Yahoo! News: World News

---

• Exclusive: U.S. and allies exploring prospects for Assad exile (Reuters)
• Precedent warning as Assange extradition case ends (Reuters)
• U.S. tries to ease confusion over Afghan plans (Reuters)
• Italian cruise ship owner expects removal plans by March (Reuters)
• What a Real-Time Copy of the Mona Lisa Reveals About Leonardo (Time.com)
• UK's Clegg fears military conflict with Iran (AP)
• Egyptian protesters blame police for soccer deaths (AP)
• Indians block Panama roads in debate over mining (AP)
• Papua New Guinea ferry sinks with 362 people (AP)
• U.S. seeks to play down Panetta's Afghan comments (Reuters)
• Analysis: Canada plan to sell oil to China faces big hurdles (Reuters)
• Australia's iron lady on road to world-scale wealth - report (Reuters)
• Prince William, oil, honor: Why Argentina is pushing to reclaim Falkland Islands (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Aftermath of Egypt's Soccer Carnage: Where to Pin the Blame? (Time.com)
• Can you hear me now? Nigeria arrests Boko Haram spokesman. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Exclusive: U.S. and allies exploring prospects for Assad exile (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 07:03 AM PST Reuters - The United States, European governments and Arab states have begun discussing the possibility of exile for Bashar al-Assad despite skepticism the defiant Syrian president is ready to consider such an offer, Western officials said on Wednesday.

Precedent warning as Assange extradition case ends (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:12 PM PST Reuters - Britain's Supreme Court risks jeopardizing extraditions to many neighboring countries if it stops WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes, a lawyer for Swedish prosecutors argued Thursday.

U.S. tries to ease confusion over Afghan plans (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:06 PM PST Reuters - U.S. forces will cede the lead role in combat operations in Afghanistan next year, but will keep fighting alongside Afghan troops, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday, as the Obama administration struggled to clear up confusion over its Afghan exit strategy.

Italian cruise ship owner expects removal plans by March (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:24 PM PST Reuters - The owners of the capsized Italian liner Costa Concordia said Thursday they expected to announce plans by the end of March to remove the wreck.

What a Real-Time Copy of the Mona Lisa Reveals About Leonardo (Time.com) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST Time.com - Curators at the Prado in Madrid believe they have found a copy of Da Vinci's masterpiece created even as the master painted his mysterious portrait

UK's Clegg fears military conflict with Iran (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:11 PM PST AP - Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said Thursday he has concerns there could be a military conflict with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.

Egyptian protesters blame police for soccer deaths (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:20 PM PST AP - Security forces clashed Thursday with stone-throwing protesters enraged by the failure of police to prevent a soccer riot that killed 74 people, as sports violence spiraled into a new political crisis for Egypt.

Indians block Panama roads in debate over mining (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:24 PM PST AP - Members of an Indian tribe in Panama are blocking roads in two provinces on the border with Costa Rica in a dispute over mineral exploitation on their lands.

Papua New Guinea ferry sinks with 362 people (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:21 PM PST AP - An air and sea search continued Friday for more than 120 people still missing in the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank with 362 people on board, officials said.

U.S. seeks to play down Panetta's Afghan comments (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:15 PM PST Reuters - The Obama administration on Thursday played down Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's comments that the United States could end its combat role in Afghanistan next year, remarks that surprised allies in Europe and Kabul, as well as U.S. lawmakers.

Analysis: Canada plan to sell oil to China faces big hurdles (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:53 PM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper may still be smarting from Canada's failed bid to ramp up oil exports to the United States, but his plan B could prove to be even tougher.

Australia's iron lady on road to world-scale wealth - report (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:26 PM PST Reuters - Australian Gina Rinehart could soon become the world's wealthiest woman after amassing an $18 billion fortune from mining and media investments, Forbes magazine says in its latest list of the wealthiest people in Australia.

Prince William, oil, honor: Why Argentina is pushing to reclaim Falkland Islands (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:48 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - With the official deployment of Prince William to the Falkland Islands, another chapter in the nearly two-century-old sovereignty conflict between Britain and Argentina is about to be written.

The Aftermath of Egypt's Soccer Carnage: Where to Pin the Blame? (Time.com) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST Time.com - Protests are erupting in Cairo once again and fingers are being pointed at the military, at the remnants of the old regime and, as is becoming increasingly common, at foreigners

Can you hear me now? Nigeria arrests Boko Haram spokesman. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:03 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Nigerian police believe they may have arrested the man who acted as spokesman for the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has launched a killing spree across northern Nigeria, killing nearly 1,000 people in the past two years.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: World News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610