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• U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes (Reuters)
• Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government (Reuters)
• Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff (Reuters)
• Egyptians cancel meetings with U.S. lawmakers after aid warnings (Reuters)
• Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime? (Time.com)
• Romania's government collapses after protests (AP)
• Palestinians take step toward unity (AP)
• Candidacy tests Mexico's culture of machismo (AP)
• Nigeria names seven behind Eni pipeline blast (Reuters)
• China VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985 (AP)
• Quick end to lockout at Rio's Quebec smelter unlikely (Reuters)
• Correction: Australia helicopter deaths story (AP)
• Senegalese opposition denounce president's bid for third term (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Mainstreaming of Hamas Continues as Palestinian Unity Gains Steam (Time.com)
• South Africa's cautious UN vote for Syrian action (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:01 AM PST Reuters - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs.

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 06:33 AM PST Reuters - The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:19 PM PST Reuters - Gunmen killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb Monday, residents and hospital sources said, underscoring the volatility in the country months after Muammar Gaddafi's overthrow.

Egyptians cancel meetings with U.S. lawmakers after aid warnings (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 03:43 PM PST Reuters - An Egyptian military delegation abruptly cancelled its meetings with U.S. lawmakers to return to Cairo on Monday after warnings from both Congress and the White House that Egypt's crackdown on non-governmental groups could threaten its $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.

Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:30 PM PST Time.com - Even as the Free Syrian Army is establishing an identity in the conflict, another organization announces its presence in the opposition pantheon

Romania's government collapses after protests (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST AP - Romania's government has collapsed following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of raising public anger over biting cuts.

Palestinians take step toward unity (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST AP - After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly warned would close the door to any future peace talks.

Candidacy tests Mexico's culture of machismo (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:21 PM PST AP - Mexico's conservative ruling party is gambling that this country known for machismo is ready for a female president and have chosen a devout Roman Catholic and popular former congresswoman who says she sympathizes with the causes of the poor.

Nigeria names seven behind Eni pipeline blast (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:37 AM PST Reuters - Nigeria's military has named seven people it says were behind an attack on an oil pipeline belonging to Italy's Eni on Saturday, and denied a claim that a former separatist militia in the Niger Delta was responsible.

China VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985 (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:31 PM PST AP - As China's future president makes plans for a trip to the United States next week, he has made sure that there's time between stops in Washington and California to visit Iowa.

Quick end to lockout at Rio's Quebec smelter unlikely (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:51 AM PST Reuters - Rio Tinto's lockout of workers at its Alcan division's big Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec looks set to drag on, and the company said on Monday that no talks were scheduled.

Correction: Australia helicopter deaths story (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2012 11:28 PM PST AP - In a story Feb. 5 about the deaths of two filmmakers in an Australian helicopter crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the crash. Nowra is 97 miles (156 kilometers) south of Sydney, not north.

Senegalese opposition denounce president's bid for third term (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:20 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The eight candidates came in convoys from their respective corners of Dakar to Obelisk Square in the heart of the Senegalese capital, where crowds of color-coordinated supporters awaited them while listening to political hip-hop anthems in Wolof - the local dialect. A single microphone stood on stage and each of them were introduced as "president" before they took it.

The Mainstreaming of Hamas Continues as Palestinian Unity Gains Steam (Time.com) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:30 PM PST Time.com - Hamas vows to give Palestinian moderate leader Mahmoud Abbas the running room to see what talks can produce

South Africa's cautious UN vote for Syrian action (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:51 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Russia and China’s joint veto of a United Nations resolution urging Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down has kicked up a firestorm of criticism from the West and from human rights activists.

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