Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Nightly #worldnews Report of the 24th of March 2012


Press TV: Toxic tear gas has killed yet another demonstrator in Bahrain as the Saudi-backed regime forces continue their... http://fb.me/1zkZFi7X8

CNN International: CY Leung wins Hong Kong vote http://dlvr.it/1MD3Rt

AJELive: Rick #Santorum has won #Louisiana's #Republican primary | http://aje.me/GNjQb7 #US

BreakingNews: 14 arrested at Occupy Wall Street protests in New York - Reuters http://reut.rs/GN5h7v

BreakingNews: 4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Ioannina, northwest Greece - USGS

Post #WorldNews: Colombia's FARC rebels plan to free last 10 'prisoners of war' in early April, ex-senator says http://wapo.st/GZHyfo

AJEnglish: Obama visits Korean Demilitarized Zone http://aje.me/GOMtyo

Post World News: Canada’s leading opposition party elects new leader months after Canada mourns previous head http://wapo.st/GYvcrj

NYTimes World: Paraguay’s Chaco Forest Being Cleared by Ranchers http://nyti.ms/GQwgMB

The Associated Press: BREAKING: Santorum wins Republican presidential primary in Louisiana

Daily Telegraph News: Tory co-treasurer Peter Cruddas quits over cash for access claim http://tgr.ph/H30wnm

TheEconomist: Brazil's Senate debates a small measure to help disarm an economic time bomb http://econ.st/GLR1rC

Breaking #worldNews: Venezuela's Chavez says he will return to Cuba for radiation therapy on Sunday - Reuters

CNN Breaking News: Former Vice President Dick Cheney has undergone heart transplant surgery, his office says

Press TV: 29 arrested in Athens clashes http://dlvr.it/1MBDRp

Post World News: Mexican police kill lieutenant for Zetas drug cartel http://wapo.st/GK0IJb

Al Arabiya English: Dozens of Frenchmen being trained by Taliban: Pakistani officials http://goo.gl/1pYLM

The Associated Press: Spanish police arrest 22 gang members suspected of forcing women into prostitution, tattooing them with bar codes: http://apne.ws/H1UR11 -BW

Al Arabiya English: Al-Qaeda in North Africa claims German citizen kidnap http://goo.gl/okc8Z #EdgarFritzRaupach

BBC Breaking News: New clashes break out in #Egypt's Port Said after overnight violence sparked by ban on local football team. Detail soon http://bbc.in/GWSX3s

AJELive: Fresh violence reported in Egyptian city of Port Said, after protests against football club ban. http://aje.me/ruz2TK

Post World News: Kidnap claim shows 2 terror groups now operating in Nigeria’s increasingly violent north http://wapo.st/GL9swL

PressTV: http://www.presstv.ir/ A #Bahraini #protester stands near an armored #police #vehicle during clashes with riot http://twitpic.com/90ob02

The Associated Press: Detective who fired first of 50 shots that killed Sean Bell as he left NYC bachelor party to lose job: http://apne.ws/GVuFUX -BW

AJELive: Former #Afghan Senator dies in #Uruzgan IED blast |



The Morning #WorldNews Report of the 24th of March 2012

AlArabiya: A #Syrian official denied that a pilot has defected and fled to #Turkey http://goo.gl/iNmBx


SkyNewsBreak: Fire Service says one person killed & 37 injured after coach and lorry crash on the M5 in the west midlands.

Post #WorldNews: Syrian troops fire mortar rounds at rebel-held neighborhood in central city of Homs http://wapo.st/GKyVpY

BreakingNews: Syrian troops backed by tanks storm Saraqeb, UK-based activists tell AP; town has been held by anti-Assad forces for months

PressTV: Kenyan jets fire kills 10 in #Somalia http://dlvr.it/1M4bZ9

AlArabiya: #Palestinian 'shot in clash with West Bank settlers' http://goo.gl/YjgHM

AlArabiya: #Taliban attack 'kills three #Pakistani soldiers' http://goo.gl/un7zI

AJEnglish: Senegal set for showdown for presidency http://aje.me/GUzATP

Press TV: ‘Turkish forces kill 15 Kurdish women’ http://dlvr.it/1M6Bdp

PressTV: The United States has formally released USD 1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt amid fears that the assistance... http://fb.me/1MjSQtVRX

PressTV: US-led soldier killed in east #Afghanistan http://dlvr.it/1M5d14

AP: Japanese fishing boat swept away by March 2011 tsunami adrift off the coast of British Columbia: http://apne.ws/GMpqni -BW

Reuters: Deadly clashes in Egypt after soccer club banned http://reut.rs/GVLqg2

PressTV: Israeli settlers injure Palestinian boy http://dlvr.it/1M635q

BBC News (World): Mali coup leader deplores looting http://bbc.in/GYFx2d

AJELive: At least one killed and 50 injured, in #Egypt football fan protests in Port Said. http://aje.me/ruz2TK

Al Jazeera English: #Egypt chooses panel to draft constitution


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