Archive for April, 2009

GFBC WORLD NEWS

• Syria "massacre" puts pressure on Moscow to back U.N. action 04/02/2012
  BEIRUT/MUNICH (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed hundreds of people in an assault on the city of Homs, activists and world leaders said on Saturday, the bloodiest night of an 11-month revolt giving sudden urgency to a push at the U.N. to demand President Bashar al-Assad cede power. […]
• Vatican officials contest corruption charges 04/02/2012
  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In the latest twist of a messy internal conflict shaking the Vatican, four clerics in the office that manages the tiny city-state Saturday rejected charges of corruption, mismanagement and greed levelled by a former deputy governor. […]
• Egypt clashes ease but protesters determined to fight on 04/02/2012
  CAIRO (Reuters) - Clashes between rock-throwing protesters and riot police eased in Egypt on Saturday as activists argued over how to build momentum in their push to oust the country's ruling generals. […]
• Kenya says hits rebel convoy with helicopter gunships 04/02/2012
  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military has struck al Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October, a Kenyan army officer said on Saturday. […]
• Heavy weapons rattle northern Mali town, thousands flee 04/02/2012
  KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - Sporadic heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal overnight and on Saturday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing its most significant target to date after two weeks of fighting. […]
• McCain ruffles Beijing with talk of Chinese Arab Spring 04/02/2012
  MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain warned China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun on Saturday that "the Arab Spring is coming to China" and highlighted the number of Tibetans burning themselves to death in his country. […]
• Russians stage rival protests over Putin 04/02/2012
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, and supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing comparable numbers. […]