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• Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix (Reuters)
• Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria (Reuters)
• Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized, stable (Reuters)
• Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes (Reuters)
• Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit (Reuters)
• Massacre in Syria: Reports of Hundreds Killed in Homs, While Diplomats Fiddle at the U.N. (Time.com)
• France, German leaders meet amid euro, Syria crises (Reuters)
• Abbas proposed as PM in interim unity government (AP)
• Panama police, indigenous clash over blockade (AP)
• NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row (Reuters)
• Aussie PM says she will lead government to victory (AP)
• Canadian Muslims issue fatwa against "honor killing" (Reuters)
• Deep-sea filmmakers killed in Australia helicopter crash (Reuters)
• Egyptian Protesters Confront Police After Soccer Riots (Time.com)

Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 04:20 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region.

Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 04:46 PM PST Reuters - Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus.

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized, stable (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 04:26 PM PST Reuters - Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital on Sunday after suffering a possible stroke, but a top health official said he was stable.

Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 03:09 PM PST Reuters - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes continued with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles.

Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 02:27 PM PST Reuters - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week.

Massacre in Syria: Reports of Hundreds Killed in Homs, While Diplomats Fiddle at the U.N. (Time.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 06:15 AM PST Time.com - Friday night, Syrian security forces carried out what the opposition Syrian National Council called a "horrific massacre" targeting Homs in one of the worst in the 11-month uprising.

France, German leaders meet amid euro, Syria crises (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 04:43 PM PST Reuters - The French and German leaders meet on Monday in Paris for annual talks in which they will seek further economic coordination in the crisis-hit European Union and discuss the escalating violence in Syria.

Abbas proposed as PM in interim unity government (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 03:27 PM PST AP - Hamas on Sunday endorsed a proposal by Qatar that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assume the role of prime minister in an interim Palestinian unity government that would prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza, according to two officials close to the contacts.

Panama police, indigenous clash over blockade (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 04:35 PM PST AP - Police fired tear gas Sunday to clear blockades of the Pan-American highway by indigenous groups protesting changes to the mining law. One person was killed and 39 injured in the resulting clashes.

NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 01:40 PM PST Reuters - The cases of 40 foreign and Egyptian activists, including 19 Americans subject to travel bans over their work for pro-democracy and other groups, have been referred to court, judicial sources said Sunday, deepening a row with the United States.

Aussie PM says she will lead government to victory (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 04:49 PM PST AP - Embattled Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she will lead her unpopular government to victory at elections next year despite persistent media reports that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is plotting to overthrow her in an internal power struggle.

Canadian Muslims issue fatwa against "honor killing" (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 01:20 PM PST Reuters - A group of Canada's leading Muslim clerics has issued a fatwa against so-called "honor killings," just a week after three members of an Afghan Canadian family were convicted of a gruesome quadruple murder that triggered a national debate about cultural values.

Deep-sea filmmakers killed in Australia helicopter crash (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 03:26 PM PST Reuters - Two award-winning filmmakers working on a documentary with renowned Hollywood director James Cameron were killed in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday, according to National Geographic.

Egyptian Protesters Confront Police After Soccer Riots (Time.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 06:15 AM PST Time.com - Four more die in a day of violent clashes, as anger over alleged police complicity in a stadium tragedy unleashes pent-up frustrations

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