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• Syrian forces shell Homs ahead of Arab meeting (Reuters)
• It's bailout or chaos, PM Papademos tells Greece (Reuters)
• Libya wants Gaddafi son extradited, Niger balks (Reuters)
• Pressure builds for probe into Maldives' crisis (Reuters)
• British police arrest five at Murdoch's Sun newspaper (Reuters)
• European Budgets Cut Back on Green Solar and Wind Energy (Time.com)
• Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry (AP)
• Iraqi dissidents form new opposition (AP)
• Oil spill fouls river in eastern Venezuela (AP)
• Egypt detains Australian journalist, U.S. student (Reuters)
• Turkish prosecutor removed amid spy agency row (Reuters)
• Air Canada posts bigger than expected loss (Reuters)
• A model to save newspapers: Where paywalls actually work (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Syrian general gunned down in Damascus (The Christian Science Monitor)

Syrian forces shell Homs ahead of Arab meeting (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:36 PM PST Reuters - Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers due to discuss setting up a joint observer mission with the United Nations.

It's bailout or chaos, PM Papademos tells Greece (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:57 PM PST Reuters - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has told lawmakers to back a deeply unpopular international financial rescue in a vote Sunday or condemn the country to "uncontrolled economic chaos and social explosion."

Libya wants Gaddafi son extradited, Niger balks (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 02:41 PM PST Reuters - Libya urged Niger on Saturday to extradite Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, saying his call for Libyans to prepare for a "coming uprising" threatened bilateral ties.

Pressure builds for probe into Maldives' crisis (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:17 AM PST Reuters - New Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Hussain Manik said on Saturday he was open to an inquiry into how he took office after his predecessor said he had been forced out in a coup.

British police arrest five at Murdoch's Sun newspaper (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 02:46 PM PST Reuters - British police threw Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hit News Corporation into fresh turmoil on Saturday by arresting five senior staff at the top-selling daily The Sun in a probe into journalists paying police for tip-offs.

European Budgets Cut Back on Green Solar and Wind Energy (Time.com) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 09:35 PM PST Time.com - In Europe, budget tightening has forced governments to cut back on green-energy projects. Can the solar and wind industries survive without hefty subsidies?

Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 02:45 PM PST AP - Britain's biggest-selling newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five employees at The Sun tabloid were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials.

Iraqi dissidents form new opposition (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:46 PM PST AP - A group of political dissidents created a new Iraqi opposition party Saturday, vowing to act as a check on the government as the prime minister warned that a push for regional autonomy could tear the country apart.

Oil spill fouls river in eastern Venezuela (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:51 PM PST AP - Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline has blackened a river in eastern Venezuela, and the state oil company said workers are containing the spill.

Egypt detains Australian journalist, U.S. student (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:33 PM PST Reuters - Egyptian authorities have detained an Australian journalist and an American student on suspicion they had distributed cash to workers and incited them to take part in a strike demanding an end to army rule, the state news agency said.

Turkish prosecutor removed amid spy agency row (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:09 AM PST Reuters - Turkey's state prosecution service has removed a prosecutor responsible for summoning the head of the spy agency from the case, state media said on Saturday, in an apparent attempt to resolve a row between the government and the judiciary.

Air Canada posts bigger than expected loss (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:22 PM PST Reuters - Struggling with higher fuel and maintenance costs, Air Canada reported a bigger than expected quarterly loss on Thursday, disappointing investors in the wake of strong performances from fellow Canadian and U.S. airlines.

A model to save newspapers: Where paywalls actually work (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:50 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As news organizations worldwide wonder if they can charge for content that readers are accustomed to getting free of charge, two Eastern European countries have pioneered a new model: erecting national paywalls and charging a monthly fee for access to most of their newspapers.

Syrian general gunned down in Damascus (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:43 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus on Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the state-run news agency said.

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