Saturday, January 21, 2012

AFGHANISTAN: French tolerance dwindles over Afghan 'insider threat'

AFGHANISTAN: French tolerance dwindles over Afghan 'insider threat'

AFGHANISTAN: French tolerance dwindles over Afghan 'insider threat'

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:22 AM PST

NATO officials have tended to downplay "insider threat" - or cases of Afghan soldiers attacking their coalition partners. But that could change with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's harsh response to Friday's killing of four French troops.

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EGYPT: Can Egypt election winners wrest power from military?

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:09 PM PST

Egypt's first free parliamentary elections after the Arab Spring saw the Muslim Brotherhood win 47 percent of seats. The question now is whether the moderate Islamists can really wrestle power from the hands of the military without further bloodshed.

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Africa Cup of Nations: Equatorial Guinea beats Libya as tournament kicks off

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:41 PM PST

Former Real Madrid striker Javier Balboa helped Equatorial Guinea to a 1-0 victory against Libya in the first Africa Cup of Nations match on Saturday. Equatorial Guinea is co-hosting the biennial African football tournament with Gabon.

USA: Republicans face off in South Carolina primary

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:00 PM PST

Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are the front-runners in Saturday's South Carolina primary, the result of which could decide the party's candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul also remain in the race.

NIGERIA: Death toll rises from Nigerian bomb attacks

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:00 PM PST

The death toll from coordinated bomb attacks in Nigeria's second city of Kano has risen to at least 143, a hospital official said Saturday. Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the violence.

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LIBYA: Grenades thrown at Libya's NTC Benghazi office

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:06 PM PST

Protesters lobbed home-made grenades at the Benghazi office of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council on Saturday before ransacking and occupying the building, an official said. No casualties were reported.

SYRIA: Arab League to consider keeping monitors in Syria

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:58 AM PST

Arab League monitors look poised to remain in Syria to further assess how to end a deadly 10-month-old crackdown on anti-government protests, as the head of the monitoring team is expected to submit his report on Saturday.

FRANCE: Anonymous attacks French presidential website

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:18 AM PST

"Hacktivists" from the online group Anonymous launched an attack on France's presidential website on Friday in an apparent act of retaliation against the US closure of Megaupload, a popular file-sharing site.

ITALY: Italy approves reform in bid to boost economy

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:58 AM PST

Italy's cabinet approved legislation Friday to deregulate a number of service sectors and professions in a bid to increase competition, cut consumer costs, and stimulate growth in what is the eurozone's third largest economy.

TENNIS: Djokovic charges into fourth round of Australian Open

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:18 AM PST

Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic (pictured) charged his way into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday, defeating Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 in just 74 minutes.

MADAGASCAR: Ousted Madagascar leader's return thwarted

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:12 AM PST

Former Malagasy leader Marc Ravalomanana's flight was forced to return to South Africa on Saturday after Madagascar closed its airspace to prevent his return. Ravalomanana was exiled from the country in 2009 after being toppled by a military coup.

FOOTBALL: PSG beat Sablé to qualify for French Cup's final 16

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:14 AM PST

Paris St German thrashed Sablé FC 4-0 on Friday to easily qualify for the final 16 of the French Cup. The more amateur Sablé usually plays four divisions below PSG.

UK - Argentina: UK chides Argentina over Falklands intimidation

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:08 AM PST

British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Saturday accused Argentina of trying to intimidate the inhabitants of the Falkland islands. The comments in a UK paper were the latest salvo in an escalating war of words between the two countries.

ITALY: Concordia survivor search back on

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:27 PM PST

Italy's civil protection agency announced Saturday it was drawing up maps of survivors' last movements as it raced to locate the 20 people still missing. Divers also pulled another body from the wreckage, taking the toll to 12.
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