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World News05-Feb-2012Syrian state-run newspaper welcomes UN veto A Syrian state-run newspaper has welcomed the Russian and Chinese veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Damascus' crackdown on the country's uprising. Casualties reported after large bomb explodes in southern Afghan city Officials say a large explosion has hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, causing casualties. Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world in wake of bloody crackdown Officials say a mob ransacked the Syrian Embassy in Australia after reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Syria's nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. The attack in Australia's capital, Canberra, follows at least six [read more] Attackers blow up gas pipeline in Egypt An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula, halting exports to neighboring Israel and Jordan. Greece: Debt talks must be done by late Sunday Greece's finance minister said negotiations for the bailout deal his country needs to avoid defaulting on its debts must be completed by late Sunday, but that a breakthrough is being held up by demands from debt inspectors [read more] Russian scientists eye mission to moon this decade Russia’s space agency and training center for cosmonauts is launching a campaign to choose a new team of cosmonauts to train for a special mission, most likely for the moon this decade, Pravda.ru reported Fidel Castro presents 2-volume memoir Fidel Castro has made a rare appearance to present a two-volume memoir. Freed US tourist says Egyptian kidnappers were 'very nice' An American woman who was kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt said her captors were "very nice" and she was treated like family. |
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