Saturday, August 4, 2012

World News Briefs -- August 4, 2012



Assad Forces Launch Massive Assault On Aleppo -- Al Jazeera

Regime forces intensify attack on rebel areas across country as clashes reported around Aleppo's TV and radio station.

Syrian forces have clashed with rebels around Aleppo's television and radio station, activists say, while local rebel forces are preparing for a "strong offensive" by government forces on the country's largest city.

A Syrian activist said on Saturday that the rebels had sought to extend their area of control from the Salaheddine district, where the most intense fighting has been focused, northwards to the area around the television and radio station.

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MIDDLE EAST

Syrian crisis: Fresh fighting hits Damascus and Aleppo. Syrian forces pound rebel frontline in Aleppo.

Syria rebels renew assault on Damascus as Assad hits money trouble.

Accounts of Syria rebels executing prisoners raise new human rights concerns.

Iran test fires short-range missile with new guidance system.

Tensions rise as Turkey continues offensive against PKK.

Deaths in clash after Saudi rights protest. Saudi Arabia soldier shot dead amid sectarian tensions.

Israel losing international support, says British ambassador.

ASIA

US, Pakistan appear to make little headway in spy meet.

Afghan parliament votes to dismiss defense, interior ministers.

US voices concern over South China Sea rows.

North Korea's key to Olympic medals: Refrigerators for winners, labor camp threat for losers.

North Korea floods: Death toll raised, WFP sends food aid.

2 tropical cyclones strike Chinese coast in quick succession.

AFRICA

Half a million Congolese flee in face of Rwanda-backed rebellion.

Car bomb explodes in Tripoli, first since Gaddafi's fall.

Sudan and South Sudan reach 'understanding' over oil.

Egypt's Christian leader slams "unfair" new cabinet.

Is Joseph Kony hiding in Darfur?

France seizes £118 million mansion of Equatorial Guinea leader's family.

EUROPE

Spain inches towards a full EU bailout.

Prostitution on the rise in crisis-hit Spain.

G4S under fire after nun breaks into US nuclear facility.

Finland looks down across eurozone with mix of pride and anxiety.

AMERICAS

Tropical Storm Ernesto heads toward Jamaica, Mexico after dumping rain on Caribbean islands.

Peru burns record 50-tonne marijuana haul.

British ships banned from docking in Buenos Aires.

Farmers markets plentiful in U.S.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Sunni Muslim 'extremists' committed 70% of terrorist murders in 2011.

FBI official: Hasan should have been interviewed on e-mails with radical cleric.

Al-Qaeda suspects arrive in Spanish court.

A mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and drones.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Google should pay $750 a book, authors say in e-book suit.

Boeing statement on Xiamen airlines commitment to purchase 40 next-generation 737s

Election or not, QE3 is coming in September: Economist.

Refugee from Facebook questions the social media life.

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