[World] Ivory Coast Mourns Stampede Victims

Ivory Coast Mourns Stampede Victims
http://www.voanews.com/content/ivory-coast-mourns-stampede-victims/1576204.html
The Ivory Coast began three days of national mourning, on Wednesday, after a stampede led the deaths of at least 60 New Year's revelers, many of them teenagers.

Clashes in Syria shut down Aleppo airport
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/01/01/clashes-syria-suburb.html?cmp=rss
Search. Close. Clashes in Syria shut down Aleppo airport. 4:30p.m. EST January 1, 2013. CommentsShare. syria. Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces.

Are Women Safer in India or the US?
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/01/02/are-women-safer-in-india-or-the-u-s/
Dar Yasin/Associated Press: A man made a banner during a protest to mourn the death of the 23-year old Delhi gang rape in New Delhi, Jan.1.

4 killed, 50 hurt in blast near MQM rally
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/98680-four-killed-42-injured-in-karachi-blast-.html
Four persons were killed and 50 injured Tuesday when a bomb planted on a motorcycle went off near a park close to Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters, where the party had just finished holding a massive rally.

Egypt's Pound Dives Amid Devaluation Fears
http://www.brecorder.com/business-a-finance/banking-a-finance/98397.html
CAIRO - Egypt's currency plumbed new depths on Sunday as policy makers scrambled to reassure the public and investors that they can prevent a full-scale currency devaluation while still repairing Egypt's yawning budget deficit.

British tourist Stephen Ashton, 22, shot dead at New Year's party in Thailand
http://www.channel4.com/news/thai-man-arrested-after-stephen-ashton-death
British man Stephen Ashton, 22, has been killed in a gunfight between gangs in Thailand on New Year's Eve. Freya PetersenJanuary 2, 2013 04:49.

450 Rohingya held in Malaysia after they are forced to swim to safety
http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-Rohingya-repatriated-to-Myanmar-19860.html
About 450 Rohingya asylum seekers from Myanmar are in custody in Malaysia, after the captain of their boat apparently forced them to swim hundreds of metres to shore at the end of a tough two-week journey to the island of Langkawi.

Egyptian officials fly to UAE to discuss arrests
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jan-02/200515-egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-cell-detained-in-uae-paper.ashx
CAIRO: Two senior Egyptian officials are traveling to the United Arab Emirates to discuss the arrests of 11 Egyptians accused of forming a Muslim Brotherhood cell in the emirate.