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Thursday, December 29, 2011

USA - Breastfeeding Mothers Stage Nurse-Ins at Target

Uploaded by ABCNews on Dec 28, 2011

update: http://abcn.ws/tFRrZs | A Texas mother complained that target workers had humiliated her for breast-feeding her baby in the store.

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Turkey - air strikes have killed at least 23 Kurdish villagers in Ortasu near the Iraqi border

Published on Dec 28, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Turkish air strikes have killed at least 23 Kurdish villagers in the southeast of the country according to local sources.

It reportedly happened in Ortasu near the Iraqi border. Pro-Kurdish media says up to 35 people may have died.

While there is no confirmation of the incident there is speculation the Turkish military may have mistakenly thought the villagers were PKK rebels.

North Korea - "Great Successor" Kim Jong-un looking over them, tens of thousands of North Koreans gather in Kim Il-sung Square

Uploaded by telegraphtv on Dec 28, 2011

With "Great Successor" Kim Jong-un looking over them, tens of thousands of North Koreans gather in Kim Il-sung square for a memorial ceremony for "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il.

Syria - Free Syrian Army claim to have ambushed a security forces convoy in the province of Deraa

Published on Dec 28, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Opposition fighters known as the Free Syrian Army claim to have ambushed a security forces convoy in the province of Deraa.

On Wednesday, President Bashar al-Assad's regime released 755 prisoners detained during the nine month uprising. The move is a requirement of the Arab League peace plan.

Meanwhile in Homs, Arab observers continued their tour of flashpoint cities around the country.

Myanmar - 17 people dead and 80 + injured in an explosion at Yangon. Blast 'not sabotage'

Published on Dec 28, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Police in Myanmar have confirmed that at least 17 people have been killed and over 80 others injured in an explosion in the country's main city of Yangon.

The blast happened at a chemical storage warehouse, triggering a fire which quickly spread to a nearby shipyard.

The cause is not known but the authorities have discounted it being an explosive device.

However bomb blasts are common in Myanmar, which has been torn by rebellions against successive governments since independence in 1948.
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Myanmar gunpowder blast 'not sabotage'

Published on Dec 29, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ An explosion and fire at a gunpowder warehouse in Myanmar's main city of Yangon, also known as Rangoon, has killed at least 17 people and injured 80.

By morning, the scale of the damage gave some indication of the power of the blast.

Authorities do not believe it was sabotage. One former official said he thought the gunpowder was used in the country's mines, not to make arms.

Today in History for December 29th Noblemen in Russia murder Gregory Rasputin; Wounded Knee massacre takes place; Texas ...

Published on Dec 28, 2011 by AssociatedPress

Noblemen in Russia murder Gregory Rasputin; Wounded Knee massacre takes place; Texas joins the United States as the 28th state; Dissident playwright Vaclav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia; First YMCA opens in Boston. (Dec. 29)