Last Minute News Topics » World http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/protesters-attack-7-syrian-embassies-around-world-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/protesters-attack-7-syrian-embassies-around-world-ap#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:40:10 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/protesters-attack-7-syrian-embassies-around-world-ap Workers examine damage at the Embassy of Syria in Canberra, Australia Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. A mob of 50 men ransacked the Syrian Embassy in Australia after another six Syrian embassies were attacked in Europe and the Middle East following Syrian forces reportedly killing more than 200 people in the city of Homs, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rob McGuirk)AP – Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus’ nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats’ offices from London to Australia and set the embassy in Cairo on fire.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/protesters-attack-7-syrian-embassies-around-world-ap/feed 0 Russia backs Assad, last friend in Arab world (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/russia-backs-assad-last-friend-in-arab-world-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/russia-backs-assad-last-friend-in-arab-world-ap#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:45:50 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/russia-backs-assad-last-friend-in-arab-world-ap FILE In this Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 file photo Vladimir Putin, then Russian President, right, and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad smile as they shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin. Russia defied international efforts to end a crackdown on civilians by Assad regime, shielding it from the United Nations sanctions and providing it with weapons. (AP photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, file)AP – Russia’s defiance of international efforts to end Syrian President Bashar Assad’s crackdown on protests is rooted in a calculation that it can keep a Mideast presence by propping up its last remaining ally in the region — and has nothing to lose if it fails.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/russia-backs-assad-last-friend-in-arab-world-ap/feed 0 World Bank warns of global growth slowdown (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/world-bank-warns-of-global-growth-slowdown-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/world-bank-warns-of-global-growth-slowdown-ap#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:11:06 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/world-bank-warns-of-global-growth-slowdown-ap World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin listens to a question from a reporter during a press conference on Global Economic Prospects at the World Bank Office in Beijing, China Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The World Bank said a recession in Europe and weaker growth in India, Brazil and other developing countries will likely slow global economic growth. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP – The World Bank warned Wednesday of a possible slump in global economic growth and urged developing countries to prepare for shocks that could be more severe than the 2008 crisis.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/world-bank-warns-of-global-growth-slowdown-ap/feed 0 Woman battles to get Jewish father, World War I hero, his Medal of Honor http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/woman-battles-to-get-jewish-father-world-war-i-hero-his-medal-of-honor http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/woman-battles-to-get-jewish-father-world-war-i-hero-his-medal-of-honor#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:52:57 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/woman-battles-to-get-jewish-father-world-war-i-hero-his-medal-of-honor It was bravery at the highest level: William Shemin defied German machine gun fire to sprint across a World War I battlefield and pull wounded comrades to safety. And he did so no fewer than three times.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/woman-battles-to-get-jewish-father-world-war-i-hero-his-medal-of-honor/feed 0 ‘How the World Began’ puts debate  on science and God center stage  http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/how-the-world-began-puts-debate-on-science-and-god-center-stage http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/how-the-world-began-puts-debate-on-science-and-god-center-stage#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:12:53 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/how-the-world-began-puts-debate-on-science-and-god-center-stage One careless comment and … big bang! That lone slip, made by a high school biology teacher, irreparably offends hard-core creationists in Catherine Trieschmann’s “How the World Began.”

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/how-the-world-began-puts-debate-on-science-and-god-center-stage/feed 0 NYC, world ring in 2012, bid adieu to a tough 2011 (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nyc-world-ring-in-2012-bid-adieu-to-a-tough-2011-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nyc-world-ring-in-2012-bid-adieu-to-a-tough-2011-ap#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:54:02 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nyc-world-ring-in-2012-bid-adieu-to-a-tough-2011-ap Confetti flies over New York's Times Square as the clock strikes midnight during the New Year's Eve celebration as seen from the balcony of the Marriott Marquis hotel, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP – From New Zealand to New York, the world eagerly welcomed a new year Sunday with confetti-filled celebrations, glittering fireworks displays and star-studded festivities.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nyc-world-ring-in-2012-bid-adieu-to-a-tough-2011-ap/feed 0 NYC, world ring in 2012, bid adieu to a tough year (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nyc-world-ring-in-2012-bid-adieu-to-a-tough-year-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nyc-world-ring-in-2012-bid-adieu-to-a-tough-year-ap#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:44:07 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nyc-world-ring-in-2012-bid-adieu-to-a-tough-year-ap Revelers cheer behind police barricades in Times Square in anticipation of midnight on New Year's Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. Some revelers, wearing party hats and '2012' glasses, began camping out Saturday morning, as workers readied bags stuffed with hundreds of balloons and technicians put colored filters on klieg lights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP – Revelers erupted in cheers amid a confetti-filled celebration in New York’s Times Square to welcome in the new year, part of star-studded celebrations and glittering fireworks displays around the world to usher in 2012.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nyc-world-ring-in-2012-bid-adieu-to-a-tough-year-ap/feed 0 World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/world-rings-in-2012-and-bids-adieu-to-a-tough-year-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/world-rings-in-2012-and-bids-adieu-to-a-tough-year-ap#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:55:10 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/world-rings-in-2012-and-bids-adieu-to-a-tough-year-ap Fireworks burst over the Sydney Opera House, rigfht, as New Year's celebrations begin in Sydney, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP – Glittering fireworks in the shapes of butterflies, hearts and a cascading waterfall exploded over Sydney’s Harbour Bridge on Sunday as cheering revelers welcomed 2012 and bid a weary adieu to a year marred by natural disasters and economic turmoil.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/world-rings-in-2012-and-bids-adieu-to-a-tough-year-ap/feed 0 Iran proposes new nuclear talks with world powers (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/iran-proposes-new-nuclear-talks-with-world-powers-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/iran-proposes-new-nuclear-talks-with-world-powers-ap#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:41:10 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/iran-proposes-new-nuclear-talks-with-world-powers-ap A member of the Iranian military takes position in a drill on the shore of the sea of Oman, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Iran's navy chief has reiterated for a second time in less than a week that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows. (AP Photo/YJC, Mohammad Ali Marizad)AP – Iran has proposed a new round of talks about its controversial nuclear program with the six world powers, the country’s top nuclear negotiator said Saturday.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/iran-proposes-new-nuclear-talks-with-world-powers-ap/feed 0 Siku, a baby polar bear, captures hearts around the world  http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/siku-a-baby-polar-bear-captures-hearts-around-the-world%c2%a0 http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/siku-a-baby-polar-bear-captures-hearts-around-the-world%c2%a0#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:06:50 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/siku-a-baby-polar-bear-captures-hearts-around-the-world%c2%a0 He may be only a month old, but one baby polar bear is a YouTube star.

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