Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Nightly World News of the 10th of January 2012


The Associated Press: North Korea responds angrily to US offer of food aid in return for nuclear disarmament: apne.ws/yXEQCV -VW
PressTV: Bomb attack injures 5 in NW #Pakistan dlvr.it/14YD08

Al Arabiya English: #BreakingNews: Mustapha Ahmadi, a university professor, is killed in Tehran bombing
Breaking News: ISNA News Agency: Car exploded near university in northern Tehran; 2 people injured - @Reuters
Al Arabiya English: An explosion shakes a square in northern Tehran: TV #AlArabiya #Iran
Breaking News: Update: India train collision kills 5 in Jharkhand - @BBCNews bbc.in/yOfGJj
Telegraph #worldNews: Three dead, 37 rescued after fire on board South Korean fishing ship tgr.ph/zpnz5U
Breaking News: US resumes drone strikes in Pakistan; 4 suspected militants killed - @ccni bit.ly/whk2re
CNN International: U.S. resumes drone strikes in Pakistan goo.gl/fb/Ihxne
PressTV: OWS protests rage on despite hurdles dlvr.it/14XrTT

Post World News: West Japan Railway president found not guilty of negligence in 2005 crash that killed 107 wapo.st/A8DgQi
PressTV: Poverty grips over 50% of UK children dlvr.it/14XVt7

The Economist: Far from improving the quality of justice in Bolivia, Mr Morales’s reforms risk making it worse econ.st/xDzEn8
HuffPostWorld: Peruvian drug czar replaced huff.to/xdIGW5
Al Jazeera English: UN says #Syria has 'stepped up killings' aje.me/xRTTA9
PressTV: Anti-militancy leader killed in #Pakistan dlvr.it/14XQDz #worldnews
Post World News: Sandinista leader Ortega takes oath of office to begin 3rd term as Nicaragua’s president wapo.st/zVaBiR
nytimes #worldnews: World Briefing | The Americas: Colombia: Rebel Overture Rejected nyti.ms/wELY4x
nytimes #worldnews: World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Government Official Quits nyti.ms/zpbMZ7
nytimes #worldnews: World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Cult Member Arrested nyti.ms/ziTcmh
Breaking #worldNews: Blizzard in Alaska closes Seward Highway; snow-to-date mark, 81 inches, is new record -adn
nytimes #worldnews: World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Compensation Approved for Victims of Political Protests nyti.ms/yOOGkG
Al Jazeera English: At least half of the deaths in #ElSalvador's capital are gang-related | aje.me/zsAjHg
The Associated Press: BREAKING: Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire Republican primary
Daily Telegraph News: Boko Haram kill eight as Nigerian beer parlour is targeted tgr.ph/wbvzvg

guardian #worldnews: UK labour market shows drop in permanent and temporary jobs gu.com/p/34tb3/tf
PressTV: 10 killed in violence across #Iraq dlvr.it/14Wbpz

BBC #Worldnews: Kodak stock rises 46% on new plan bbc.in/A4Cc9A
Guardian news: Cameron calls for tighter focus from UK's film industry funding gu.com/p/34tf9/tf
Press TV: 'EU jobless rate hits historic high' dlvr.it/14WJD2
NYTimes World: At War Blog: In One Girl’s Story, a Test of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan nyti.ms/yJJHld
nytimes #worldnews: Malnutrition in India Is Widespread, Report Finds nyti.ms/ycDrLG
NYTimes World: Official Vows Fishing Treaty Unity nyti.ms/zNdSaV
BBC News (World): Suspected US drone strike kills at least 3 militants in north-west #Pakistan, security officials say bbc.in/xkLPa3
CNBC: Fannie Mae CEO Mike Williams to Step Down
Post World News: Police: Islamist sect kills 8 at beer parlor in north Nigeria, including 4 police officers wapo.st/yphomq
CNN Breaking News: Dow, S&P 500: highest levels since July. #Dow up 69 points. on.cnn.com/xofV7P
Reuters Top News: Son of Green Bay Packers coach found dead: police reut.rs/yZGliM
Breaking News: Lawyer: Company settles wrongful death cases with families of 29 killed in 20120 West Virginia mine explosion - @AP apne.ws/w7k291
Reuters Top News: Michigan Treasurer says Detroit to run out of money by May reut.rs/xxEX8A
Breaking News: Thousands gather in Washington state to honor slain Mount Rainer ranger Margaret Anderson - @seattletimes bit.ly/wY7eYk
MarketWatch: U.S. stocks close higher in wake of Alcoa, China trade data and dearth of bad Europe news on.mktw.net/y6HjOm
BBC News (World): Court halts Oklahoma Sharia ban bbc.in/wU8o0O
Al Jazeera English: In San #Salvador, between 10 and 15 people are murdered daily | aje.me/zsAjHg
Reuters: Mafia now "Italy's No.1 bank" as crisis bites: report reut.rs/Aa6L1P

Reuters World News: Slow road to recovery in quake-ravaged Haiti reut.rs/wz1Ua2
Al Jazeera English: Sport: Eric Cantona runs for French presidency aje.me/Al9dtT
Telegraph World News: Tsunami warning in Indonesia has now been lifted tgr.ph/w9dhdl
Breaking News: Update: No immediate reports of injuries or damage following Indonesia quake; no sign of tsunami waves - @AP apne.ws/pTPd7G
MarketWatch: Crude oil snaps losing streak and closes atop $102 a barrel on.mktw.net/yTuIRn
Al Arabiya English: France condemns attacks against Arab League observers in Syria: Juppe - AFP
Al Jazeera English: Nigeria fuel-price protest enters second day aje.me/yRDZcp
HuffPostWorld: US forces rescue another 6 Iranian mariners huff.to/zOtbXj
Press TV: Six killed in northern Nigeria attack dlvr.it/14Tgtg
MarketWatch: Gold settles 1.5% higher at $1,631.50 an ounce on.mktw.net/J00Ag
CNN International: Journalists held in Ethiopia seek pardon goo.gl/fb/36rb6
Sky News Newsdesk: Reuters: Indonesian government issues tsunami warning after earthquake off Sumatra

The Morning World News of the 10 of January 2012

Sky News Newsdesk: U.S. Geological Survey: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake off west coast of northern Sumatra


BBC News (World): Alaska frozen by extreme winter bbc.in/wn1opA

Al Arabiya English: UN Security Council: 400 people killed in Syria since Arab League monitors started a monitoring mission

AJEnglish: Decade after Bush signed its opening & 2 years after Obama called for closure, 171 detainees remain in Guantanamo aje.me/AxyKO8

PressTV: Yemeni protesters demonstrate against the law of immunity pertaining outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh for twitpic.com/85p9sz

Breaking News: Taliban militants storm government building in Afghanistan, killing at least 7 in 6-hour firefight - @latimes lat.ms/yDtQU0

Press TV: Roughly 2,000 Israelis of #Ethiopian origin stage a rally against #racism in the southern #Israeli town of Kiryat twitpic.com/85p9yv

PressTV: 'No sign #Iran preparing to close Hormuz' dlvr.it/14TNKZ 

AJEnglish: Suu Kyi to run for Myanmar parliament aje.me/yXCuPv

AlArabiya_Eng: Jobless Tunisian dies days after self-immolation: hospital

AJEnglish: On the Blog: Ahmadinejad's South America tour aje.me/wQBDo6

PressTV: Bahrain regime forces attack protesters dlvr.it/14P0fJ

BBC #Worldnews: Burma halts power plant in Dawei bbc.in/wkFzqi

MarketWatch: Stocks in Europe rise in early trades, led by banking sector on.mktw.net/zSL3j4

BBC #Worldnews: South African university stampede kills one bbc.in/yajYpb

AlArabiya_Eng: As many as 35 killed and 69 wounded in Pakistan's Khyber region blast goo.gl/fdgjS

AJELive: Click here to watch Syrian President Bashar al Assad live on Al Jazeera: aje.me/ajelive 

BBC #Worldnews: VIDEO: Nigeria braced for more strikes bbc.in/x5Er5N

cnni: Ship leaks more oil off New Zealand goo.gl/fb/jrA1e 

 Al Arabiya English: Suicide bombers storm govt building in Afghanistan, kill two police: ministry

The Associated Press: Bomb rips through market in northwest #Pakistan, killing at least 10 people: apne.ws/fWZEqW - VW

BBC News (World): Australia marks Queensland floods bbc.in/A5zrOd

Press TV: Anti-violence rally held in S Sudan dlvr.it/14Mm3Z

NYTimes World: Chinese Exports Grow, but Imports Show Signs of Weakening nyti.ms/xYUsHT

Post World News: Mexico says it has controlled spill of 1,500 barrels of oil along river leading to Gulf wapo.st/yLmJkU

Al Jazeera English: Video: Peru fire leaves hundreds homeless aje.me/yXn1ua

BBC News (World): US Republicans face first primary bbc.in/wDTXVV

CNN International: Colombian rebels open door for talks goo.gl/fb/yvA5T

BBCWorld: Export growth in China declines bbc.in/x7HkWi #worldnews (I saw the opposite earlier.) ?

guardiannews: Japan to release Australian activists who boarded whaling ship gu.com/p/34hkq/tf 

Monday, January 9, 2012

The Nightly World News of the Ninth of January 2012


PressTV: Bahrain court drops two death verdicts http://dlvr.it/14M3L3 
The Associated Press: #Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi confirms she will run for parliament. apne.ws/uK6OCU -MM
N Korean state media announces 1 Feb amnesty for convicts. Not clear on numbers, details, or whether it includes political prisoners. - BBC
MarketWatch: China's December exports rise 13.4% from year earlier, well above forecast on.mktw.net/yCsnIM
NYTimes World: Israelis and Palestinians Discuss Peace Talks in Jordan nyti.ms/wVtuGj
nytimes #worldnews: World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Militants Kill 10 Soldiers nyti.ms/wMXULr
BBC News (World): VIDEO: Blaze sweeps through Peru town bbc.in/w1oejP
MarketWatch: Hong Kong stocks tick higher, with real-estate shares rising; Hang Seng Index up 0.2% on.mktw.net/wziku0
nytimes #worldnews: 3 Monks' Deaths Show Rise of Self-Immolation Among Tibetans nyti.ms/ww7c5l
MarketWatch: Japanese stocks open higher, with financials broadly stronger; Nikkei Average up 0.4% on.mktw.net/wsBLX3 
Breaking News: Mudslides kill at least 8 in Rio de Janeiro; year's toll from heavy rains is now 23 - AP on.msnbc.com/z2868M
The Associated Press: U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will close 259 domestic offices to help save $150 million per year: apne.ws/xB2qPO -RJJ
Reuters: U.S. November consumer credit surges by most since 2001 reut.rs/wkiglq

AJEnglish: Video: Kenya's TB campaign proves a success aje.me/wdAJWg

MarketWatch: U.S. stocks close higher in light volume on hopes for solid U.S. corporate earnings on.mktw.net/w1TOa3
BreakingNews: US consumers boosted borrowing by $20.4 billion in November, biggest monthly gain in a decade - AP

 Top News: White House Chief of Staff Daley stepping down reut.rs/z8ER1Z
Breaking News: Police kill 2 protesters in Nigeria, wound more than 2 dozen as thousands demonstrate fuel subsidy cut - @Reuters reut.rs/Ac0T4f
MarketWatch: Feb. gold down $8.70, or 0.5%, to end at $1,608.10 on.mktw.net/wGAOB3
Al Jazeera English: #Yemen Cabinet approves immunity law for Saleh aje.me/A2Ckj3

TIMEWorld: EXCLUSIVE: World music celebrity turned Senegal presidential candidate Youssou N'dour speaks to @TIMEWorld | ti.me/yUHpWy
Al Arabiya English: In cyber vengeance, #Israeli hackers say they obtained #Saudi credit card details english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…
.Telegraph World News: Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen from Greece's biggest state art museum tgr.ph/wsn1e8
BBC News (World): Bahrain: Protest policeman jailed bbc.in/ynTZLR
BBC Breaking News: Sixty La Senza lingerie shops bought out of administration by Kuwaiti firm, saving 1,100 UK jobs. Details soon: bbc.in/wxbFRS
NYTimes World: Afghan Soldier Kills American and Wounds 3 Others nyti.ms/zxEgrk
Al Arabiya English: #Iran arrests opposition figure Mehdi #Khazali
BBC News (World): Strike shuts down Malawi courts bbc.in/zRoRhp
Al Arabiya English: #BreakingNews: Three car bomb blasts rock the Iraqi capital Baghdad: Al Arabiya correspondent
Sky News Newsdesk: Reuters: UN nuclear watchdog confirms Iran has started uranium enrichment at new underground site.
PressTV: S Sudan ethnic clashes leave 24 dead dlvr.it/14HF9h

Al Jazeera English: Bahrain court overturns two death sentences aje.me/xu7mBg
HuffPostWorld: New wave of bombs kills at least 14 in Baghdad huff.to/AdqvUG

The Morning World News of the Ninth of January 2012


cnni: Japan holds Australian activists goo.gl/fb/HXhwC

Breaking News: Iraqi police and hospital officials say 2 parked car bombs kill at least 14 in Baghdad - @AP
AP: Gunman in #Afghan army uniform kills U.S. soldier on base in south, Afghan military says. apne.ws/gFRC6n -MM

cnni: Mubarak trial resumes in Egypt goo.gl/fb/qOd55

cnni: More Chinese monks self-immolate goo.gl/fb/IF0Ow

AlArabiya_Eng: Fujairah pipeline could transport up to 1.5 million bpd once complete

BBCWorld: Rolls-Royce sales hit new record bbc.in/AEhrsZ

MarketWatch: U.S. stock futures little changed; Alcoa set to report on.mktw.net/z5WefP

PressTV: 'Anonymous' hacks #US, UK officials dlvr.it/14DFHy

AP: BREAKING: Authorities: Suspected Islamic extremist arrested in plan to bomb, shoot up Tampa-area sites. -EF 
AJEnglish: Nigerian fuel protests turn deadly aje.me/xuoOec

 PressTV: Iraq bombings kill one, hurt dozens dlvr.it/14DFMK

Reuters: Nigerian police shoot dead one demonstrator in Lagos fuel protest, three others wounded - witnesses, hospital staff 
BBC #Worldnews: Chechnya fighting 'kills seven' bbc.in/zLK1nj
BBCWorld: Viewpoint: Comeback kid to boost Malaysia's opposition bbc.in/yzFXps 
AJELive: #Syria's Local Coordination Committees report 18 deaths during protests today, including three army defectors. aje.me/jlCqCU
PressTV: presstv.com Forces loyal to outgoing #Yemeni #ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh have #attacked anti-regime twitpic.com/859jg0
cnnbrk: 13 bodies found outside Mexican gas station, state media report. on.cnn.com/AqsYUb 
TheEconomist: Hotel room rates rose 4.3% in America in 2011, a sign that business-travel demand continues to increase econ.st/zWoLAW
SkyNewsBreak: Almost 130 jobs to be lost in Dover as ferry operator SeaFrance goes into liquidation 
BBC #Worldnews: Guinea-Bissau leader dies at 64 bbc.in/zng4k1
PressTV: Two #Yemeni protesters killed in Taizz dlvr.it/14G01Y

 PressTV: Restaurant blast kills two in #Russia dlvr.it/14G05q

cnni: Hildebrand quits as Swiss bank chief goo.gl/fb/Epjoi

CNNMoney: Stocks edge higher at the open as investors weigh developments out of Europe. Dow gains 19 points. cnnmon.ie/bkgnews

Telegraph #worldNews: Thirteen thousand police hunt Chinese serial killer tgr.ph/xcMFQ1
AP: #Iraqi officials say roadside bomb blast kills two Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad. apne.ws/ggQYWf -MM

BBC #Worldnews: German exports ahead of forecasts bbc.in/y3Uyxd
AP: Bus crashes on icy Montana interstate, killing two and injuring more than 30 others. apne.ws/xulpKl -MM 
cnni: 10 beheaded Pakistani soldiers found goo.gl/fb/o1wXO

Reuters: Grim exchange of bodies after Pakistan army, Taliban clash reut.rs/zWh32D

Reuters: Electricity only reaches one in three Afghans reut.rs/yBvmXQ 
PressTV: Nigerians launch nationwide strike dlvr.it/14Cfry

PressTV: #Iran sentences CIA operative to death dlvr.it/14CfxP

cnnbrk: Carbon monoxide leak at Merchant Marine Academy sends 39 to hospital. on.cnn.com/zEpDAV

BBC #Worldnews: Australia in talks over activists bbc.in/x6l0uv
The Associated Press: Police say Colorado bomb that hurt two was in bag with victims' names on it; ex-husband is person of interest. apne.ws/zKqmEr -MM
BBC News (World): Activist Hazare leaves hospital bbc.in/x6s52c
Al Arabiya English: A 6.7-magnitude earthquake is recorded off Solomon islands: USGS

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