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• Syria violence kills over 40 (Reuters)
• Libyan commander says will retake Bani Walid (Reuters)
• Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts (Reuters)
• Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning (Reuters)
• Poll ruling sparks street clashes in Senegal (Reuters)
• The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention (Time.com)
• Some G20 countries soften stance on Europe: sources (Reuters)
• Islamists, protesters scuffle at at Egypt rally (AP)
• Former close ally of Bolivian president sentenced (AP)
• US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP)
• Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan (AP)
• Saputo warns of cleaning solution in milk (Reuters)
• Australian gov't, activists trade blame for clash (AP)
• Syria's opposition concerned about independent armed rebel groups (The Christian Science Monitor)
• U.S.-Backed Yemen Transition Plan Draws Fire From Democracy Activists (Time.com)
• Anti-nuclear movement growing in Asia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Syria violence kills over 40 (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:28 PM PST Reuters - Security forces killed over 40 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 10-month revolt.

Libyan commander says will retake Bani Walid (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:44 PM PST Reuters - A militia commander whose troops were driven out of the Libyan tribal stronghold of Bani Walid this week said on Friday that his forces were massing to recapture the town but were holding back at the government's request.

Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:52 PM PST Reuters - A Egyptian military team plans to visit the United States next week as Cairo's crackdown on pro-democracy organizations has called into question the future of U.S. aid to Egypt, American officials said on Friday.

Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:28 PM PST Reuters - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan on Saturday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

Poll ruling sparks street clashes in Senegal (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:14 PM PST Reuters - Protesters hurled rocks at police who retaliated with tear gas in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next month.

The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:20 AM PST Time.com - Despite the embargo and their cold war, the two countries appear to be in some synch over fear of potential drilling catastrophes

Some G20 countries soften stance on Europe: sources (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST Reuters - Some of the world's biggest economies want to move quickly on a cash injection for the International Monetary Fund to help rescue the euro zone, but hardliners may still scupper an early deal to boost the fund's war chest, G20 sources said on Friday.

Islamists, protesters scuffle at at Egypt rally (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:48 PM PST AP - Muslim Brotherhood supporters and secular protesters hurled bottles and rocks at each other and got into fistfights in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday as their political differences boiled over at a rally by tens of thousands marking an anniversary in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Former close ally of Bolivian president sentenced (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:34 PM PST AP - A former close ally of Bolivian President Evo Morales was convicted of corruption for taking bribes while running the state-run YPFB oil company and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:30 PM PST AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.

Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:16 PM PST AP - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued.

Saputo warns of cleaning solution in milk (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:55 AM PST 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.

Australian gov't, activists trade blame for clash (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST 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.

Syria's opposition concerned about independent armed rebel groups (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:55 AM PST 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.

U.S.-Backed Yemen Transition Plan Draws Fire From Democracy Activists (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:20 AM PST 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

Anti-nuclear movement growing in Asia (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:33 AM PST 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 Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last March 11.

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