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• Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence rages (Reuters)
• Egyptians vote in Upper House elections on Sunday (Reuters)
• Yemen's Saleh heads for United States (Reuters)
• UK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff, raid offices (Reuters)
• Salvage crews suspend work on capsized cruise ship (Reuters)
• The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention (Time.com)
• Britain says Afghan withdrawal must be carefully phased (Reuters)
• Defense asks ElBaradei to testify in Mubarak trial (AP)
• Suspect shown by Mexico cops says he beat Canadian (AP)
• Freed Egypt activist says will not stay silent (Reuters)
• Glitzy new AU headquarters a symbol of China-Africa ties (Reuters)
• Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash (AP)
• The working class rises up across Latin America (The Christian Science Monitor)
• U.S.-Backed Yemen Transition Plan Draws Fire From Democracy Activists (Time.com)
• Why exotic animal trade grows in Asia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence rages (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST Reuters - The Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of worsening violence, a move Damascus said was an attempt to encourage foreign intervention as it struggles to quell a 10-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Egyptians vote in Upper House elections on Sunday (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:24 PM PST Reuters - Egyptians vote Sunday in the first stage of elections for the upper house of parliament, with Islamists seeking to repeat the success they enjoyed in elections for the lower house.

Yemen's Saleh heads for United States (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:17 PM PST Reuters - President Ali Abdullah Saleh was heading to the United States on Saturday, Yemen's state news agency said, a week after leaving for Oman under a plan for him to step down to end a year of protests against his rule.

UK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff, raid offices (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:07 PM PST Reuters - British police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling Sun tabloid plus a policeman on Saturday as part of an investigation into suspected payments by journalists to officers, police and the newspaper's publisher said.

Salvage crews suspend work on capsized cruise ship (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:19 AM PST Reuters - Salvage crews preparing to pump thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel and oil from the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Italian coast suspended work on Saturday because of bad weather that could last into next week, officials said.

The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention (Time.com) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:30 AM PST Time.com - Despite the embargo and their cold war, the two countries appear to be in some synch over fear of potential drilling catastrophes

Britain says Afghan withdrawal must be carefully phased (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:36 PM PST Reuters - Foreign troops must carefully phase their withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of an end-2014 deadline, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday, after France suggested giving Afghan forces full responsibility for security in 2013.

Defense asks ElBaradei to testify in Mubarak trial (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:24 AM PST AP - A lawyer for Egypt's former interior minister asked the court on Saturday to have Nobel Peace Prize laureate and pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei testify as a witness in his client's defense.

Suspect shown by Mexico cops says he beat Canadian (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:24 PM PST AP - A man charged with brutally beating a Canadian tourist at a luxury beach hotel told reporters Saturday that he tried to hold the woman in an elevator and punched her several times in the face when she cried for help.

Freed Egypt activist says will not stay silent (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:10 PM PST Reuters - An Egyptian activist who became a symbol of resistance to the army's trials of civilians said Saturday he would not be silenced and denounced the army for detaining and mistreating "prisoners of conscience."

Glitzy new AU headquarters a symbol of China-Africa ties (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 02:26 PM PST Reuters - Standing on what was once Ethiopia's oldest maximum security prison, the new African Union headquarters funded by China is a symbol of the Asian giant's push to stay ahead in Africa and gain greater access to the continent's resources.

Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:34 PM PST AP - A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Gillard's own aides.

The working class rises up across Latin America (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:54 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - When parking attendant Hugo Enrique Vera was beaten by a wealthy client in Mexico, allegedly for refusing to show the man where to find the jack in his car, the surveillance camera captured a stereotype dating to colonial times: The wealthy resident asserts authoritarian control over the worker, who takes the beating without question.

U.S.-Backed Yemen Transition Plan Draws Fire From Democracy Activists (Time.com) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:30 AM PST Time.com - The overriding concern with maintaining a regime dedicated to the U.S. campaign against al-Qaeda has seen Washington work to keep much of the old order intact

Why exotic animal trade grows in Asia (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:49 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - On a traffic-snarled Jakarta roadside, a market trader thrusts out a forearm with a terrified looking primate clasping tightly to his skin.

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