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• Syrian rebels flee shattered stronghold (Reuters)
• Greek man shoots two, takes hostages over layoff (Reuters)
• American activists fly out of Egypt, defusing row (Reuters)
• Two U.S. soldiers killed at base in Afghanistan (Reuters)
• French journalists evacuated from Syria to Lebanon (Reuters)
• Rescue Squad: How Syrian Activists Saved Journalists Trapped in Homs (Time.com)
• EU argues over balance between austerity, growth (Reuters)
• Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave after siege (AP)
• Lawyer releases letter Cuban agent sent to brother (AP)
• Hague court wants Sudan defense minister arrested (Reuters)
• Q&A: Surprise and skepticism over US-NKorea deal (AP)
• Canadian banks beat estimates on strong loans (Reuters)
• South African ruling party expels Malema, but what's next? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• In Cash-Strapped Italy, Vatican Pushed to Pay More Taxes (Time.com)
• North Korea nuclear deal raises concerns for Seoul (The Christian Science Monitor)

Syrian rebels flee shattered stronghold (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:55 PM PST Reuters - Defeated Syrian rebels abandoned their shattered stronghold in Homs, giving way to a 26-day army assault on a city that had become a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Greek man shoots two, takes hostages over layoff (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:16 PM PST Reuters - An unemployed man shot and wounded his former boss and one other worker and took another two hostage at a small factory in Greece in protest at losing his job, police said on Thursday.

American activists fly out of Egypt, defusing row (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PST Reuters - U.S. pro-democracy activists flew out of Egypt on Thursday after the authorities lifted a travel ban, a move that is likely to defuse the worst row between Washington and Cairo in decades.

Two U.S. soldiers killed at base in Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:21 PM PST Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were shot and killed on Thursday in an attack involving at least one Afghan believed to be a soldier and a civilian, Western and Afghan officials said, the second such incident in a week and one likely to deepen doubts about Afghanistan's security forces.

French journalists evacuated from Syria to Lebanon (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:12 PM PST Reuters - Two French journalists who were trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs were on Thursday evacuated to Lebanon, where the French government was preparing to fly them home.

Rescue Squad: How Syrian Activists Saved Journalists Trapped in Homs (Time.com) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:10 PM PST Time.com - At huge risk and loss of life, Syrian volunteers working with the New York-based organization Avaaz bring several journalists to safety in Lebanon.

EU argues over balance between austerity, growth (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:40 PM PST Reuters - European Union leaders argued on Thursday over the right balance between budget austerity and reviving lost growth at the first summit for two years in which the euro zone debt crisis did not eclipse all else.

Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave after siege (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:31 PM PST AP - After a punishing, monthlong military siege, Syrian rebels made what they called a "tactical retreat" Thursday from a key district in Homs, saying they were running low on weapons and the humanitarian conditions were unbearable.

Lawyer releases letter Cuban agent sent to brother (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:47 PM PST AP - A Cuban agent on probation in the U.S. after serving a 13-year prison term has told his gravely ill brother in a letter that he hopes they can see each other again, according to a letter the man's lawyer released Thursday.

Hague court wants Sudan defense minister arrested (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:52 PM PST Reuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein as part of investigations into atrocities in Darfur.

Q&A: Surprise and skepticism over US-NKorea deal (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:42 PM PST AP - Surprise and skepticism met the announcement that North Korea would freeze most nuclear activities in exchange for food aid from the United States.

Canadian banks beat estimates on strong loans (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:34 PM PST Reuters - Strong mortgage lending helped drive quarterly profits above expectations at three of Canada's big banks, allowing the country's two biggest lenders to raise dividends and showing that Canadian consumers are still borrowing in droves.

South African ruling party expels Malema, but what's next? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:16 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, has sent its outspoken youth leader packing.

In Cash-Strapped Italy, Vatican Pushed to Pay More Taxes (Time.com) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:10 PM PST Time.com - With Italy feeling the pinch, Prime Minister Mario Monti takes on the Catholic Church in an effort to make it pay more property taxes

North Korea nuclear deal raises concerns for Seoul (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:05 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As South Korea measures its response to the US-North Korea nuclear agreement, its conservative leaders face the challenge of revising their tough policy toward the North in the run-up to crucial elections this year.

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