Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday, 12 January 2011


Today from VOANews.com

Clinton Backs Yemeni Efforts Against al-Qaida

During unannounced visit, US secretary of state says group is threat to Yemeni hopes of achieving political stability, prosperous future
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at Sanaa airport from the United Arab Emirates, 11 Jan 2011

Biden: US Will Stay in Afghanistan as Long as Afghans Want Help

US vice president says United States is also stepping up civilian effort to help achieve 'stable, sovereign Afghanistan'
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, shakes hands with US Vice President Joe Biden during a press conference in Kabul, 11 Jan 2011

Iran’s Spy Chief Denounces Alleged Israeli Plot Against Nuclear Scientists

Heydar Moslehi warns any countries providing support to Israel represent threat to region
Iran's Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi speaks with foreign and local media at a news conference in Tehran, 11 Jan 2011

Chinese Leaders Surprised by Fighter Test During Gates Visit

First test flight of J-20 stealth fighter comes just a week before Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington
An aircraft that is reported to be a Chinese stealth fighter is seen in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in this picture leased by Kyodo news agency, 8 Jan 2011

Rights Group says 35 Dead in Tunisia Protests

Protests in Tunisia and in neighboring Algeria are raising questions about hard-line governments
A 9 January 2010 photo of Demonstrators clashing with riot police in a street of Regueb

WikiLeaks Lawyers Lays Out Case Against Extradition

Founder Julian Assange says his group will accelerate its publication of secret US diplomatic cables and other documents
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, speaks to the media flanked by his lawyers Mark Stephens, left, and Jennifer Robinson, after making an appearance at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Jan 11, 2011

Number of Haitians Living in Displacement Camps Drops

International Organization for Migration says camp population in Haiti has gone well below one million for first time since earthquake
A boy carries a girl to school at a camp for earthquake displaced people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec 17, 2010

US-China Economic Relations: Win-Lose or Win-Win?

Economist estimates China’s economy may surpass the United States’ by 2030
Chinese currency, Yuan

UN Peacekeeping Mission Prepares to Wrap Up in Nepal

As mission winds down, it is unclear who will supervise thousands of former Maoist fighters
The chief of the UN's peace mission in Nepal, Karin Landgren addresses a press conference in Katmandu, Nepal, 10 Jan 2011

Arizona Shooting Sparks Security Concerns

Providing security for members of US Congress logistically, financially, and politically difficult
An FBI agent writes down information as he looks at a chair and the ground where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot at a local Safeway in Tucson, Arizona, 10 Jan 2011

China Denies Involvement in Renault Corporate Espionage Scandal

French media, some politicians floated allegations Renault executives were supplying information on company's electric cars to China
View of the Renault headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris January 11, 2011. French carmaker Renault suspended three executives suspected of leaking information on its electric vehicle program in an industrial espionage scandal with China.

Indonesian Volcano Victims Turn to Tourism to Rebuild Their Lives

Residents whose homes were destroyed in the eruptions now collect entrance fees, others sell bottles of ash and graphic DVDs
Lines of tourists and cars snake along the road leading to Merapi's summit in Kaliurang in Central Java, 11 Jan 2011
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