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• Rifts on show a year after Egypt's uprising (Reuters)
• U.S. commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raid (Reuters)
• New U.N. showdown with Russia over Syria looms (Reuters)
• Libyan government concedes to restive town's demands (Reuters)
• Papua New Guinea defense chief seized in power: ABC (Reuters)
• Pride, Frustration and Determination as Egyptians Celebrate Their Revolution (Time.com)
• Vatican official warns pope of corruption (AP)
• Islamists, liberals square off in Egypt's Tahrir (AP)
• Argentina president back at job after cancer scare (AP)
• A daring raid, and US, Danish hostages on way home (AP)
• U.S. lawmaker may pursue limited China bill (Reuters)
• Canadian pipeline needs aboriginal consent: chief (Reuters)
• APNewsBreak: Fifth arrest made in Megaupload case (AP)
• Rand Paul's TSA moment: airport patdowns around the world (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Winter of Morocco's Discontent: Will the Arab Spring Arrive? (Time.com)
• Putin harnesses Russian nationalism to boost presidential bid (The Christian Science Monitor)

Rifts on show a year after Egypt's uprising (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:18 AM PST Reuters - Tens of thousands massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other Egyptian cities on Wednesday, a year after an uprising erupted that toppled Hosni Mubarak, spurred on revolts across the region and exposed rifts in the Arab world's most populous state.

U.S. commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raid (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:47 PM PST Reuters - U.S. special operations forces swooped into Somalia on Wednesday and rescued two hostage aid workers after killing their nine kidnappers, a rare and daring raid in the Horn of Africa nation to free foreign captives.

New U.N. showdown with Russia over Syria looms (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST Reuters - Britain and France joined forces with Arab allies on Wednesday to push the U.N. Security Council to back an Arab League call for Syrian President , Bashar al-Assad to step aside, setting the stage for a showdown with Syria's ally Russia.

Libyan government concedes to restive town's demands (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST Reuters - Libya recognized a tribal-based local government in the former Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid on Wednesday, illustrating the power of tribal leaders over the fragile interim government.

Papua New Guinea defense chief seized in power: ABC (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:42 PM PST Reuters - A group of Papua New Guinea soldiers mutinied on Thursday, seizing and replacing their chief commander in what could be a ploy to help former prime minister Sir Michael Somare return to power, the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) reported.

Pride, Frustration and Determination as Egyptians Celebrate Their Revolution (Time.com) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:15 AM PST Time.com - Tahrir Square, a year after the rebellion began, is now divided between competing strategies on how to get the generals out of power

Vatican official warns pope of corruption (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:16 PM PST AP - An Italian news program has obtained letters from a top Vatican official to the pope in which he begs not to be transferred after exposing corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts that cost the Holy See millions of euros (dollars).

Islamists, liberals square off in Egypt's Tahrir (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST AP - Hundreds of thousands thronged major squares across Egypt on Wednesday, marking the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak with rallies that laid bare the divisions that have replaced the unity of last year's revolt.

Argentina president back at job after cancer scare (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST AP - Argentina's president is back on the job after taking medical leave for surgery on her thyroid to deal with what turned out to be a false cancer scare.

A daring raid, and US, Danish hostages on way home (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:32 PM PST AP - Held captive since last fall, an ailing American woman and a Danish man will soon be safely on their way home after a bold, dark-of-night rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs. The commandos slipped into a Somali encampment, shot and killed nine captors and whisked the hostages to freedom.

U.S. lawmaker may pursue limited China bill (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:48 PM PST Reuters - An influential Republican lawmaker said on Wednesday he may pursue "narrowly targeted" legislation to ensure the Commerce Department can impose countervailing duties on subsidized imports from China and other "non-market economies."

Canadian pipeline needs aboriginal consent: chief (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:29 PM PST Reuters - Enbridge Inc's controversial plan to build a pipeline to the Pacific Coast from oil-rich Alberta requires the consent of aboriginal bands, some of whom staunchly oppose the project, Canada's top native leader said on Wednesday.

APNewsBreak: Fifth arrest made in Megaupload case (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2012 05:34 PM PST AP - A U.S. official confirmed that a fifth person has been arrested in the Megaupload file-sharing case.

Rand Paul's TSA moment: airport patdowns around the world (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:28 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - When US Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky set off the scanner at Nashville airport and refused to submit to a more intimate pat-down by Transportation Safety Administration officers, he set off a minor debate about the efficacy of security at US airports.

The Winter of Morocco's Discontent: Will the Arab Spring Arrive? (Time.com) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:15 AM PST Time.com - King Mohammed VI acted with both a tough hand and with reforms when protests started last year. But the monarch is still ruler-for-life. And folks aren't happy about that kind of democracy

Putin harnesses Russian nationalism to boost presidential bid (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:59 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Off and running in the presidential election that is now just over a month away, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has penned a lengthy article on nationalism, potentially Russia's most explosive issue.

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