Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Nightly World News Report of the 12th of April 2012



PressTV: '#Iran will not renounce N-rights' http://dlvr.it/1R4hhB

New York Times World: World Briefing | Asia: India: Rebels Release Italian Hostage http://nyti.ms/IHFrBB

nytimesworld: World Briefing | Africa: South Sudan: Border Tensions Increase http://nyti.ms/IHFqNX

Post World News: Vietnam cop filmed hanging from bus windshield wipers as rogue driver tries to escape ticket http://wapo.st/IvmyCK

Breaking News: Update: San Francisco airport seeing major delays, has not suspended operations; Oakland Airport has resumed operations - @nbcbayarea

nytimesworld: World Briefing | Europe: Ukraine: Opposition Figure Sentenced http://nyti.ms/HvYtXT

wsjworld: China Web Suffers Temporary Blackout http://on.wsj.com/IBxtX3

nytimesworld: World Briefing | The Americas: Ecuador: Failing Universities to Close http://nyti.ms/HvYtak


AJELive: Three people killed in #Faryab province protest in northern #Afghanistan | http://aje.me/IdN2Sv

Post World News: Brazil’s supreme court decriminalizes abortions in cases where fetuses develop without brains http://wapo.st/HBsy7q

The Associated Press: Newark Mayor Cory Booker rescues neighbor from fire, taken to hospital after suffering from smoke inhalation: http://apne.ws/HBGtdG -RAS

The Associated Press: Police say three people have been killed at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in northeast Ohio, including suspect: http://apne.ws/IuZgge -RAS

Post World News: Leader of third force in Australian politics announces resignation from Senate after 16 years http://wapo.st/HBAKVj

Post World News: Peru police officer killed in attack on helicopter during search for hostages held by rebels http://wapo.st/IuCchH

nytimesworld: Vaccinations Begin in a Cholera-Ravaged Haiti http://nyti.ms/IHhhHx

MarketWatch: China Q1 GDP cools to 8.1%, below economist expectations http://on.mktw.net/HPdBl2

nytimesworld: Pakistan Demands an End to C.I.A. Drone Strikes http://nyti.ms/HGH3bv

BBCWorld: Burma law promises censorship end http://bbc.in/HE4Kph

Reuters: Japan says may consider economic sanctions on North Korea http://reut.rs/IAJs7e

PressTV: Regime forces attack#Bahrain protesters http://dlvr.it/1R3LTc

The Associated Press: BREAKING: US official: North Korea rocket launch halts planned US food aid.

AlArabiya_Eng: Saudi defense minister meets #Obama, stresses strategic ties http://ow.ly/afg2b

MarketWatch: Hong Kong shares soar in early trade after Wall Street rally; Hang Seng Index up 1.6% http://on.mktw.net/HBv2aJ

Al Arabiya English: Sarkozy, #Obama call on Iran to hold ‘serious’ nuclear talks at Istanbul meeting http://ow.ly/aff6X

The Associated Press: BREAKING: NORAD says first stage of North Korean missile fell into the sea; two other stages failed

Press TV: 2 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK clashes http://dlvr.it/1R2ylG

guardiannews: Teenagers arrested over anti-terrorist hotline hacking http://gu.com/p/36zjy/tf

Post World News: Suu Kyi party may not take seats if lawmakers’ oath with ‘undemocratic’ aspects not changed http://wapo.st/HzuOfq

Al Arabiya English: #Lehman plans $22.5 billion payout to creditors http://ow.ly/affCU

Wall Street Journal: IMF's Lagarde: there is still a "high degree of instability" in the world economy. Watch The Big Interview: http://on.wsj.com/INqLiE VIDEO

Reuters Top News: North Korean rocket appears to have fallen into Yellow Sea off western coast of Korean peninsula http://reut.rs/HDMCvE

MarketWatch: Japanese stocks climb early; Nikkei Average up 0.9% http://on.mktw.net/HvxZ94

BBC News (World): Lung cancer cases rise in women http://bbc.in/INLIKk

Reuters Top News: Florida executes serial killer who murdered six women http://reut.rs/INPkvP

CNN Breaking News: N. Korean rocket failed to get outside Earth's atmosphere, U.S. official says http://on.cnn.com/HyoLHR

The Associated Press: ‏MORE: This is third attempt by Pyongyang to send a satellite into space since 1998: http://apne.ws/ItR00f -MS

Breaking News: More: US officials say it appears North Korea rocket broke up soon after launch - @cnnbrk http://bit.ly/HEype7

Reuters Top News: North Korea rocket is believed to have crashed into sea - @ABC News citing U.S. officials, watch http://Reuters.com for updates

Breaking News: US officials tell @ABC, @CNN, @AP it appears North Korea rocket 'may have failed'

Reuters Top News: Rocket launch took place at 7:39 local time - South Korea Defense Ministry, watch http://Reuters.com for updates

Al Jazeera English: Police find stolen Cezanne painting in Serbia http://aje.me/HAKrmZ

MarketWatch: Citigroup has hired 300 veterans so far in 2012 and plans to bring on more than 1,000 in North America http://bit.ly/HDkIjl via @FINSider

Post World News: Anti-violence video showing children as thieves and kidnappers stirs storm in Mexico http://wapo.st/Itwj4r

Wall Street Journal: ... Best Buy investigation includes alleged relationship with female subordinate, sources say. http://on.wsj.com/97vJbq

Reuters Top News: BofA launches second round of bulk sales of foreclosed homes - @MattGoldstein26 and @jennablan http://reut.rs/HEr5PS $BAC

MarketWatch: Adobe is going to buy back $2 billion in shares by the end of fiscal year 2015 http://on.mktw.net/INnaRw $ADBE

Reuters Top News: Two Coast Guard members shot dead at Alaska air base http://reut.rs/HEiZGP

WSJ World News: Euro-Zone Data Point to Recession http://on.wsj.com/J0TJYR

Press TV:‏ Pakistan approves guidelines for#US ties http://dlvr.it/1R1ZZm

BBC News (World): Peru rules out rebel negotiations http://bbc.in/IqXlIs

Telegraph World News: Egypt passes legislation banning Mubarak officials from running as president http://tgr.ph/HOCkpD

Al Jazeera English: Thaksin says he plans to return to Thailand http://aje.me/It7yW6

BBC News (World): Google splits stock as sales jump http://bbc.in/HEmbDS

Breaking News: Report: Guinea-Bissau military takes over ruling party headquarters, national radio - @AFP http://yhoo.it/IzJjDn

MarketWatch: J.B. Hunt reported first-quarter profit of $67.7 million, $JBHT shares are up 25% over the past 12 months http://on.mktw.net/HDZPo3

Sky News Newsdesk: Google inc posts first-quarter profits up 24%, year-on-year

Wall Street Journal: Google to create new class of non-voting stock. http://on.wsj.com/HEhUyI $GOOG

Reuters: Google reports Q1 profit of $2.89 billion http://reut.rs/IzKLWm

Reuters Top News: Google announces stock dividend http://reut.rs/HEhHLT $GOOG

Guardian news: Mothercare to close 111 UK stores but expand overseas http://gu.com/p/36p35/tf

MarketWatch: Dow closes up 181 points in its second best day of the year http://on.mktw.net/HEjhiE

MarketWatch: Google profit soars; company to create new class of nonvoting shares http://on.mktw.net/Hv7Jf1

CBSSF: Sheriff's Deputy attempting to deliver an eviction notice is among 2 dead in Modesto shooting, standoff: http://cbsloc.al/I6NGEz

The Associated Press: MORE: Officials say it's unclear if the deaths at the Coast Guard station are a double homicide or a murder-suicide: http://apne.ws/IsVST7

Reuters Top News: Goldman to pay $22 million to settle "huddles" case http://reut.rs/HDQOI7

Post World News: Italian party expels official in funds scandal that triggered resignation of Berlusconi’s ally http://wapo.st/IsDJou

Breaking News: US Coast Guard says 2 dead in shooting at station on Alaska's Kodiak Island - @AP

Wall Street Journal: Tickets to European destinations from the U.S. are, on average, up 11% this year. Airfare to Paris is up 22%. http://on.wsj.com/HuzrIN

Post World News: PHOTOS: Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi harvest festival. http://wapo.st/HA376l

BBC News (World): Pakistan 'to reopen' Nato routes http://bbc.in/HxWRM0

cnni: Pakistan agrees to re-engage with U.S. http://dlvr.it/1R0JFp

PressTV: Khawaja enters day 64 of hunger strike http://dlvr.it/1R0Hkh

Press TV: Bomb kills five in north#Afghanistan http://dlvr.it/1R0Hp4

Post World News: Mubarak’s ex-VP says he seeks presidency to prevent Egypt from becoming ‘religious state’ http://wapo.st/IspCQ9

Al Arabiya English: UPDATE: U.N.-brokered ceasefire in #Syria not fully implemented: Kofi Annan http://goo.gl/1Rkf7

PressTV: FDA to cut antibiotics in animal food http://dlvr.it/1QzB2B

cnni: Mali restores civilian rule after coup http://dlvr.it/1QzP8h

WSJ: At around 11 a.m. local time Thursday, China's Internet suddenly began behaving very strangely http://on.wsj.com/ILNITm

BreakingNews: California Supreme Court rules that company managers do not have to ensure workers take meal breaks - @AP

PostWorldNews: 3 killed as Yemeni tribesmen clash with al-Qaida fighters in fresh fighting in country's south http://wapo.st/IrUccy

PressTV: http://www.presstv.ir/ A #firefighter helps battle a brush fire in the #Meadowlands near #Metlife #Stadium http://twitpic.com/98y4zi

PostWorldNews: Danish warship rescues 12 hostages, arrests 16 pirates off Somali coast http://wapo.st/IZMyjH

PressTV: Pakistani fighter jets kill 8 militants http://dlvr.it/1R00gQ

MarketWatch: Gold ends 1.2% higher at $1,680.60 an ounce, buoyed by a lower dollar and dovish Fed talk http://on.mktw.net/IzfO4A

WSJ: Louisiana's new school-choice program gives parents more control over the use of tax dollars to educate their kids http://on.wsj.com/Huv7JF

BBCWorld: Egypt law vote blocks candidate http://bbc.in/HLSjW2

Al Arabiya English: #BreakingNews: 37 people have been killed by army gunfire across #Syria today: Local Coordinating Committees

BBC News (World): UN says deployment of small observer team to #Syria planned within 48 hours to test water for full mission Details soon http://bbc.in/Ij99t1

Breaking News: All clear issued at World Financial Center in Manhattan; officials determine suspicious package is a novelty grenade - @NBCNews

Press TV: 'US brutally suppresses protesters' http://dlvr.it/1QywZ8

Al Arabiya English: #BreakingNews: 18 people have been killed by army gunfire across #Syria today: Syrian Revolution General Commission

Al Jazeera English: Find out how the act of a man labelled #America's first domestic #terrorist inspired 3 very persistent protesters | http://aje.me/IlskXI

Al Arabiya English: #BreakingNews: Syrian army forces fire on protesters outside the parliament in Damascus: Local Coordinating Committees #Syria

Reuters Top News: 2 World Financial Center being evacuated due to suspicious package - NYPD spokesman Paul Browne

Post World News: Putin says government will spend $1 billion this year on new space launch pad http://wapo.st/HzymP4

Wall Street Journal: $3,418: The average monthly rent for a Manhattan apartments -- an all-time high. http://on.wsj.com/HutNq6

PressTV: '#Iran to up gas exports via new pipeline' http://dlvr.it/1QyQYNReuters: At least 8 militants reported killed in Yemen violence http://reut.rs/HEbT4z

Reuters Top News: Trayvon Martin shooter faces court hearing http://reut.rs/HIytLn

Reuters Top News: Massachusetts man convicted of aiding al Qaeda to be sentenced http://reut.rs/HKJKuD

BBC News (World): US government agrees to pay more than $1bn compensation to 41 Native American tribes http://bbc.in/HEYjxU

cnni: UAE to recall Iran ambassador http://dlvr.it/1Qy5Z3

CNN Breaking News: Protesters taking to streets amid Syria's fragile truce. http://on.cnn.com/HCKuEy

nytimesworld: In Myanmar, Stumbling Blocks in a Booming Economy http://nyti.ms/IHnKxm

Breaking News: 'Underwear bomber' Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab moved to Supermax prison in Colorado - @detnews http://bit.ly/HDIx6X

MarketWatch: Nasdaq up more than 1%, Dow extends gains to triple digits http://on.mktw.net/HEUEju

Reuters: Big banks face $638 billion shortfall on new rules: BIS http://reut.rs/HDHeVI

Reuters Top News: Gulf of Mexico oil sheen triggers spill response http://reut.rs/HKVBsq

The Economist: A fake book by a nonexistent author is selling on Amazon to customers who think they are buying the real thing http://econ.st/ImOxo4

The Morning World News Report of the 12th of April 2012


AJELive: CA Police condemned over student pepper-spraying http://aje.me/HC1nzh

BBCWorld: VIDEO: African elephant poaching 'rising' http://bbc.in/HMtA3l

BBCWorld: India rioters sentenced to life http://bbc.in/IidDAi

MarketWatch: Stocks in Europe start the day with modest gains http://on.mktw.net/IieaCh

cnni: North Korea's hungry get hungrier http://dlvr.it/1Qt6wX

PostWorldNews: Minivan rams into pedestrians in Japanese city of Kyoto; 13 people injured, some critically http://wapo.st/IFrM9r

PressTV: Two Afghans killed in anti-US rally http://dlvr.it/1QxZp4

BreakingNews: 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average in US falls to near-record low of 3.88% - @MarketWatch http://on.mktw.net/IYaWSH

AJELive: Five-day window period opens as #NorthKorea readies for #rocket launch | http://aje.me/HwTg0S

AlArabiya_Eng: Unusual hail, heavy rain, snow hit southern #Saudi http://goo.gl/aaBq3

PressTV: NATO copter makes emergency landing http://dlvr.it/1QtH7n

HuffPostWorld: Mother's miraculous morgue moment http://huff.to/IuQNaW

WSJ: Chinese authorities now call Briton's death an "intentional homicide" after his family was told a heart attack http://on.wsj.com/Huji62

AlArabiya_Eng: Video: At least 72 killed as fighting against Qaeda enters its 3rd day in southern Yemen http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/11/206975.html #worldnews

PressTV: Pakistan's Supreme Court has received a petition to prohibit an extension plan for the US embassy http://fb.me/GkurXawo

MarketWatch: Portuguese bank shares sink as Banco Espirito says it will issue new shares http://on.mktw.net/I5uU0q

PostWorldNews: Surveying minimal damage from twin quakes, Indonesians can't believe their luck. http://wapo.st/HzoZid

TheEconomist: 2 days after Mr Mutharika's death, Joyce Banda, Malawi's 1st female president, is off to a good start http://econ.st/HxCm2n

BBCBreaking: Magnitude 6.9 #earthquake strikes off #Mexico's Pacific coast, US Geological Survey says http://bbc.in/HtM7j9

cnni: Earthquakes shake Gulf of California http://dlvr.it/1QtVzp

AP: Power lunch? Calif. Supreme Court to decide if company managers must order workers to take meal breaks: http://apne.ws/HySznS -JM

guardiannews: Mexico hit by two strong earthquakes http://gu.com/p/36zby/tf

AJEnglish: Video: Refugee exodus in northern Mali http://aje.me/IpGze1

HuffPostWorld: Violence spikes in Bahrain http://huff.to/IuRf94

PressTV: #Iran arrests 15 over Sunni cleric murder http://dlvr.it/1QtgsW

MarketWatch: Borrowing costs rise as Italy sells 3-year bond: reports http://on.mktw.net/HE943A

AJEnglish: Sony to shed 10,000 worldwide jobs http://aje.me/IpYqRX

PressTV: US soldiers kill Afghan civilian http://dlvr.it/1QvdJN

TelegraphWorld: KFC apologises for Thailand earthquake and tsunami promotion http://tgr.ph/HNvMrl

SkyNewsBreak: Syrian state media: Government says "terrorists" escalating attacks to destabilise Syria and sabotage ceasefire (Reuters)

TelegraphWorld: Blog by @pmdfoster: The Guantanamo war crimes tribunal is worse than a Bush-era horror show http://tgr.ph/HNjO0T

Reuters: WTO sees trade growth falling to 3.7 percent in 2012 http://reut.rs/HDrwd8

PressTV: Sudan warplanes hit major town in South http://dlvr.it/1QwpdR

BBCWorld: JK Rowling announces novel title http://bbc.in/Iy9vOJ

AlArabiya_Eng: #BreakingNews: South Sudan's Kiir threatens to seize Abyei region unless Khartoum withdraws.

AJELive: Al Jazeera's @anitamcnaught says Free Syrian Army sources say they intend to observe the ceasefire.

AJEnglish: Video: Russian politician on strike over vote count http://aje.me/IpGzux

BBCBreaking: British Airways says its takeover of #BMI will mean up to 1,200 job losses. Details soon http://bbc.in/Iy8PsA

AJEnglish: US government sues Apple in e-book scandal http://aje.me/HyR893

PostWorldNews: Indian Cabinet approves financial restructuring of national carrier Air India http://wapo.st/Iq2yBA

AJEnglish: Traore sworn in as Mali's interim leader http://aje.me/Iq4AS4

PostWorldNews: North Korea insists planned rocket launch does not flout deal with U.S. http://wapo.st/Iqv1Hp

AlArabiya_Eng: #BreakingNews: 8 people have been killed by army gunfire across #Syria today: Syrian Revolution General Commission

PressTV: 'Terrorist raid' kills 1, hurts 24 in Syria http://dlvr.it/1Qx3Sq

BBCWorld: VIDEO: UN-backed ceasefire in #Syria holding amid tensions http://bbc.in/HKacEB

BBCWorld: AUDIO: UK Prime Minister David Cameron says sanctions against #Burma should be eased http://bbc.in/HAgNCO

Reuters: China, Philippines both send ships as dispute simmers http://reut.rs/HzhMDp

nytimesworld: British Hacking Scandal Suits to Be Filed in U.S. http://nyti.ms/IXfp8i

BBCWorld: Five people killed following Wednesday's #earthquakes in #Indonesia, officials say http://bbc.in/I5Jl4q

Reuters: Maoist rebels free Italian tour guide Paolo Bosusco http://reut.rs/Hz0wOA

AlArabiya_Eng: #BreakingNews: Three people are killed by the security forces in Syria despite ceasefire: revolution council

BBCWorld: "I've been stoned, I've been beaten": transsexual singer overcomes prejudice to become a big star in #Angola http://bbc.in/HDem1p

Breaking News: Solar power plant builder BrightSource Energy pulls IPO citing 'adverse market conditions' - @Forbes http://onforb.es/I7Xn2h

PressTV: Bahrainis urge release of top activist http://dlvr.it/1QsSn7

BreakingNews: Xinhua: Bus collides with truck in east China, killing at least 23 - @AP http://abcn.ws/Iwhufj

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