Breaking
News
United
States negotiators have quit talks in Pakistan after failing to reach
a deal to reopen a supply route to NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Global
economy
Investors'
euphoria over a huge eurozone rescue loan for Spain's banks
evaporated Monday as they fretted over the details and feared a
stormy Greece exit of the eurozone.
The
euphoria wore off pretty quickly! -- RW
The
confirmation on Monday that Italy’s recession is deepening
heightens pressure on Premier Mario Monti’s government, which is
struggling to fend off the debt crisis and the perception that Italy
could be next to seek a bailout following Spain’s decision to ask
for help for its ailing banks.
Airline
Death Spiral
Military/intelligence
The
United States may soon take on a formal role in the Syrian uprising
after reports surfaced this week that suggest the White House wants
an air offensive targeting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
South
Korea has warned it would immediately retaliate against the North and
has held unscheduled military exercises after series of threats from
Pyongyang. A week ago the North threatened to launch rocket attacks
on media offices in the South.
A
rocket-propelled grenade hit a British diplomatic convoy in the
eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday, wounding two security
guards, officials said
An
analyst says “Regime Change” is needed in both the US and
Israel to stop “war crimes in the name of human rights” in
Syria which in reality aim to weaken Iran and eliminate any
resistance against Israel.
Monitors
and joint envoy Annan cite increasing use of helicopter gunships,
mortars and tanks against opposition areas.
U.S.
says that after significantly reducing oil purchases from Iran, seven
additional countries will be dismissed of the financial sanctions.
Clashes
between Muslims and Buddhists in Burma's restive Arakan state led to
a state of emergency and questions over the country's fragile
democratic reforms.
Environmental/disasters
As
many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide
that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on
Monday, officials said.
Environment
Canada scientists have observed evidence of toxic contamination of
wildlife upstream from Alberta's natural bitumen deposits that
coincides with the oilsands industry's expansion, Environment
Minister Peter Kent was told last summer.
China
recently overtook America as the world’s largest consumer
of energy — also making it the largest emitter of
greenhouse gas emissions. Led by China, countries pumped record
levels of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2011, setting the world on
a pathto 11 degree Fahrenheit warming by the end of the century.
Civil
unrest/revolution
Lawyer
says 11-year-old released after weeks in detention, but still faces
charges of "joining illegal gathering".
Europe
So
should she -- RW
Greek
election centre stage after Spanish bailout
The
latest rescue in the euro zone has done little to stem concern
that the region's debt crisis will be resolved soon.
In
other words, that money you thought you had... You don't really have
it.
Greece
faces the threat of rolling power blackouts as the economic crisis
leaves utilities without cash to pay for natural-gas imports and
operate power stations.
Fearful
of the future, Europeans are moving their money out of their banks
and dumping it into safe havens such as U.S. Treasuries, Government
of Canada bonds — and apparently the virtual currency Bitcoin.
SYRIZA
chief Alexis Tsipras during a visit at the Athens police headquarters
(GADA).
Officials
of conservative New Democracy and leftist SYRIZA, which have been
neck and neck in opinion polls, continued to clash Mondayy over which
party can best negotiate Greece’s continued membership of the
eurozone while SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras fired a broadside at ND
leader Antonis Samaras, claiming that the leftist party has a
deeper appreciation of public concerns regarding rising crime and
illegal immigration.
USA
The
US Supreme Court has refused to hear arguments made on behalf of
seven inmates being held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba military prison,
in turn authorizing the government to further detain captives without
charge.
Australia/NZ
Media/internet
Former
UK prime minister Gordon Brown has lambasted Rupert Murdoch before
Britain's media ethics inquiry, claiming the media mogul lied under
oath to the inquiry and saying a Murdoch tabloid had undermined the
war effort in Afghanistan.
FACEBOOK'S
growth appears to be slowing, particularly in the US, according to
newspaper reports.
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