Saturday, January 7, 2012

SYRIA: Thousands hold prayers for bombing victims

SYRIA: Thousands hold prayers for bombing victims

SYRIA: Thousands hold prayers for bombing victims

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:28 AM PST

Thousands of Assad supporters gathered at a Damascus mosque Saturday to say funeral prayers for policemen killed in Friday's bombing, which killed 26 and wounded 63. It is unclear who is behind the attack, which was officially blamed on "terrorists".

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NIGERIA: Christians flee in wake of deadly sectarian attacks

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:11 AM PST

Hundreds of Christians are fleeing northern Nigeria after armed gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram carried out attacks in four states against Christian churches and shops that left at least 37 people dead, witnesses said Saturday.

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HORN OF AFRICA: Kenyan air raid kills scores of Somali insurgents

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:03 AM PST

Kenyan jets killed at least 50 al-Shabaab fighters during an air raid on southern Somalia Friday, a military official said. Kenya sent troops to fight Somali insurgents in October, after a string of cross-border attacks hit its tourism industry.

FRANCE: French far right rallies around Joan of Arc

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 07:00 AM PST

Some 200 members of France's main far-right party rallied around a statue of Joan of Arc to celebrate the medieval martyr's 600th birthday on Saturday, with National Front leaders hinting that President Nicolas Sarkozy's tribute had been insincere.

TENNIS: Tsonga wins Qatar Open

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST

France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (pictured) defeated fellow countryman Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to win the Qatar Open. It is his eighth career title.

US POLITICS: Republican candidates gear up for high-stakes debate

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 01:56 PM PST

Republican candidates hoping to be on their party's ticket for the 2012 US presidential election are set to hold a key debate Saturday at St. Anselm college in New Hampshire, their first showdown since Mitt Romney took the Iowa caucus last week.

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DAKAR RALLY: Al-Attiyah, Coma win seventh stage of Dakar rally

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 01:48 PM PST

Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah won the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally in Chile Saturday, France's Stephane Peterhansel kept the overall lead, and defending champion Marc Coma of Spain won the stage in motorbikes.

SOUTH SUDAN: UN launches major aid effort in S. Sudan

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:35 AM PST

The United Nations launched an urgent humanitarian effort Friday in the violence-torn new nation of South Sudan, where inter-tribal warfare has forced tens of thousands to flee to the countryside and may have killed as many as 3,000 people.

IVORY COAST - FRANCE: Body found in Ivory Coast may be missing reporter

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:32 AM PST

The brother of missing Franco-Canadian reporter Guy-Andre Kieffer, who disappeared in the Ivory Coast in 2004, said Friday that a body unearthed by a team of French and Ivorian investigators may belong to the journalist.

SUDAN - LIBYA: Sudan's Bashir arrives in Libya

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 05:34 AM PST

Sudan's president and alleged war criminal Omar al-Bashir arrived in Tripoli Sat. for a two-day visit to discuss "issues of mutual interest" with Libya's ruling National Transitional Council. Sudan and Libya have historically had unstable relations.

RUSSIA: Russian church head urges political action after protests

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:52 AM PST

Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill urged authorities Saturday to respond to mass anti-government protests, which alleged vote-rigging in December polls won by Vladmir Putin's party.

IRAQ WAR: US lawsuit over Blackwater deaths ends without trial

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:20 AM PST

A US appeals court ended a lawsuit over a 2004 incident in which four contractors from Blackwater security firm working in Fallujah, Iraq were killed by insurgents. Victims' families reached a deal with the company, ending hopes of a public trial.

FRANCE - ECONOMY: France ready to go solo on financial transaction tax

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:12 AM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Friday that France would be willing to push through a new financial transaction tax on its own if the EU does not quickly agree on a joint tax.

ARGENTINA: Fernandez does not have cancer

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:59 AM PST

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez (pictured) in fact never had cancer, despite being diagnosed with the disease last month, her spokesman said Saturday, just days after she had her thyroid gland removed.

FRANCE: Medical charity denies allegations of Bruni misconduct

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:41 AM PST

The medical charity Global Fund is denying allegations it awarded sizeable contracts without tender to a friend of French First Lady Carla Bruni (pictured), who is a Global Fund ambassador. The charges appeared in French weekly Marianne.

EUROZONE CRISIS: Mario Monti, Italian Prime Minister

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:48 AM PST

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti talks about the European debt crisis and shares his views on the Tobin Tax, a much-debated financial transaction tax.

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