Monday, January 23, 2012

The Morning World News Report of the 23rd of January 2012


This will probably be my last report for months. I don't know if twitter nor blogspot works in China. Take Care.

BBCWorld: Police in #India arrest 2people in connection with a deadly triple bombing which killed27in #Mumbai last July http://bbc.in/AziY3p
MarketWatch: Euro reaches its highest level of 2012, climbs above $1.30 on.mktw.net/AtOTtP
CBSNews: West Bank police free Palestinian woman, held captive9years by her dad, who refused contact w/ divorced mother bit.ly/ydfXXV
More than 100 people have been injured in central Alabama by storms, at least 2 killed: apne.ws/wYMFAB -EF
Reuters: Storms leave 3 dead in Alabama reut.rs/yvIqFu 
BBCWorld: Four killed in clash between pro-Gaddafi fighters and government militia in Bani Walid, Libya, officials say. bbc.in/ydkKVW
Press TV: A recent report shows that minor Palestinian detainees are physically and verbally abused by Israeli guards in... fb.me/1jSr3909L
HuffPostWorld: Syria rejects new Arab League plan huff.to/zhHE6f
BreakingNews: First post-Mubarak parliament holds inaugural session, seeks to elect speaker and 2 deputies - AP bit.ly/xQHWVi
AJEnglish: Video: Bolivian president marks six years in power aje.me/zGlpLd

AP: BREAKING: South Sudan official: Country will shut down oil production in response to oil thefts by Sudan. -EF
BBC #Worldnews: Two more bodies found on #Costa #Concordia #cruise ship, officials say. bbc.in/yrIX3G
BreakingNews: China police fire on Tibetan protesters, killing at least 1 and injuring others, rights group says - AFP bit.ly/xosw6K
BBCKarenAllen: Landmark moment for Kenya - two presidential hopefuls, & former head of the civil service among those to face full ICC trial
TheEconomist: State capitalism is not all the same. Russia, China & Brazil among others use different models econ.st/xoj1Gk
HuffPost #Worldnews: EU adopts 'unprecedented' sanctions against Iran huff.to/wFV5dR
cnni: Kenyan leaders face human rights trial goo.gl/fb/0jPaH

BBCBreaking: EU agrees to suspend visa bans on #Burma's leading politicians, including the president & cabinet members. bbc.in/z5Xppz
SkyNewsBreak: Sky Sources: A number of prisoners have escaped from prison van on way to HMP Hewell prison 

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Nightly World News of the 22nd of January 2012


Al Arabiya English: US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan: security officials 
NYTimes World: Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala Ex-Dictator, to Appear in Court nyti.ms/wYB9D0
Al Jazeera English: #Egypt's new parliament to hold first session aje.me/xzGCKI
Finnish presidential poll heads to runoff aje.me/AhMzfq
Breaking #worldNews: Multiple reports of tornadoes in Arkansas; residents urged to take shelter - breakingweather bit.ly/w5aa3N
Reuters: BlackBerry maker CEOs step down as pressure mounts reut.rs/xttkge

BBCWorld: Brazil police storm illegal slum bbc.in/ymR5qG

BBCWorld: Panama Canal strike called off bbc.in/xrbxsz

guardiannews: Mexico: eight killed in funeral attack gu.com/p/35v8x/tf

BBC #Worldnews: Gold diggers shoot-out kills nine bbc.in/ymbeDA
Al Arabiya English: Iran arrests prominent Ahwazi Arab singer and his brother goo.gl/uglZ3
Reuters Top News: Gabrielle Giffords resigning to focus on recovery: YouTube reut.rs/xTAP9N

The Associated Press: BREAKING: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona says she will resign from Congress this week -ldh
Al Arabiya English: Video: Lebanese fishing boat captured at Syrian border english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/…

The Morning World News Report of the 22nd of January 2012


I leave for China tomorrow, so this may be one of the final entries for months.


AlArabiya_Eng:  Arabia decides to withdraw its monitors from Syria, Al Arabiya correspondent reports

Press TV: A view showing the #Occupy #DC encampment in McPherson Square on a cold morning in Washington, DC January 22, 2012 twitpic.com/8aeofo

Al Arabiya English: #UAE central bank thwarts website hacking attempt goo.gl/E1RX0
Al Jazeera English: Hollande looks to cement lead over Sarkozy aje.me/wwj8ZT
cnni: Bosnian Serb war criminal recaptured goo.gl/fb/blWge

PressTV: About 100,000 Hungarian protesters rally on the in #Budapest on January 21, in support of #Hungary's Prime M twitpic.com/8abgsq
BBC #Worldnews: Eight cruise ship dead identified bbc.in/zOvcoL
Breaking #worldNews: The Arab League has agreed to extend Syria observer mission for another month - AP
BBC #Worldnews: At least 11 killed in attacks in Bauchi state in northern #Nigeria, officials say bbc.in/AtoAJd
BBCBreaking: US football coach Joe Paterno dies aged 85. Details soon: bbc.in/zDpgiA 
AlArabiya_Eng: Update: NTC's deputy resigns as premier warns that #Libya could fall into 'bottomless pit' goo.gl/pirLg 
Update: Death toll from attacks in Kano, Nigeria reaches 178, 'real figure likely to be higher' doctor tells reporter - @Reuters
BreakingNews: Update: Iran news agency IRNA reports that 17 people have died after storm capsized passenger boat off the southern coast - AP
BBC: British martyr who Al-Shabab claimed was killed by drone strike in Somalia is not British, UK Foreign Office says bbc.in/yxE7sh
BBCWorld: Al-Shabab says a "British martyr" was killed in drone strike near #Somalia capital Mogadishu on Saturday. bbc.in/w6AUEk
AJELive: Activists documented the death of 976 people in Syria since the 1st Arab League team arrived into the country. aje.me/waKg4h
martinplautBBC: #Nigeria: Gunmen overnight raided the northern town of Tafawa Balewa in Bauchi state. Attack blamed on Muslim Hausa-Fulanis.
AlArabiya_Eng: 10s of thousands of Yemenis demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh's execution in protests against his immunity from prosecution
cnni: Arab League decision due on Syria goo.gl/fb/WfYrB

BBC News (World): #China reports second bird flu death in a month, following deaths last week in #Indonesia, #Vietnam and #Cambodia bbc.in/AxYNjM
TheEconomist: w/ European bank demand 4 sovereign debt about 2 dry up, Europe is a long way from being out of the woods econ.st/yJt1sj
BreakingNews: China-bound cargo ship full of iron ore lists, possibly sinks; crew rescued after abandoning ship - AP on.msnbc.com/zAtYou
cnni: Congolese protesters rally in U.S. capital goo.gl/fb/hcZrd

Breaking News: Somali insurgents claim US drone strike kills al-Qaida official fighting with them - AP on.msnbc.com/xxnj1A
WSJ World News: Madagascar Bars Ex-Leader's Return on.wsj.com/xyacD1
The Economist: Thanks to a booming mining industry, Mongolia is likely to grow faster than any other country in the next decade econ.st/zY3cRx

Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Nightly World News Report of the 21st of January 2012


BBCWorld: Colombia rebels hit radar station http://bbc.in/wVtJhP 
CNNPolitics: BREAKING: Exit polls show Gingrich leads Romney 38% to 29% among SC voters. 
AJEnglish: Video: Chile's Mapuche fear wildfire backlash aje.me/xtkSDS

Reuters: Gingrich wins gloves-off South Carolina Republican race reut.rs/wwuNj0

nytimes #worldnews: Muslim Brotherhood Wins 47% of Egypt Assembly Seats nyti.ms/w3lZxZ
Breaking News: South Carolina primary polls close at 7 pm ET; Follow updates, results on breakingnews.com bit.ly/w0m5Di
Breaking News: Heavy clashes between army and opposition fighters reported in Damascus, Syria, suburb - @AJELive bit.ly/wmqSDR
Reuters Top News: Syrian rebels seize parts of Damascus suburb: sources reut.rs/xOxhsd
he Associated Press: Swiss police detain more than 100 people at a protest in advance of the annual meeting of global elites at Davos: apne.ws/zfLxPo
Telegraph #worldNews: Ministry of Defence faces £2 billion more cuts tgr.ph/yqtSct
Reuters Top News: Darfur peacekeeper killed, three wounded: U.N. reut.rs/zrJG0k
Breaking News: Update: 6.2 quake hits off coast of southern Mexico; no initial reports of damage - @AP apne.ws/xfnrAB
The Associated Press: 16-year-old sailor from the Netherlands ends her yearlong solo journey around the world in St. Maarten: apne.ws/Aacs86 -EF
BBC News (World): South Carolina voting under way bbc.in/wpextE
CNN Breaking News: Nevada fire 100% contained; 29 homes destroyed. on.cnn.com/zxzqyj
Al Arabiya English: Death toll in #Syria today rises to 94, including 60 in Idlib hospital morgue: Revolution commission
Huffington Post #Worldnews: Thailand makes largest drug bust in years huff.to/wHj4m6
Post World News: 4 Iraqi troops killed in attack in Fallujah wapo.st/yLMNO8
AJELive: Head of #Egypt's SCAF orders release of 1,959 detainees convicted by military courts. aje.me/ruz2TK
Press TV: The United States has sent some 12,000 soldiers to Libya, in the first phase of deployments to the oil-rich North... fb.me/13M6aMRO1
HuffPostWorld: Islamists secure 75 percent of Egypt's parliament huff.to/xUZ2m2
PressTV: presstv.com #Afghan rescue workers walk in a line into a #snowbound village in the mountainous nort twitpic.com/89yyud
Al Arabiya English: 58 people have been killed in #Syria today, including 30 in a 'massacre' in #Idlib, the Revolution's General Commission reports

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