January 24 News international

Tuesday 24 January, 2012.

TOP STORY EU agrees unprecedented oil embargo on Iran The European Union agreed on Monday to slap an embargo on Iran's oil exports as the West ramped up pressure on Tehran's suspect nuclear drive and urged it to return to the negotiating table. HEADLINES No let up in violence, toll at 185 in Nigeria terror attacks  There was no let up in violence in Nigeria on Tuesday as the toll from the last week's multiple bombings and gun attacks by radical Islamists in the northern city of Kano touched 185, including an Indian national from Gujarat. New Syria constitution limits presidency to 2 mandates  The committee tasked with drafting Syria's new constitution has decided to limit presidential terms to a maximum of two seven-year mandates, Al-Watan newspaper said today. Car bombs kill 14 across Baghdad  A wave of car bombings on Tuesday hit the Iraq capital, killing 14 people and wounding more than 70 as violence surges in the country amid an escalating political crisis a month after the US military withdrawal. China accuses "secessionist groups" for distorting facts  China on Tuesday accused "secessionist groups" abroad of distorting facts on the spate of suicides by Buddhist monks, a day after a Tibetan was killed and several others injured in deadly clashes with police in southwest Sichuan province. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES Memo issue: Ijaz not coming to Pak due to fear of arrest  India concerned over victory of "dark forces" of terrorism Egypt's Islamist-led parliament meets, rivalries on display EU agrees to begin lifting sanctions against Myanmar  Syria rejects Arab League call for power change  IAEA holds meeting with Japan nuclear agency over safety tests  Yemen's Saleh leaves for US, opponents protest Deep 6.3 quake strikes remote Pacific area  Syria rejects Arab League call for power change