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• U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria (Reuters)
• ICRC says taking journalists' bodies to Damascus (Reuters)
• Iran parliament vote seen bolstering Supreme Leader (Reuters)
• Afghan clerics demand punishment for Koran burners (Reuters)
• U.S. security team attacked in Yemen, bomb injures 22 (Reuters)
• Iran Votes Even as Khamenei and Ahmadinejad Feud (Time.com)
• Ratings agency Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating on scale (AP)
• Ahmadinejad's sister fails to win parliament seat (AP)
• Mexico City to retire last iconic VW 'Bug' taxis (AP)
• Libya's Muslim Brotherhood sets up political party (Reuters)
• US envoy to meet NKorean to finalize food aid (AP)
• U.S. ends search for missing cruise ship passenger (Reuters)
• Australian PM names new FM, axes rival's supporter (AP)
• Once Under Siege, a Chinese Village Takes to the Polls (Time.com)

U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:15 PM PST Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in the battle-scarred city of Homs after rebel fighters had fled.

ICRC says taking journalists' bodies to Damascus (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:10 AM PST Reuters - Syrian authorities on Friday handed over the bodies of two journalists killed on February 22, American Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik, to the ICRC, which is taking them by ambulance from Homs to Damascus, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.

Iran parliament vote seen bolstering Supreme Leader (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:05 PM PST Reuters - Iranians wrapped up a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's power over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Afghan clerics demand punishment for Koran burners (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:41 PM PST Reuters - Senior Afghan clerics said on Friday the burning of Korans at a NATO base last month was an "evil act" that must be punished, a demand that could deepen widespread public anger over the incident.

U.S. security team attacked in Yemen, bomb injures 22 (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:34 PM PST Reuters - A gunman opened fire on a U.S. security team as it trained Yemeni soldiers in the south of the country, the Pentagon and a security official said on Friday, both denying reports from an Islamist group that a CIA officer was killed in the assault.

Iran Votes Even as Khamenei and Ahmadinejad Feud (Time.com) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:05 PM PST Time.com - The results may end up cutting short the President's tenure -- or, if he is lucky, re-energizing his political agenda

Ratings agency Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating on scale (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:13 PM PST AP - Ratings agency Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating on scale.

Ahmadinejad's sister fails to win parliament seat (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:52 PM PST AP - Iranian semiofficial Mehr news agency is reporting that the sister of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has failed to win a parliamentary seat.

Mexico City to retire last iconic VW 'Bug' taxis (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:02 PM PST AP - Mexico's capital is ready to stomp out its iconic Volkwagen "Bug" taxis.

Libya's Muslim Brotherhood sets up political party (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:13 PM PST Reuters - Libya's Muslim Brotherhood teamed up with other Islamists on Friday to establish a new political party that is set to be a leading player in the country's first elections since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising.

US envoy to meet NKorean to finalize food aid (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:33 PM PST AP - The United States and North Korea will meet in Beijng next week to finalize arrangements of the first U.S. government food aid shipment to the impoverished country in three years, the State Department said Friday.

U.S. ends search for missing cruise ship passenger (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:59 AM PST Reuters - The Coast Guard on Friday said it had suspended its search for a 47-year-old Canadian woman who went overboard off the cruise ship Bahamas Celebration on its way from Freeport, Bahamas, to Palm Beach, Florida.

Australian PM names new FM, axes rival's supporter (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:22 AM PST AP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard named a retired politician her foreign minister Friday in place of Kevin Rudd, who tried to oust her during a chaotic, short-lived rebellion in the ruling Labor Party.

Once Under Siege, a Chinese Village Takes to the Polls (Time.com) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:05 PM PST Time.com - This weekend China will see an exercise of democracy in an unlikely place

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