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• Russia's Lavrov seeks peace in Syria as forces bombard Homs (Reuters)
• Iran shrugs off latest U.S. sanctions, trade suffers (Reuters)
• Cubans say U.S. embargo a failure at 50 (Reuters)
• Argentina condemns British "militarization" in Falklands (Reuters)
• Hezbollah says gets support, not orders, from Iran (Reuters)
• Rio's Olympic Preview: Erupting Manhole Covers (Time.com)
• BP hikes dividend after strong fourth quarter (AP)
• Egypt's ruling generals play risky game with US (AP)
• Protesters ask Haiti leader to show travel docs (AP)
• Probe sought after 2 barred from returning to US (AP)
• Maldives leader quits after protests; VP sworn in (AP)
• Crash kills 11, mostly migrant farm workers (Reuters)
• Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop (Reuters)
• The Merkel-Sarkozy 'odd couple' becomes a campaign duo (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama Seeks to Cool War Fever While Keeping Up Pressure on Iran (Time.com)
• Tour de France champ Alberto Contador vows to challenge doping verdict (+video) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Russia's Lavrov seeks peace in Syria as forces bombard Homs (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:12 PM PST Reuters - Russia won a promise from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activists and rebels said his forces killed over 100 in the city of Homs.

Iran shrugs off latest U.S. sanctions, trade suffers (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:12 PM PST Reuters - Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions on the staples of everyday life.

Cubans say U.S. embargo a failure at 50 (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST Reuters - The 50th anniversary of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba on Tuesday was met with little fanfare on the island, where Cubans said it was a failed policy that had succeeded only in making their lives more difficult.

Argentina condemns British "militarization" in Falklands (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:20 PM PST Reuters - Argentina's president on Tuesday accused Britain of "militarizing the South Atlantic" and vowed to complain to the United Nations as tension rises ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war.

Hezbollah says gets support, not orders, from Iran (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:02 PM PST Reuters - Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged Tuesday for the first time that his militant movement received financial and material support from Iran, but denied it took instructions from the Islamic Republic.

Rio's Olympic Preview: Erupting Manhole Covers (Time.com) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST Time.com - Will the Brazilian megacity's crumbling infrastructure spoil the World Cup and the Olympics?

BP hikes dividend after strong fourth quarter (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:17 PM PST AP - BP PLC has raised its quarterly dividend by 14 percent after posting double-digit gains in profit and revenue in the last three months of 2011 despite further big payments to compensate for the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Egypt's ruling generals play risky game with US (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:15 PM PST AP - Egypt's ruling generals are playing a risky game of brinksmanship by cracking down on American nonprofit groups that promote democracy, threatening a relationship with Washington that has brought the military billions of dollars in aid over the past three decades.

Protesters ask Haiti leader to show travel docs (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:22 PM PST AP - A small band of protesters called Tuesday for Haitian President Michel Martelly to prove he's eligible for office as they destroyed posters that bore images of the leader.

Probe sought after 2 barred from returning to US (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:34 PM PST AP - A Muslim civil rights group wants the Justice Department to investigate the tactics of FBI agents in Portland, Ore., after two Libyan-Americans from the area were recently barred from returning to the United States.

Maldives leader quits after protests; VP sworn in (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST AP - The first democratically elected president of the Maldives resigned Tuesday and was replaced by his vice president after the police and army clashed in the streets of the island nation amid protests over the arrest of a top judge.

Crash kills 11, mostly migrant farm workers (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:17 AM PST Reuters - A crash between a flatbed truck and a van carrying migrant farm workers on a rural crossroads in southwestern Ontario killed 11 people, media reported on Tuesday, in one of the most deadly vehicle accidents in Canadian history.

Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:03 PM PST Reuters - Australia's projections for a bumper cotton crop remain on track despite a week-long deluge in major growing regions that forced thousands of residents from their homes and left rivers dangerously swollen.

The Merkel-Sarkozy 'odd couple' becomes a campaign duo (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:20 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A German chancellor stumping for a standing French president is not something the French have seen before.

Obama Seeks to Cool War Fever While Keeping Up Pressure on Iran (Time.com) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST Time.com - Nobody likely envies the challenge President Barack Obama faces getting his "messaging" right on Iran

Tour de France champ Alberto Contador vows to challenge doping verdict (+video) (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador signaled today his intention to appeal the doping conviction handed down yesterday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after a grueling 18-month legal battle.

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