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Italy cruise disaster captain denies delaying alarm (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:12 AM PST

Reuters - The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which struck a rock and capsized off Italy, told magistrates he informed the ship's owners of the accident immediately, denying he delayed raising the alarm, judicial sources said Saturday.

Syrian blasts kill 14, Arab monitors may stay (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:11 PM PST

Syrian soldiers who defected to join the Free Syrian Army pose in the northern province of Idlib, January 19, 2012. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Bombs killed at least 14 prisoners in a Syrian security vehicle on Saturday, and fierce battles erupted between rebels and state forces as the Arab League considered whether to keep monitors in place.

Over 100,000 rally in Hungary to back government in EU row (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:52 PM PST

Reuters - More than 100,000 people rallied Saturday in a show of support for the embattled Hungarian government, as it prepares to compromise in a bitter row with the European Union to secure a vital loan.

After threats, Iran plays down U.S. naval moves (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:37 AM PST

Reuters - Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Saturday it considered the likely return of U.S. warships to the Gulf part of routine activity, backing away from previous warnings to Washington not to re-enter the area.

Nigerian sect kills over 100 in deadliest strike yet (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:25 AM PST

Reuters - More than 100 people were killed in bomb attacks and gunbattles in the Nigerian city Kano late on Friday, a local government security source said, in the deadliest strike claimed by Islamist sect Boko Haram to date.

Costa Concordia: As Hope Fades for More Survivors, Finger-Pointing Begins (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:45 AM PST

Time.com - With the death toll now at 12 and rescue operators increasingly worried about the threat of an oil spill, the Costa Concordia's survivors -- and their lawyers -- turn to the culpability of the ship's captain and owners

Ship search finds 12th body, captain's documents (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:59 PM PST

An Italian fireman descends from an helicopter to the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. The cruise captain who grounded the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast with 4,200 people on board did not relay correct information either to the company or crew after the ship hit rocks, the cruise ship owner's CEO said as the search resumed for 21 missing passengers. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Divers plumbing the capsized Costa Concordia's murky depths pulled out the body of a woman in a life vest Saturday, while scuba-diving police swam through the captain's cabin to retrieve a safe and documents belonging to the man who abandoned the cruise liner after it was gashed by a rocky reef on the Tuscan coast.

Ambush of police truck in Syria kills 14 (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:23 PM PST

Anti-Syrian regime protesters gather at a square as they hold an Arabic banner, center, reading, 'hey, the miserable, the tyrant, what else,' during a demonstration at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. President Bashar Assad's forces attacked Zabadani, some 17 miles (27 kilometers) west of the capital, for six days, sparking fierce fighting that involved heavy bombardments and clashes with army defectors. On Wednesday, government tanks and armored vehicles pulled back, leaving the opposition in control of the town. Buoyed by the opposition's control of a town near the Syrian capital, thousands of people held anti-government protests Friday, chanting for the downfall of the regime. At least eight people were killed by security forces across the country, activists said. (AP Photo)AP - A string of explosions struck a police truck transporting prisoners in a tense area of northwestern Syria on Saturday, killing at least 14 people, state media and an opposition group said. Government troops also battled defectors in the north in fighting that left 10 people dead.

Teen ends globe-circling voyage in St. Maarten (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:51 PM PST

Dutch sailor Laura Dekker throws a rope as she docks her boat in Simpson Bay Marina in St. Maarten, Saturday Jan. 21, 2012. Dekker ended a yearlong voyage aboard her sailboat named 'Guppy' that made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe, although Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council did not verify the voyage, saying they no longer recognize records for youngest sailors to discourage dangerous attempts. (AP Photo/Stephan Kogelman)AP - Laura Dekker set a steady foot aboard a dock in St. Maarten on Saturday, ending a yearlong voyage aboard a sailboat named "Guppy" that apparently made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe, though her trip was interrupted at several points.

Police: Gunmen kidnap American in north Somalia (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:27 PM PST

In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team (AU-UN IST), Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) fire a mortar toward enemy positions following an advance with the Somali National Army (SNA) in Mogadishu, Somalia. Heavy fighting broke out in Somalia's capital with African Union peacekeepers encountering resistance as they pushed to Mogadishu's outskirts for the first time, the latest move in an offensive against al-Shabab Islamist insurgents. (AP Photo/African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, Stuart Price) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - Gunmen kidnapped an American man in the northern Somali town of Galkayo on Saturday, officials said, the same day an airstrike killed a senior insurgent leader with ties to al-Qaida in another part of the country.

Karzai says he's met with Afghan insurgent faction (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, delivers a speech at the opening of the second year of the Afghanistan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Karzai announced to parliament on Saturday that he has taken the lead in peace negotiations with the Hizb-i-Islami insurgent faction, meeting personally with radical Islamist militia representatives to push ahead with the peace process.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he personally held peace talks recently with the insurgent faction Hizb-i-Islami, appearing to assert his own role in a U.S.-led bid for negotiations to end the country's decade-long war.

Key lawmaker withdraws support for Aussie gov't (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:11 PM PST

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tenuous grip on power weakened on Saturday when a key independent lawmaker withdrew his support for her minority government.

'A Separation' probes Iranians' conflicted love for their country, says director (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 12:33 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The escalation of global sanctions against Iran has deepened not only the country’s isolation from the rest of the world but also fissures within.

Should the World Ignore the Presidential Campaign Foreign Policy Debates? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:45 AM PST

Time.com - Foreign policy vows made on the presidential campaign trail are almost invariably forgotten by the winning candidate once in office

In Jerusalem, national parks seen by Palestinians as a land grab (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:41 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - An Israeli government plan to create a greenbelt around Jerusalem, preserving the ancient city's natural beauty and archaeological wealth, is fueling opposition among Palestinians and their supporters as the project moves into a critical stage.

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