Syria Resumes Shelling, Rejecting U.N. Rebuke -- New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian government on Tuesday brushed aside a stern castigation from the top United Nations human rights official about its deadly attacks on civilians, calling her assessment propaganda as Syria’s military resumed what one activist described as the “brutal shelling” of the city of Homs.
A day after the official, Navi Pillay, the United Nations’s high commissioner for human rights, offered a grim appraisal of the Syrian conflict, activists said the shelling resumed in earnest at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, with rockets and tank shells whistling into parts of the city as often as every two minutes.
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MIDDLE EAST
Conflict flares across Syria, Arabs mull arms support. Syrian residents say they're bracing for full-blown war. Syrian revolution comes to Damascus as rebels openly patrol the streets.
Israelis: Iran behind Bangkok bombings, 'coordinated attacks' around the world.
Israel raises alert level after overseas attacks.
Turkish police detain 200 in crackdown.
Iran to unveil new nuclear fuel advance: report.
Bahrain police arrest demonstrators on protest anniversary.
USS Abraham Lincoln in Strait of Hormuz voyage. Iranian patrol boats shadow USS aircraft carrier as it passes through Strait of Hormuz.
Asia key as U.S., EU tighten sanctions against Iran.
Gunfights in Saudi oil-rich province show spread of Iran political tension.
Saudi blogger Hamza Kashgari jailed, may face execution after tweets about Muhammad.
ASIA
Two Iranians detained, one still sought, in Bangkok bombings.
Bombing puts India's trade ties with Iran to the test.
China bans foreign programmes from prime time television.
Russia to upgrade forces on islands claimed by Japan.
U.S. envoy Davies to meet North Korean aides in first talks since Kim died.
Insight: As Myanmar opens, China alliance starts to fray.
U.S. to welcome Chinese official Xi Jinping amid high tensions.
Police: Iranian blows off legs in Bangkok blast.
Rights group reports more Tibetan protests in China.
AFRICA
Nigerians living in poverty rise to nearly 61%.
Rumblings of renewed militancy continue in Bayelsa, Nigeria.
Libya tense on eve of revolution's anniversary.
Uganda military says LRA rebels’ hostages going hungry as militants flee stepped-up manhunt.
Nigeria army kills 12 suspected Islamists in flashpoint city.
AU troops attack Shebab positions in Mogadishu.
Three soldiers killed in Senegal's restive south.
Tunisia claims to have broken up terror group trained in Libya.
Revolutionary militias in western Libya unify.
Egypt accuses U.S. of using NGOs to thwart revolution. Egypt state media accuses U.S. of spreading anarchy.
South Africa to release new bank notes bearing Nelson Mandela’s image, president says.
Pirates kill captain, chief engineer in Nigeria ship attack.
EUROPE
European Commission report flags 12 countries of concern.
Greece faces further obstacles in bailout deal.
Moody's downgrades European countries. Moody's issues credit warnings on nine European countries including the UK.
Britain being overtaken by 'militant secularists', says Baroness Warsi.
On Russian TV, it isn’t all about the strongman.
Nicolas Sarkozy 'to launch French presidency re-election campaign on Wednesday'.
AMERICAS
U.N. Security Council visits Haiti to assess security.
Falklands dispute: Argentine union to boycott UK ships. Falklands risks fresh spat with Argentina as nation seeks to get its own passports.
Obama budget: National debt will be $1 trillion higher in a decade than forecast.
US nuclear watchdog questions oversight of safety enforcement.
Center-left progressive Henrique Capriles set to challenge Hugo Chavez.
Analysts: Peru rebel capture won't dent drug trade.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Panetta: No release of Guantanamo Taliban if there’s any sign they will return to battle. Dempsey "concerned" about releasing Gitmo prisoners.
Pakistani doctor to be nominated for Congressional Gold Medal over Osama bin Laden raid.
Guantanamo mail screeners ordered to keep mum.
Al-Qaida's top man in Europe freed from British jail.
British minister heads to Jordan for Abu Qatada talks.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Apple tops Google for No. 1 image.
Apple may face iPad export ban in China trademark row.
Report: Next iPad to support 4G.
Google posts $120m plans for Silicon Valley HQ expansion across 800,000 sq ft as firm 'prepares to enter consumer tech sector'.
China Premier Wen Jiabao vows to help on eurozone debt.
The silent victims of the U.S.-China currency war (commentary).
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