Air
Strikes for Anbar, Bombs Hit Baghdad:
88 Killed, 55 Wounded:
At least 88
people were killed and 55 more were
wounded in violence. In Anbar province,
clashes
and air strikes continued to killed militants by the
score. Baghdad saw
yet another round of multiple
bombing attacks.
Iraqi
army prepares to storm militant-held
Falluja:
Anti-government
fighters, among them insurgents
linked with al Qaeda, overran two cities in the
Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar on
January 1. against a backdrop of
deteriorating
security across the country.
Syrian
forces kill 83 in barrel bomb attacks in
Aleppo: activists say:
Syrian military
helicopters dropped more improvised
"barrel bombs" on the northern city of
Aleppo on
Sunday, a monitoring group said, bringing the death
toll to at least
83 people in the latest episode of a
campaign many consider a war
crime.
Al-Qaeda fighters
kill Syrian rebel
leaders:
The Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant attack
and kill commanders of rivals in escalation
of
infighting among rebels.
Car
bomb kills al-Qaida rival in Syria:
A twin car
bombing killed a senior leader in
an Islamic brigade opposed to al-Qaida in near
Syria's northern city of Aleppo, activists said
Sunday. The attack is likely to
further exacerbate
rebel infighting even as government aircraft bomb
opposition-held areas of the city.
Syrian
foreign minister calls for national unity
government:
The Syrian
government's proposal for the transition -
as obtained by Al-Monitor - consisted
of five points
focusing on sovereignty, rejection of foreign intervention,
Syria
as a pluralistic, democratic state and the rejection
of terrorism.
Syria
rejected U.S. talks bid without Kerry
apology: FM:
"The Americans
asked us to negotiate directly with
them in Montreux," "But we refused to do so
before
Secretary of State John Kerry apologised for what he
said at the
conference." In his opening remarks at the
conference, Kerry said Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad
"will not be part" of any transitional
government.
4
killed as Lebanon car bomb hits Hezbollah
stronghold near border:
The blast
happened near a petrol station in the eastern
town of Hermel in the Bekaa
Valley, state media said.
Russia
backs Syria on chemical weapons
plan:
Moscow says
Damascus acting in good faith, in
response to US statement that the plan to
eliminate
stockpile had stalled.
Yemen
clashes kill 60:
The clashes in
Omran province killed 40 Huthi
rebels and their allies and left 20 dead in the
ranks of the Hashid tribe, the sources said.
Rebels
overrun tribal stronghold in Yemen:
"Al-Ahmar
tribesmen were surrounded by hundreds
of Houthi militants who attacked using
heavy artillery
for seven continuous hours starting last night," said
Ali
Al-Suraimi, a leader within the Hashid tribe,
referring to Hashid tribal
leaders.
'Military action
likely' if Iran talks fail, US
spokeswoman says:
A resolution to
the nuclear dispute with Tehran,
should current diplomatic efforts fail, "is
likely
to involve military action," US State Department
deputy spokeswoman Marie
Harf said on Friday.
Iran
says nuclear talks failure would be 'disaster':
"What I can
promise is that we will go to those
negotiations with the political will and
good faith
to reach an agreement because it would be foolish
for us to only
bargain for six months," Zarif told
the conference after his meeting with
Kerry.
Iran
receives $500 m. in frozen assets:
First
instalment of $4.2 billion deposited in Swiss
bank account as part of Geneva
agreement,
breathing new life into economy
Israeli
Intelligence Min. Says Israel Must
Invade Gaza, Destroy Hamas:
Yuval Steinitz
responds to Friday rocket on Eilat,
warns at this rate Israel will have to enter
Gaza and
replace Hamas with PA.
Denmark's largest
bank blacklists Israel's
Hapoalim over illegal settlement construction:
Approximately a
week ago, the Netherlands' largest
pension fund management company, PGGM,
decided
to withdraw all its investments from Israel's five largest
banks because
they have branches in the West Bank
and/or are involved in financing
construction in the
settlements.
US
blasts European banks' decision to blacklist
Israeli firms:
Boycotting
groups that operate in West Bank will not
help resolve conflict, says State
Department
Kerry:
Israel's security is 'illusionary',
boycott around the corner:
"The risks are
very high for Israel. People are
talking about boycott. That will intensify in
the case of failure. We all have a strong interest
in this conflict
resolution."
Right-wing MKs
slam Kerry for 'boycott threat':
Bennett:
Israel expects
its allies to support it, not serve as
'mouthpiece' for 'anti-Semitic' groups or
push for
'terrorist state'
Why
Israel Fears the Boycott:
These days,
Israel seems as terrified by the
"exponential" growth of the Palestinian-led
Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions (or B.D.S.) movement as
it is by Iran's rising
clout in the region.
Ratner:
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Facilitating
Israeli War Crimes:
I think that
statements like Bill De Blasio's actually
are facilitating the war crimes that
Israel is engaged in.
Stop This
Savage, Barbaric and Inhuman Practice!
New
York Baby Infected With Herpes After
Metzitza B'peh Circumcision Rite:
A baby boy has
been infected with neonatal herpes
following a Jewish ritual circumcision in New
York -
the third such infection in two years tied to a
controversial rite that
involves the direct application
of the ritual circumciser's mouth to the baby's
genitals
to suction blood from the wound.
5
militants killed, 4 injured in W Afghanistan:
According to
security officials, the incident took
place in the Golestan district of Farah
Province on
Saturday, after a group of Taliban militants opened
fire at a
military vehicle patrolling the area.
Afghan
election workers for Abdullah Abdullah
shot dead:
Two Afghan
election campaigners working for
presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah have
been
shot dead in the western city of Herat. Abdullah
Abdullah was the runner-up
in the disputed election
of 2009 to President Karzai, who cannot stand this
time.
NATO
Chief Doesn't See Karzai Signing Security
Pact For After
2014:
President
Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a pact for
U.S. and NATO forces to stay in
Afghanistan after
2014 and will probably leave the choice for his
successor,
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said
on Saturday.
Two
Blasts Hit Cinema Hall in NW Pakistan,
5 Killed:
At least five
persons were killed and nearly 20 others
injured when two blasts ripped through
a cinema hall
in the capital of the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
province of
northwest Pakistan today.
Pakistan Taliban
name Imran Khan for talks:
Pakistan's
Taliban have named politician and ex-cricketer
Imran Khan as a member of a
five-man team to enter
into peace talks with the government.
Seven
hurt in gunfire as political rivals clash in
Bangkok ahead of polls:
Several people
hurt as pro-government supporters
confront protesters
Protesters prevent
Thais voting in Bangkok:
Millions of
Thais are heading to the polls to vote
in a general election boycotted by the
opposition
and blighted by protests. Anti-government protesters
have said they
will disrupt voting across Thailand and
continue their campaign to force Prime
Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra to quit.
Retired
Libya colonel assassinated in Benghazi:
Libyan health
officials say that gunmen have killed
a retired police colonel and two sons of
other retired
high-ranking security officials, the latest in a series
of
assassinations in the country.
Clashes
after police storm Kenya mosque:
Police raid on
Mombasa mosque, after raising
of al-Shabab flag, leaves at least one dead and
more injured.
Murder
trial of Egypt's President Morsi
resumes:
Lawyer says
court lacks the jurisdiction to try him,
saying the Islamist leader remained
Egypt's legitimate
president because there has been no official decree
removing
him from office.
Ukraine
preparing state of emergency:
Tymoshenko party:
The party of
jailed former prime minister Yulia
Tymoshenko said on Saturday that the
authorities
were considering the introduction of a state of
emergency.
Kerry:
We stand with the people of Ukraine:
Kerry said
Ukrainians deserved the right to decide
their own future and should not be
coerced into
accepting their future lay with one country - a
reference to
President Yanukovich's decision to
renege on a cooperation deal with the EU
under
pressure from Russia.
West's
interpretation of freedom for Ukraine
'strange' - Lavrov:
"What does the
inciting of street protests, which
are growing increasingly violent, have to do
with
promoting democratic principles?" Lavrov said.
Martin
Armstrong Warns Ukraine Is Doomed
After The Elections:
According to a
former adviser to Vladimir Putin,
the economist Andrei Illarionov, the Kremlin
will
take one of three possible scenarios with respect to
the Ukraine problem.
The most dramatic will be
the establishment of full control over the whole
Ukraine.
Russia
threatens to quit START as US deploys
Aegis destroyer to Spain:
The US has
deployed a ballistic missile defense
destroyer to Spain to boost NATO's
anti-missile
shield in Europe. The move, allegedly aimed at
curbing the Iranian
threat, has sparked talks about
Russia possibly scrapping the START nuclear
treaty.
US
warns China against new air defence zone:
Chinese air
force officials have drafted proposals
for the next Air Defence Identification
Zone (ADIZ)
that could place the Paracel Islands at its core.
The
Internet You Know and Love is in Danger:
Earlier this
month, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
overturned the FCC's net neutrality
rules, jeopardizing
the openness of the Internet that we have come to
take for
granted.
How
Edward Snowden went from loyal NSA
contractor to
whistleblower:
In this
exclusive extract from his new book,
Luke Harding looks at Edward Snowden's
journey from patriot to America's most wanted
Snowden
confidant Glenn Greenwald a 'porn spy,'
says Canadian politician:
Battle lines
are being drawn between those who hail
the former CIA contractor as a national
hero, and
those who condemn him as a traitor.
UK
media alarmed by govt bill allowing seizure
of journalists' notes, files:
UK media
organizations have warned that if a government
bill authorizing police to seize
journalists' notebooks, photos
and digital files is passed Monday, it could
seriously endanger
press freedom in the country.
English
no longer first language for 1,700 UK
schools - report:
The UK's
Department for Education figures indicate
that English is no longer the first
language for the
majority of pupils at one in nine schools across the
country.
The number of pupils with English as their
second-language has risen by 20
percent to almost
1.1 million since 2009
U.K.'s
January Flooding Surpasses All 247 Years
Of Data On The Books:
As California
sees the future impacts of climate
change playing out in the form of epic
drought on
one side of the globe, across the map in the U.K.
residents are
seeing an opposite but related climate
effect: Severe and unprecedented
flooding.
US-Canada
oil-pipeline project clears hurdle:
Findings of
environmental impact assessment of 1,897km
Keystone XL to raise pressure on
Obama to approve project.
U.S.
Experimented With Nuclear Fracking:
Is there no
limit to human stupidity?
Forbes takes a look at the folly of nuclear
fracking.
Peso
panic and rocketing prices shake
the throne of Argentina's Queen Cristina:
Argentina's
president, Cristina Fernández de
Kirchner, and her ministers blame foreign
'vultures' for an economic meltdown as power
cuts hit Buenos Aires and goods
vanish from
supermarket shelves
Mexico
energy reform sparks mass protest:
At least 65,000
people take to the streets after
government opens oil and gas industry to
foreign
investment.
The
Brazilian Slum Children Who Are
Literally Swimming in Garbage:
The Brazilian
city of Recife is known for its
majestic bridges, but in November a newspaper
photo highlighted one of the metropolis's uglier
aspects.
Global
2012 arms sales:
Seven US
companies remained amongst the
world's top ten entities in terms of 2012 arms
sales, with Lockheed Martin emerging at top.
Nearly
Half of America Lives
Paycheck-to-Paycheck:
The plight of
these folks is compounded by
the fact that the recession ravaged many
Americans'
credit scores to the point that
now 56% percent of us have subprime
credit.
Millions Are Now
Realizing They're Too
Poor For Obamacare:
Thanks to a
Supreme Court ruling and staunch
Republican resistance, Marc Alphonse, an
unemployed 40-year-old Marine veteran who
is essentially homeless, cannot get
health
insurance under Obamacare.
Alabama: Prison
Staff Habitually Raped
Women, Demanded Sexual Favors, DOJ
Finds:
For the past
two decades, female inmates in
Alabama's Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women have
been subjected to atrocious acts of sexual abuse -
and the Alabama Department of
Corrections (ADOC)
did nothing about it.
Christie Linked to
Knowledge of Shut Lanes:
"Evidence
exists" that the governor knew about the
closings when they were
happening.
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