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• U.S. outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving (Reuters)
• U.S. to Iraq: don't "blow this opportunity" (Reuters)
• Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked (Reuters)
• Ill-fated Italian ship inspired by EU (Reuters)
• An Introduction to Messi: An Outsider's Take (Time.com)
• Starbucks profit beats, Europe weakness hurts (Reuters)
• Ex-dictator appears in court, doesn't testify (AP)
• Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda: U.N. (Reuters)
• Samsung 4Q profit rises 17 pct on phones, panels (AP)
• Canada plays down embarrassing oil sands document (Reuters)
• Australian PM stumbles before rowdy protest crowd (AP)
• Kidnapped US aid contractor reportedly held by militants in Pakistan (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Experts Weigh In: Messi May Be the Best of All Time -- Except for One Thing (Time.com)
• Hostage rescue: Will US intervene more in Somalia? (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S. outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:29 PM PST Reuters - Six Americans working for publicly funded U.S. organizations promoting democracy in Egypt have been barred from leaving the country, provoking angry demands in Washington that Cairo's new military rulers stop "endangering American lives".

U.S. to Iraq: don't "blow this opportunity" (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:47 AM PST Reuters - The United States has warned Iraq not to "blow this opportunity" to become a prosperous, unified nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, saying it must start to act like a democracy and embrace compromise.

Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 11:55 AM PST Reuters - The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts.

Ill-fated Italian ship inspired by EU (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:22 PM PST Reuters - Given the fading fortunes of the European Union, a good deal of symbolism can probably be read into the fact that it helped inspire the design of the Italian ocean liner that hit a rock and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio two weeks ago.

An Introduction to Messi: An Outsider's Take (Time.com) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:50 PM PST Time.com - The man everyone wants to know is someone who doesn't want to give out -- or doesn't have -- any real personal information. Is he just a sports machine?

Starbucks profit beats, Europe weakness hurts (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:47 PM PST Reuters - Starbucks Corp reported a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street's view, but its shares fell as investors in the world's biggest coffee chain focused on softness in Europe rather than strength in the United States.

Ex-dictator appears in court, doesn't testify (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:57 PM PST AP - Former Guatemalan leader Efrain Rios Montt has appeared in court but is refusing to testify in a genocide case involving crimes against indigenous communities during his dictatorship in the 1980s.

Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda: U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:16 PM PST Reuters - The Libyan civil war may have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday.

Samsung 4Q profit rises 17 pct on phones, panels (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:57 PM PST AP - Samsung Electronics Co. says its fourth-quarter earnings rose 17 percent from a year earlier on strong growth in sales for smartphones and flat panels.

Canada plays down embarrassing oil sands document (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:56 AM PST Reuters - Canada disassociated itself on Thursday from an embarrassing official policy paper that said the country's independent energy regulator, now studying a controversial oil pipeline, is in fact a government ally.

Australian PM stumbles before rowdy protest crowd (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:49 AM PST AP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard stumbled and was caught by a security guard as riot police helped her force a path through a crowd of rowdy protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia's national day Thursday.

Kidnapped US aid contractor reportedly held by militants in Pakistan (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:48 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A kidnapped American aid contractor is alive and in good health, being held by a Pakistani Al Qaeda affiliate that's likely to use him as a bargaining chip, according to militants, security officials, and analysts.

The Experts Weigh In: Messi May Be the Best of All Time -- Except for One Thing (Time.com) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:50 PM PST Time.com - TIME talks to a host of pundits about the wondrous abilities of the 24-year-old Argentine

Hostage rescue: Will US intervene more in Somalia? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:04 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Now that the US Navy Seals have successfully rescued two hostages â€" an American and a Dane â€" from Somali criminal gangs, will the US military begin to increase its presence in the ongoing Somali civil war?

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