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• Tearful Putin wins back Russian presidency (Reuters)
• Blast at Congo arms depot kills hundreds (Reuters)
• Chavez faces more cancer treatment before Venezuela vote (Reuters)
• Will Putin's Election Victory in Russia Be Greeted with Protests? (Time.com)
• A tearful Putin claims Russian election victory (AP)
• Saudi: Syrians have right to defend themselves (AP)
• Hugo Chavez says new tumor was cancerous (AP)
• 206 killed in Republic of Congo arms depot blasts (AP)
• China sets 2012 growth target at 7.5 percent, stability key (Reuters)
• Australian state toughens law for Muslim veils (AP)
• Exit polls: Putin will return to presidency in Russia (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Will Pakistan's Oscar Help Stop a Disfiguring Crime Against Women? (Time.com)
• Shimon Peres: a dovish voice in Obama's ear (The Christian Science Monitor)

Tearful Putin wins back Russian presidency (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:01 PM PST Reuters - Vladimir Putin triumphed in Russia's presidential election on Sunday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies.

Blast at Congo arms depot kills hundreds (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PST Reuters - Around 200 people were killed on Sunday when an arms dump exploded in Brazzaville, ripping apart a nearby neighborhood in the Congo Republic's capital, medical and local authorities said.

Chavez faces more cancer treatment before Venezuela vote (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:32 AM PST Reuters - President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela's October presidential poll, though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumor.

Will Putin's Election Victory in Russia Be Greeted with Protests? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:10 PM PST Time.com - The inevitability of Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency is what fuels the protest movements against him. His predicted win on Sunday may just set off a whole new round of demonstrations

A tearful Putin claims Russian election victory (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:33 PM PST AP - Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. His eyes brimming with tears, he defiantly proclaimed to a sea of supporters that they had triumphed over opponents intent on "destroying Russia's statehood and usurping power."

Saudi: Syrians have right to defend themselves (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:56 AM PST AP - Saudi Arabia said Sunday that Syrians have a right to take up arms to defend themselves against the regime and accused the Damascus government of "imposing itself by force," as concerns mounted over a humanitarian crisis there.

Hugo Chavez says new tumor was cancerous (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:28 PM PST AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed Sunday that a new tumor recently removed from his pelvic region was of the same type of cancer as a baseball-sized growth extracted from that part of his body about eight months ago.

206 killed in Republic of Congo arms depot blasts (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:41 PM PST AP - Homes and buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital after an arms depot exploded Sunday, killing at least 206 people and entombing countless others in crushed structures including inside two churches that buckled while parishioners were celebrating Mass, officials and witnesses said.

China sets 2012 growth target at 7.5 percent, stability key (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:51 PM PST Reuters - China aims to grow its economy by 7.5 percent in 2012 by following procative fiscal and prudent monetary policies to combat downward pressure on growth and still high inflation, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday.

Australian state toughens law for Muslim veils (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:48 PM PST AP - Muslim women will have to remove face veils when having their signatures officially witnessed under the latest laws in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state.

Exit polls: Putin will return to presidency in Russia (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:13 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A third presidential term for Vladimir Putin appears to be done and down. An exit poll by the state-run VTsIOM public opinion center, released after polls closed Sunday night, showed the Russian prime minister winning 58.3 percent of the votes, enough to give him a solid first-round victory and send him back to the Kremlin for six years.

Will Pakistan's Oscar Help Stop a Disfiguring Crime Against Women? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:10 PM PST Time.com - Saving Face and its chronicle of victims of acid attacks has made the country proud. Will it lead to the end of a heinous traditional crime?

Shimon Peres: a dovish voice in Obama's ear (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:06 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - On the eve of a summit between President Barak Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to close gaps on confronting Iran, Mr. Obama meets today with an Israeli elder statesman who has staked out a more dovish position than the government.

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