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Breaking News From Around the World:Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:51:41 -0500 37 protesters killed by Syrian security forcesAMMAN - 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 wee 28 killed in attack near funeral procession in Baghdad 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 o US, South Korea to hold joint military exercises SEOUL - The United States and South Korea are to hold annual military exercises on the Korean peninsula soon, the first since the recent change of leadership in North Korea. Romney, Gingrich bicker ahead of high-stakes Florida primary JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Republican presidential frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich sparred repeatedly in a livewire debate Thursday, five days ahead of the high-stakes Florida primary voting w Fitch downgrades credit ratings of five EU nations NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of five euro currency countries - Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Cyprus, contending they lack financing flexibility in the Owner of French firm behind faulty breast implants charged PARIS - The founder of a French company at the centre of a global health scare over faulty breast implants was Friday charged with "involuntary injury", his lawyers said. RBS boss to get 1 million pounds bonus amid job cut plans LONDON - Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester will receive a bonus of 963,000 pounds, or $1.51 million, for last year, a decision by the government-owned bank that has been strongly criticized. US to trim 100,000 ground troops WASHINGTON - Faced with a budget cut of nearly $500 billion over 10 years, the United States has decided to trim its ground troops but will create a "cutting-edge force" for tactical operations to pro Internet economy of G20 will double to $4.2 trillion by 2016 DAVOS - The web economy of the G20 is projected to reach $4.2 trillion in 2016 - nearly double the size of $2.3 trillion in 2010, according to a study by a global management consulting firm. Et tu Twitter Micro-blogging site to censor tweets WASHINGTON - In a move that has caused dismay among its users, popular social network Twitter said it can selectively censor messages on a country-by-country basis. Reuters Acknowledges Rubio Hit Piece is a 'Fiasco' and a 'Disgrace' One senior staffer at Reuters described the episode to me as a "fiasco," another as a "disgrace." It was so bad, in fact, that the editors and writer involved have been asked not ... Lead the Race to Space "[R]ight now I want to be spending money here [rather than in space]. Of course the Space Coast has been badly hurt, and I believe in a very vibrant and strong space program. To define the ... Average Compensation For Federal Workers Now Matches Microsoft Employees It's regularly been pointed out that the average compensation--that includes pay and benefits--for federal workers is now double the private sector average. Defenders of federal employees ... 'Never forget,' says Obama on Holocaust Remembrance Day In a statement released on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, US president vows to remember Holocaust through actions as well as thoughts; pledges to fight anti-Semitism, "against hatred ... Anti-Assad Syrians break into Cairo embassy CAIRO - 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 BEIRUT - 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 ... Man gets $22m for solitary confinement This combination of two photos, both provided by the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department in New Mexico, show Stephen Slevin, on the left, in 2005, at the time of his arrest for drunken ... Find honour killing accused guilty - lawyer Kingston, Ontario - A Canadian prosecutor says evidence against three people accused of killing half their family over reasons of honour is ';irrefutable'; as closing arguments in the case ... Detectives to testify on Silvio ‘sex parties’ Rome - Police detectives were on Friday expected to provide a court in Milan with more evidence on alleged sex parties hosted by Silvio ... Trekkie loses his painstakingly recreated Star Trek flat to ex-wife in divorce When Star Trek obsessive Tony Alleyne was separated from his wife, he embraced the chance to turn their old flat into a recreation of the inside of the Starship ... Hopes dim for survivors in Rio high-rise collapse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Rescue teams intensified search efforts on Friday as hopes dimmed for finding survivors of the collapse of three high-rise buildings in central Rio that killed at least 11 ... UN chief urges Security Council unity on Syria DAVOS, 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 ... Killer to be executed for 'unimaginable horror' Joshua Komisarjevsky NEW HAVEN, CT - A judge formally sentenced Joshua Komisarjevsky to death for the murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying ... Cops arrest U.S. students accused of school bomb plot ROY, UTAH - Police in Utah have arrested two high school students accused of making detailed plans to bomb a school assembly and then escape in a plane they planned to fly themselves, police said on ... Spoof Videos Highlight Challenge Facing Putin Alexey Navalny , a 35-year-old lawyer and blogger, is arranging a contest for the best video denouncing Mr Putin's party and regime. One of the leaders of the contest is a video entitled They ... Sen. Rubio says GOP needs to work on Hispanic outreach Since then, the Cuban-American has become a rising star in GOP politics and is frequently mentioned as a potential running mate for the eventual Republican presidential nominee. Rubio, 40, talked ... 1 killed in plane crash at Ocala airport Clickorlando.com is reporting that one person died in a plane crash this afternoon at Ocala International Airport. The pilot was killed and a passenger was hospitalized. Read the full story ... Obama seeks to rally Democrats to election-year fight President Barack Obama steps on stage to deliver remarks on American manufacturing in front of an Intel plant under construction in Chandler, Arizona January 25, ... U.S. detains Brazil, Canada orange juice for fungicide (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators detained three shipments of Brazilian orange juice and six from Canada that tested positive for the fungicide carbendazim, which is illegal in the United ... 'Barefood Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years Harris-Moore hopscotched his way across the United States, authorities said. He flew a plane stolen in northwestern Washington to the San Juan Islands, stole a pistol in British Columbia and took a ... Brewer releases letter in tarmac tiff (Credit: AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday evening released a copy of the hand-written letter she handed to President Obama in the confrontational meeting she had ... "Friday of Rage" protests in Egypt An Egyptian protester chants slogans at a rally to mark the first anniversary of the "Friday of Rage" in Cairo's Tahrir Square Jan. 27, 2012. (AP ... Study steps on high heels (Credit: istockphoto) (CBS) Are you among the millions of women who wear high heels day after day? If so, a new study suggests you're probably causing permanent damaging to your feet and ... More than 50 dead in last 2 days This citizen journalism image allegedly shows a Syrian man mourning over his son, who was shot by the Syrian forces, in Idlib, Syria, on Jan. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in ... NYPD chief keeping quiet on son's sex probe (AP) Updated at 1:55 p.m. ET NEW YORK - Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly faced the media Friday for the first time since reports surfaced that a woman had accused his son of rape, refusing to ... N.H. principal saves student from icy river (AP) ROCHESTER, N.H. - An elementary school principal in New Hampshire jumped into a frozen river to save a 10-year-old student who fell through the ice. Firefighters say that because of Principal ... Facebook poised for IPO Facebook is set to file to for its initial public offering as early as Wednesday, which may fetch a valuation as high as $100 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Assuming the report is ... Ariz. cop's Facebook pic targeting Obama probed The Secret Service is investigating a picture that was posted on a Peoria, Ariz. Police officer's Facebook page in which a T-shirt bearing President Obama's image appears to have been used ... Stars step out at Target designer launch (Credit: Getty) (CBS) Blake Lively and Chloe Moretz were among the stars who came out Thursday night to celebrate the launch of Jason Wu's collection for Target in New York. Both the ... Romney storms back into the lead Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pulling away from his nearest rival Newt Gingrich, with a nine-point lead in Florida's opinion polls. The candidates are campaigning in the key ... Barefoot Bandit to be sentenced A 20-year-old who made international headlines during a two-year crime spree when he evaded police in stolen cars, boats and planes is to be sentenced. Colton Harris-Moore, who has already been ... Eleven hurt in US casino collapse At least 11 people have been injured after an under-construction casino partially collapsed in Cincinnati, Ohio, the fire department says. A section of floor collapsed at the building site of the ... Fascination with the 'Dutch godfather' The man known as the godfather of Dutch crime has been released from prison in the Netherlands. Willem Holleeder served six years of a nine-year sentence for extortion. He has been a hugely ... France to resume Afghanistan training mission French troops are to resume their training of Afghan soldiers after a week-long suspension due to a renegade Afghan soldier shooting dead four French troops, President Nicolas Sarkozy has said. ... Putin critic barred from Russia elections Russia's central election commission has disqualified the sole liberal challenger to Vladimir Putin from the March 4 presidential ballot, in a move slammed by the opposition as undermining the ... UN urges support for refugees at Davos summit The head of the UN refugee agency has called on leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland to keep sight of humanitarian crises around the world as they seek solutions to ... Owner of capsized Italian ship offers payout Costa Cruises has offered to pay $14,500 to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard the ship that capsized near the island of Giglio two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said. The offer, ... Violence Rises Sharply in Syria, Flustering Arab League Monitors DAMASCUS, Syria - Violence in Syria has escalated sharply in the past two days, with heavy bloodshed reported Friday in at least three flash points as Arab League monitors expressed exasperation and ... New federal crime unit to police home mortgage fraud For the first time since the crisis, federal investigators will be joined by state law enforcement officials as part of a working group that, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said, would ... California passes auto emission, hybrid rules The California Air Resources Board on Friday adopted the new rules, which require that one-in-seven of new cars sold in the state in 2025 be an electric or other zero-emission vehicle. The plan also ... France to Speed Troops' Withdrawal from Afghanistan PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Friday that France would break with his allies in NATO and accelerate the French withdrawal from Afghanistan. He said saying combat troops would leave a ... Loud booms heard around time of plane crash Federal aviation investigators say one person reported hearing two loud explosions and another witness heard a loud boom around the time an exhibition fighter jet crashed near the Gadsden ... PNG mutiny put down A mutiny in Papua New Guinea was put down and "dealt with" in hours after rebel soldiers took the military chief hostage and demanded the reinstatement of the former Prime Minister, Sir Michael ... Minister quits after charges Kenya's Finance Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, has stepped down but retained his role as Deputy Prime Minister after being charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court for his ... Cocaine lost by traffickers A 16kg consignment of cocaine lost by Mexican drug traffickers has turned up at the United Nations in New York. Two fake UN diplomatic pouches containing drugs - which experts said had a street ... Protests take a fiery turn Aboriginal demonstrations continued yesterday, with protesters burning the Australian flag, marching on Parliament House and blocking one of Canberra's major roads. As activists said they would ... Wounds in village of the damned are slowly healing The shantytown called Vingerkraal seems trapped in South Africa's apartheid past. Tin shacks resemble those hurriedly built by black people evicted from white territory. Women and children are left ... Exotic 'human safaris' come under fire They are holidays billed as an opportunity to enter another world, a chance to see the world's last primitive tribes up close in their natural environment. The brochures tease and at times, critics ... Touching journal of explorer's heartbreaking Antarctic expedition Intriguing insights into polar exploration revealed by reproduction of rare expedition newspaperExplorers on Captain Scott's two expeditions to Antarctica published a regular journal that gave an ... Hollywood playing hardball on piracy When it comes to protecting its property Hollywood plays hardball. This month a British judge ruled that Richard O'Dwyer, a 23-year-old student, can be extradited to the United States to face ... Immigration hot as candidates woo Hispanics Newt Gingrich cast Mitt Romney as the most anti-immigrant candidate of the four contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in a heated campaign debate in Hispanic-heavy Florida yesterday. ... Aid group tells of torture Medecins Sans Frontieres has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it says torture is so rampant some detainees have been brought for care only to make them fit for ... Internet Criticism Pushes China to Act on Pollution BEIJING - Weary of waiting for the authorities to alert residents to the city's most pernicious air pollutant, citizen activists last May took matters here into their own hands: they bought their ... Prominent Belarusian Rights Defender Detained, Charged With Hooliganism MINSK -- Police have arrested a well known Belarusian human rights activist Aleh Vouchak and charged him with hooliganism. Vouchak was able to inform his friends and colleagues via his cell phone ... Three Kyrgyz 'Rescued From 10-Year Slavery' In Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry says three Kyrgyz citizens have been rescued from de-facto 10-year slavery in neighboring Kazakhstan. Officials said one of the rescued Kyrgyz nationals, a ... Shooting Focuses Renewed Attention On Approach Of Daghestani Police shooting in Makhachkala on January 20 of a human rights lawyer and his relative has focused attention yet again on the brutal and indiscriminate approach of Daghestan's security forces to ... Belarus Subway Bomber Refuses To Ask For Clemency Belarusian prosecutors say that the man who confessed to carrying out a bombing in the Minsk subway in April 2011 and who was sentenced to death in November has refused to ask for clemency. ... In Baku, Eurovision Supervisor Talks Of Human Rights, Hopes For Event Preparations for the 57th Eurovision Song Contest have reached a fever pitch in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku. Finishing touches are being put on the venue, local streets are undergoing a ... Curfew To End In Restive Town ASTANA/ALMATY -- Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev says he does not plan to prolong the curfew in the restive town of Zhanaozen beyond its scheduled end at the end of January. The ... Violence Soars As Political Crisis Paralyzes Iraq Violence is increasing as Iraq goes through its worst crisis since U.S. troops left in mid-December. The latest: A suicide car bombing which killed at least 31 people in Baghdad on January 27 at ... Djokovic Outlasts Murray to Reach Final MELBOURNE - There were big hints of a power shift at the top of this Australian Open. There were grueling, long-form semifinals bristling with uncertainty. Invest in us, don't fear us DAVOS, Switzerland - Leaders of the Arab Spring sought to assure the world's elite in Davos that the rise of political Islam is not a threat to democracy, and pleaded for help creating jobs and ... Up for grabs, down for keeps Globes newspaper found that Mofaz had also bridged the gap in the number of mandates he could bring to Kadima.While polls last week found that Livni would win the party four more seats, the Smith ... Seeds of change in Israel ZICHRON YA'AKOV, Israel - Rare plants enthusiast Moshe Weiss often contrasts Israel's agricultural perspective with Hawaii's strict policies that keep non-indigenous plants from ... Falklands/Malvinas, From Rhetoric to Pressure BUENOS AIRES, Jan 27, 2012 (IPS) - Although the latest rhetoric seems to signal a hardening of the historical sovereignty dispute between Argentina and Britain over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, ... Esther Ogunrinde attends sham wedding of her partner to Zunica Sabina then assumes her identity A mother-of-four attended her partner’s wedding to another woman - moments before assuming the bride’s identity in a sophisticated immigration ... U.S. Recovery Slowly Gained Speed in Late '11, Data Show The American economy picked up a little steam last quarter, with output growing at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Katie Price WINS debate at Cambridge Union against Boris Johnson's sister Rachel 'There's no such thing as can't!' Katie Price defied her critics last night as she won a highbrow debate at Cambridge Union against Boris Johnson's younger sister ... 18th Century mummified kitty falls out of ceiling as house is being renovated Mummified: Much like the Hartley's discovery, workers at Woburn Abbey were shocked to discover this mummified cat, believed to have been buried to protect the ... 'More than 50 killed' in two days of Syria turmoil Much of the violence was focused in Homs, where heavy gunfire hammered the city Friday in a second day of chaos. A day earlier, the city saw a flare-up of sectarian kidnappings and slayings, and ... The Long Run: Gingrich Stuck to Caustic Path in Ethics Battles WASHINGTON - Newt Gingrich had an urgent warning for conservatives: Jim Wright, the Democratic speaker of the House, was out to destroy America. 'This stuff stings, man' Rodrigo Hernandez AUSTIN, TEXAS - Texas executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who had been paroled for an assault in Michigan ... Hunger-striking prisoners stitch mouths shut A prisoner on a hunger strike has his mouth sewn with a wire at a prison in Bishkek on January 24, 2012. (REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov) BISHKEK - More than a thousand convicts in Kyrgyzstan have ... U.S. growth quickens in Q4, but speed-bumps ahead WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter of 2011, but a strong rebuilding of stocks by businesses and a slower pace of spending on ... Syria violence kills 37, U.N. Security Council to meet AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the ... Chevron profit falls as refineries, output suffer (Reuters) - Chevron Corp reported lower quarterly earnings on Friday, missing Wall Street forecasts, as rising spending on oil and gas projects and losses at its U.S. refinery business offset gains ... Hillary Clinton puts a foot out the door (CBS News) Two decades as one of the most recognizable faces of the Democratic Party may have finally caught up to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "It would be a -- probably a good ... Teen in alleged Utah plot fascinated by Columbine (CBS News) ROY, Utah - Police say one of two Utah teenagers accused of plotting to set off a bomb at their high school was so fascinated with the Columbine massacre, he traveled there to meet with ... US knew about Argentina baby thefts (AP) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina's military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its ... Demi Moore 911 call to be released (Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images) (CBS) The 911 call placed from Demi Moore's home Monday will be released, reports say. According to officials, the call will be edited to remove any ... "CBS This Morning" Eye Opener Michael Jackson's children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, took their father's shoes and sequined glove and pressed them in the cement at the famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. ... Zahoui defends Ivory Coast style Coach Francois Zahoui has defended Ivory Coast's conservative approach at this year's Africa Cup of Nations by referring to previous ... Americans Abroad to Get Bigger Say in 2012 Election WASHINGTON - Laws now in force in nearly every US state, the widespread use of electronic ballot transmission, and an accelerated military mail system should make it easier this year for Americans ... Syria activists report 'massacre' in Homs Fresh violence has erupted in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, a day after armed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire and ... Egyptians march to honour 'Friday of Rage' Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered for marches across the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to mark the first anniversary of the "Friday of Rage", a key day in the uprising that toppled ... Odierno is OK with 80,000 fewer soldiers "If they told me I had to do it in two years, I would not have been OK with 490,000," Odierno said. Reducing the Army's size is part of President Obama's plan to cut $487 billion from growth in the ... Can immigrants save us >Editor's note: Charles Garcia is the CEO of Garcia Trujillo, a business focused on the Hispanic market, and the author of "Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows. " A native of the ... What's So Bad About Obama "President Obama wants to put free enterprise on trial," Mitt Romney says. But fear not, because the former governor of Massachusetts "will offer the American ideals of economic ... |
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