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Syria violence kills 37, U.N. Security Council to meet
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 Reuters - Security forces killed 37 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 revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:25 GMT |
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Costa Cruises offers compensation to rescued passengers
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Costa Cruises has offered 11,000 euros ($14,500) in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard its liner that ran aground and capsized two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said on Friday. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:16:06 GMT |
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Taliban willing to compromise, Afghan negotiators say
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Senior Afghan peace negotiators believe the Taliban are willing to significantly soften past hardline ideologies, with its leaders already laying the ground for possible peace talks in the Gulf state of Qatar. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:48:41 GMT |
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Kidnapped Norwegian freed in Yemen
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - A Norwegian working for the United Nations was freed on Friday, nearly two weeks after being kidnapped in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Interior Ministry said. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:10:47 GMT |
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Iran hits back at EU with own oil embargo threat
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a trial of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran warned on Friday it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ailing European economies.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:05:54 GMT |
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Syria: Are Captured Iranians Military Men or Engineers?
(Time.com)
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| Time.com - The revolt against President Assad has long alleged that Iran has sent soldiers to prop up the regime. Their latest proof, however, may not quite satisfy doubts about the claim |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT |
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UK court says lawyers can help right-to-die man
(AP)
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 AP - A paralyzed British man who wants to die won the first round in his legal battle Friday, when the High Court ruled his lawyers won't be prosecuted if they seek out experts to help him commit suicide.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:22:01 GMT |
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Head Yemeni al-Qaida group calls for protests
(AP)
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 AP - The leader of the al-Qaida-linked militant group that has seized territory in southern Yemen called on local residents to hold mass rallies against the military until the government withdraws its troops from the area.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:48:33 GMT |
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Chavez taps hardline generals for inner circle
(AP)
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 AP - President Hugo Chavez has been filling top posts in Venezuela's armed forces with hardline political loyalists, raising concerns among critics that the military leaders might not accept the results of this year's election if it goes against him.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:22:25 GMT |
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S.Sudan sees oil shutdown complete by Saturday
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - South Sudan's top negotiator said his country would complete an oil production shutdown by Saturday, after Sudan and South Sudan failed to agree on a deal to end an oil crisis. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:10:25 GMT |
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France to cut Afghan combat role, leave 2013
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - French troops will start handing over security to the Afghan army in March and focus on training until pulling out of Afghanistan completely at the end of 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:18:20 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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Russia bars liberal candidate from presidential election
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - Veteran liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky, who's been a presidential candidate three times before, will not be allowed to run against Vladimir Putin in the upcoming March 4 presidential polls, Russia's official electoral commission announced today. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:55:10 GMT |
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An Introduction to Messi: An Outsider's Take
(Time.com)
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| Time.com - The man everyone wants to know is someone who doesn't want to give out -- or doesn't have -- any real personal information. Is he just a sports machine? |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT |
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Experts cast doubt on Japan nuclear power plant stress tests
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - Advisers to Japan's nuclear safety agency have condemned stress tests being conducted at nuclear power plants around the country as the government seeks international support for the early resumption of dozens of idle reactors. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:36:00 GMT |
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