http://www.nyctn.com/ en 2012 New York City News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:33:44 -0500 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:33:44 -0500 http://http://www.nyctn.com/img/logosml.jpg http://www.nyctn.com/ 221 63 <table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369871_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">While Republican voters in South Carolina are being warned in a new ad not to trust Mitt Romney because, “like John Kerry, he speaks French,” politicking in Russia, where a new president will be elected in March, is a good deal less subtle.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369871-russian-ad-compares-putin-foe-to-hitlerSat, 14 Jan 2012 07:10:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369872_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Agents with Israel's Mossad agency posed as American CIA agents in operations to recruit members of the Pakistani militant group Jundallah, a report in Foreign Policy magazine said Friday.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369872-mossad-agents-posed-as-cia-in-operation-reportSat, 14 Jan 2012 07:10:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369873_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad headed for home on Friday after achieving his goal of securing the backing of four Latin American allies in his country's nuclear standoff with the West.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369873-defiant-ahmadinejad-wins-backing-of-four-latam-alliesSat, 14 Jan 2012 07:10:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369853_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">A hard-line Iranian newspaper called Thursday for retaliation against Israel, a day after the mysterious killing of a nuclear scientist in Tehran with a magnetic bomb attached to his car. Iran's top leader blamed Israel and the U.S.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369853-iranian-paper-calls-for-retaliation-against-israelFri, 13 Jan 2012 03:58:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369811_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">The Doomsday Clock, a figurative timepiece used as a barometer of humankind’s fate, was moved one minute closer to midnight on Tuesday, the first time it has been nudged forward since 2007. It is now 11:55, five minutes before the appointed hour.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369811-doomsday-clock-ticks-closer-to-midnightWed, 11 Jan 2012 04:41:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369812_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">For the second time in as many weeks, the U.S. military has rescued distressed Iranian sailors, despite the extremely high tensions between the two nations.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369812-us-military-rescues-iranian-sailors-againWed, 11 Jan 2012 04:41:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369815_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Some 300 Chinese Foxconn employees who manufacture X-box 360 machines said they would throw themselves from their Wuhan, China, plant if demands for lost wages were not met.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369815-hundreds-threaten-suicide-at-foxconn-plant-in-chinaWed, 11 Jan 2012 04:41:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369787_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">An ultranationalist Israeli parliament member faced possible suspension from the Knesset on Monday for hurling a cup of water at an Arab colleague when he told her to "shut up" during exchanges over school students attending human rights rally.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369787-israeli-parliament-debate-turns-ugly-as-politician-throws-water-over-colleagueTue, 10 Jan 2012 04:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369788_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Reporters and editors from Britain's Sun tabloid painted their newspaper as a moral paragon Monday, saying accuracy was paramount and privacy always a consideration, while the paper's legal counsel insisted he had seen no evidence of phone hacking.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369788-reporters-defend-tabloids-at-uk-media-inquiryTue, 10 Jan 2012 04:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369790_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Israel is preparing for Iran to become a nuclear power and has accepted it may happen within a year, the London Times reported on Monday citing an Israeli security report.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369790-israel-preparing-for-nuclear-iranTue, 10 Jan 2012 04:43:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369791_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez lavished each other with praise on Monday, mocked U.S. disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369791-iranian-venezuelan-leaders-rebuff-u-s-joke-about-bombTue, 10 Jan 2012 04:43:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369745_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Vaclav Havel, an anti-Communist playwright who became Czech president and a worldwide symbol of peace and freedom after leading the bloodless "Velvet Revolution," died at the age of 75 on Sunday.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369745-vaclav-havel-former-czech-president-leader-of-velvet-revolution-dies-at-75Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369746_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">At least 80 former Mexican government officials are currently working as informants for US intelligence agencies, the daily La Jornada reported, citing senior Mexican officials.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369746-mexican-ex-officials-work-for-us-intelligence-reportMon, 19 Dec 2011 05:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369747_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Shocking images revealing the brutality of Egypt’s armed forces in quelling protests caused outrage around the world yesterday. In a video broadcast on the internet, security forces dressed in riot gear are seen chasing a woman and beating her to the ground with metal bars before stripping her and kicking her repeatedly. One soldier stamps his foot hard on her chest. Other images showed women beaten unconscious.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369747-day-of-shame-in-the-middle-east-female-protesters-beaten-with-metal-poles-as-vicious-soldiers-drag-girls-through-streetsMon, 19 Dec 2011 05:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369748_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Vladimir Putin has been rattled by recent protests against his rule and would lose an honest presidential election if he had the guts to allow one, a former Russian prime minister has claimed.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369748-vladimir-putin-would-lose-honest-presidential-election-says-former-russian-pmMon, 19 Dec 2011 05:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369750_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Israel's political leaders and chief rabbis on Sunday condemned persistent efforts by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to shunt Israeli women to the back of public buses, a year after the country's Supreme Court outlawed the practice.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369750-religious-jews-still-try-to-segregate-israel-busesMon, 19 Dec 2011 05:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369752_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Egypt's two leading Islamist parties said on Sunday their separate party lists secured about three-quarters of votes cast in the second round of a parliamentary election, extending their lead in the three-stage vote.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369752-egypt-s-islamists-claim-sweep-of-second-round-voteMon, 19 Dec 2011 05:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369753_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">An Egyptian pipeline carrying gas to Israel and Jordan was bombed Sunday, the 10th such attack this year, but no fire erupted because the line that runs through North Sinai was already disabled, a security source said.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369753-blast-hits-egypt-s-gas-pipeline-to-jordan-israelMon, 19 Dec 2011 05:44:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369742_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">After 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, senior U.S. officials say the talks have reached a critical juncture and they will soon know whether a breakthrough is possible, leading to peace talks whose ultimate goal is to end the Afghan war.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369742-secret-u-s-taliban-talks-reach-turning-pointMon, 19 Dec 2011 05:41:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.nyctn.com/images/en/369734_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the leader has refused an offer to write an opinion piece for the New York Times, accusing the paper's opinion pages of anti-Israel bias.</td></tr></table>http://www.nyctn.com/a369734-israeli-leader-shuns-new-york-times-op-ed-offerSat, 17 Dec 2011 00:58:00 -0500