Monday, February 13, 2012

World Watch: Zambia’s Cinderella story


* Zambia: The Zambian men’s soccer team celebrated their first ever Africa Cup of Nations title by paying their respects to their comrades who died in a 1993 plane crash in Gabon.

* Syria: U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay accused Syrian officials of committing crimes against humanity as part of their brutal crackdown against civilian protesters.

* Greece: Stocks around the world rose after the Greek parliament approved a controversial austerity plan that was not well received by demonstrators in Athens.

* Middle East: The Israeli and Iranian governments have accused each other of a pair of bomb attacks at Israeli missions in India and Georgia.

Video Source– YouTube via swagsoccer7

Online Sources – CNN, Reuters, ABC News, Bloomberg

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