As French police launch a massive manhunt for the person who shot down a rabbi, his two children, and another child outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, the modus operandi of the killer raises a chilling prospect. There had been similar shootings of French soldiers in the area, but the…

More than 30 people have been killed and upward of 160 others injured in a series of bombings across Iraq. from (author unknown) via http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq_blasts/24521385.html

The hottest year on record is 2010, not 1998, according to new calculations of the major British climate study unit. The findings have just been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, which means that they have been subjected to searching scrutiny by other climate specialists. The UK Meteorological Office’s…

Car and roadside bombs explode in cities and towns across country, killing at least 39 people Car and roadside bombs have exploded in cities and towns across Iraq, killing dozens of people, extending a spate of violence ahead of next week’s Arab League summit in Baghdad. The meeting is seen…

Court to sentence six convicted of “conspiring to commit public violence” for watching videos of uprising at meeting. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/03/201232071413691947.html

* Baghdad to host Arab League summit next week * Iraqi govt keen to show it can reinforce security (Adds eyewitness, details, backg… Read more: Kirkuk, Iraq Violence, Latifiya, Samarra, Arab League, Hilla, Iraq Bombings, Dhuluiya, Baiji, Reuters, Tuz Khurmato, Baghdad, Iraq, Kerbala, Daquq, World News from The Huffington Post…

Spoof site can plant malware on PCs of people who leave comments on videos, pressure group warns Syrian activists are being targeted by a fake version of Google’s YouTube video site which plants malware on the PCs of people who leave comments on videos shown there, the Electronic Frontier Foundation…

Tight security arrangements made for funeral of Pope Shenouda III, longtime head of Coptic Church who died on Saturday. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/201232064428290859.html

A series of explosions have rocked the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and other cities across the country, killing at least 15 people, officials say. from (author unknown) via http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17441751

Syrian opposition forces fought the fiercest battle with government loyalist troops yet on Monday, in the tony El Mezze district of Damascus. Damascus, the capital, has not seen huge demonstrations. This violence is the severest form of opposition that the capital has witnessed. The Free Syrian Army, made up largely…