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Syria violence kills over 40
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:28:07 GMT |
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Libyan commander says will retake Bani Walid
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - A militia commander whose troops were driven out of the Libyan tribal stronghold of Bani Walid this week said on Friday that his forces were massing to recapture the town but were holding back at the government's request. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:44:56 GMT |
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Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - A Egyptian military team plans to visit the United States next week as Cairo's crackdown on pro-democracy organizations has called into question the future of U.S. aid to Egypt, American officials said on Friday. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:52:54 GMT |
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Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan on Saturday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage and no tsunami warning was issued. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:28:37 GMT |
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Poll ruling sparks street clashes in Senegal
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Protesters hurled rocks at police who retaliated with tear gas in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next month. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:14:51 GMT |
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The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention
(Time.com)
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| Time.com - Despite the embargo and their cold war, the two countries appear to be in some synch over fear of potential drilling catastrophes |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:20:00 GMT |
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Some G20 countries soften stance on Europe: sources
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Some of the world's biggest economies want to move quickly on a cash injection for the International Monetary Fund to help rescue the euro zone, but hardliners may still scupper an early deal to boost the fund's war chest, G20 sources said on Friday. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:10:33 GMT |
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Islamists, protesters scuffle at at Egypt rally
(AP)
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 AP - Muslim Brotherhood supporters and secular protesters hurled bottles and rocks at each other and got into fistfights in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday as their political differences boiled over at a rally by tens of thousands marking an anniversary in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:48:25 GMT |
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Former close ally of Bolivian president sentenced
(AP)
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| AP - A former close ally of Bolivian President Evo Morales was convicted of corruption for taking bribes while running the state-run YPFB oil company and sentenced to 12 years in prison. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:34:41 GMT |
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US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed
(AP)
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 AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:30:17 GMT |
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Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan
(AP)
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| AP - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:16:52 GMT |
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Saputo warns of cleaning solution in milk
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Canadian dairy products producer Saputo Inc is warning customers not to consume one of its milk products because it could be tainted with a cleaning solution. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:55:24 GMT |
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Australian gov't, activists trade blame for clash
(AP)
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 AP - Authorities and indigenous-rights protesters blamed each other Friday for a heated clash in which bodyguards had to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event marking the anniversary of British colonization.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:49:32 GMT |
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Syria's opposition concerned about independent armed rebel groups
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - A leading Syrian opposition figure says that as rebels become increasingly militarized, it is critical that disparate armed groups be integrated with the political opposition so that they are working in concert. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:55:37 GMT |
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U.S.-Backed Yemen Transition Plan Draws Fire From Democracy Activists
(Time.com)
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| Time.com - The overriding concern with maintaining a regime dedicated to the U.S. campaign against al-Qaeda has seen Washington work to keep much of the old order intact |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:20:00 GMT |
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Anti-nuclear movement growing in Asia
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - Heonseok Lee has a simple way of describing how public sentiment toward nuclear power has changed in South Korea since the disaster at Japanâ??s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last March 11. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:33:39 GMT |
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