http://www.laoverview.com/ en 2012 LA Overview Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:52:22 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:52:22 -0500 http://http://www.laoverview.com/img/logosml.jpg http://www.laoverview.com/ 221 63 <table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12400_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.laoverview.com/a12400-doomsday-clock-ticks-closer-to-midnightWed, 11 Jan 2012 14:01:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12401_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.laoverview.com/a12401-us-military-rescues-iranian-sailors-againWed, 11 Jan 2012 14:01:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12405_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.laoverview.com/a12405-hundreds-threaten-suicide-at-foxconn-plant-in-chinaWed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12367_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12367-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-69-has-diedMon, 19 Dec 2011 15:10:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12369_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.laoverview.com/a12369-vaclav-havel-former-czech-president-leader-of-velvet-revolution-dies-at-75Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:08:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12370_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.laoverview.com/a12370-mexican-ex-officials-work-for-us-intelligence-reportMon, 19 Dec 2011 15:08:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12371_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.laoverview.com/a12371-day-of-shame-in-the-middle-east-female-protesters-beaten-with-metal-poles-as-vicious-soldiers-drag-girls-through-streetsMon, 19 Dec 2011 15:08:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12372_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.laoverview.com/a12372-vladimir-putin-would-lose-honest-presidential-election-says-former-russian-pmMon, 19 Dec 2011 15:08:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12374_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.laoverview.com/a12374-religious-jews-still-try-to-segregate-israel-busesMon, 19 Dec 2011 15:08:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12376_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.laoverview.com/a12376-egypt-s-islamists-claim-sweep-of-second-round-voteMon, 19 Dec 2011 15:08:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12377_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.laoverview.com/a12377-blast-hits-egypt-s-gas-pipeline-to-jordan-israelMon, 19 Dec 2011 15:08:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12366_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.laoverview.com/a12366-secret-u-s-taliban-talks-reach-turning-pointMon, 19 Dec 2011 15:03:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12343_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Britain's top soldier warned on Wednesday that pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East could spawn militant Islamist activity in Britain, but said the greatest threat was economic.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12343-arab-uprising-could-spark-unrest-in-uk-generalThu, 15 Dec 2011 14:48:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12344_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">In a shift, Israeli officials are welcoming the prospect that Syria’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad, will be overthrown, an event Defense Minister Ehud Barak says could be weeks away.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12344-israeli-officials-say-syria-s-bashar-al-assad-is-doomedThu, 15 Dec 2011 14:48:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12345_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">The US withdrawal from Iraq will leave a power vacuum in the Gulf, analysts say, paving the way for Iran to increase its influence in this economic and politically strategic region, a concern echoed by America's Gulf allies.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12345-iran-to-exploit-power-vacuum-as-us-quits-iraq-analystsThu, 15 Dec 2011 14:48:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12329_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">One of the Air Force’s premier drones crashed Tuesday morning in the Seychelles, the Indian Ocean archipelago that serves as a base for anti-piracy operations, as well as U.S. surveillance missions over Somalia.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12329-u-s-military-drone-crashes-in-seychellesWed, 14 Dec 2011 07:53:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12311_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Iranian protesters stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, torching a car and burning the British flag in protest against new sanctions imposed by London.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12311-iranian-protesters-storm-british-diplomatic-compoundsWed, 30 Nov 2011 06:42:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12313_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Psychiatrists assessing self-confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik have concluded that he is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12313-norway-massacre-breivik-declared-insaneWed, 30 Nov 2011 06:42:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12304_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">Pakistan on Tuesday decided to boycott a key international conference on Afghanistan next month, widening its protest over lethal cross-border NATO strikes and exacerbating a deep crisis in US ties.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12304-pakistan-boycotts-bonn-conference-over-nato-strikeWed, 30 Nov 2011 06:31:00 -0500<table><tr><td><img src="http://www.laoverview.com/images/en/12305_t.jpg" border="0" /></td><td valign="top">He admitted that he and his colleagues hacked into people’s phones and paid police officers for tips. He confessed to lurking in unmarked vans outside people’s houses, stealing confidential documents, rifling through celebrity garbage cans and pretending that he was not a journalist pursuing a story but “Brad the teenage rent boy,” propositioning a priest.</td></tr></table>http://www.laoverview.com/a12305-british-inquiry-is-told-hacking-is-worthy-toolWed, 30 Nov 2011 06:30:00 -0500