Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze (Reuters)

Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze (Reuters)

Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:12 PM PST

Reuters - Russia said it had brought a blaze aboard a nuclear submarine under control on Friday by partially submerging the vessel at a naval shipyard, after hours of dousing the flames with water from helicopters and tug boats.


Philippine police rescue dogs, raid slaughterhouse (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:13 PM PST

AP - Police in the northern Philippines say they've rescued dozens of dogs that were on their way to a slaughterhouse.


Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:12 PM PST

MURMANSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said it had brought a blaze aboard a nuclear submarine under control on Friday by partially submerging the vessel at a naval shipyard, after hours of dousing the flames with water from helicopters and tug boats.

Israeli airstrike on Gaza kills 1 militant (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:41 PM PST

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (2nd L) and Mahmoud Al-Zahar meet with Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (R) in Khartoum December 29, 2011. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS)AP - The Israeli army says it has carried out an airstrike against a group of Palestinian militants preparing to launch rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip.

US 'deeply concerned' after Egypt raids NGO offices (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A series of armed sweeps of democracy, justice, and human rights organizations in Egypt today drew denunciations from the US and from a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch who called the actions "unprecedented."


Job of Jamaica's youngest prime minister ever is up for grabs (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Andrew Holness is already Jamaica’s youngest prime minister. Could he also become the nation’s shortest-serving?


Bahrain to try police officers over 'torture'

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:41 PM PST

Five officers to be tried over alleged torture of detainee who later died in custody, weeks after probe into crackdown.


Storm-hit Philippines gets foreign aid

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 07:35 PM PST

Foreign aid to the Philippines in the wake of a deadly tropical storm has reached $12.6 million, the Philippine government announced Thursday.

N. Korea: No engagement with South

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:28 PM PST

North Korea said Friday that it remained steadfast in its refusal to engage with the current South Korean government, dismissing the prospect of a shift in relations with Seoul after a dynastic succession in Pyongyang.

VIDEO: Syria activists plan more protests

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:46 PM PST

Activists in Syria are planning more demonstrations during the day as Arab League observers continue to visit towns which have seen some of the worst violence against anti-government protestors.


VIDEO: Syria activists plan more protests

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:46 PM PST

Activists in Syria are planning more demonstrations during the day as Arab League observers continue to visit towns which have seen some of the worst violence against anti-government protestors.


Thai flood death toll hits 780 (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:16 PM PST

AP - Thai authorities say the death toll from floods that devastated vast parts of north and central Thailand has reached 780 confirmed dead with three people still missing.


US and Iran continue war of words over Hormuz

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:23 PM PST

Iran rejects US warning that it would 'not tolerate' closure by Tehran of vital oil route in row over nuclear sanctions.


Cyclone Thane lashes India's south coast (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 09:58 PM PST

Reuters - Lashing rains and gale force winds bore down on India's southeastern coast on Friday, disrupting power supplies and communication lines as Cyclone Thane landfall near the industrial city of Chennai, officials and witnesses said.


VIDEO: Bad year for elephant ivory killings

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 08:37 PM PST

2011 was the worst year for the seizure of ivory from elephant tusks in decades, according to the international wildlife watchdog TRAFFIC.


VIDEO: Hiker and dog rescued from cliff

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 08:39 PM PST

Los Angeles fire fighters rescued a hiker and his dog who became stranded on the side of a steep cliff in the Lake View Terrace area.


Wall Street Has a Vested Interest in Investor Ignorance

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 09:29 PM PST

I want to anticipate and address one obvious objection to yesterday?s post: if personal investing is so easy, why do so many experts make it seem so complicated? This question almost answers itself. Imagine you?re trying to start a personal finance magazine. If every issue gave the same advice??put your money into a Vanguard lifecycle ...


Cyclone Thane lashes India's south coast

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 09:58 PM PST

CHENNAI (AlertNet) - Lashing rains and gale force winds bore down on India's southeastern coast on Friday, disrupting power supplies and communication lines as Cyclone Thane landfall near the industrial city of Chennai, officials and witnesses said.

Asian stocks rise on last trading day of 2011 (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 09:24 PM PST

Traders await the start of the trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - Asian stock markets strengthened Friday on the last day of trading for 2011, following a brisk session on Wall Street, but the uptick could not blunt the effects of a grueling year in which investors booked sharp losses.

U.S.-trained China official seen behind blind activist's jailing (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:25 PM PST

Reuters - The rising Chinese official who critics say engineered the jailing of the blind legal rights activist Chen Guangcheng, has come a long way from Connecticut, where he studied public policy and claims to have worked as an aide to the mayor of New Haven.


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