REUTERS World News, Sep 02, 2011

PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Sept 2 Reuters Sept 2 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. Reutershas not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * US regulators have pushed Bank of America Corp to show what measures it could ... See all stories on this topic »

John Madden gets down-and-dirty talking Madden NFL Reuters By John Gaudiosi RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Professional football fans knew that even if the National Football League and its players' union had not resolved their labor dispute, they could rely on John Madden's football videogame to deliver a ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Google bought Motorola to guard Android: Sony Ericsson Reuters By Tarmo Virki BERLIN (Reuters) - Smartphone vendor Sony Ericsson said it saw Google's acquisition of rival Motorola Mobility as a move to protect Google's Android software from legal attacks by rivals. All the latest Sony Ericsson smartphone models... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

World Economic Forum Names Appirio a 2012 Technology Pioneer MarketWatch (press release) Appirio has worked with more than 250 enterprise customers including organizations like City of Los Angeles, Facebook, Flextronics, Home Depot, International Hotels Group, Japan Post Network, Ltd., L'Oreal, NetApp, NYU, Starbucks, Thomson Reuters and ... See all stories on this topic »

Libya forces extend Sirte surrender deadline BBC News Another NTC spokesman Mohammad Zawawi told Reuters news agency that the deadline had been extended because there had been progress in the negotiations. The BBC's Paul Wood, near Ras Lanuf, says the message has also been broadcast on local radio, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Chilly, Hostile Iran Test for RI Jakarta Globe (Reuters Photo) Having advanced one step closer toward the World Cup than last time around, Indonesia is about to experience the business end of qualifying. After a month of preparation, the Merah Putih begins the third round of Asian qualifying today ... See all stories on this topic » Jakarta Globe

Photos of the Day 09/01/11 - The lighter side of the news Tulsa World (blog) He worked for many national and international publications, but in 2006 -- after fighting homesickness for more than 5 years – he was able to return to Oklahoma and the Tulsa World. His passion is storytelling, and new advances in video cameras and... See all stories on this topic » Tulsa World (blog)

High Tide: From Hazare's Homecoming To Flying Libyan Dinars Wall Street Journal (blog) (AFP, Times of India, Hindustan Times, BBC, Global Post, Reuters) The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation is unhappy with Hazare's proposals. (Economic Times) The World Bank should refocus its anti-corruption regime helping borrower countries build ... See all stories on this topic »

Hama raids ... '473 Ramadan killings' GADDAFI VOWS FIGHT ... 'SOUGHT ALGERIA ... Arab Times Kuwait English Daily All three fugitives are wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. Abdel Majid Mlegta, coordinator of the Tripoli military operations room, told Reuters“someone we trust” had said Gaddafi had fled to Bani Walid, ... See all stories on this topic »

CHINA DAILY/REUTERS Toronto Star Long jumpers at world champ... Long jumpers take flying leaps at the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Daegu Stadium o... Big picture month A 31-day celebration of eye-popping photographs reflecting our local and global communities. ... See all stories on this topic »

Grim Reader, Sept. 2, 2011: Esther Gordy Edwards, Eugene Nida and Jeanette ... Obit-Mag.com (After they met on the set of a Jackson video, Martin Scorcese cast DiLeo in Goodfellas.) DiLeo was supposedly working on a memoir that would have included details about Jackson's estate. Oddly, the Reuters obit skips all the color and just focuses on ... See all stories on this topic » Obit-Mag.com

Business, Finance, Real Estate, Investments and More at Best China Networking ... SBWire (press release) October 7, New York • High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 DVD Video Package, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World". • High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop DVD Video Package, ... See all stories on this topic »

Dissidents beware: Wikileaks is in the public domain Radio Netherlands An example from a cable on the highly sensitive situation in Syria, in which the name has been replaced with asterisks by RNW: Syria-based Reuters correspondent *** (STRICTLY PROTECT) informed us that Maleh's detention, along with the ongoing ... See all stories on this topic »

Report: Facebook To Roll Out New Music Features Etidbits.com They added, “many of the most popular music services around the world are integrated with Facebook and we're constantly talking to our partners about ways to improve these integrations.” A report by Reuters notes that the features will enable users who ... See all stories on this topic »

Putin says state should not control Internet Arab News By REUTERS MOSCOW: Modern states should not restrict Internet freedoms, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, apparently trying to dispel concerns the government might crack down on dissent ahead of elections. Putin, a longtime Soviet ... See all stories on this topic »

Danaher to Webcast Investor and Analyst Meeting MarketWatch (press release) Washington, USA, Sep 01, 2011 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- WASHINGTON, DC, September 1, 2011 - Danaher Corporation /quotes/zigman/224162/quotes/nls/dhr DHR -2.62% will host a live video webcast of its Investor and Analyst Meeting on the topic of ... See all stories on this topic »

Ericsson presents TV & Video Consumer Trend Report 2011 TMC Net STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sep 02, 2011 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- - Internet-based on-demand viewing continues to grow - Social media usage is impacting the way people watch TV - High willingness to pay for fresh content Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) ... See all stories on this topic »

The Knowledge Effect | Reuters Fact Sheet By thomsonreuters 2900 journalists, 200 news bureaus and 20 languages are only the beginning Reuters is the world'slargest international news agency, so perhaps we sh. The Knowledge Effect

Hollywood films take on serious edge for fall (Reuters) | Pop Culture ... By amin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After a summer filled with superheroes, apes running amok and trash-talking comedians, Hollywood's upcoming fall movies focus less on effects-filled blockbusters and more on performance-driven films. With kids back at school, summer's youth-oriented comic book flicks give way to more serious dramas as some of the world's top filmmakers jockey for position in the annual awards season that culminates with February's Oscars. “Fall is the time where ... Pop Culture News

Zynga's new game is less FarmVille, more Indiana Jones ... - Reuters By Liana B. Baker In the most complex game Zynga has released so far on Facebook, players in Adventure World need to unlock clues and puzzles to find the last city of gold, El Dorado. Reuters spoke with Nabeel Hyatt, the general manager of Zynga Boston ... MediaFile

World powers free up billions to rebuild Libya | Libya TV By Libya TV. -State News Agency. 17:55 Reuters: Pentagon expects U.S. surveillance missions over Libya to continue over coming days. 17:54 Reuters: World bank says has no staff in Libya, has monitored country's economic situation in coordination with UN. 16:57 Reuters: Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi captured by FF's -al .... Here is the video courtesy of Al Jazeera, accompanied by an english voiceover translation: 10:00 AlJazeera: Revolutionaries fighting for control of Tripoli have killed 31 of ... Libya TV

Gaddafi defiant as world frees Libya funds (Reuters) | Sports, News ... By Blog495 TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters to fight on as world leaders freed up billions of dollars to help Libya's new rulers rebuild a nation torn by 42 years of one-man rule and six months of civil war. … Continue reading → Sports, News, Entertainment,...

NewsDaily: Gaddafi defiant as world frees Libya funds By Samia Nakhoul and Mohammed Abbas 2, 2011 (Reuters) — Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters to fight on as world leaders freed up billions of dollars to help Libya's new rulers rebuild a nation torn by 42 years of one-man rule and six months of civil war. A still image of Muammar Gaddafi is displayed to accompany his audio message broadcast by Arabic news channels Al-Arouba and Arrai September 1, 2011.REUTERS/Al-Arouba and .... the latest news stories, plus related articles, videos, blog posts, and podcasts. ... NewsDaily: Top Headlines

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders | Reuters TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters from hiding to fight on as Libya's new interim rulers met world leaders on Thursday to discuss reshaping a nation torn by 42 years of one-man rule. ... Related Video. Video .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest internationalmultimedia news agency, providing ... www.reuters.com/article/.../us-libya-idUSTRE77A2Y9201109...

At Play in Libya | Video | Reuters.com Video: Video Gallery ... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia newsagency, providing investing news, world news, business news, ... pilot.us.reuters.com/video/2011/08/31/at-play-in-libya?...

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders - Yahoo! News Read 'Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders' on Yahoo! News. TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters from hiding to fight on as ... news.yahoo.com/gaddafi-sons-broadcast-confusion-battle-loo...

12:22 CET (Reuters) Landslide in Uganda kills 15:36 CET (Reuters) South Sudan denies backing South Kordofan rebels · 15:13 CET ... world news France reacts to latest twist in DSK case 23/08 14:05 CET ... www.euronews.net/.../1079591-landslide-in-uganda-kills-at-le...

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SYRIA News, Sep 02, 2011

Syria faces fresh sanctions move as more protests loom BBC News The United Nations says more than 2200 people have been killed in six months of protests. In Paris on Thursday, Mrs Clinton condemned Mr Assad's "brutality against unarmed citizens", adding: "The violence must stop and he needs to step aside. ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Iran lawmaker says Tehran should not back Syrian regime Los Angeles Times Avaei was the second leading Iranian official to publicly chastise Syria for a military crackdown that by the United Nations' count has killed more than 2200 Syrians since protests against Assad's government began in March. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Billions of Dollars of Russian Business Suffers Along With Syria The Moscow Times Sovintervod has been working in Syria for more than 50 years. Grishenko added that Assad was a "decent man" and compared today's protests to the 1980s civil unrest in Syria, which was successfully crushed by the government at the cost of up to 25000 ... See all stories on this topic »

APNewsBreak: Diplomats say Syria stonewalling IAEA The Associated Press It also comes as Syrian leader Bashar Assad faces unprecedented international pressure over his months-long crackdown on anti-government protesters, possibly deflecting attention in Damascus from dealing with the nuclear issue. ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

'UN Security Council failing to respond effectively to bloodshed in Arab world' Ha'aretz Diplomats in New York have claimed that the Security Council's image has been seriously tarnished due to its inaction over the escalating violence in Syria by President Bashar Assad's forces. The United Nations Security Council at the UNheadquarters ... See all stories on this topic » Ha'aretz

Syria faces calls for tougher sanctions Houston Chronicle 30, 2011, protesters chant anti Bashar Assad slogans in the town of Horan, Syria. Syrian security forces killed at least seven people, including a 13-year-old boy, as thousands of protesters poured out of mosques and marched through cemeteries Tuesday ... See all stories on this topic »

Berri toes hard line on Syria uprising The Daily Star Berri, Hizbullah and other March 8 parties have taken Assad's side in the current confrontation with anti-regime protesters. Hariri and the opposition March 14 parties have publicly supported the protesters, while denouncing Assad over the harsh ... See all stories on this topic » The Daily Star

Syria faces calls for tougher sanctions Santa Cruz Sentinel By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY AP Syrian attorney general for the central Hama province of Syria, Adnan Bakkour appears on a video posted online, Thursday Sept. 1, 2011, declaring his resignation to protest at what he said was President Bashar Assad's ... See all stories on this topic »

Amnesty International Decries Assad Regime's "Brutal" Crackdown on Syrian ... Democracy Now And it's apparently wobbling in the Arab League and the Security Council, or at least in the UN, about what it may be able to do. AMY GOODMAN: The fact that the United States has not actually signed on to the ICC, the International Criminal Court, ... See all stories on this topic » Democracy Now

Will Syria follow Libya? CNN (blog) In Syria, the government has not used that kind of incendiary language. The government of President Bashar al-Assad claims they're fighting terrorists or foreign enemies. Does that make it harder for theUN to do what it was able to do in Libya? ... See all stories on this topic »

EU lifts sanctions on Libyan firms Irish Times In a separate manoeuvre expected today, the EU will impose a ban on oil imports from Syria and issue new sanctions against supporters of President Bashar al-Assad and Syrian financial institutions. As the uprising against Col Gadafy took hold, ... See all stories on this topic »

The World Next Week: What Next for Libya? Council on Foreign Relations (blog) The Wall Street Journal covers the European Union's new deal to expand the sanctions on Syria to include new measures like an oil embargo, and my colleague Elliott Abrams considers different ways that the Assad regime might crumble. ... See all stories on this topic »

Arab Reactions to Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi's Downfall – Joy Mixed with Concern Middle East Media Research Institute [President 'Ali] Saleh of Yemen and [Bashar] Al-Assad of Syria are still in place, of course, [but] both are bound to fall... because few [leaders] in our region [ever] learn a lesson... "The world will be a better place without General [Al-Qadhafi], ... See all stories on this topic »

CrisisWatch N°97 International Crisis Group Anti-regime protests continued across Syria despite increased crackdowns on the major flashpoint cities. Security forces, including tanks, snipers and navy gunboats were mobilised against protests in Latakia, Daraa, Damascus, Homs, Deir el-Zour and ... See all stories on this topic »

Nations discuss response to Syria's crackdown Forbes ... 09:25 AM EDT PARIS -- A British official says the United States and European leaders are holding talks in the margins of the Paris summit on Libya aimed at toughening the international community's stance against Syria's President Bashar Assad. ... See all stories on this topic »

Sami Gemayel says Hezbollah is acting “like Zionists” NOW LEBANON He also condemned Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour's defense of SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad's regime. “It is unacceptable for the minister to [defend the regime] the way he did. At least he should remain silent [if he does not want to ... See all stories on this topic » NOW LEBANON

For Russia, New Mideast Will Be a Tough Arms Market The Media Line Russia has fewer qualms about selling weapons to violators, such as Syria's Bashar Al-Assad and Muamar Al-Qaddafi's Libya. “Russia has much thicker skin over the perceived violations of human rights. They conduct a realpolitik arms sales policy. ... See all stories on this topic »

Libya proves Obama right Khaleej Times Success in Libya doesn't make the ongoing challenges in Syria and Yemen any easier. But it certainly lifts the spirits of the remarkable protest movements in these countries that want the same opportunity Tunisians, Egyptians, and now Libyans have. ... See all stories on this topic »

Turkey and Israel in scramble to avert diplomatic deep freeze Jewish Chronicle Another factor affecting the relationship is the growing Turkish criticism of its former allySyria over the Assad regime's bloody repression of the protests in the country. This has led to tension between Turkey and Syria's main backer in the region, ... See all stories on this topic » Jewish Chronicle

Sarkozy Warns Iran of Potential Pre-Emptive Attack Al-Manar TV Tackling the Syrian crisis, the French President said that the actions of President Bashar Al-Assad had caused "irreparable" damage to his legitimacy and vowed to support his overthrow. He went on to claim that France will do whatever is "legally" ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Manar TV

Take 5: Thursday thejournal.ie The delayed cooperation – coming on top of increasing international on President Bashar Assad over human rights abuses in the counrty - will likely add to concerns that Syria is in the early stages of a secret programme that could be harnessed to ... See all stories on this topic »

Syrian judge defects in protest Sydney Morning Herald If confirmed, Bakour's resignation would be the first high-profile defection since the Syrian uprising started in mid-March. The United Nations says more than 2000 civilians have been killed since then.Assad has repeatedly blamed the unrest in his ... See all stories on this topic »

Britain, US call for tougher stance on Syria Mainichi Daily News Everyone who lives in Syria today must be part of the new Syria that should be developed in the months ahead," Clinton said. The US officials said that Clinton also met in Paris with ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now the special representative ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria Reportedly Stonewalling IAEA TIME 01, 2011 A Syrian opposition demonstrator living in Turkey kicks a poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest in central Istanbul August 28, 2011. (VIENNA) — Diplomats saySyria has reneged on a promise to quickly cooperate with a UN ... See all stories on this topic »

Britain, US call for tougher stance on Syria Newsday (subscription) ... on President Bashar Assad and his regime. In a round of talks on the sidelines of a Paris summit on Libya, the US, Britain and France discussed plans to escalate international action aimed at halting violence which the United Nations estimates... See all stories on this topic » Newsday (subscription)

Duly Noted - When “It” Does Not Work, The Management Must Be Changed. Intellectual Conservative Could moral outrage be wearing colored spectacles? Currently, the case of Syriacannot be contained under the lid. Assad has massacred enough of his subjects to make even the UN want to take action. Russia and China are blocking the world body.... See all stories on this topic » Intellectual Conservative

As Regime Crumbles, Al-Qaddafi Clan Cracks The Media Line No defections have been reported in Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's family. Although most analysts think the Al-Qaddafi era is over, the leader retains unknown but possibly significant support among Libyans, particularly in his birthplace and ... See all stories on this topic »

Syrian forces shoot three during U.N. visit: activists - Yahoo! News Read 'Syrian forces shoot three during U.N. visit: activists' on Yahoo! News. ... said, and the United Nations said the death toll from President Bashar al-Assad's ... "As of today, over 2200 people have been killed since mass protests began in ... news.yahoo.com/dont-meddle-syria-assad-tells-west-0202409...

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