Monday, April 2, 2012

The Nightly World News Report of the 2nd of April 2012


BBCWorld: Samsung in $7bn China plant move http://bbc.in/HgOuYE

Al Arabiya English: 12 killed in Moscow market fire: emergencies ministry

Breaking News: US offers $10 million bounty for founder of Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba - @AP

guardian #worldnews: Colombia Farc rebels free 10 soldiers and police http://gu.com/p/36j4e/tf

Breaking News: Australia's central bank keeps rates on hold; Aussie dollar rises - @MarketWatch

Post World News: Ecuador’s president to boycott Americas summit over Cuba’s exclusion http://wapo.st/HKuFZJ

BreakingNews: Hong Kong stocks rise, with resource shares, telecoms gaining; Hang Seng Index up 0.5% - MarketWatch

HuffPost #Worldnews: Scores killed in Iraq's 'lowest monthly dead toll' since 2003 http://huff.to/H4Wp90

Post #WorldNews: Yemen officials: 14 al-Qaida-linked militants killed in clashes with military in south http://wapo.st/HaWJnG

Post #WorldNews: Gunmen wearing police uniforms abduct mayor in restive southern Philippines http://wapo.st/HGB0mm

Reuters: Pinnacle Airlines files for bankruptcy in U.S http://reut.rs/HO0O1Q

PressTV: Senegal's new president sworn in http://dlvr.it/1NwF9X

AJEnglish: On @AJStream 1930 GMT: #Nollywood, the world's 3rd largest film industry. We discuss its impact on Africa | http://aje.me/_stream

cnni: 6.3 earthquake reported in Mexico http://dlvr.it/1Nx7JC

BBCWorld: Gas leak costs Total $1.5m a day http://bbc.in/H9Tb4t

WSJ: Apple's stock has risen 74% in the past year. Analysts predict it could keep soaring even w/o a major new product. http://on.wsj.com/H8GBRx

MarketWatch: U.S. stocks finish higher on first trading day of second quarter http://on.mktw.net/Hba9j7

AJELive: 'Saboteurs' destroy Bahrain police vehicles, #Bahrain News Agency quotes officials as saying http://aje.me/kiyaXp

ReutersUS: Agents arrest more than 3,000 criminal immigrants in sweep http://reut.rs/HOEIMx

Syria Commits to April 10 Withdrawal Plan http://nyti.ms/H8eF54

nytimes #worldnews: Mali Coup Leaders Suffer Sanctions and Loss of Timbuktu http://nyti.ms/HFhqYW

Telegraph #Worldnews: Buenos Aires: protesters march on British embassy http://tgr.ph/HIbnA6

The Economist: Argentina's Central Bank has lost the last shred of its legal independence and become the piggy bank of the government http://econ.st/HIShOe

BreakingNews: Jurors recommend life in prison for Texas nurse convicted of killing 5 with bleach injections - AP http://bit.ly/Hgwc5a

PressTV: Italy's jobless rate hits all time high http://dlvr.it/1NyyxC

nytimes #worldnews: Syria Agrees to Troop Withdrawal, Annan Says http://nyti.ms/H9yfhx

Post #WorldNews: Anti-corruption crusader wins Russian mayoral election in victory for opposition http://wapo.st/H9SmcI

PressTV: Weeklong violence kills 26 in Karachi http://dlvr.it/1NyYwD

PressTV: 18 killed in Somali violence http://dlvr.it/1NyYwl

wsj #worldnews: Moderate Quake Hits Mexico http://on.wsj.com/HBs1rp

BreakingNews: Fire breaks out at Moscow's Federation Tower, set to become Europe's tallest building - RT_com http://bit.ly/HFiPyC

AP: Mexican drug kingpin Benjamin Arrellano Felix sentenced to 25 years in US prison: http://apne.ws/Haucyw -CJ

HuffPostWorld: Jailed former PM allowed out for medical care http://huff.to/HKjPUH

AP: BREAKING: Police detain one person in fatal shooting in Oakland, California, religious school

AP: BREAKING: At least five dead in fatal shooting at Oakland religious school -AB

BBCWorld: US releases 1940 pre-WWII census http://bbc.in/HflJeY

Post World News: Syria 'agrees' ceasefire deadline http://bbc.in/HfljVL

Post World News: Al-Qaeda's online forums go dark for extended period. http://wapo.st/HH2Ykr

BBCWorld: Burma sets currency exchange rate http://bbc.in/HEFv3p

BreakingNews: More: Annan tells UN council Syria has agreed on April 10 deadline for partial implementation of peace plan: envoy - Reuters

AlArabiya_Eng: #Pakistan boy sets himself on fire over school uniform http://goo.gl/2d2yT

cnni: 4 dead, hundreds displaced in Fiji floods http://dlvr.it/1NpzgT

PressTV: Afghan Taliban:#US chopper down http://dlvr.it/1NqDDP

AJELive: Blast hits central #Damascus, lightly injuring four people: #Syrian state television http://aje.me/kSZ2wl

wsj #worldnews: Macau March Gambling Revenue Up 24% http://on.wsj.com/HHDxjZ

BBCWorld: Militants hit Pakistan checkpoint http://bbc.in/H8uQj3

BBCBreaking: #Eurozone unemployment rises to 10.8%, a record high http://bbc.in/H8vaOG

PressTV: 675#Russian ice fishermen rescued http://dlvr.it/1NqtK1

The Associated Press: #Occupy protesters take over vacant Archdiocese of San Francisco building for homeless shelter: http://apne.ws/H9WwRJ -CJ

wsj #world #worldnews: Nepal OKs China Dam Project http://on.wsj.com/HCnWNl

AlArabiya_Eng: #Saudi Arabia's economic growth expected to slow to 6 percent this year http://goo.gl/xPaic

Post #WorldNews: Tibetan immolations, largely unnoticed, among history's biggest waves of suicide-by-fire http://wapo.st/HDcnIv

PressTV: Melanoma on rise among young adults http://dlvr.it/1NttfR

AlArabiya_Eng: Video: #Google's self-driving car allows the blind to get behind the wheels http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/02/204802.html

AlArabiya_Eng: Local Coordinating Committees report 24 people have been killed by army gunfire across #Syria today.

BBC News (World): Ukraine ex-PM 'to leave prison' http://bbc.in/H4bYxM

wsj #worldnews: Yaroslavl Win Boosts Anti-Putin Forces http://on.wsj.com/HOtO6O

MarketWatch: Groupon shares dive 12% after online coupon firm reveals accounting problems http://on.mktw.net/HeZMrv

AP: RAW VIDEO: A motor home crash in Kansas killed 5 people from a Minnesota family and sent 13 others to hospitals http://apne.ws/HFYies -CJ

Sky News Newsdesk: JetBlue pilot detained following mid-air outburst last week due to appear in court later today

Post World News: Iraq’s Kurdish region halts oil exports over payment row with Baghdad http://wapo.st/HDcq7d

WSJ World News: U.K. Manufacturing Expands http://on.wsj.com/HEz8vL

Post #WorldNews: Islamist group plants flag in Timbuktu after rebel takeover, as crisis in Mali deepens http://wapo.st/HCDY9L

BBCWorld: The refugee from #Liberia who went home with just $25 in his pocket and made good http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17567343

AlArabiya_Eng: #Iraq calls on #Qatar to hand over fugitive VP #Hashemi http://goo.gl/2qsdX

AJELive: Flood-ravaged #Fiji braces for #cyclone http://aje.me/HMyz3w

AJELive: RT MARYAMALKHAWAJA: Thank u everyone for ur amazing support, I got into #Egypt! wish Majed_Abusalama could say the same.

MarketWatch: Avon shares leap 27%premarket as Coty pursues$10billion bid http://on.mktw.net/HMFlX5

PressTV: Fresh blasts hit northern#Afghanistan http://dlvr.it/1NsNCC

HuffPostWorld: Syria's Homs shelled despite ceasefire pledge http://huff.to/HIyMXm

Reuters: Euro zone unemployment reaches near 15-year high http://reut.rs/H9xn9J

guardian #worldnews: Colombian guerrillas prepare to release servicemen held hostage for up to 14 yrs http://gu.com/p/36t82/tw

Post #WorldNews: Pakistan says Taliban militants coming from Afghanistan attack border posts, kill 4 soldiers http://wapo.st/HF2gUE

AlArabiya: Bin Laden's widows sentenced to45days in prison in Pakistan http://goo.gl/F0HR0

AP: Hungarian President Pal Schmitt resigns after losing doctorate in plagiarism scandal: http://apne.ws/H9yC92 -CJ

AP: 30 years after Argentina occupied Falkland Islands, the gulf between them has only grown: http://apne.ws/H9qANp - VW

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