January 11 News international

Wednesday 11 January, 2012.

TOP STORY Zardari ready to resign and call early elections: Report Pakistan's beleaguered President Asif Ali Zardari is ready to resign and call an early general elections if parties in the ruling coalition wanted him to take such a step, according to a media report. HEADLINES Thirty-five killed in Pakistan market blast  Thirty-five people were killed and over 60 others injured when a powerful bomb blast ripped through a crowded market in the restive Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. Syria's president says he won't leave power  Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Tuesday he will not step down, insisting that he still has his people's support. US think-tanks callClinton to help protect Haqqani  A bipartisan group of foreign policy experts have asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak with Pakistani leaders and make appropriate public statements to ensure that former diplomat Husain Haqqani is not physically harmed and that due process of law is followed. Attacks kill 17 in Iraq, wound 15 Afghan pilgrims  Attacks across Iraq on Monday, many of which targetted Shiites, killed 17 people and wounded dozens, including 15 Afghans visiting the country for religious commemorations, officials said. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES Gilani not an honest man: Pakistan SC IAEA confirms new Iran plant up and running  Lawyers blame police, Mubarak for Egypt deaths  US orders expulsion of Venezuelan consul Pervez Musharraf announces Pakistan return date Malaysian oppo leader Anwar acquitted in sodomy trial