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Arab League confirms will freeze Syria mission
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - The Arab League's monitoring mission to Syria has been frozen given the escalation of violence in the country, the Arab League said in a statement on Saturday. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:42:22 GMT |
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Police search News International offices, arrest four
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Police said on Saturday they were searching the London offices of Rupert Murdoch's News International and had arrested four people, including a policeman, in an investigation into suspected payments to police officers for information. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:39:32 GMT |
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Salvage crews suspend work on capsized 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 after heavy seas made conditions unsafe, officials said.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:52:16 GMT |
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IAEA team heads to Iran to seek nuclear answers
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Senior United Nations nuclear inspectors headed to Tehran on Saturday to press Iranian officials to address suspicions that the Islamic state is seeking atomic weapons. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:09:25 GMT |
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Sudan says to release ships seized from South Sudan
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Sudan will free ships carrying cargos of crude it seized from South Sudan to ease tensions between the former civil war foes and help the two states agree on a deal over oil revenue, Sayed El-Khatib, deputy head of negotiating team said on Saturday. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:04:59 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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Topless protesters detained at Davos forum
(AP)
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 AP - Three topless Ukrainian protesters were detained Saturday while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders to call attention to the needs of the world's poor.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:44:36 GMT |
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Arab League halts observer mission in Syria
(AP)
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 AP - The deputy chief of the Arab League says the pan-Arab body has halted its observer mission in Syria because of the increasing violence there.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:42:50 GMT |
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Security chief during Mexico's 'dirty war' dies
(AP)
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 AP - Miguel Nazar Haro, who led Mexico's domestic spy agency and was accused of being behind the disappearances of alleged leftist guerrillas in the 1970s, has died at age 87.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:34:56 GMT |
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Sect kills police officer at station in N. Nigeria
(AP)
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| AP - Police say gunmen from a radical Islamist sect have attacked another police station, killing one officer in a north Nigeria city where they killed 185 people last week. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:31:13 GMT |
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Afghans blast French plan to withdraw troops early
(AP)
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 AP - France's plans to withdraw its combat troops from Afghanistan a year early drew harsh words Saturday in the Afghan capital, with critics accusing French President Nicolas Sarkozy of putting domestic politics ahead of Afghans' safety.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:07:57 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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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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