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U.S. aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:56 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. aircraft carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran backed away from an earlier threat to take action if an American carrier returned to the strategic waterway.

Yemen's Saleh leaves for U.S., opponents protest (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:25 PM PST

Reuters - Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh apologized for "any shortcoming" in his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the United States on Sunday, paving the way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest.

Arab League proposes new plan for Syrian transition (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:16 PM PST

Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby attends a meeting with the Arab League's committee on Syria, in Cairo January 22, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Arab League foreign ministers proposed on Sunday that Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad hand over power to a deputy and set up a new unity government, after their earlier peace plan failed to end 10 months of bloodshed.

Islamist insurgents kill over 178 in Nigeria's Kano (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:37 AM PST

Reuters - Gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents in the northern Nigerian city of Kano last week killed at least 178 people, a hospital doctor said on Sunday, underscoring the challenge President Goodluck Jonathan faces to prevent his country sliding further into chaos.

Doomed liner's captain trades blame with shipowners (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:05 PM PST

Reuters - The operators of the Costa Concordia faced questions over their share of the blame for the shipwreck, as divers recovered another body from the stricken liner Sunday, bringing the known death toll to 13.

The Arab League to Syria's President: It's Time for You to Go (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:00 PM PST

Time.com - After a rancorous meeting, the pan-Arab organization demands that Assad agrees to its roadmap, which begins with his relinquishing power to his vice president

EU readies ban on Iran oil imports, central bank sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:34 PM PST

Reuters - European Union governments are expected to agree Monday new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, including plans to phase in an oil embargo.

Yemen's president leaves for US, hands over power (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:39 PM PST

Protestors react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from Sanaa to Oman in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 22, 2012. A spokesman for Yemen's embattled president says Ali Abdullah Saleh has left the country for the Persian Gulf country of Oman. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left his battered nation Sunday on his way to the U.S. for medical treatment after passing power to his deputy and asking for forgiveness for any "shortcomings" during his 33-year rein.

13 killed, 8 at funeral, in violent Mexico state (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:56 PM PST

New Mexico ranchers Stephen Gault, 71, left, and his wife, Meira, 62, are shown during a community meeting with the US Border Patrol Friday Jan. 20, 2012, in Animas, N.M. The US Border Patrol announced Friday a plan for the new outpost for New Mexico's Bootheel 20 miles from the Mexico border but the Gaults wanted it closer in towards the border. The rugged terrain, where Geronimo once made his last stand, is now home to what federal officials say is one of the busiest border regions for illegal immigration and drug trafficking.(AP Photo/Russell Clontreras)AP - Police say eight men were killed in an attack on a funeral in a rural area of Guerrero, part of a death toll of 13 over the weekend in the southern state plagued by drug violence.

Egypt's Islamist-led parliament to hold first session (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:21 PM PST

Reuters - Egypt's parliament sits for the first time Monday since Hosni Mubarak was deposed after a historic election that put Islamists, repressed under the former president, in the driving seat.

AP Exclusive: US talks to Afghan insurgent group (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:48 PM PST

In this Feb. 13, 1996 file photo shows Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan rebel leader and chief of the insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, speaking at a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of a major Afghan insurgent movement led by a former prime minister that Washington had branded as a terrorist. The meetings with the group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar show not only the degree of U.S. interest in pursuing a settlement but also the complexity of putting together an agreement acceptable to all sides in factious Afghanistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)AP - Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of an insurgent movement led by a former Afghan prime minister who has been branded a terrorist by Washington, a relative of the rebel leader says.

Analysis: Canada's star fades as economy faces tough 2012 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:57 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's moment in the sun as the fastest-growing economy in the G7 club of rich countries is set to end this year, when it will likely underperform the United States for the first time in seven years and struggle with a mounting household debt problem.

Nigeria's Latest Bloodbath: The Challenge of Boko Haram (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:00 PM PST

Time.com - A series of attacks in the predominately Muslim north escalate the sense of sectarian crisis in Africa's most populous country

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