December 09 News international

Friday 09 December, 2011.

TOP STORY Mosque suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan A suicide bomber on Friday attacked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least six people including a district police chief, a government official said. HEADLINES Syria forces poised for assault on protest hub: SNC  Syria's opposition warned on Friday that thousands of regime forces and loyalist militias have encircled the protest hub of Homs, poised to launch what may be a final bloody assault to crush dissent. Indonesian Prez supports democratic transition in Myanmar  Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has extended his support to the ongoing democratic transition in Myanmar. Bomb hurts French peacekeepers, civilian in Lebanon  A powerful bomb struck a UN peacekeeping patrol in the Lebanese coastal town of Tyre on Friday, wounding five French soldiers and a civilian, a security official said. New treaty to save euro splits European Union  The leaders of 23 European countries moved to tie their economies much closer together in a new treaty in their latest attempt to shore up the euro, but failed to get the four other European Union members, including Britain, from joining in. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES National interests hinder climate accord attempt UN chief urges countries to fight 'cancer' of corruption  Zardari had stroke, facial paralysis US concerned over terrorist threat emanating from Pak: Clinton New cabinet named by Egypt PM Karzai blames Pakistanis over sectarian massacre