Friday, June 8, 2012

World News Briefs -- June 8, 2012



Annan: Syria Peace Plan Not Being Implemented -- Al Jazeera

UN envoy, confirming massacres, says "first responsibility" to stop violence lies with government in Damascus.

Kofi Annan, the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy to Syria, has admitted that his peace plan is failing and that the country's future will consist of "brutal suppression, massacres, sectarian violence and even all-out civil war" if it continues on its current path.

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MIDDLE EAST

Syrian troops shell rebel city as full-scale assault feared, activists say.

In northern Syria, rebels now control many towns and villages.

Syria massacre: UN team reaches Qubair village.

Worsening Syria war drives civilians from homes.

Yemeni army clashes with Al Qaeda fighters, 25 killed.

6 powers, Iran, remain split on nuke issues.

Baghdad pins security hopes on 13,000 CCTV cameras.

Iran and Iraq: Battle of the ayatollahs.

ASIA

Military operation in Pakistan may displace 600,000 people.

Bomb targeting government bus in Pakistan kills 18.

China 'closes Tibet to foreign visitors'.

China to tighten Internet control with new rules.

AFRICA

African leaders want UN support for Mali military intervention. African leaders to ask for UN Security Council resolution backing intervention in Mali.

In Mali, rise of Islamic radicals poses new terrorism fears.

Bomb at Nigeria police station kills many: witnesses.

Sudan, South Sudan break off talks, no deal in sight.

Sudan's Bashir demands AU summit moves from Malawi.

Locusts menace already hunger-stricken Mali and Niger.

EUROPE

Spain bailout rumour played down. Fitch slashes Spain rating to BBB.

Germany calls for European 'political union'.

Putin edges towards Eurasian Union.

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested.

Dutch Euro 2012 squad face 'monkey chants' in Poland.

AMERICAS

U.S. freezes assets of Mexican drug lord's family.

Mexico pollsters: PRI’s Pena Nieto coasting to victory in issueless race.

Argentina accused of Falkland Islands 'blockade'.

Falklands: Minister criticises 'domineering' Argentina.

US braces for tsunami debris, but impact unclear.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's wife predicts Muslim Spring.

Clinton wants greater coordination against Africa, Middle East terror.

And now, only one senior al Qaeda leader left.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Bernanke: Europe poses risks to US economy.

An Apple TV reboot could be a game-changer.

F1 puts the brakes on IPO.

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