Sunday, December 25, 2011

The Late Night World News Report of Christmas day 2011


Breaking News: Arab League's monitoring team will start mission in Syria by visiting the turbulent city of Homs on Tuesday, source says - 



PressTV: OWS marks 100th day of protests http://dlvr.it/129TDh

Reuters: 13 found dead in truck in eastern Mexico: local media reut.rs/uhoYyL

PressTV: Pakistanis stage anti-graft rally dlvr.it/129d0f

cnni: Attacker targets Iraqi interior ministry goo.gl/fb/UmpwA

Reuters: Samsung says to buy Sony stake in LCD JV for $939 million reut.rs/uhnisw

Al Arabiya English: A suicide car bomb kills at least 4 people and wounds 17 others near Iraq’s Interior Ministry: Police #alarabiya #Iraq

Press TV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Tel Aviv would not enter any talks with the Palestinians,... fb.me/1ncuC0Pp9

The Associated Press: Philippine search teams find another 150 bodies in the sea, flash flood death toll up to 1,236: apne.ws/sBcGtW -CC

BBC News (World): Many feared dead in India sinking bbc.in/t2sYoh

cnni: S. Korean delegation enters North goo.gl/fb/eYgrJ

Press TV: 'Abducted #Iranians in good health' dlvr.it/128p9Y

 The Associated Press: Mexico's army captures the security head for drug lord "El Chapo," but wanted cartel chief still loose: apne.ws/lkcIo1 -EF

The Associated Press: CORRECTION: Mexico's army captures security head for Sinaloa drug cartel chief "El Chapo" - not "El Chapo": apne.ws/lkcIo1 -EF

The Associated Press: Mexico's army captures "El Chapo," security head for Sinaloa drug cartel, one of world's most wanted men: apne.ws/lkcIo1 -EF

Reuters Top News: Stocks rise as U.S. economic hopes improve reut.rs/tLMhzI

cnni: India: Boat capsizes; 11 missing goo.gl/fb/RxjCR

CNN International: At least 40 patients die amid India strike goo.gl/fb/qSf28

guardian #worldnews: Brazil overtakes UK as sixth-largest economy gu.com/p/34amp/tf

Reuters Top News: Mortars hit Iranian dissident camp in Iraq: Iraqi army reut.rs/vKxgzS

Press TV: Powerful explosions targeting government offices and churches in Nigeria have left at least 30 people dead and... fb.me/DymEaIIp

Sky News Newsdesk: Fox: Police in Texas have found seven people dead, apparently from gunshot wounds, inside a house northwest of Dallas, Texas

Reuters Top News: Iran says woman's stoning case might change to hanging reuters.com/article/2011/1…

Guardian news: Al-Qaida leadership almost wiped out in Pakistan, British officials believe gu.com/p/349fe/tf

CBS News: Anonymous hacks U.S. security think tank - bit.ly/s0FV0l

PressTV: Israel tortures Palestinian prisoners dlvr.it/1273mJ

#AlArabiya: #Egypt's military rulers study plan to speed up vote goo.gl/cEzOy 

AJELive: Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in #Yemen against the deaths of protesters aje.me/lvLnbE

robcrilly: Imran Khan's tsunami has well &truly engulfed Karachi. 100,000+ maybe as many as 150K. Say what u like, but something is changing

Al Arabiya English: Iraqi VP refuses to return to Baghdad; says he can stand for trial only in #Kurdistan goo.gl/GdHdT #Iraq

PressTV: UK death toll in #Afghanistan nears 400 dlvr.it/126bzr 

Press TV: Palestinian life in exile dlvr.it/126X84

CNN International: Revolutionary blogger freed in Egypt goo.gl/fb/DKbpt

Mostly Grim World News for Christmas Day 2011, but have a merry one!


Sky News Newsdesk: AFP: Nigerian police confirm four more deaths following bombings across country, total deaths now 32


Daily Telegraph News: Boko Haram: the group behind the Nigerian attacks tgr.ph/t7HjJu

#AlArabiya: Thirty JEM rebels killed with leader: #Sudan army

AJELive: Thousands rally for #Pakistan's Imran Khan in Karachi aje.me/sYBZh5

cnnbrk: 2 more deaths reported in siege in Homs, #Syria. Arab League observers scheduled to arrive Monday. on.cnn.com/tmxS9w

AP: House fire in Stamford, Conn., kills five - two adults and three children: apne.ws/u9H8OL -ldh

#AlArabiya: Death toll rises to 9 protesters, dissents killed across #Syria: revolution council

PressTV: 263 hopefuls register for Majlis election dlvr.it/12689H

Post #WorldNews: 3 people dead, 5 feared missing after Indonesia-flagged ship sinks off Russia's east coast wapo.st/tzg231

PressTV: Rail signalers go on three-day strike dlvr.it/124hG8

PressTV: 1000 Hawaii hospital staff to lose jobs dlvr.it/124hJn

PressTV: 'Saudis will continue protest rallies' dlvr.it/124nYM

wsj #worldnews: India Sets State Election Dates on.wsj.com/uz6yGn

PressTV: Russian military Intelligence chief quits dlvr.it/125Wv4

PressTV: Funeral blast kills 20 in #Afghanistan dlvr.it/125h9W

SkyNewsBreak: AFP: Three more explosions have been reported in Nigeria.

PressTV: Bahrainis continue anti-regime protests dlvr.it/125m36

Reuters: Two blasts heard in northern Nigerian city of Damaturu 

Sky News Newsdesk: Reuters: Bomb blast during Christmas prayers at church in Abuja, Nigeria - casualty numbers unknown

The Associated Press: 38 Haitian migrants die when boat sinks off Cuba's eastern coast; 87 rescued: apne.ws/rYBXsL -CC

Saturday, December 24, 2011

The World News Report of Tonight, the 24 of December 2011

Breaking #worldNews: Cyclone winds lash Cobourg Peninsula in Australia's Northern Territory http://bit.ly/u2UfvS

PressTV: Afghan soldier kills two #US troops http://dlvr.it/123rQZ

Breaking News: Update: Plane with wheel jam makes safe landing at Karachi airport - thenews.com.pk

Breaking News: Russian plane with 72 aboard to make emergency landing at Karachi, Pakistan, airport; landing gear malfunctioning - NBC News

The Associated Press: Virginia police say man killed two people, then stole SUV with 2-year-old in back seat: apne.ws/v33Nkm -CC

Al Arabiya English: Rebel leader from Darfur region, Khalil Ibrahim, killed by Sudan forces in North Kordofan: AFP

 msnbc.com - World: At least 38 dead in Haitian shipwreck off Cuba 

PressTV: Coal mine collapse kills 11 in #Afghanistan http://dlvr.it/123Sl9

cnni: 3 Americans 'among Mexico victims' http://goo.gl/fb/hdYvK

CNN International: Iraqi PM promises security after attacks goo.gl/fb/J1NNY

AP INTERACTIVE: From Steve Jobs to Kim Jong Il, a look at the famous and infamous who died in 2011: http://apne.ws/ugNP8Z -EC


BBC #Worldnews: Man shot in East Dunbartonshire bbc.in/t52GCS

cnni: Kim now N.Korea 'supreme commander' goo.gl/fb/cm8xu

nytimes #worldnews: Royalists Step Up Efforts to Defend Thai Monarchy nyti.ms/tUQVgY

The Associated Press: Is the Occupy movement history in the making? Time will tell. Just in case, artifacts are being kept: apne.ws/spMtej -EC

Al Arabiya English: Death toll rises to 38 protesters and dissents killed across #Syria, the coordination committees say

Al Arabiya English: #Yemeni president says he will travel to the U.S. not for treatment but "to create favorable conditions for the presidential election”

Al Arabiya English: The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev calls on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to quit politics

CNN Breaking News: 10,000 doctors strike for better pay in #India. goo.gl/fb/dwvJc

Al Arabiya English: #Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh intends to head to the U.S. for a medical treatment

Sky News Newsdesk: Reuters: Medical source says 9 people have been killed and 90 injured after security forces fire on protesters in Yemeni capital, Sanaa

Post #WorldNews: Libyan economy minister resigns after protesters discover he accepted same post from Gadhafi wapo.st/tnqpK7

Reuters Top News: Christmas pilgrims pray for peace in Bethlehem reut.rs/thz7Ag

Al Arabiya English: Death toll from attacks in northern Nigeria attributed to the Islamist Boko Haram sect could reach 100, police & a local rights group say

24 December Morning News at 8:15


CNN International: India doctors strike for better pay goo.gl/fb/dwvJc

Post #WorldNews: Report: Turkey releases AFP photographer, arrests 31 people accused of Kurdish rebel links wapo.st/uT1Tzg

PressTV: Over dozen protesters injured in #Bahrain dlvr.it/11yKhf

PressTV: Turkey to buy #Iran oil despite sanctions dlvr.it/11yWml

AP: GOP: #Gingrich, #Perry fail to make Virginia primary ballot; fall short of 10,000 signatures: apne.ws/tJN7Sk -VW

Post #WorldNews: Iran starts registering candidates for March parliamentary elections; reformists stay out wapo.st/slFZpa

Al Arabiya English: Video: Iraqis protest against vice president Hashemi english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/… #TareqalHashemi #IraqPolitics #Baghdad #AlArabiyaEnglish

PressTV: 'Afghan civilians killed for no reason' dlvr.it/120yCZ

BBC #Worldnews: Libya celebrates independence day bbc.in/uksMA2

PressTV: Fresh protests hit Moroccan cities dlvr.it/11z1RV

PressTV: 'Saudi protests are growing weekly' dlvr.it/11z6Dl

PressTV: 'CIA halts drone raids on #Pakistan' dlvr.it/11zNgn

PressTV: 27 PKK members killed in SE #Turkey dlvr.it/11zNhW

PressTV: A Palestinian protester throws a tear gas canister back at Israeli soldiers during a #demonstration twitpic.com/7xoi4s

PressTV: Bahraini anti-government protesters run for cover from tear gas during clashes with riot police twitpic.com/7xok0x

TelegraphNews: Muslim Brotherhood claims responsability for Damascus suicide bombs tgr.ph/sff3KC

PressTV: Russians hold 2nd nationwide protests dlvr.it/120hgH

#AlArabiya: Death toll rises to six protesters killed in #Sana'a: correspondent #Yemen

guardian #worldnews: Railway signallers start 72-hour strike gu.com/p/34b33/tf

SkyNews: Member of RAF injured in explosion in Afghanistan has died of his wounds at Queen Elizabeth Hospital,& the family has been informed

CBS #worldNews: Thousands in Syria attend funerals for44 victims of suicide bombings, shout support for President Assad bit.ly/s8Atm6

Reuters: Mourning Syrians rally for Assad reut.rs/rxpEq4 #worldnews

AP: Yemeni forces attack march by 100,000 protesters with rifles, tear gas, water cannons; 30 said to be hurt: apne.ws/hWadzr -EC

wsj #worldnews: Nigerian Violence Kills 61 on.wsj.com/vags6U

AJELive: Dozens killed during several days of fighting in northeast #Nigeria aje.me/rXSDzk #BokoHaram

PressTV: Yemeni forces kill two protesters dlvr.it/120GPv

#AlArabiya: Tens of thousands demonstrate against #Putin in #Moscow as leader fears 'revolution' goo.gl/zBY5e #Russia

Al Arabiya English: Arab League monitors to meet Syria’s foreign minister after bombings bit.ly/tdLOZr #syria

CNN International: Taliban claims Pakistani bombing goo.gl/fb/5XikI

Press TV: Police helicopter crash kills 3 in #Iran dlvr.it/11y09d

Breaking News: Noth Korea media refer to Kim Jong Un as commander for first time - NHK bit.ly/rKswx0

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