January 16 News international

Monday 16 January, 2012.

TOP STORY Pak SC issues contempt notice to Gilani Pakistan's Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for failing to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and asked him to appear before it on 19th January. HEADLINES Car bomb kills 8 in northern Iraq  A car bomb killed at least eight people outside the northern city of Mosul on Monday, Iraq officials said, in the latest in a series of attacks to target the country's Shiites since the US withdrawal last month. Malaysia 13th general election will be held soon: Najib  Riding on the crest of his growing popularity, the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said the country's 13th general elections will be held as soon as the government's reform initiatives produce real results. At least 11 killed in Beirut building collapse: Red Cross  At least 11 people were killed and 12 were injured when a run-down six-storey apartment block collapsed without warning in the Lebanese capital, a Red Cross official said today. Taiwan's China-friendly president Ma Ying-jeou re-elected  Taiwan voters re-elected incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou on Saturday, endorsing his push for closer ties withBeijing and removing a potential irritant in Sino-U.S. relations as those two powers head for a year of political transition. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

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