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Car bombs around Baghdad kill 6, wound 29 (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST

A resident looks at a damaged bus after a bomb attack in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district January 23, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Five car bombs went off around Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 29, security sources said, in a seemingly coordinated series of attacks during a major Shi'ite religious rite.


Mexico arrests hitmen blamed for Acapulco slayings (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 03:56 PM PST

File photo shows marines manning a checkpoint in Apatzingan, Michoacan State, Mexico. Ten alleged drug cartel members have been killed in a clash with Mexican soldiers in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, which borders the United States, the Mexican army has said.(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)Reuters - Mexican federal police have arrested seven drug gang members in the Pacific port of Acapulco, including the man behind the murders of 22 people in the resort this month, the government said on Sunday.


Leaks show Palestinians giving much ground to Israel (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:29 PM PST

Israeli border policemen are deployed in Jerusalem's Old City after clashes in 2010. Palestinian negotiators offered in 2008 to cede vast swathes of annexed east Jerusalem in peace talks with Israel, Al-Jazeera news channel reported on Sunday, citing Reuters - Palestinian negotiators secretly told Israel it could keep swathes of occupied East Jerusalem, according to leaked documents that show Palestinians offering much bigger peace concessions than previously revealed.


Yemen activists arrested, students protest (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:10 PM PST

Protesters hold up posters of rights activist Tawakul Karman, during a protest outside the Attorny General's office, in Sanaa January 23, 2011. Yemen has arrested Karman, who led student rallies against the government in the capital last week, sparking a new wave of protests on Sunday. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - An anti-government protester was shot dead by police in southern Yemen and 19 opposition activists were arrested in the capital on Sunday, including a prominent woman who led rallies against the president last week.


Afghan lawmakers drop Karzai court demand (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:26 AM PST

Shukria Barekzai, a member of Afghanistan's parliament speaks with the media at the Inter-continental hotel in Kabul January 22, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - Afghan lawmakers set aside a demand for President Hamid Karzai to scrap a controversial court probing election fraud on Sunday, paving the way for parliament to convene in three days after weeks of in-fighting.


How Tunisia's Once-Suppressed Islamists Are Re-Emerging (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:20 PM PST

Time.com - Ben Ali pummeled them into submission but secular Tunisia's Islamists are shaking off their fears and eager to participate in politics and elections

Girl talk ruled offside by TV chiefs (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:29 PM PST

Assistant referee Sian Massey (L) looks on during the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool at The Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton on January 22. A pair of television football pundits were caught offside when they made AFP - A pair of television football pundits were caught offside when they made "unacceptable remarks" off-air about a woman assistant referee officiating in a Premier League clash.


Hundreds protest arrest of Yemeni woman activist (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 02:31 PM PST

In this photo taken  Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman chants slogans calling on  President Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave the government and follow Tunisian ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali into exile during a protest in Sanaa, Yemen. Karman who led student rallies against the government in Sanaa was arrested on Saturday by the Yemeni police. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Yemeni police have arrested a woman activist for leading anti-government protests, setting off a second day of street demonstrations.


Chavez supporters, foes stage anniversary rallies (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:03 PM PST

People holds anti-government signs with images of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a demonstration marking a new  anniversary of the overthrow of Venezuela's last dictator Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. Opposition supporters gathered along an avenue in eastern Caracas and chanted anti-government slogans while waving Venezuelan flags. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Allies and adversaries of President Hugo Chavez took to the streets of the capital by the thousands Sunday, staging rival demonstrations to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Venezuela's democracy.


Suspected Islamists kill Nigerian soldier guarding church (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 02:27 PM PST

Motorists pass through a gate that leads to northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on January 12. Suspected members of an Islamist sect blamed for a series of attacks in Nigeria's north shot dead a soldier guarding a church on Sunday and stole his rifle, an army spokesman said.(AFP/File/Aminu Abubakar)AFP - Suspected members of an Islamist sect blamed for a series of attacks in Nigeria's north shot dead a soldier guarding a church on Sunday and stole his rifle, an army spokesman said.


Missing boat with 5 Americans found in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 02:29 PM PST

In this image made from video and released by the Philippine coast guard, American occupants are on board the 38-foot (11-meter) catamaran The Pineapple as they wait to be rescued off the southern island of Dinagat, Philippines, on Sunday Jan. 23, 2011. Philippine coast guard rescuers found five missing Americans aboard their sailboat which went missing while on a trip from Guam to the Philippines. (AP Photo/Philippine coast guard) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - Searchers from the Philippine coast guard found five missing Americans on board a sailboat that was reported missing en route from Guam. All were in good health, officials said Sunday.


Bank of Canada chief warns again on debt levels (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:25 AM PST

Reuters - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned again on Sunday that Canadians should take steps to deal with high levels of household debt because interest rates would at some point rise from near-historic lows.

Australian honoured for Afghanistan battle (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:49 AM PST

This handout photo released by Australia's Department of Defence on January 23, shows Australian Corporal Mark Donaldson (L) congratulating Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith at Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne, outside Perth. Roberts-Smith, who stormed Taliban machine-gunners to save his platoon with no concern for his own safety was awarded the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.(AFP/HO/ADD)AFP - An Australian commando who stormed Taliban machine-gunners to save his platoon with no concern for his own safety was on Sunday awarded the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.


Suddenly the statesman, Hezbollah's Nasrallah calls for Lebanon unity government (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:52 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant Shiite group, Hezbollah, called on Sunday for the creation of a national unity government to usher Lebanon out of a political crisis that threatens to deteriorate into sectarian violence.

The Year Africa Began Looking to Solve its Problems (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:20 PM PST

Time.com - The Year Africa Began to Help Itself

Fresh protests could bring down Tunisia's interim government (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In an escalation of pressure against Tunisia’s interim unity government, more than 1,000 energetic protesters filled the square in front of the prime minister’s office Sunday to demand its ouster, waving flags and signs and chanting slogans against the government.

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