Friday 27th January, 2012
37 killed in Syria as UN prepares to discuss escalating violence
AMMAN - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents claimed, as the UN Security Council prepared to discuss Damascus later in the day ahead of a possible vote next ...
Bomb blast in Baghdad kills 28, around 50 injured
BAGHDAD - In the deadliest attack in nearly two weeks at least 28 people were killed and around 50 injured Friday in a car bomb blast in Zafraniyah district of east Baghdad near a funeral procession ...
Taliban delegates arrive in Qatar for peace talks with US-Afghan officials
A team of senior Taliban diplomats has reportedly arrived in Qatar in preparation for the opening of a political office and to host negotiations with America, and Afghan government officials. The ...
Israel senses a bluff in Iran's retaliatory strike threat
Middle East News.NetIsraeli intelligence estimates, backed by academic studies, have cast doubt about a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities setting off a catastrophic set of events like a regional ...
After President's Departure, Yemen Braces for Transition of Leadership
Middle East News.NetYemen's outgoing president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is in Oman and has been given a visa to enter the United States for medical treatment. President Saleh left Yemen following nearly a year of protests ...
Egypt Blocks Departure of US NGO Workers
Middle East News.NetEgyptian authorities are preventing several U.S. citizens from leaving the country because of ongoing investigations into the work of civil society groups supporting the country's legislative ...
Pak-Iran gas pipeline project 'not under' international sanctions: FO
Middle East News.NetPakistan has said that the gas pipeline project between it and Iran does not come under the sanctions imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear issue with the international community. "Pakistan is ...
Arab League, European Nations Push to End Assad's Rule
Middle East News.NetThe Arab League says the withdrawal of monitors from Gulf Arab states will not hinder its work in Syria as France, Britain and Germany joined efforts at the United Nations to end President Bashar ...
US, Arab League Face Russian Opposition on Syria
Middle East News.NetThe Obama administration is joining the Arab League in pushing for U.N. action to end months of political violence in Syria by calling on President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. Syria is ...
Aoun attacks the entire political system in Lebanon
Ya LibnanFree Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Friday slammed the entire political System in Lebanon, and accused it of "conspiring" against his Change and Reform bloc ministers. ...
Senior UN humanitarian official urges end to West Bank home demolitions
UN News CentreHumanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory and Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Maxwell Gaylard. UN Photo/Mark ...
UN staffer held in Yemen released unharmed
UN News CentreThe United Nations confirmed today that a 34-year-old Norwegian staff member who had been held in Yemen for nearly two weeks has been released unharmed. The staffer was reportedly held somewhere in ...
Russia "disappointed" with UN Syria draft: envoys
West AustralianUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told a closed-door meeting of the Security Council on Friday that he was "deeply disappointed" with a European-Arab ...
Syria killings spike to 120 as UN eyes resolution
West AustralianDAMASCUS (AFP) - Security forces intensified a crackdown on Friday, with activists reporting about 120 people killed in a two-day spike in violence, as a draft resolution on Syria circulated at the ...
US 'tightening the noose' on Iran
The NationalDAVOS, SWITZERLAND // America is "tightening the noose" on Iran over nuclear technology, and believes it will get the support of China in its latest intensification of the sanctions war, ...
Middle East leaders reassure forum Arab Spring will bring democracy
The NationalDAVOS, SWITZERLAND // Middle East political leaders sought to reassure global decision-makers at the World Economic Forum in Davos that democratic, moderate governments will emerge in the region ...
Harper and the U.S. are wrong on the Iran threat
The Globe and MailIt’s unlikely that Stephen Harper, John Baird, Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich have ever heard of Tamir Pardo, Meir Dagan, Amos Yadlin, Gabi Ashkenazi or Yuval Diskin. But it would probably make ...
Suicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite funeral in Iraq
Salt Lake TribunePeople gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession killing and ...
St. Louis hosts 1st big U.S. parade on Iraq War’s end
Salt Lake TribuneNiliah Banks, foreground, works with other students in her fifth grade class at Ross Elementary create hand-made signs Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Creve Coeur, Mo. The signs will be used when St. ...
Limited options for dealing with restless Iran
Spero NewsBy George Friedman Last week, I wrote on the strategic challenge Iran faces in its bid to shape a sphere of influence stretching from western Afghanistan to Beirut on the eastern Mediterranean ...
Yemen: Security Council urges timely, inclusive political transition
Spero NewsYemen?s forthcoming presidential election will be an opportunity for the country to embark on a transitional process that strengthens national dialogue and leads to a political system that will be ...
AP Exclusive: Barrier proposed as Israel border
San Diego Union-TribuneFILE - In this Thursday, March 25, 2010 file photo, the Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev in east Jerusalem is seen behind a section of Israel's separation barrier. Two Palestinian officials ...
Thousands throng Cairo to push for change
SBSThousands of protesters have thronged Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand democratic change, vowing to revive their unfinished revolution a year after they toppled veteran president Hosni ...
Egypt: ElBaradei Suggests New Parliament to Elect a President
Prensa LatinaCairo, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Peace Nobel Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei (Egypt) proposed the recently elected ...
U.N. Atomic Agency To Visit Iran For New Probe
NPRThe International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, is sending a team to Iran on Sunday to further look into the country's nuclear program. Here, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to ...
In Egypt: Charges, Trial Could Be Next, Says Sam LaHood
NPRhost Melissa Block this afternoon that he's been warned by the organization's attorney that he and others may soon be charged and brought to trial by authorities there. The lawyer's ...
What's Behind Russia's Attachment To Syria?
NPRJanuary 27, 2012 Russia has vowed to veto any United Nations resolution authorizing the use of force against Syrian leader Bashar Assad. The Russians fear "colored revolutions" and ...
Reports: More Than 50 Dead In Days Of Syria Turmoil
NPRJanuary 27, 2012 Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed more than 50 people as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings, fired on crowds and left bleeding corpses ...
Cairo protesters demand change
Daily NationProtesters marched to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to join thousands there demanding democratic change, a year after the uprising that toppled veteran president Hosni Mubarak. After noon ...
Israel proposes West Bank barrier as border
The Miami HeraldFILE - In this Thursday, March 25, 2010 file photo, the Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev in east Jerusalem is seen behind a section of Israel's separation barrier. Two Palestinian officials ...
Islamists, protesters scuffle at at Egypt rally
Miami HeraldCAIRO -- Muslim Brotherhood supporters and secular protesters hurled bottles and rocks at each other and got into fistfights in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday as their political differences ...
Anti-Assad Syrians break into Cairo embassy
Jerusalem PostCAIRO - Dozens of Syrians broke into the Syrian embassy in Cairo on Friday to protest at their government's bloody crackdown on a 10-month-old popular uprising, Egyptian security sources said.A ...
Syrian rebels say they hold seven Iranians hostage
Jerusalem PostBEIRUT - Syrian insurgents say they are holding seven Iranians hostage and will not release them until the government frees a rebel army officer and stops military operations in Homs, a centre of ...
Syria rebel fighters take control the Damascus suburb of Saqba
Infowars.comJanuary 27, 2012 A massive demonstration has shaken the Damascus suburb of Saqba, that has fallen under the control of the Free Syrian Army. RT's Sara Firth traveled to the rebel-controlled ...
Proposal: Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in the Middle East
Infowars.comIn May 2010, all 189 signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - including Iran - tacitly agreed to a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East and called for a conference in 2012 in ...
UN weapons experts going to Iran
Independent.ieThe UN nuclear agency is including two senior weapons experts on a mission to Iran on Saturday.The move is an unusually clear statement on the team's prime focus - wresting information from ...
33 die in Iraq suicide car bombing
Independent.ieA suicide car bomber has struck a Shiite funeral procession in Iraq, killing 33 people.It happened as suspected al-Qaida militants stepped up apparent efforts to provoke a counter-attack by Shiite ...
Dozens die in days of Syria turmoil
Independent.ieIn two days of bloody turmoil in Syria, more than 50 people have been killed as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings, fired on crowds and left bleeding corpses in the ...
Jordan Off to Strong Fundraising Start In SC-7 Race
Fits NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tom Mitchell 619-723-0268 Wednesday January 24, 2012 Florence - Jay Jordan, Republican candidate for Congress in South Carolina's new 7th Congressional ...
Should Israel Call Iran's Bluff?
Forbesassess[ed] threats by Iran as partly bluff .'; Colin Powell once said that the most important knowledge a negotiator can have is the other guy’s ';decision cycle,'; i.e., what ...
Quebec mayor defends himself over Israel remarks
CTVMONTREAL -; A small-town Quebec mayor who made anti-Israel remarks is defending himself against critics who say he should resign. Stephane Gendron says he's sorry if he offended anyone when he ...
Syria's opposition concerned about independent armed rebel groups
Christian Science MonitorA member of the opposition's Syrian National Council told reporters in Paris that the council is concerned about the increasingly militarized rebel groups taking matters into their own ...
Postponed Joint Israel-US War Games Back On?
Common Dreamsmysteriously postponed plans for a massive missile drill, but now the exercise, originally slated for this spring, will apparently be scheduled for October ...
Sec. Clinton to Iraq: "Don't Blow This Opportunity"
Common DreamsSecretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the Town Hall meeting on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review in Washington, DC ...
Activists Say Violence in Syria a Relentless 'Massacre'
Christian PostActivist accounts released Friday reveal that armed forces, loyal to Syria's President Bashar Assad, have been attacking residences in Homs, western Syria, since ...
Christian Pioneer Dies, Leaves Legacy in Israel
CBN NewsJERUSALEM, Israel -- It took pioneers decades to build the land of Israel both physically and spiritually. Ken and Margie Crowell were two of those pioneers, helping to build the Israeli economy ...
Elite Commandos Watch Israel's Northern Border
CBN NewsThe latest version of Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Please click on the link below to download the latest version. ...
UN chief urges Security Council unity on Syria
Channel News AsiaDAVOS, Switzerland: United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon urged the UN Security Council on Friday to speak with one voice on Syria, and called on Damascus to listen to the aspirations of its ...
Scores storm Syrian embassy in Cairo
Channel News AsiaCAIRO: Scores of opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo on Friday before being dragged away by security forces, an AFP reporter said.At least ...
LaHood's Son, Others, Barred from Leaving Egypt
CBN NewsThe Egyptian government has banned several Americans and Europeans from leaving the country, raising concern over the country's alleged transition to democracy. The Americans, including the ...
'Civilians Being Killed In Syria Massacre'
Orange NewsScores of civilians have been killed in Syria as government forces shelled buildings and fired into crowds. Opposition activists say the cities of Homs and Hama appear to be the main targets of the ...
EU oil sanctions: Iran to get its retaliation in first?
RTIran may turn the sanctions tables by immediately stopping oil supply to Europe. The move is aimed as a response to the EU slapping an embargo on new oil contracts with Tehran. China has lashed out ...
US and Israel revive largest joint anti-missile drills
RTBoth American and Israeli officials say that the decision to postpone a massive joint missile drill scheduled for this spring has nothing to do with hostilities with Iran, although insiders suggest ...
Syria single-day death toll hits 35, human rights group says
Canada.comYoung boys run under a huge Syrian flag during a pro-regime rally in Damascus. Violence throughout the country has seen 35 people killed in a single day, including 12 in Nawa and five in the ...
Israel toddler chews head off snake
Vancouver SunColuber nummifer or Hemorrhois nummifer in Ein Kerem a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, Israel. A toddler in a town in northern Israel chewed the head off a 30-centimetre variety of this ...
At least 384 children killed so far in Syria: UNICEF
National PostClick on this image to see an interactive map of Syria that shows the locations of this week's major events. At least 384 children have been killed during Syria’s 10-month uprising and ...
Iran Lawmakers to Vote on Preemptive Ban of Oil Sales to Europe
Business WeekJan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian lawmakers will debate a bill requiring an immediate halt of Iran’s oil exports to Europe, the state-run Fars news agency said, in a response to a European Union ...
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