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Syria "massacre" puts pressure on Moscow to back U.N.
(Reuters)
Reuters - Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in an assault on the city of Homs, activists said, the bloodiest day of an 11-month uprising giving sudden urgency to a push for a U.N. resolution calling for President Bashar al-Assad to cede power.
Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Russians stage rival protests over Putin
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, and supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing comparable numbers.
Heavy weapons rattle northern Mali town, thousands flee
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sporadic heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal overnight and on Saturday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing its most significant target to date after two weeks of fighting.
Afghan Taliban deny Mullah Omar wrote to White House
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Afghan Taliban denied on Saturday that the group's leader Mullah Omar wrote to the White House last year.
Egyptian Protesters Confront Police After Soccer Riots
(Time.com)
Time.com - Four more die in a day of violent clashes, as anger over alleged police complicity in a stadium tragedy unleashes pent-up frustrations
Clinton: US, Europe must do more against tyrants
(AP)
AP - The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis.
Sudan denies bombing civilians in south
(AP)
AP - A Sudanese newspaper says a military spokesman has denied that the country's air force has bombed civilians in a southern province.
Peru frees Chilean arrested outside air base
(AP)
AP - Peruvian police have freed one of two Chileans arrested this week on suspicion of espionage.
Suspended SAfrican youth leader gets 2nd chance
(AP)
AP - A South African youth leader who has stirred furious debate over race relations and economic policy is guilty of serious discipline violations, but will get a chance to argue against a possibly career-ending suspension from the country's governing party, party officials said Saturday.
McCain ruffles Beijing with talk of Chinese Arab Spring
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Senator John McCain warned China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun on Saturday that "the Arab Spring is coming to China" and highlighted the number of Tibetans burning themselves to death in his country.
Canada PM wants RIM to grow as "a Canadian company"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canada's prime minister drew an apparent line in the sand on foreign takeovers on Friday, saying he wanted to see BlackBerry maker Research In Motion grow "as a Canadian company" and questioning whether hostile takeovers of key domestic firms are in the country's best interests.
Australia's Gillard faces new leadership discontent
(Reuters)
Reuters - Growing speculation that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard could be dumped by her party before the end of the year forced senior ministers to rally behind her Friday after a disastrous start to 2012.
Facebook on collision course with new EU privacy laws
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - With its initial public offering this week, Facebook is roaring ahead. However, new European Union privacy regulations are taking aim at Internet companies' ability to profit through control of personal information – the key to their tremendous online advertising profits.
Bangladeshi Investors Badly Hit by the Stock-Market Crash
(Time.com)
Time.com - The dramatic rise and swift fall of Bangladesh's stock market is a cautionary tale for emerging-market investors oblivious to the perils of hasty deregulation and rapid capital inflows
A banker's punishment: Sir Fred Goodwin is now just Fred
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - In the good times he was the doyen of British banking. Wealthy and courted by decision makers and knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to his industry, Sir Fred Goodwin, head of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), seemed invincible.