Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world world World News en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:11:58 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_syria nm/20120211/us_syria Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:14:31 GMT Reuters - Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs on Saturday in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, whose ally Russia said it would not support an Arab peace plan circulating at the United Nations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_greece nm/20120211/us_greece Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:07:44 GMT Reuters - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told lawmakers to back a deeply unpopular EU/IMF rescue in a vote on Sunday or condemn the country to a "vortex" of recession. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_maldives nm/20120211/us_maldives Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:17:56 GMT Reuters - New Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Hussain Manik said on Saturday he was open to an inquiry into how he took office after his predecessor said he had been forced out in a coup. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_iran_nuclear_ahmadinejad nm/20120211/us_iran_nuclear_ahmadinejad Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:43:51 GMT Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that the Islamic Republic, targeted by tougher Western sanctions, would soon announce advances in its nuclear program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_britain_newscorp_arrests nm/20120211/us_britain_newscorp_arrests Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:49:58 GMT Reuters - British police on Saturday arrested five senior staff at News Corporation's mass-circulation newspaper The Sun as part of investigations into journalists paying police for information. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20120211/wl_time/08599210639000 time/20120211/08599210639000 Time.com world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:35:00 GMT Time.com - In Europe, budget tightening has forced governments to cut back on green-energy projects. Can the solar and wind industries survive without hefty subsidies? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_abuse_lawsuit ap/20120211/eu_vatican_abuse_lawsuit AP world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:43:57 GMT AP - Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have asked a court to dismiss their lawsuit naming Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials as defendants. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ap/20120211/ml_iraq AP world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:46:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120211/i/r1850206221.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4800ZotH4OTVCgrBK2yUSQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)" border="0" /></a>AP - A group of political dissidents created a new Iraqi opposition party Saturday, vowing to act as a check on the government as the prime minister warned that a push for regional autonomy could tear the country apart.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120211/i/r1850206221.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4800ZotH4OTVCgrBK2yUSQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. Cyberspace was a hobby for Kidd before he joined the Marines in 2003, but he hopes to make it his new battlefield after suffering debilitating injuries in Iraq. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old from Williamsburg is retraining to fight cyber threats, one of a number of wounded warriors transitioning to non-traditional combat fields in order to continue serving the United States' defense needs. Picture taken February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_oil_spill ap/20120211/lt_venezuela_oil_spill AP science Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:18:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120211/capt.4960c536dcb24ef097c23f0909b3d764-4960c536dcb24ef097c23f0909b3d764-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=GgA4V8wPRh51i9oZDV4D8g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, workers set up barriers to contain the oil spill in the Guarapiche River near Maturin, Venezuela. Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline blackened the river in eastern Venezuela. Workers have removed a 'good percentage of the crude' from the Guarapiche River said Ramiro Ramirez, environmental director of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA. (AP Photo/ Luis Carreno/ La Prensa de Monagas)" border="0" /></a>AP - Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline has blackened a river in eastern Venezuela, and the state oil company said workers are containing the spill.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120211/capt.4960c536dcb24ef097c23f0909b3d764-4960c536dcb24ef097c23f0909b3d764-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=GgA4V8wPRh51i9oZDV4D8g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, workers set up barriers to contain the oil spill in the Guarapiche River near Maturin, Venezuela. Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline blackened the river in eastern Venezuela. Workers have removed a 'good percentage of the crude' from the Guarapiche River said Ramiro Ramirez, environmental director of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA. (AP Photo/ Luis Carreno/ La Prensa de Monagas)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_egypt_usa_meeting nm/20120211/us_egypt_usa_meeting Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:11:58 GMT Reuters - The top U.S. military officer met Egypt's ruling generals in Cairo on Saturday and discussed the case of U.S. pro-democracy activists charged in an investigation that has strained ties between Cairo and Washington. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_turkey_intelligence nm/20120211/us_turkey_intelligence Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:09:47 GMT Reuters - Turkey's state prosecution service has removed a prosecutor responsible for summoning the head of the spy agency from the case, state media said on Saturday, in an apparent attempt to resolve a row between the government and the judiciary. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_aircanada nm/20120209/canada_us_aircanada Reuters world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:22:24 GMT Reuters - Struggling with higher fuel and maintenance costs, Air Canada reported a bigger than expected quarterly loss on Thursday, disappointing investors in the wake of strong performances from fellow Canadian and U.S. airlines. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_earthquake_report ap/20120209/as_new_zealand_earthquake_report AP world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:24:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_earthquake_report"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.34cda251a2b8433c8bc2d92f21f03f05-34cda251a2b8433c8bc2d92f21f03f05-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fY06eOzh7dnGYDeNCa6SCQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, recovery operation personnel work on the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 22, 2011. New Zealand's Department of Building and Housing finds in a report released Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, that the CTV building didn't meet minimum requirements when it was first constructed in 1986. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A six-story building that collapsed and killed 115 people in last year's New Zealand earthquake was made of weak columns and concrete and did not meet standards when it was built, the government said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_earthquake_report"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.34cda251a2b8433c8bc2d92f21f03f05-34cda251a2b8433c8bc2d92f21f03f05-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fY06eOzh7dnGYDeNCa6SCQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, recovery operation personnel work on the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 22, 2011. New Zealand's Department of Building and Housing finds in a report released Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, that the CTV building didn't meet minimum requirements when it was first constructed in 1986. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120211/wl_csm/465266 csm/20120211/465266 The Christian Science Monitor world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:50:03 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - As news organizations worldwide wonder if they can charge for content that readers are accustomed to getting free of charge, two Eastern European countries have pioneered a new model: erecting national paywalls and charging a monthly fee for access to most of their newspapers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20120210/wl_time/08599210660600 time/20120210/08599210660600 Time.com world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:35:00 GMT Time.com - Some Greeks speak fondly of the old currency, but almost everyone knows that a return to it would mean immediate poverty -- and the resurrection of a venal kind of politics http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120211/wl_csm/465690 csm/20120211/465690 The Christian Science Monitor world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:43:06 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus on Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the state-run news agency said.