Tuesday, February 28, 2012

World News Briefs -- February 28, 2012



Government Troops Pursue Syrian Rebels After Referendum -- New York Times

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A day after a referendum on a new constitution, Syrian government troops were reported on Tuesday to be pushing toward opposition strongholds in and near the central city of Homs. News reports said a wounded Western journalist trapped there had been rescued, but there were conflicting accounts about the fate of a second.

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MIDDLE EAST

Syrian military pounds rebel areas, foreign journalists escape.

Rebels whisk injured British reporter out of Syria.

UN Human Rights Council set to condemn Syria.

Palestinian Authority threatens to 'reevaluate' its agreements with Israel.

Iranian uranium remains unaccounted for, U.N. nuclear agency says.

Amnesty: Iran quadrupled rate of public executions.

Israel won’t alert U.S. about attack on Iran: report.

ASIA

North Korea: Ready to go to war with U.S., South Korea.

Gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan, 18 killed.

Myanmar relaxes grip on media, vows end to censors.

Probe finds Japan withheld risks of nuke disaster.

Mixed response to India workers' strike.

AFRICA

Kenyan airstrikes drive al-Shabab terrorists from Somalia strongholds.

UN says south Libya tense after tribal warfare.

Clashes break out in Sudan's South Kordofan.

European Union observers questions lack of real-time results after tense Senegal election.

U.S., Egypt lurch into perilous limbo on NGO case.

Stricken Costa cruise ship off Seychelles changes route. Crippled cruise ship, being towed in Indian Ocean, to reach land Thursday, Costa says.

EUROPE

Confidence grows in euro zone economy, still fragile.

France's Sarkozy edges up in election polls.

EU ministers to decide on Serbia's candidate status.

Russia PM Putin says doesn't fear enemies.

Strong Russian nuclear force deters conflict, Putin says.

North Sea oil supply slumps as tax grab bites deep.

Occupy London: police and bailiffs move in to evict St Paul's protesters.

AMERICAS

Venezuela anxiously awaits news of Chavez's health.

Venezuela vows military won't fire on civilians.

Falklands tension: Argentina turns away cruise ships.

Dozens of dissidents reported arrested in Cuba.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Gitmo plea deal signals new trial strategy.

Files reveal bin Laden ties to Pakistan agency.

FBI : Iraqi in Ky. terror case bragged about past.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

FBI enlists 'Gordon Gekko' in financial crimes campaign.

Investigators scrutinize MF Global wire transfers.

TransCanada to go ahead with part of controversial pipeline.

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