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• Two more bodies found on ship, three people rescued (Reuters)
• Joint U.S.-Israel military exercise postponed (Reuters)
• Stop the killing, U.N. chief tells Syria's Assad (Reuters)
• Pakistan Taliban leader believed dead: intelligence officials (Reuters)
• Slow start for Libya drive to disband militias (Reuters)
• Gilani vs. the Military: Is a Coup d'etat in the Works in Pakistan? (Time.com)
• Captain's conduct blasted as divers find more dead (AP)
• Egypt's transition to democracy grows more messy (AP)
• Venezuela: Consulate officials in US threatened (AP)
• Liberian opposition leader flees angry party backers (Reuters)
• Pakistani government faces critical day in court (AP)
• Germany's Youngest College Lecturer Is Just 16 Years Old (Time.com)

Two more bodies found on ship, three people rescued (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:50 PM PST Reuters - Three survivors and two more dead bodies were pulled from the partially submerged wreck of a cruiseliner off the Italian coast, while a search continued though thousands of cabins for 15 people still missing.

Joint U.S.-Israel military exercise postponed (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:33 PM PST Reuters - The United States and Israel have postponed an upcoming joint military exercise until later in the year, but sources in both countries denied on Sunday that the move was taken to avoid further escalating tensions with Iran.

Stop the killing, U.N. chief tells Syria's Assad (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:44 AM PST Reuters - The U.N. chief told Bashar al-Assad on Sunday to "stop killing your people" and the Syrian leader offered an amnesty for "crimes" committed during a 10-month-old revolt against him.

Pakistan Taliban leader believed dead: intelligence officials (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:41 PM PST Reuters - The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, is believed to have been killed by a U.S. drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence officials told Reuters on Sunday.

Slow start for Libya drive to disband militias (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 03:28 PM PST Reuters - Twenty-four hours after Libya's police force opened its doors for the thousands of militia members to join its ranks, only 100 had signed up, signaling the long road the government faces to bring the unruly militias to heel.

Gilani vs. the Military: Is a Coup d'etat in the Works in Pakistan? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:55 PM PST Time.com - The civilian prime minister is feuding with the all-powerful generals with the supreme court and opposition politicians itching to join the melee

Captain's conduct blasted as divers find more dead (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 05:06 PM PST AP - Maritime authorities, passengers and mounting evidence pointed Sunday toward the captain of a cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast, amid accusations that he abandoned ship before everyone was safely evacuated and was showing off when he steered the vessel far too close to shore.

Egypt's transition to democracy grows more messy (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 01:12 PM PST AP - Reform leader Mohammed ElBaradei's surprise pullout from the presidential race has laid bare the messiness of Egypt's transition to democracy with less than six months left for the ruling generals to hand over power.

Venezuela: Consulate officials in US threatened (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:20 AM PST AP - Venezuelan exiles with links to terrorism have threatened officials at the South American country's consulate in Miami, the foreign minister said Sunday.

Liberian opposition leader flees angry party backers (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:34 PM PST Reuters - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's main rival fled his party headquarters in the capital Monrovia Sunday when it was besieged by dozens of supporters angry at his decision to recognize her government after a disputed November election.

Pakistani government faces critical day in court (AP) Posted: 15 Jan 2012 02:54 PM PST AP - A political crisis gripping Pakistan could take a decisive turn Monday when its embattled government appears before the Supreme Court, which is ordering it to reopen a stalled graft probe against the president or face dismissal.

Germany's Youngest College Lecturer Is Just 16 Years Old (Time.com) Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:55 PM PST Time.com - By all accounts, Carina Lämmle is the youngest college lecturer in Germany. She also happens to teach a discipline so advanced, few have ever heard of it

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