Saturday, December 31, 2011

DTN News - 2012 NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS: 2012 Hong Kong ~ Predicted To Be For The People Year - Photo Courtsey Robie Seth

DTN News - 2012 NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS: 2012 Hong Kong ~ Predicted To Be For The People Year - Photo Courtsey Robie Seth

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 31, 2011: Revellers around the world are celebrating the end of 2011 and starting to see in 2012. Hong Kong property prices and rents expected to fall in 2012

In Hong Kong the countdown to 2012 was made in giant illuminated numbers on the side of a skyscraper facing the harbour. Toronto, Canada is 12 hours behind Hong Kong. Photo Courtsey Robie Seth

DTN News - 2012 NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS: New Zealand Mark The Start Of 2012‎

DTN News - 2012 NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS: New Zealand Mark The Start Of 2012‎

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 31, 2011: Revellers around the world are celebrating the end of 2011 and starting to see in 2012.

Bad weather prompted some New Zealand planners to cancel outdoor events, but a fireworks display off Auckland's Sky Tower started at midnight (1100 GMT). Toronto, Canada is 18 hours behind Auckkand, New Zealand.

Friday, December 30, 2011

DTN News - NEW YEAR GREETINGS: DTN TIGER - New Symbol / Logo For 2012


DTN News - NEW YEAR GREETINGS: DTN TIGER - New Symbol / Logo For 2012


(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 30, 2011: To Our Readers and Viewers of  DTN News Plus Everyone in the Global Village, A  Very Happy Prosperous New Year 2012 from DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News. Tigers are the largest members of the cat family. They live in Asia and belong to the same genus as the lion, leopard, and jaguar. 


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DTN News - NEW YEAR GREETINGS: To Our Readers & Viewers Of DTN News

DTN News - NEW YEAR GREETINGS: To Our Readers & Viewers Of  DTN News

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 30, 2011: To Our Readers and Viewers of  DTN News Plus Everyone in the Global Village, A  Very Happy Prosperous New Year 2012 from DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News 

Thursday, December 29, 2011

DTN News - KAZAKHSTAN VIOLENCE: Kazakhstan Probes Police Use Of Weapons After Deaths



DTN News - KAZAKHSTAN VIOLENCE: Kazakhstan Probes Police Use Of Weapons After Deaths

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 29, 2011: Prosecutors in Kazakhstan have opened a criminal inquiry into the use of weapons by police after 16 protesters were killed earlier this month.

The deaths occurred in clashes between police and oil protesting workers in Zhanaozen on 16 and 17 December.

A "criminal enquiry into the use of weapons by the security forces" had been opened, the prosecutor-general's office said on Thursday.

The violence was the worst since Kazakhstan's independence 20 years ago.

The investigation comes after video footage emerged on the internet appearing to show security forces beating and shooting people.

Eyewitnesses said police fired on unarmed oil workers, who had been protesting for months, in the town of 90,000.

But police say they were forced to defend themselves. A 20-day curfew is in effect until 5 January.

"General prosecutors opened a criminal enquiry into the use of weapons by the security forces which were aimed at hitting (their targets) and caused death," the prosecutors' spokesman Nurdaulet Suindikov said in a statement.

"An investigation group headed by a special prosecutor will carry out the investigation to ensure impartiality," the statement added.

The move marks the first time since the incident that Kazakh prosecutors have accused the police of firing on the protesters. Last week Kazakhstan asked the UN to help investigate the violence.


DTN News - KAZAKHSTAN VIOLENCE: Kazakhstan Probes Police Use Of Weapons After Deaths

DTN News - KAZAKHSTAN VIOLENCE: Kazakhstan Probes Police Use Of Weapons After Deaths

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 29, 2011: Prosecutors in Kazakhstan have opened a criminal inquiry into the use of weapons by police after 16 protesters were killed earlier this month.

The deaths occurred in clashes between police and oil protesting workers in Zhanaozen on 16 and 17 December.

A "criminal enquiry into the use of weapons by the security forces" had been opened, the prosecutor-general's office said on Thursday.

The violence was the worst since Kazakhstan's independence 20 years ago.

The investigation comes after video footage emerged on the internet appearing to show security forces beating and shooting people.

Eyewitnesses said police fired on unarmed oil workers, who had been protesting for months, in the town of 90,000.

But police say they were forced to defend themselves. A 20-day curfew is in effect until 5 January.

"General prosecutors opened a criminal enquiry into the use of weapons by the security forces which were aimed at hitting (their targets) and caused death," the prosecutors' spokesman Nurdaulet Suindikov said in a statement.

"An investigation group headed by a special prosecutor will carry out the investigation to ensure impartiality," the statement added.

The move marks the first time since the incident that Kazakh prosecutors have accused the police of firing on the protesters. Last week Kazakhstan asked the UN to help investigate the violence.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

DTN News: North Korea Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 27, 2011

DTN News: North Korea Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 27, 2011
 
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 27, 2011: Comprehensive daily news related to North Korea for the world of TODAY.

DTN News - December 27, 2011: North Korea Prepares Huge Send-Off For Late Leader

North Korea was Tuesday preparing a massive ceremonial farewell to late leader Kim Jong-il as it strove to strengthen a new personality cult around his youthful son and successor Jong-un.
The secretive state has so far given no details whatever of Wednesday's funeral for its "Dear Leader" of the past 17 years.

But analysts say the regime, as it did in 1994 when Kim Jong-il's own father died, will use the event to shore up loyalty to the new leader and will likely mobilize hundreds of thousands of people.
The untested Jong-un, aged only in his late 20s, has been thrust into the world spotlight since his father died suddenly on December 17 aged 69.
Official media has added several titles to his flimsy CV, declaring him "great successor", supreme commander of the world's fourth-largest military and head of the ruling party's powerful Central Committee.
The son, who has not yet been formally appointed to the party and military posts, has been the central figure in scenes of mourning at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where his father lies in state in a glass coffin.
On Monday he met the leaders of two South Korean delegations at the palace, expressing "deep gratitude" for their presence, according to official media.
South Korea, which has remained technically at war with the North for six decades, has responded cautiously to the shake-up in its nuclear-armed neighbour.
Unlike in 1994, the Seoul government expressed sympathy to the North's people and made other conciliatory gestures.
But it authorized mourning visits to Pyongyang by just the two South Korean delegations, a restriction that the North termed "inhuman".
Lee Hee-ho, widow of late South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, and Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun paid respects Monday to the late leader and expressed condolences to Jong-un.

Monday, December 26, 2011

DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: 23 Killed Infighting between Syrian Army And Opposition Syrian National Council SNC In City Of Homs

DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: 23 Killed Infighting between Syrian Army And Opposition  Syrian National Council SNC In City Of Homs 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 26, 2011: Video grab shows a Syrian tank driving through the city of Homs on December 26, 2011. Heavy gunfire killed 23 people in Syria's besieged city of Homs today as newly arriving Arab League observers were urged to head immediately to one of the country's most serious hot spots.

Yesterday, the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) said Homs was under siege and facing an 'invasion' from some 4,000 troops deployed near the city that has become a focal point of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo - Getty)

DTN News - OBAMA IN HAWAII: U.S. President Barack Obama And First Lady Michelle Obama At Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base

DTN News - OBAMA IN HAWAII: U.S. President Barack Obama And First Lady Michelle Obama At Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 26, 2011:  U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are pictured with one-month-old Adeline Hernandez Whitney as the Obamas met U.S. Marines and their families having Christmas lunch at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps base, December 25, 2011. (Reuters)

Sunday, December 25, 2011

DTN News: Afghanistan Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 25, 2011

DTN News: Afghanistan Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 25, 2011
 
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 25, 2011: Comprehensive daily news related to Afghanistanfor the world of TODAY.

*Comprehensive daily news related to Afghanistan Top Stories / Headlines News for the world of TODAY.

 25 Killed By Suicide Bomber In Taluqan City, Capital Of Takhar Province
*Suicide Bomber Strikes Funeral in Northern Afghanistan

 A suicide bomber struck a funeral in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, a government spokesman said, in what appeared to be the Taliban’s latest strike against Afghans who have ties to the national government.

Among those killed in the bombing, which occurred in Takhar Province in northern Afghanistan, was a member of Parliament, Abdul Mutaleb Baik, as well as member of the provincial council, according to a spokesman for the provincial government. A number of Afghan intelligence agents and lower-level government officials were also thought to be among the dead.

The bombing took place shortly after 2 p.m. in the village of Begabad, with the attacker wading into a crowd of mourners and detonating the explosives, said the spokesman, Muhammad Tauhidi. Mr. Tauhidi put the death toll at 30, while the Interior Ministry said that more than 20 had been killed.

A number of officials and elders were attending the funeral, which was for the father of the chief of the provincial fire department, said Mualavi Muhammadullah Wursaji, the head of Takhar’s provincial council.

Neither the Taliban nor any of Afghanistan’s other insurgent groups immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. But suspicion quickly fell on the Taliban or its allies, who often target Afghan government officials and people close to them. In September, a suicide bomber, also believed to be a Taliban insurgent, killed Burhanuddin Rabbani, the leader of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council and a former president.

DTN News: Nigeria Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 25, 2011

DTN News: Nigeria Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 25, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 25, 2011: Comprehensive daily news related to Nigeria for the world of TODAY.

*Comprehensive daily news related to Nigeria Top Stories / Headlines News for the world of TODAY.

 NIGERIAN NEWS: Islamic Militant Boko Haram Claims Christmas Day Church Bombing

A bomb blast during Christmas mass left 35 people dead and dozens wounded at a Nigerian church near the nation’s capital of Abuja.

The radical Muslim sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for both the Abuja-area explosion, which left bodies on rooftops and in nearby gutters, as well as a bombing near a church in Jos, in which one police officer was killed. In all, at least 39 people were killed Sunday during ongoing sectarian violence in Nigeria, which also included at least three explosions in Yobe, an agricultural state in the country’s northeast that has often been at the heart of fighting between security forces and Boko Haram.

DTN News: Pakistan Top Stories/ Headlines News Dated December 25, 2011

DTN News: Pakistan Top Stories/ Headlines News Dated December 25, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 25, 2011: Comprehensive daily news related to Pakistan - Latest Headlines Newsfor the world of TODAY. Musharraf-era pacts with US placed before PCNS. The Musharraf government had signed at least nine pacts with the US in 2002 to give shape to Islamabad`s role in the `war on terror`.
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