Monday, October 29, 2012

[World] Syria violence marks end of failed truce

Syria violence marks end of failed truce
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10843828
International efforts to impose a brief truce in Syria have failed, the UN chief admitted on Monday, as a new wave of violence underscored the crisis facing the country's people as winter starts to take hold.

International Observers Denounce Ukrainian Election
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/world/europe/international-observers-denounce-ukrainian-election.html
A police officer walked by a screen showing Oleksandr Turchynov, first deputy of the party of jailed former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko.

William Hague hails Malala Yousafzai after hospital visit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/29/hague-visit-yousafzai-hospita
The foreign secretary has visited the hospital where a 15-year-old Pakistani girl is being treated after being shot at point-blank range by the Taliban.

Clinton on Balkan Tour to Promote Reforms
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/US-seeks-Algeria-s-support-in-possible-Mali-move-3989988.php
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has begun a tour of the western Balkans aimed at promoting economic and democratic reforms in a region beset with ethnic tensions.

Cuba's 2nd city without power, water after Sandy
http://www.3news.co.nz/Santiago-Cuba-suffering-after-effects-of-Hurricane-Sandy/tabid/417/articleID/274635/Default.aspx
In this Oct. 26, 2012 photo, residents walk past tree branches and power lines felled by Hurricane Sandy in Santiago de Cuba. Residents of Cuba's second city continued to find themselves without power or running water, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, four days ...

Report: Iranian navy ships dock in Sudan, amid accusations of Israeli attack
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/report-iranian-navy-ships-dock-in-sudan-amid-accusations-of-israeli-attack.premium-1.473045
Iran's 22nd naval fleet docked in Sudan on Monday, according to a report by Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency, days after the African nation blamed Israel for attacking a weapons factory in the capital of Khartoum.

Iran has drone's photos of restricted areas in Israel: MP
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/29/iran-has-images-of-forbidden-israeli-bases-from-hezbollah-drone-tehran-official-says/
On October 6, Israel shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by Hezbollah that had penetrated hundreds of kilometers into Israeli airspace and gotten very close to the Dimona nuclear plant without being detected by advanced Israeli and U.S.

Fuel shortage will grow without Iran: US Energy Department
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/iran-s-coal-shipping-trade-booms-despite-western-sanctions-1.472453
Global fuel use averaged 2.4 million barrels a day more than output over the two months when Iran is excluded from the calculations, and 600,000 barrels less than production when Iran is included, the department's Energy Information Administration said in a ...

Turkish police fire tear gas at banned secularist march
http://www.dw.de/turkey-punishes-republic-day-protesters-with-tear-gas/a-16341643
U.S. Election - Bridging the Divide. America is divided. That at least is the message from the two parties in the run up to Nov. 6 U.S.

Insurance losses from monster storm could top $5-billion
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/10/29/insurance-losses-from-monster-storm-could-top-5-billion/
Governments, homeowners and businesses - including most of Wall Street - were hoping for the best but bracing for losses as Hurricane Sandy, which hit the U.S.

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