palestinian detainees are
physically and verbally abused by Israeli guards in... fb.me/1jSr3909L
HuffPostWorld: Syria rejects new Arab League plan huff.to/zhHE6f
BreakingNews: First post-Mubarak parliament holds inaugural session,
seeks to elect speaker and 2 deputies - AP bit.ly/xQHWVi
AJEnglish: Video: Bolivian president marks six years in power aje.me/zGlpLd
AP: BREAKING: South Sudan official: Country will shut down oil production
in response to oil thefts by Sudan. -EF
BBC #Worldnews: Two more bodies found on #Costa #Concordia #cruise ship,
officials say. bbc.in/yrIX3G
BreakingNews: China police fire on Tibetan protesters, killing at least 1
and injuring others, rights group says - AFP bit.ly/xosw6K
BBCKarenAllen: Landmark moment for Kenya - two presidential hopefuls,
& former head of the civil service among those to face full ICC trial
TheEconomist: State capitalism is not all the same. Russia, China &
Brazil among others use different modelsecon.st/xoj1Gk
HuffPost #Worldnews: EU adopts 'unprecedented' sanctions
against Iran huff.to/wFV5dR
cnni: Kenyan leaders face human rights trial goo.gl/fb/0jPaH
BBCBreaking: EU agrees to suspend visa bans on #Burma's
leading politicians, including the president & cabinet members. bbc.in/z5Xppz
SkyNewsBreak: Sky Sources: A number of prisoners have escaped from prison
van on way to HMP Hewell prison
