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• Abbas sees Palestinian unity as Fatah rallies in Gaza
• Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves British hospital
• "Nobody helped us for an hour:" Indian rape witness
• U.S. missile teams in Turkey, missiles come later
• Syria blames "terrorists" for deadly petrol station blast
• EU says Iran not responded to nuclear talks proposal
• Leaders of Sudan, South Sudan start talks to defuse tension
• Church of England ends ban on gay bishops
• Italy's Monti unveils alliance, rules out minister role
• Northern Irish fighting rages on as rioters branded a disgrace
• Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
• Fatah rally in Gaza looks toward unity with Hamas
• India rape victim's friend recounts ordeal
• Venezuela's Chavez fighting severe lung infection
• Syrian forces bombard rebel areas near capital
• Colombia firm makes armored clothes for kids
• Different challenges in Central African Rep., Mali
• Chile: Couple dies defending home amid protests
• France's Bardot threatens exile over elephants
• Richardson: NKorea trip is private, humanitarian
• What does Google want with North Korea?
• Poll: Spike in Palestinian support for military operations against Israel
• Israel tells underweight models to gain weight or get off the runway
• Why so much secrecy around Chávez's health? Venezuela's not alone.
• India anti-rape protesters: Don't just get angry, do something
• Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani teen shot by Taliban, is released from UK hospital

Abbas sees Palestinian unity as Fatah rallies in Gaza Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:27 AM PST GAZA (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Abbas predicted the end of a five-year split between the two big Palestinian factions as his Fatah movement staged its first mass rally in Gaza with the blessing of Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave. "Soon we will regain our unity," Abbas, whose authority has been limited to the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the 2007 civil war between the two factions, said in a televised address to hundreds of thousands of followers marching in Gaza on Friday, with yellow Fatah flags instead of the green of Hamas. ...

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves British hospital Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:56 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education has been discharged from a British hospital after doctors said she was well enough to spend time recovering with her family. Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban in October and brought to Britain for treatment, was discharged on Thursday but is due to be re-admitted in late January or early February for reconstructive surgery to her skull, doctors said. ...

"Nobody helped us for an hour:" Indian rape witness Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:53 PM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Passers-by left a gang-raped Indian student lying unclothed and bleeding in the street for almost an hour, a male friend who was assaulted with her said on Friday in his first public comments on the case that provoked a global outcry. The 23-year-old student died in hospital two weeks after she was attacked on December 16 in a private bus in New Delhi, prompting street protests over the Indian authorities' failure to stem rampant violence against women. ...

U.S. missile teams in Turkey, missiles come later Posted: 04 Jan 2013 02:51 PM PST BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers who will man Patriot anti-missile batteries to protect Turkey from the spillover of Syria's civil war began arriving in the country on Friday, the U.S. military said, but the missiles themselves are due later. Turkey formally asked NATO for the missiles in November to bolster security along its 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria, which has been torn by a 21-month insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Syria blames "terrorists" for deadly petrol station blast Posted: 04 Jan 2013 03:26 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said on Friday a car bomb at a crowded petrol station in Damascus was set off by "terrorists", a term it uses for rebels seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad. The blast on Thursday night killed 11 people and wounded 40 at a station packed with Syrians queuing for fuel, which has become scarce in the 21-month insurgency against Assad, in the second petrol station attack in the capital this week, opposition activists said. "Terrorists ... ...

EU says Iran not responded to nuclear talks proposal Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:52 AM PST BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has proposed a time and place for further talks on Iran's nuclear program, but Iran has yet to respond, an EU spokesman said on Friday. Iran said earlier on Friday it had agreed to resume talks in January with six major powers - represented by the EU - but the EU spokesman said Tehran had not yet replied to proposals made on December 31. ...

Leaders of Sudan, South Sudan start talks to defuse tension Posted: 04 Jan 2013 01:54 PM PST ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan met late on Friday to try to defuse hostility that has simmered since the south broke away in 2011 and restart cross-border oil flows to rescue their crumbling economies. No details emerged as Sudan's Omar Hassan al-Bashir and South Sudan's Salva Kiir met in the presence of Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn who is trying to mediate between the neighbors who came close to war in April. Both leaders will meet alone for the first time at a summit on Saturday, Sudan's state news agency SUNA said. ...

Church of England ends ban on gay bishops Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:58 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England has lifted a ban on gay male clergy who live with their partners from becoming bishops on condition they pledge to stay celibate, threatening to reignite an issue that splits the 80-million-strong global Anglican community. The issue of homosexuality has driven a rift between Western and African Anglicans since a Canadian diocese approved blessings for same-sex couples in 2002 and U.S. Anglicans in the Episcopal Church appointed an openly gay man as a bishop in 2003. ...

Italy's Monti unveils alliance, rules out minister role Posted: 04 Jan 2013 02:41 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday unveiled the alliance he will lead into February's parliamentary election and said he was unlikely to agree to serve as a minister in another premier's cabinet after the vote. The 69-year-old former European commissioner, who replaced Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister in November 2011 when Italy was scrambling to avert a financial crisis, announced last week that he would run for a second term. ...

Northern Irish fighting rages on as rioters branded a disgrace Posted: 04 Jan 2013 03:22 PM PST BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Irish police came under attack by pro-British loyalists on Friday as the province's first minister branded rioters a disgrace and said they were playing into the hands of rival militant nationalists. Rioting began a month ago after a vote by mostly nationalist pro-Irish councilors to end the century-old tradition of flying the British flag from Belfast City Hall every day unleashed the most sustained period of violence in the city for years. On Friday, police came under attack in the east of the city by masked mobs hurling petrol bombs, rocks and fireworks. ...

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital Posted: 04 Jan 2013 09:11 AM PST LONDON (AP) — Three months after she was shot in the head for daring to say girls should be able to get an education, a 15-year-old Pakistani hugged her nurses and smiled as she walked out of a Birmingham hospital.

Fatah rally in Gaza looks toward unity with Hamas Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Fatah supporters rallied in the Hamas stronghold of Gaza on Friday for the first time since they were routed from power in the territory by the Islamist militants in 2007.

India rape victim's friend recounts ordeal Posted: 04 Jan 2013 11:08 AM PST NEW DELHI (AP) — The companion of a woman who was gang-raped aboard a bus in New Delhi recounted in a television interview for the first time Friday how the pair was attacked for 2 1/2 hours before being thrown on the side of the road, where passersby ignored them and police debated jurisdiction issues before helping them.

Venezuela's Chavez fighting severe lung infection Posted: 04 Jan 2013 03:34 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan lawmakers will meet Saturday in a session that could shed light on what steps may be taken if President Hugo Chavez is too sick to be sworn in for a new term next week.

Syrian forces bombard rebel areas near capital Posted: 04 Jan 2013 01:23 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government warplanes and artillery pounded restive suburbs of Damascus on Friday and anti-regime activists said a car bomb targeted an intelligence building north of the capital.

Colombia firm makes armored clothes for kids Posted: 04 Jan 2013 12:37 PM PST BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian firm that makes bulletproof vests is now creating armored clothing for children.

Different challenges in Central African Rep., Mali Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:49 AM PST BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Two land-locked, desperately poor African countries are gripped by rebellions in the north that have left huge chunks of both nations outside of government control. Neighboring countries are rushing troops into Central African Republic only a few weeks after rebels started taking towns but Mali's government is still awaiting foreign military help nearly one year after the situation there began unraveling. Here's a look at why there's been quick action in one country, and not in the other.

Chile: Couple dies defending home amid protests Posted: 04 Jan 2013 03:18 PM PST SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An elderly couple whose family's vast landholdings have long been targeted by Mapuche Indians in southern Chile were killed in an arson attack early Friday while trying to defend their home. The president quickly flew to the scene and announced new security measures, including the application of Chile's tough anti-terrorism law and the creation of a special police anti-terror unit backed by Chile's military.

France's Bardot threatens exile over elephants Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:07 AM PST PARIS (AP) — Sex symbol-turned-animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot is threatening to join actor Gerard Depardieu in Russian exile unless France halts the scheduled euthanasia of two sick circus elephants.

Richardson: NKorea trip is private, humanitarian Posted: 04 Jan 2013 04:53 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says the State Department should not be nervous about a visit he's making to North Korea with Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt.

What does Google want with North Korea? Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:04 AM PST Google chairman Eric Schmidt plans to visit North Korea as early as next week in what analysts see as part of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's drive to give an appearance of closing the vast digital divide between his isolated country and the rest of the world.

Poll: Spike in Palestinian support for military operations against Israel Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:36 AM PST Palestinian support for military operations against Israel has registered its most significant jump in 10 years, spurred by the recent Gaza conflict, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion, and frustration over a peace process that has been essentially deadlocked for more than four years.

Israel tells underweight models to gain weight or get off the runway Posted: 04 Jan 2013 09:40 AM PST "You're a knockout! Did you gain a little weight?" Israeli fashion photographer and model agent Adi Barkan crows as he greets one of his top models, a towering brunette decked out in a chic black minidress surrounded by the exuberant chaos of the photo shoot in downtown Tel Aviv.

Why so much secrecy around Chávez's health? Venezuela's not alone. Posted: 04 Jan 2013 09:36 AM PST The government of Hugo Chávez has, for the first time, characterized the Venezuelan leader's health condition as "severe" following his Dec. 11 surgery in Cuba for a recurrence of cancer.

India anti-rape protesters: Don't just get angry, do something Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:48 AM PST Among the many anti-rape protests that have been held in Indian cities over the past few weeks, something has stood out at a demonstration this week: Protest signs that didn't cry shame or call for the death penalty, but pledged personal action.

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani teen shot by Taliban, is released from UK hospital Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:40 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

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