[World] China media threatens North Korea aid cut over atomic test

China media threatens North Korea aid cut over atomic test
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/white-house-denounces-north-koreas-nuclear-threats-as-needlessly-provocative/article7750221/
BEIJING: North Korea's sole major ally China will decrease aid to Pyongyang if it goes ahead with a planned nuclear test, state-run media said in an unusually frank warning on Friday.

Egypt opposition to rally on revolution anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21191260
Police have clashed with protesters gathering in Tahrir Square in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, ahead of the second anniversary of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power.

Hurricane-force winds, heavy snow hamper search for missing Canadians
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/8222029/Antarctic-search-for-missing-plane-resumes
The search for three Canadian crew members missing in frigid Antartica after their plane disappeared over a mountain range is on hold until there's a break in the weather, search officials said Friday (New Zealand time).

Japan envoy says territory dispute with China can be resolved
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/asian-pacific-business/japan-trade-deficit-soars-to-record-783-billion/article7734214/
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Japanese envoy to Beijing said on Friday that he believed tensions with China over a group of uninhabited islands could be resolved, after meeting China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping.

How Many Times Does Al Qaeda's Number Two Need to Die?
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/01/how-many-times-does-al-qaedas-number-two-need-die/61403/
Big victory in the war on terror, folks: A previously unreported air strike in December killed Said al-Shihri, al Qaeda's number two in command.

UK Leader Tries to Calm EU Fears Over Ties
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4758144/Poll-on-EU-referendum.html
British Prime Minister David Cameron's Europe gamble has for the moment assuaged anti-Europe sentiment in his Conservative Party and drawn qualified support from some local business leaders.

French fight complications in Mali
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/01/23/mali-us-france-forces-airlift.html?cmp=rss
The Malian army, which France sought to bolster with its action, has been accused of committing abuses, particularly against the Tuareg ethnic group, some of whose members started the March rebellion that has divided the West African nation.

UN expert launches investigation into drone warfare and targeted killings
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/un-expert-launches-investigation-into-drone-warfare-and-targeted-killings/article7841041/
A UN expert on Thursday launched a special investigation into drone warfare and targeted killings, which the United States relies on as a front-line weapon in its global war against al-Qaeda.

David Headley's sentence meagre in comparison to brutality of the crime: Ujjwal ...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/david-headley-sentenced-to-35-yearsprison_812982.html
Eminent Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who was instrumental in sending lone surviving militant of 2008 Mumbai attack Ajmal Kasab to the gallows, has termed David Headley's sentence as meagre in comparison to the brutality and heinousness of the crime ...

Syrian crisis: Where's US aid going?
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/01/24/syrian-jets-bomb-rebel-areas-near-damascus-as-assads-troops-battle-opposition-fighters-for-control-of-key-road/
(CNN) -- It has been more than a year since the United States government withdrew its ambassador to Syria and closed its embassy in Damascus.

Troubled soul who never found peace when the fighting ended
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/01/24/death-of-ira-veteran-could-unseal-documents-allegedly-implicating-sinn-fein-head-gerry-adams-in-abductions-executions/
Dolours Price was a tortured soul. I suspect she had more humanity than she was willing to admit, and that she struggled with a conscience she denied.

Netanyahu has smaller majority to create new coalition
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/50563886/
Ambassador Michael Oren talks about the Israeli elections and whether a more moderate Netanyahu government will emerge. Share This: facebook · twitter · googleplus.

Venezuela's Chavez in therapy, eyes return: Bolivia's president
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpoDPhei9uZHRwe3ASaSEdlBstFg?docId=CNG.067b7af158254a33ed03739ee2231e8f.71
By Carlos Quiroga and Diego Ore. LA PAZ/CARACAS | Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:53pm EST. LA PAZ/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is undergoing physical therapy to hasten his return from Cuba after surgery there last month for the ...