Jamaica - opposition set for election landslide PNP looks set to win 42 of the 63 parliamentary seats

Published on Dec 29, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Jamaica's new prime minister is likely to be someone who has run the country before.

Preliminary results show the opposition People's National Party, led by Portia Simpson Miller, has scored a landslide victory in national elections.

The PNP looks set to win 42 of the 63 parliamentary seats.

Simpson Miller first became PM in 2006.

Incumbent Andrew Holness only took office in October this year following the surprising resignation of his predecessor.

Turkey - Kurdish anger at northern Iraq military blunder

Published on Dec 29, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Police in Turkey fired tear gas and water cannon at pro-Kurdish demonstrators after they took to the streets following an apparent military blunder.

Officials admitted that an air strike over northern Iraq, which was supposed to hit Kurdish rebels from the PKK, may have killed 35 civilian smugglers instead.

In Istanbul, clashes broke out as protesters hurled stones at the police. Many chanted anti-government slogans.

A spokesperson for Turkey's ruling party said the air raid error was "saddening":

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Egypt - authorities raid foreign-funded 17 NGOs At least three of the organisations receive money from the United States

Published on Dec 29, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Offices belonging to 17 non-governmental organisations were simultaneously raided by Egyptian police and prosecutors in Cairo on Thursday.

Premises targeted belonged to pro-democracy and human rights groups, several funded from abroad, prompting fears of a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement.

At least three of the organisations receive money from the United States, which strongly criticised the operation.

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USA - Michele Bachmann Compares Herself to Margaret Thatcher the former British Prime

Published on Dec 29, 2011 by AssociatedPress

While campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa, GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann said she would govern with strong will, like former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (Dec. 29)

Germany - debates battling Somali pirates on land

Published on Dec 29, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ How the European Union should tackle pirates is causing a stir in Germany, after a conservative newspaper reported a plan to extend fighting onto the beaches.

Without giving its source, Frankfurter Allgemeine wrote the EU's Atalanta operation in the Indian Ocean would increase its mandate - a move Germany's opposition is against.

Samoa - moves its time zone closer to the Far East to make doing business with China, Australia and New Zealand easier.

Published on Dec 29, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Samoa will skip December 30, jumping ahead to December 31, as it moves its time zone closer to the Far East.

The small South Pacific nation is changing to make doing business with China, Australia and New Zealand easier.

This year there will be two New Year's Eves in the region - one in Samoa and another in American Samoa an hour's flight away.