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• Syria referendum goes ahead amid military onslaught (Reuters)
• Seven U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked (Reuters)
• Australian PM Gillard wins leadership challenge (Reuters)
• Colombia's FARC to free captives, stop kidnapping for ransom (Reuters)
• Anti-Putin protesters form human chain in Moscow (Reuters)
• The Koran Burning Riots: Can U.S. and Afghan Soldiers Work Together? (Time.com)
• G-20 linking IMF hike to bigger EU 'firewall' fund (AP)
• Clinton appeals for all Syrians to abandon Assad (AP)
• Colombia's FARC announces halt to kidnapping (AP)
• Senegalese president booed on election day (AP)
• U.S. shouldn't speed up Afghanistan pull out: ambassador (Reuters)
• Three killed in train derailment in Ontario (Reuters)
• Aussie PM defends job against colleague she ousted (AP)
• Disorder in the Court As Egypt's Trial of Democracy NGOs Begins (Time.com)

Syria referendum goes ahead amid military onslaught (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 01:33 PM PST Reuters - At least 59 Syrian civilians and soldiers were killed on Sunday in bloodshed that coincided with a vote on a new constitution that could keep President Bashar al-Assad in power until 2028.

Seven U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:31 AM PST Reuters - Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was thrown at their base in northern Afghanistan, police said, as anti-Western fury deepened over the burning of the Koran at a NATO base.

Australian PM Gillard wins leadership challenge (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:34 PM PST Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won a leadership showdown with party rival Kevin Rudd with strong backing from her party Monday, but now faces a mammoth task to rebuild support for her divided and unpopular minority government.

Colombia's FARC to free captives, stop kidnapping for ransom (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 02:42 PM PST Reuters - Colombia's feared FARC rebel group said it would abandon its decades-long policy of kidnapping for ransom and free all military and police hostages it holds in jungle camps, another sign the drug-funded leftist insurgents may want a move toward peace.

Anti-Putin protesters form human chain in Moscow (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:42 AM PST Reuters - Thousands of Russians joined hands to form a human chain around Moscow city centre on Sunday in protest against Vladimir Putin's likely return as president in an election next week.

The Koran Burning Riots: Can U.S. and Afghan Soldiers Work Together? (Time.com) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:30 AM PST Time.com - The death of two American military officers allegedly at the hand of an Afghan colleague deepens a crisis that continues to weigh on the country

G-20 linking IMF hike to bigger EU 'firewall' fund (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:45 PM PST AP - The G-20 nations are conditioning additional money for the International Monetary Fund on the European Union first increasing its financial stabilization funds to ease concerns about the euro zone debt crisis, officials said Sunday.

Clinton appeals for all Syrians to abandon Assad (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:29 PM PST AP - Syrians in the military and business who still support President Bashar Assad should turn against him, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

Colombia's FARC announces halt to kidnapping (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 03:56 PM PST AP - Colombia's main rebel group said Sunday it is abandoning the practice of kidnapping and will soon free its last remaining "prisoners of war" — 10 security force members held for as long as 14 years.

Senegalese president booed on election day (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST AP - Voters booed Senegal's president as he went to cast his ballot in elections Sunday, the latest sign of how his decision to seek a third term in office has caused his popularity to plummet and divided a country long considered a model of tolerance.

U.S. shouldn't speed up Afghanistan pull out: ambassador (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:44 PM PST Reuters - The United States should resist any urge to pull troops out of Afghanistan ahead of schedule in response to the violence against Americans sparked by a burning of the Koran at a U.S. military base, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said on Sunday.

Three killed in train derailment in Ontario (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST Reuters - A passenger train derailed near Burlington in southern Ontario on Sunday, killing at least three people, according to the train operator VIA Rail.

Aussie PM defends job against colleague she ousted (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:36 PM PST AP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won a resounding victory Monday against the party leader she deposed two years ago, Kevin Rudd, in a ballot of Labor Party lawmakers that she had ordered in hopes of putting down strife within her unpopular government.

Disorder in the Court As Egypt's Trial of Democracy NGOs Begins (Time.com) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:30 AM PST Time.com - For an hour and a half on Sunday afternoon, chaos reigned in the NewCairo Court on the capital's northeast outskirts, as people jostledfor position around the defendants' docket.

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