January 07 News international

Saturday 07 January, 2012.

TOP STORY UNSC condemns suicide bombing inSyria United Nations Security Council on Saturday condemned the suicide bombing in Syria, with UN chief Ban Ki-moon calling for an immediate end to all violence in the Arab country. HEADLINES Deuba for national reconciliation commission for Nepal  Pushing for the setting up of a national reconciliation panel in Nepal, senior leader of the main opposition party Sher Bahadur Deuba has said he and Maoist supremo Prachanda should take moral responsibility for the crimes during the decade-long civil war in the country. Death toll in Philippine landslide rises to 28  The number of dead from a landslide in a remote gold-mining community in the southern Philippines hit 28 today but rescuers said they expected the toll to rise with about 35 people unaccounted for. US military to focus on Asia-Pacific: Obama The United States has unveiled a plan for a leaner, more flexible military but the new strategy and budget cuts will not weaken its presence in the Asia-Pacific, US President Barack Obama said. Syria says at least 25 killed in Damascus blast An explosion ripped through a police bus in the center of Syria's capital on Friday, killing 25 people and over 46 injured in a suicide bomb blast in the Capital Damascus on Friday. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES US plans change in immigration rule  EU decision on Iran embargo could be by month-end: France