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Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence rages
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| Reuters - The Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of worsening violence, a move Damascus said was an attempt to encourage foreign intervention as it struggles to quell a 10-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:01:29 GMT |
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Egyptians vote in Upper House elections on Sunday
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Egyptians vote Sunday in the first stage of elections for the upper house of parliament, with Islamists seeking to repeat the success they enjoyed in elections for the lower house. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:24:57 GMT |
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Yemen's Saleh heads for United States
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - President Ali Abdullah Saleh was heading to the United States on Saturday, Yemen's state news agency said, a week after leaving for Oman under a plan for him to step down to end a year of protests against his rule. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:17:45 GMT |
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UK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff, raid offices
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - British police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling Sun tabloid plus a policeman on Saturday as part of an investigation into suspected payments by journalists to officers, police and the newspaper's publisher said. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:07:22 GMT |
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Salvage crews suspend work on capsized cruise ship
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Salvage crews preparing to pump thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel and oil from the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Italian coast suspended work on Saturday because of bad weather that could last into next week, officials said.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:19:43 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 : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:30:00 GMT |
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Britain says Afghan withdrawal must be carefully phased
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Foreign troops must carefully phase their withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of an end-2014 deadline, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday, after France suggested giving Afghan forces full responsibility for security in 2013. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:36:58 GMT |
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Defense asks ElBaradei to testify in Mubarak trial
(AP)
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 AP - A lawyer for Egypt's former interior minister asked the court on Saturday to have Nobel Peace Prize laureate and pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei testify as a witness in his client's defense.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:24:34 GMT |
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Suspect shown by Mexico cops says he beat Canadian
(AP)
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 AP - A man charged with brutally beating a Canadian tourist at a luxury beach hotel told reporters Saturday that he tried to hold the woman in an elevator and punched her several times in the face when she cried for help.
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| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:24:59 GMT |
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Freed Egypt activist says will not stay silent
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - An Egyptian activist who became a symbol of resistance to the army's trials of civilians said Saturday he would not be silenced and denounced the army for detaining and mistreating "prisoners of conscience." |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:10:58 GMT |
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Glitzy new AU headquarters a symbol of China-Africa ties
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Standing on what was once Ethiopia's oldest maximum security prison, the new African Union headquarters funded by China is a symbol of the Asian giant's push to stay ahead in Africa and gain greater access to the continent's resources. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:26:51 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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Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash
(AP)
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| AP - A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Gillard's own aides. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:34:06 GMT |
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The working class rises up across Latin America
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - When parking attendant Hugo Enrique Vera was beaten by a wealthy client in Mexico, allegedly for refusing to show the man where to find the jack in his car, the surveillance camera captured a stereotype dating to colonial times: The wealthy resident asserts authoritarian control over the worker, who takes the beating without question. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:54:24 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 : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:30:00 GMT |
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Why exotic animal trade grows in Asia
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - On a traffic-snarled Jakarta roadside, a market trader thrusts out a forearm with a terrified looking primate clasping tightly to his skin. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:49:13 GMT |
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