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• Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks (Reuters)
• Iran embargo gathers support in Asia, Europe (Reuters)
• Some Arab monitors quit Syria over persisting violence (Reuters)
• Haiti marks two years after catastrophic quake (Reuters)
• Japan vows "concrete" steps to cut Iran oil reliance (Reuters)
• The Crisis in Syria: No Immunity for Bystanders (Time.com)
• Balotelli pops into school to use toilet (Reuters)
• No new offers from Israel, Abbas says (AP)
• Haiti quiet as quake marked with national holiday (AP)
• Union threatens oil production shutdown in Nigeria (AP)
• Japan's PM reshuffles Cabinet to win tax support (AP)
• Canada says marriages of foreign gays invalid (Reuters)
• Australia fumes over kangaroo cigarette packs (Reuters)
• In Haiti, cautious hope around effort to find families new homes (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Look Back in Terror: Why a Syrian Novelist Fled Her Country (Time.com)
• Ethiopia's 'grand dam' rouses citizens, dismays critics (The Christian Science Monitor)

Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:43 PM PST Reuters - A video showing what appears to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighters prompted anger in Afghanistan and promises of a U.S. investigation on Thursday but the insurgent group said it would not harm nascent efforts to broker peace talks.

Iran embargo gathers support in Asia, Europe (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST Reuters - U.S. allies in Asia and Europe voiced support on Thursday for Washington's drive to cut Iran's oil exports, although fear of self-inflicted pain is curbing enthusiasm for an embargo that a defiant Iran says will not halt its nuclear program.

Some Arab monitors quit Syria over persisting violence (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:24 AM PST Reuters - Several Arab League monitors have left Syria or may do so soon because the mission has failed to halt President Bashar al-Assad's violent crackdown on a popular revolt against his rule, an Algerian former monitor said on Thursday.

Haiti marks two years after catastrophic quake (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST Reuters - Haitians marked the second anniversary on Thursday of a devastating earthquake that ravaged their impoverished Caribbean country as their president held out new promises to rebuild the shattered land.

Japan vows "concrete" steps to cut Iran oil reliance (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:10 PM PST Reuters - Japan pledged on Thursday to take concrete action to cut Iranian oil imports in response to an appeal for support from visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, as Washington steps up efforts to sanction Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.

The Crisis in Syria: No Immunity for Bystanders (Time.com) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST Time.com - Journalists and official peace monitors are swept up in the violence plaguing the country

Balotelli pops into school to use toilet (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST Reuters - Italy striker Mario Balotelli added to his long list of madcap antics on Thursday when he parked his Bentley outside a Manchester school and wandered in to find a toilet.

No new offers from Israel, Abbas says (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:09 PM PST AP - Israel has made no new proposals in meetings with Palestinians about the possibility of resuming formal peace talks, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday.

Haiti quiet as quake marked with national holiday (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:00 PM PST AP - Haitians gathered in makeshift churches and even a United Nations supply base Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake, holding ceremonies that mixed remembrance with hope for a new beginning.

Union threatens oil production shutdown in Nigeria (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:46 PM PST AP - A major union threatened Thursday to stop the beating heart of Nigeria's economy — crude oil production — as part of a nationwide strike and protests gripping Africa's most populous nation.

Japan's PM reshuffles Cabinet to win tax support (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:33 PM PST AP - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is reshuffling his Cabinet in a bid to win more cooperation from the opposition in raising the sales tax.

Canada says marriages of foreign gays invalid (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:50 PM PST Reuters - The government is abruptly arguing that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners who wed in Canada are not valid, a move that stunned the gay community and could affect thousands of couples.

Australia fumes over kangaroo cigarette packs (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:13 PM PST Reuters - Australia's government has lambasted British and American Tobacco for using the image of a kangaroo on packets of cigarettes sold in Europe, ramping up hostilities with Big Tobacco ahead of a legal battle over plain-packaging laws.

In Haiti, cautious hope around effort to find families new homes (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:17 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - For nearly two years, some 2,000 families lived crammed together in a makeshift camp called Maïs Gaté on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Set up spontaneously in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, it was an unforgiving stretch of land, barren, rendering the insides of tents unbearable through much of the year.

Look Back in Terror: Why a Syrian Novelist Fled Her Country (Time.com) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST Time.com - Despite belonging to the ruling Alawite sect, Samar Yazbek believed her support for the revolt jeopardized her family and fled to the safety of Paris

Ethiopia's 'grand dam' rouses citizens, dismays critics (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In the western fringe of Ethiopia on the banks of the Blue Nile river, the nation's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi thundered that the country would overcome all obstacles to complete Africa's largest hydropower plant.

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