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• U.S. democracy activists to go on trial in Egypt (Reuters)
• American officers killed in Afghan Interior Ministry (Reuters)
• Senegalese to vote in test of nation's stability (Reuters)
• Two killed in blaze at Brazil Antarctica base (Reuters)
• Cairo's NGO Trials: Will Egypt Throw American Democracy Advocates into Jail? (Time.com)
• Berlusconi cleared by statute of limitations (AP)
• Egypt presses ahead with NGO trial of Americans (AP)
• Chavez's beneficiaries gird for lost aid (AP)
• Mandela, 93, hospitalized with stomach ailment (AP)
• 2 US troops shot in Kabul; NATO pulls workers (AP)
• Aussie rivals: Voters like Rudd, insiders Gillard (AP)
• Syrians in Homs feel abandoned by world (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Emergency Session on Syria: That's What Friends Are For? (Time.com)
• President Hadi takes power as Yemen's first new leader in three decades (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S. democracy activists to go on trial in Egypt (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 03:15 PM PST Reuters - Dozens of democracy activists including 16 Americans go on trial in Egypt Sunday in a politically charged case which has set off a crisis in relations between Cairo and Washington and threatened $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.

American officers killed in Afghan Interior Ministry (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 01:52 PM PST Reuters - Two American officers were shot dead at close range in Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, a U.S. official said, as rage gripped the country for a fifth day over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base.

Senegalese to vote in test of nation's stability (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 03:57 PM PST Reuters - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade faces re-election on Sunday, having defied opposition efforts to block him from standing and warnings that his candidacy risked destabilizing the usually tranquil West African state.

Two killed in blaze at Brazil Antarctica base (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST Reuters - A fire broke out at Brazil's research station in Antarctica on Saturday, killing two navy personnel and forcing the evacuation by helicopter of about 40 other people, the government said.

Cairo's NGO Trials: Will Egypt Throw American Democracy Advocates into Jail? (Time.com) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 10:10 PM PST Time.com - The case may upend U.S.-Egyptian relations as well as further tarnish the military regime's already shaky commitment to reform

Berlusconi cleared by statute of limitations (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 03:11 PM PST AP - Silvio Berlusconi's corruption trial ended Saturday with a court ruling that the statute of limitations had run out, handing the former premier another victory in a long string of judicial challenges.

Egypt presses ahead with NGO trial of Americans (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 03:37 PM PST AP - The trial of 16 Americans and 27 others opens Sunday at a Cairo courthouse in what critics say is a politically charged case linked to a government crackdown on nonprofit groups that has touched off the deepest crisis in U.S.-Egyptian relations in decades.

Chavez's beneficiaries gird for lost aid (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 02:45 PM PST AP - Millions who have never set foot in Venezuela have a stake in the physical and political survival of Hugo Chavez as the once-indefatigable leftist strongman submits to surgery in Cuba for removal of a tumor he says is likely malignant.

Mandela, 93, hospitalized with stomach ailment (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:02 PM PST AP - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized for a test to determine what is behind an undisclosed stomach ailment, and the country's current leader said the much beloved 93-year-old icon was in no danger.

2 US troops shot in Kabul; NATO pulls workers (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 02:07 PM PST AP - A gunman killed two American military advisers with shots to the back of the head Saturday inside a heavily guarded ministry building, and NATO ordered military workers out of Afghan ministries as protests raged for a fifth day over the burning of copies of the Quran at a U.S. army base.

Aussie rivals: Voters like Rudd, insiders Gillard (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 AM PST AP - Kevin Rudd has screen presence and a common touch, but he aggravated Australian officials as prime minister with chaotic leadership and a bad temper. His successor, Julia Gillard, gets higher marks among many insiders, but to much of the public she seems cold or insincere.

Syrians in Homs feel abandoned by world (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:20 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The Syrian military took its bombardment of the rebel-held Baba Amro district of Homs into a fourth week on Saturday as the Red Cross tried to evacuate more distressed civilians from the city.

The Emergency Session on Syria: That's What Friends Are For? (Time.com) Posted: 24 Feb 2012 10:10 PM PST Time.com - In Tunis, the "Friends of Syria" conference composed of more than 60 countries falls short of any real action on the war in Syria.

President Hadi takes power as Yemen's first new leader in three decades (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 06:04 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Yemenis officially swore in Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi as president on Saturday, making Yemen the fourth nation to remove its leader since the Arab spring began one year ago.

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