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• Major powers divided on approach to Iran (Reuters)
• Libyan Islamists rally to demand sharia-based law (Reuters)
• Obama talks civic freedoms, IMF with Egypt's Tantawi (Reuters)
• Analysis: Italy disaster shows Titanic lifeboat issues linger (Reuters)
• Violence keeps Syria on edge, Arab mission may extend (Reuters)
• Should the World Ignore the Presidential Campaign Foreign Policy Debates? (Time.com)
• Report: Undercover police had kids with activists (AP)
• A year later, Egypt activists seek more revolution (AP)
• Bolivia signs coca control accord with Brazil, US (AP)
• Explosions rock Nigeria's Kano, at least six killed (Reuters)
• Amazon setting up first "fulfillment center" in India (Reuters)
• Canada won't confirm expulsion of Russia diplomats (Reuters)
• 3 shark attacks in Australia in less than 3 weeks (AP)
• Greece, private investors struggle to agree on high-stake debt deal (The Christian Science Monitor)
• When Penicillin Pays: Why China Loves Antibiotics a Little Too Much (Time.com)
• ICC treads carefully ahead of ruling Monday on Kenyan violence suspects (The Christian Science Monitor)

Major powers divided on approach to Iran (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:35 PM PST Reuters - Major powers are divided over what to put on the table should Iran resume talks on curbing its nuclear program and whether to allow it to continue enriching uranium to some degree, diplomats said on Friday.

Libyan Islamists rally to demand sharia-based law (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:11 PM PST Reuters - Hundreds of Libyan Islamists rallied on Friday to demand that Muslim sharia law inspire legislation in what organizers called a response to the emergence of secular political parties after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship last year.

Obama talks civic freedoms, IMF with Egypt's Tantawi (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 12:50 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama stressed U.S. support for Egypt's move to democracy and discussed its International Monetary Fund talks in a telephone conversation on Friday with Egyptian military council chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the White House said.

Analysis: Italy disaster shows Titanic lifeboat issues linger (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 12:46 PM PST Reuters - The capsizing of the Costa Concordia will pressure the cruise industry to address a safety question that has lingered since the Titanic disaster almost 100 years ago - how to get thousands of people off a giant cruise ship into lifeboats quickly.

Violence keeps Syria on edge, Arab mission may extend (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:12 PM PST Reuters - At least six people were killed in Syria on Friday and the bodies of six others were turned over to their families, activists said, two days before the Arab League decides whether to keep monitors there despite their failure to halt bloodshed.

Should the World Ignore the Presidential Campaign Foreign Policy Debates? (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:10 AM PST Time.com - Foreign policy vows made on the presidential campaign trail are almost invariably forgotten by the winning candidate once in office

Report: Undercover police had kids with activists (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:23 PM PST AP - Britain's Guardian newspaper said Friday that two undercover police officers have fathered children with the activists they were spying on.

A year later, Egypt activists seek more revolution (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:18 PM PST AP - A crowd of anti-military activists suddenly converged on a bustling Cairo boulevard, erecting makeshift screens and showing videos of soldiers beating protesters, dragging women on the ground, partially stripping one and stomping on her chest. Their message: The generals ruling Egypt have to go.

Bolivia signs coca control accord with Brazil, US (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:47 PM PST AP - Bolivia has joined Brazil and the United States in signing an accord to cooperate in the control of coca plant cultivation.

Explosions rock Nigeria's Kano, at least six killed (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:07 PM PST Reuters - At least six people were killed in a string of bomb blasts on Friday in Nigeria's second city Kano and the authorities imposed a curfew across the city, which has been plagued by an insurgency led by the Islamist sect Boko Haram.

Amazon setting up first "fulfillment center" in India (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:28 PM PST Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is setting up its first "fulfillment center" in India as the world's largest Internet retailer tries to break into the world's second most-populous nation.

Canada won't confirm expulsion of Russia diplomats (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:36 AM PST Reuters - Ottawa on Friday declined to confirm media reports that it had expelled four Russian embassy staff after authorities in Canada arrested a Canadian navy intelligence officer and charged him with spying.

3 shark attacks in Australia in less than 3 weeks (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:18 AM PST AP - A snorkeling guide was attacked by a 10-foot (3-meter) tiger shark off a remote beach in Australia's third attack this month. That's as many attacks as the country generally sees in an entire year.

Greece, private investors struggle to agree on high-stake debt deal (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The Greek government and its private bondholders are locked in high-stake debt negotiations in Athens. If they fail to reach a deal, it could finally trigger the oft-predicted Greek default and cause huge problems for the eurozone.

When Penicillin Pays: Why China Loves Antibiotics a Little Too Much (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:10 AM PST Time.com - Chinese consume antibiotics at ten times the rate of Americans, raising fears of immunity and questions of medical ethics. Can China kick the habit?

ICC treads carefully ahead of ruling Monday on Kenyan violence suspects (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:39 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - On Monday, Kenyans will know whether six prominent Kenyans will face trial for their alleged role in organizing mass violence after the December 2007 elections. At least 1,200 people died and 600,000 people were displaced from their homes between December 2007 and February 2008, after elections that observers say were flawed and possibly rigged.

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