<![CDATA[CentreDaily.com -- World]]> http://www.centredaily.com/135/index.html CentreDaily.com, State College, PA en-us Copyright 2012 - CentreDaily.com World 60 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:35 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 bheisse@centredaily.com (Bob Heisse) <![CDATA[Israel blames Iran for series of Bangkok blasts]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089888/israel-points-finger-at-iran-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089888/israel-points-finger-at-iran-in.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:08 EST Israel accused Iran of waging a covert campaign of state terror that stretched this week from the Middle East to the heart of Asia after a bungled series of explosions…

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]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan allows NATO to ship food to Afghanistan]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089866/pakistan-allows-nato-to-ship-food.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089866/pakistan-allows-nato-to-ship-food.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:43 EST Pakistan announced Tuesday that it has temporarily allowed NATO to ship perishable food to its troops in Afghanistan, a sign of thawing tensions following American airstrikes last year that accidentally…

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]]> <![CDATA[Bangkok blasts wound Iranian attacker, 4 others]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089686/thai-police-report-2-explosions.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089686/thai-police-report-2-explosions.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:48 EST An Iranian man carrying grenades blew off his own legs and wounded four civilians Tuesday after an earlier blast shook his house in Bangkok, Thai authorities said. The explosions came…

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]]> <![CDATA[Pentagon charges former U.S. resident in terror plot]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090605/pentagon-charges-former-us-resident.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090605/pentagon-charges-former-us-resident.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:34 EST The Pentagon’s war crimes prosecutor proposes to put a graduate of a suburban Baltimore high school now detained at Guantánamo on trial for attempting to kill Pakistan’s president and conspiring…

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]]> <![CDATA[New statue depicts late NKorea leader on horseback]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089665/nkorea-unveils-bronze-kim-jong.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089665/nkorea-unveils-bronze-kim-jong.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:23 EST Coat flying open, reins in hand, Kim Jong Il is depicted astride a galloping horse in a larger-than-life statue unveiled as part of birthday celebrations for the late North Korean…

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]]> <![CDATA[Guatemala pres: Drug war requires more than arms]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090560/guatemala-president-hungers-security.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090560/guatemala-president-hungers-security.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:41 EST Guatemala's first president with a military background in 25 years said Tuesday the drug war can't be won with arms alone, and pledged that his administration will focus on fighting…

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]]> <![CDATA[Drug maker for 'El Chapo' seized in Mexico]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090093/drug-maker-for-el-chapo-seized.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090093/drug-maker-for-el-chapo-seized.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:18 EST Mexican officials said Tuesday they have arrested a man who manufactured methamphetamine for the Sinaloa drug cartel run by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

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]]> <![CDATA[Rare visit to remote Chinese region shows depth of Tibetan despair]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090335/rare-visit-to-remote-chinese-region.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090335/rare-visit-to-remote-chinese-region.html Washington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:12 EST The monk reached into the folds of his red robe, pulled out a small notebook, and gently slipped from its pages a tiny photograph. The man in the creased picture…

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]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan still holding bin Laden family months after raid]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090484/pakistan-still-holding-bin-laden.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090484/pakistan-still-holding-bin-laden.html Washington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:17 EST The family of Osama bin Laden's youngest wife has asked the chief justice of Pakistan to order authorities to release her children and her and allow them to return to…

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]]> <![CDATA[Venezuela court blocks destruction of voter lists]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090323/venezuela-court-blocks-destruction.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090323/venezuela-court-blocks-destruction.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:10 EST Venezuela's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered opposition electoral officials not to destroy lists of voters following primary elections, a decision that was promptly condemned by opposition leaders who vowed to…

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]]> <![CDATA[No arrest in robbery Judge Breyer in Nevis]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090077/nevis-official-met-with-judge.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090077/nevis-official-met-with-judge.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:08 EST The head of the local government in Nevis sought Tuesday to assure the public that the island is safe despite the fact that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was…

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]]> <![CDATA[Colombian priests hire hitmen to kill themselves]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089962/colombian-priests-hire-hitmen.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089962/colombian-priests-hire-hitmen.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:33 EST Rev. Rafael Reatiga asked his parishioners to pray for him and gave the choirmaster a list of songs for his funeral just before he was found shot to death together…

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]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan still holding bin Laden family months after raid]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090496/pakistan-still-holding-bin-laden.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090496/pakistan-still-holding-bin-laden.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The family of Osama bin Laden's youngest wife has asked the chief justice of Pakistan to order authorities to release her children and her and allow them to return to…

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]]> <![CDATA[Group splits from Legion of Christ's female branch]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090207/group-splits-from-legion-of-christs.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090207/group-splits-from-legion-of-christs.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:43 EST The female branch of the scandal-plagued Legionaries of Christ religious order was in turmoil Tuesday following the resignation of its leader and the decision of some 30 members to split…

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]]> <![CDATA[Divided opposition is key to Syrian regime's power]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090442/divided-opposition-is-key-to-syrian.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090442/divided-opposition-is-key-to-syrian.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:56 EST At a rented house just outside Syria's border, a dissident known only as "The Doctor" maps out attacks. Planners speak by Skype with fighters on the ground in Syria, while…

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]]> <![CDATA[Brazil police may have killed 30 during strike]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090118/brazil-police-may-have-killed.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090118/brazil-police-may-have-killed.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:23 EST Current and former police officers may have committed up to 30 murders during the recently ended police strike in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia, law enforcement officials there said.

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]]> <![CDATA[Bahrain Shiites mark revolt anniversary]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090392/bahrain-shiites-mark-revolt-anniversary.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090392/bahrain-shiites-mark-revolt-anniversary.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:10 EST Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers on Tuesday as Shiites marked the one-year anniversary of their uprising against the country's Sunni rulers.

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]]> <![CDATA[Libyan militias parade through Tripoli]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090369/libyan-militias-parade-through.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090369/libyan-militias-parade-through.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:50 EST Thousands of fighters from across western Libya have held a mass parade in Tripoli, showing off heavy machine guns and rocket launchers and firing rifles in the air.

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]]> <![CDATA[Rare visit to remote Chinese region shows depth of Tibetan despair]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090348/rare-visit-to-remote-chinese-region.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090348/rare-visit-to-remote-chinese-region.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00 EST The monk reached into the folds of his red robe, pulled out a small notebook, and gently slipped from its pages a tiny photograph.

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]]> <![CDATA[Uganda police shut down meeting of gay activists]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090336/uganda-police-shut-down-meeting.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090336/uganda-police-shut-down-meeting.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:25 EST A gay activist in Uganda says that the country's ethics minister, accompanied by police, broke up a meeting of gay participants.

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