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• Assad forces renew barrage on Syria's Homs (Reuters)
• Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail (Reuters)
• U.S., European security officials discount Iran-Al Qaeda links (Reuters)
• Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests (Reuters)
• Putin praises Cold War moles for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets (Reuters)
• Grasping at Straws: The Syrian Opposition Appeals to Russia (Time.com)
• Polished London Fashion Week sheds its quirky image (Reuters)
• Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria (AP)
• Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 (AP)
• NH jury chosen in Rwanda genocide case (AP)
• Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to fraud (AP)
• Air Canada mechanics, baggage handlers reject labor (Reuters)
• Australian PM calls party vote as challenger rises (AP)
• Islamist attacks draw Nigeria and US military closer (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Syria: War Reporter Marie Colvin and Photographer Remi Ochlik Are Killed (Time.com)
• A defector's tale: How a Syrian soldier turned rebel (The Christian Science Monitor)

Assad forces renew barrage on Syria's Homs (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.

Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:25 PM PST Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.

U.S., European security officials discount Iran-Al Qaeda links (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:55 PM PST Reuters - U.S. and European officials are downplaying allegations that Iran and al Qaeda have recently stepped up cooperation in preparation for possible attacks on U.S. and other Western targets.

Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:40 PM PST Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.

Putin praises Cold War moles for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:55 PM PST Reuters - Vladimir Putin praised Cold War-era scientists on Thursday for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets so that United States would not be the world's sole atomic power, in comments reflecting his vision of Russia as a counterweight to U.S. power.

Grasping at Straws: The Syrian Opposition Appeals to Russia (Time.com) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:15 PM PST Time.com - In the face of continuing bloodshed in their homeland, one anti-Assad group courts the regime's allies in the Syrian business community and Moscow. Is it all in vain?

Polished London Fashion Week sheds its quirky image (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:02 PM PST Reuters - London Fashion Week shook off its traditional image as a mere playground for quirky emerging talent with a display of grown-up elegance for the autumn/winter 2012 season that had leaders of the global fashion pack singing the British capital's praises.

Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:08 PM PST AP - Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist — two of 74 deaths reported Wednesday in Syria.

Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:49 PM PST AP - The first two cars were packed as usual for the morning rush, so tightly that people stood pressed flesh to flesh, sandwiched between bicycles and the few seats, many without so much as a strap to hold onto.

NH jury chosen in Rwanda genocide case (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:53 PM PST AP - The trial of a New Hampshire woman charged with lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide is expected to transport jurors back almost 18 years to a roadblock outside a family owned hotel in Butare where prosecutors say the defendant decided who would live and who would die.

Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to fraud (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 05:08 PM PST AP - Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge at the opening of a landmark trial.

Air Canada mechanics, baggage handlers reject labor (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:59 PM PST Reuters - Air Canada's 8,600 mechanics, baggage handlers and cargo agents have rejected a tentative contract agreement with the country's biggest airline, a union spokesman said on Wednesday, marking another setback for the carrier during a year of rocky labor relations.

Australian PM calls party vote as challenger rises (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:45 PM PST AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her job on the line Thursday, announcing a leadership ballot in hopes of quashing a comeback by the premier she ousted in a Labor Party coup. But Kevin Rudd's supporters said that even if Gillard survives Monday's vote, the turmoil surrounding her unpopular government will continue until she is out.

Islamist attacks draw Nigeria and US military closer (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:44 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - With an Islamist militant group on a killing spree in its northern reaches, Nigeria would appear to be just the kind of country that the US military’s Africom was designed to help out.

Syria: War Reporter Marie Colvin and Photographer Remi Ochlik Are Killed (Time.com) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:15 PM PST Time.com - A celebrated American-born war reporter and a young French photographer were killed on Wednesday morning when Syrian forces bombed a makeshift media center in the besieged city of Homs

A defector's tale: How a Syrian soldier turned rebel (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:04 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Khaled, a young fighter with the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA), keeps a tight grip on his cellphone these days. The serious-looking 20-something with slicked back dark hair and a thin trace of a beard is awaiting a call that will take him from the relative comfort of a safe house in north Lebanon across a border laced with land mines and patrolled by Syrian troops to the dangers and rigors of combat inside Syria.

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