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• Hundreds of anti-Putin protesters detained in Russia (Reuters)
• Obama, Netanyahu give no sign of narrowing gap on Iran (Reuters)
• More than half of Americans back Obama's Koran apology (Reuters)
• Suicide attack on Afghan NATO base where Korans burned (Reuters)
• Syria faces mounting pressure on aid, rights abuses (Reuters)
• Ahmadinejad Eclipsed as Iran's Vote Goes to the Ayatullah (Time.com)
• Pilati says adieu to Yves Saint Laurent (AP)
• Syrian refugees in Lebanon recount terror (AP)
• New Haiti govt panel to help clear army camps (AP)
• NATO: All targets struck in Libya were military (AP)
• First Person: Japanese quake affects American businesses (ContributorNetwork)
• Canada closes embassy in Syria, imposes sanctions (Reuters)
• The PR challenge in Afghanistan: suicide bombing, Quran burning, and murky data (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Putin's Win in Russian Presidential Election: Voter Fraud? (Time.com)
• High turnout in Iran elections could end 'paranoia' of leaders (The Christian Science Monitor)

Hundreds of anti-Putin protesters detained in Russia (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 12:54 PM PST Reuters - Russian riot police detained more than 500 protesters including opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday at rallies challenging the legitimacy of Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential election.

Obama, Netanyahu give no sign of narrowing gap on Iran (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 02:46 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama appealed to Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to give sanctions time to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, but the Israeli prime minister offered no sign of backing away from possible military action, saying his country must be the "master of its fate."

More than half of Americans back Obama's Koran apology (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 03:42 PM PST Reuters - More than half of Americans support President Barack Obama's apology for U.S. troops burning copies of the Koran, an incident that triggered a spate of bloody protests and attacks on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

Suicide attack on Afghan NATO base where Korans burned (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 06:36 AM PST Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least two civilians Monday after detonating explosives at the gates of the NATO base where copies of the Koran were burned, Afghan officials said.

Syria faces mounting pressure on aid, rights abuses (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 03:45 PM PST Reuters - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad faces growing pressure for blocking humanitarian aid and human rights abuses, with the U.N. humanitarian chief set to visit the country this week and the broadcast of harrowing pictures said to show torture victims at a hospital in the embattled city of Homs

Ahmadinejad Eclipsed as Iran's Vote Goes to the Ayatullah (Time.com) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 02:25 PM PST Time.com - The controversial president gambled and lost when he challenged the authority of Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei. Having lost ground in parliament, Ahmadinejad now faces a tough fight to survive

Pilati says adieu to Yves Saint Laurent (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 04:21 PM PST AP - Emotions were high Monday as Stefano Pilati bid adieu to Yves Saint Laurent, just a week after the house announced his departure as creative director.

Syrian refugees in Lebanon recount terror (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 03:29 PM PST AP - Syrian refugees fleeing to neighboring Lebanon on Monday said they feared they would be slaughtered in their own homes as government forces hunted down opponents in a brutal offensive against the opposition stronghold of Homs.

New Haiti govt panel to help clear army camps (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 04:59 PM PST AP - Haiti's government is trying to reclaim training camps, including an old military base, taken over by former soldiers calling for the restoration of the armed forces, President Michel Martelly said Monday.

NATO: All targets struck in Libya were military (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 12:45 PM PST AP - All targets that NATO hit during the bombing of Libya were legitimate military sites, the alliance said Monday, despite the findings of a U.N. expert panel that said 60 civilians were killed and 55 wounded in the airstrikes it investigated.

First Person: Japanese quake affects American businesses (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 03:56 PM PST ContributorNetwork - LOS ANGELES -- I join the rest of the world in keeping the people of Japan in my thoughts and prayers. I have made several donations to the Red Cross and encourage my readers, friends and business associates to do the same.

Canada closes embassy in Syria, imposes sanctions (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 11:13 AM PST Reuters - Canada has shut its embassy in Damascus and is imposing fresh sanctions on Syria, banning all dealings with the central bank as part of a campaign to stop President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown against rebels, officials said on Monday.

The PR challenge in Afghanistan: suicide bombing, Quran burning, and murky data (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:26 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - No matter what the week in the 10-year Afghanistan war, the story out of NATO is always the same: relentlessly optimistic.

Putin's Win in Russian Presidential Election: Voter Fraud? (Time.com) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 02:25 PM PST Time.com - Vladimir Putin handily won the presidential election in Russia on Sunday, March 4, in a vote the opposition and international observers say was plagued by voter fraud

High turnout in Iran elections could end 'paranoia' of leaders (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Mar 2012 09:21 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Three days after Iranians cast ballots in parliamentary elections, the political impact of the results remains unclear, even as official media hailed "victory" with a 64 percent turnout that it claimed "astounded" foreign journalists.

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