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• Former dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier returns to Haiti (Reuters)
• IAEA envoys visit Iran's Natanz enrichment site: report (Reuters)
• Brazil rains kill more than 600 as epidemic feared (Reuters)
• Irish PM calls confidence motion on leadership (Reuters)
• Gun Battles in Tunisia: Chaos Threatens the Revolution (Time.com)
• Strauss backs out-of-form Collingwood (AFP)
• Hezbollah defends bringing down Lebanon government (AP)
• 'Baby Doc' Duvalier back in Haiti after long exile (AP)
• Gunbattles, food shortages temper Tunisians' joy (AP)
• Watson turns attention to floods (AFP)
• Rural Australian towns brace for high river peaks (AP)
• Obama congratulates South Sudan on independence vote, but what about Abyei? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Tunisia Effect: Will Its "Hunger Revolution" Spread? (Time.com)
• How retirement is being reinvented worldwide (The Christian Science Monitor)

Former dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier returns to Haiti (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST Reuters - Exiled former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier returned unexpectedly to his Caribbean homeland on Sunday for the first time since he was forced out by a popular uprising and U.S. pressure in 1986.

IAEA envoys visit Iran's Natanz enrichment site: report (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 08:49 AM PST Reuters - Iran showed its Natanz uranium enrichment plant to a group of United Nations nuclear watchdog ambassadors as a sign of transparency about its nuclear activities, state television reported Sunday.

Brazil rains kill more than 600 as epidemic feared (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:27 PM PST Reuters - Rains that devastated a mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro have killed at least 626 people, Brazil's Civil Defense agency said on Sunday, as fears of more storms and disease outbreaks overshadowed rescue operations.

Irish PM calls confidence motion on leadership (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:10 PM PST Reuters - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen defied calls to resign as head of the ruling Fianna Fail party on Sunday and instead offered colleagues the chance to vote on his leadership in a secret ballot this week.

Gun Battles in Tunisia: Chaos Threatens the Revolution (Time.com) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST Time.com - Even as exiled politicians try to figure out how to deal with the power vacuum, the country's military wages a fierce campaign against well-armed Ben Ali loyalists

Strauss backs out-of-form Collingwood (AFP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:48 PM PST AFP - England captain Andrew Strauss insists Paul Collingwood is still a vital part of his team's World Cup plans after he was dropped for Sunday's one-day international against Australia.

Hezbollah defends bringing down Lebanon government (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:20 PM PST AP - The leader of Hezbollah on Sunday defended the decision to bring down Lebanon's Western-backed government, saying the Shiite militant group did so without resorting to violence and will not be intimidated by world reaction.

'Baby Doc' Duvalier back in Haiti after long exile (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:29 PM PST AP - Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier returned Sunday to Haiti after nearly 25 years in exile, a surprising and perplexing move that comes as his country struggles with a political crisis and the stalled effort to recover from last year's devastating earthquake.

Gunbattles, food shortages temper Tunisians' joy (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:46 PM PST AP - Major gunbattles erupted outside the palace of Tunisia's deposed president, in the center of the capital, in front of the main opposition party headquarters and elsewhere on Sunday as authorities struggled to restore order and the world waited to see if the North African nation would continue its first steps away from autocratic rule.

Watson turns attention to floods (AFP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:18 PM PST AFP - Star all-rounder Shane Watson had little time to bask in the glory of his match-winning century against England as he turned his attention to helping his flood-ravaged hometown.

Rural Australian towns brace for high river peaks (AP) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:03 PM PST AP - Record floods were predicted in several rural Australian communities Monday as rivers swollen from upstream rain flowed heavily into southern states.

Obama congratulates South Sudan on independence vote, but what about Abyei? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 10:39 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - South Sudan is rejoicing over the peaceful conduct of its long-awaited vote for independence and the international community is lauding the process. President Obama called the referendum on whether the semiautonomous region will secede from Sudan "an inspiration to the world."

The Tunisia Effect: Will Its "Hunger Revolution" Spread? (Time.com) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST Time.com - From Algeria to Jordan, from Libya to Egypt, Arabs in neighboring countries are watching events in Tunis with both hope and anxiety. Will other autocratic regimes be shaken soon?

How retirement is being reinvented worldwide (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Jan 2011 10:27 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - When business conditions in Japan forced him to close his small rice shop at age 63, Yasunori Izumi didn't take the event as a cue to retire. Instead, prompted by concern about covering expenses, he found a new job as a taxi driver â€" and plans to keep at it for years to come.

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