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• Netanyahu turns to Iran after narrow election win
• Cameron to promise Britons straight choice on EU exit
• North Korea says will boost nuclear deterrent after U.N. rebuke
• Canada seeks evidence on hostage-taker, summons Algeria envoy
• Russia says it is not planning full Syria evacuation
• U.S. chides Sudan, South Sudan for oil export delay
• Jordan votes in poll boycotted by Islamists
• Britain must solve "Catholic Question" to amend royal rules: Clegg
• Venezuela's Chavez in therapy, eyes return: Bolivia's president
• Chadians advance in Mali troop moves against Islamists
• APNewsBreak: Embassy: Some Russia orphans US-bound
• NKorea warns it will build up 'nuclear deterrence'
• UN condemns North Korea's rocket launch
• Exit polls: Netanyahu narrowly wins Israel vote
• Key parties in Israeli elections
• Weakened Netanyahu likely to remain Israeli leader
• Fight for Mali town reflects Islamist tactics
• Haitian amputee makes comeback on dance floor
• Russians starts evacuating nationals from Syria
• Syrians struggle with shortages as economy buckles
• Along Sudan's border, old disputes trigger new violence, hunger
• No terrorist 'safe haven' in North Africa? That's a tall order.
• Why Israel's Likud can win without a party platform
• France wary of domestic 'lone wolf' terrorism amid Mali ops
• Start of something big? Russia pulls a hundred citizens from Syria.
• Vote seen as referendum on Jordan's gradual reforms
• 'Jollywood' film school shines spotlight on Haiti
• Eurogroup picks Dutch finance minister as new president
• Algeria defends hardline response to hostage crisis

Netanyahu turns to Iran after narrow election win Posted: 22 Jan 2013 04:05 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's parliamentary election, shrugging off surprise losses to center-left challengers and vowing to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Exit polls showed the Israeli leader's right-wing Likud and the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu would remain the biggest bloc in the 120-member assembly, but with only 31 seats, 11 fewer than the 42 the two parties held in the last parliament. ...

Cameron to promise Britons straight choice on EU exit Posted: 22 Jan 2013 03:51 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron will promise on Wednesday to give Britons a straight referendum choice on whether to stay in the European Union or leave, provided he wins an election in 2015. Cameron will end months of speculation by announcing in a speech the plan for a vote sometime between 2015 and 2018, shrugging off warnings that this could imperil Britain's diplomatic and economic prospects and alienate its allies. In extracts of the speech released in advance by his office, Cameron said public disillusionment with the EU is at "an all-time high". ...

North Korea says will boost nuclear deterrent after U.N. rebuke Posted: 22 Jan 2013 03:21 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously condemned North Korea's December rocket launch and expanded existing U.N. sanctions, eliciting a vow from Pyongyang to boost the North's military and nuclear capabilities. Even though the resolution approved by the 15-nation council does not impose new sanctions on Pyongyang, diplomats said Beijing's support for it was a significant diplomatic blow to Pyongyang. ...

Canada seeks evidence on hostage-taker, summons Algeria envoy Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:13 PM PST OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada wants to see Algeria's evidence for saying that last week's attack and hostage-taking at a desert gas plant was coordinated by a Canadian militant, a government official said on Tuesday. Canadian foreign ministry officials summoned Algeria's ambassador late on Monday to make the request directly. Around 80 people died when Algerian troops attacked the plant and ended the hostage-taking on Sunday. Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said on Monday that a Canadian gunman, identified only as "Chedad", had coordinated the four-day siege. ...

Russia says it is not planning full Syria evacuation Posted: 22 Jan 2013 10:51 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had started evacuating scores of citizens who wanted to leave Syria but denied the move was the start of a mass exodus. Two senior diplomats played down the significance of decision, announced on Monday, to send aircraft to bring Russians home almost two years after the start of the revolt against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. "We are not talking about a full evacuation ... It is not planned that everyone will leave," Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said, according to state-run news agency Itar-Tass. ...

U.S. chides Sudan, South Sudan for oil export delay Posted: 22 Jan 2013 03:58 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States criticized Sudan and South Sudan on Tuesday for failing to resume oil exports that are vital for both economies, saying the delay undermines the peace process. The two African neighbors last Saturday failed to agree on how to withdraw armies from their disputed border after a round of talks, holding back oil exports from landlocked South Sudan through Sudan. Both countries had agreed in September to set up a demilitarized buffer zone and resume oil production, but neither side has withdrawn its army from the 1,200-mile border. ...

Jordan votes in poll boycotted by Islamists Posted: 22 Jan 2013 03:53 PM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordanians vote on Wednesday in parliamentary elections boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood which says the electoral system is rigged in favor of rural tribal areas and against the urban poor. In the kingdom's first general election since the Arab spring brought once-marginalized Islamists to power in several countries in the region, the government has promised free and fair polls and predicted a good turnout, despite the boycott. ...

Britain must solve "Catholic Question" to amend royal rules: Clegg Posted: 22 Jan 2013 03:40 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must change its laws to allow a future king or queen to marry a Catholic despite "old prejudices and old fears" that this might imperil ties between the monarchy and the Church of England, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Tuesday. Presenting a bill to parliament that would end 300-year-old laws that ban future monarchs from marrying Catholics, he said the rules were from a "bygone era". ...

Venezuela's Chavez in therapy, eyes return: Bolivia's president Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:53 PM PST LA PAZ/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is undergoing physical therapy to hasten his return from Cuba after surgery there last month for the cancer jeopardizing his 14-year rule, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Tuesday. The comments by Morales, a fellow leftist and close friend of Chavez, added to positive signals from Venezuelan officials that the president was improving and may be able to return from Cuba, where he had surgery on December 11. He has not been seen or heard from in public since then. ...

Chadians advance in Mali troop moves against Islamists Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:39 PM PST NIAMEY/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Chadian forces advanced towards the Mali border on Tuesday as an African troop deployment and a U.S. military airlift swelled international support for French operations against Islamist rebels occupying the north of Mali. The aim of the intervention is to prevent northern Mali from becoming a launchpad for international attacks by al Qaeda and its local allies in North and West Africa. Fears of this increased sharply after a hostage-taking raid by Islamist militants last week on a gas plant in Algeria. ...

APNewsBreak: Embassy: Some Russia orphans US-bound Posted: 22 Jan 2013 04:01 PM PST MOSCOW (AP) — Some of the Russian children caught in limbo by their country's ban on adoptions by Americans have left for the United States with their new parents, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said Wednesday.

NKorea warns it will build up 'nuclear deterrence' Posted: 22 Jan 2013 04:44 PM PST PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is warning that it will strengthen its military and nuclear defenses in reaction to what it calls U.S. hostility toward Pyongyang.

UN condemns North Korea's rocket launch Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:48 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution condemning North Korea's rocket launch in December and imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang's space agency.

Exit polls: Netanyahu narrowly wins Israel vote Posted: 22 Jan 2013 03:07 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — In a stunning setback, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line bloc fared worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, exit polls showed, possibly forcing the incumbent Israeli leader to invite surprisingly strong moderate rivals into his government and soften his line toward the Palestinians.

Key parties in Israeli elections Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:31 PM PST Summary of the main political parties competing in Israel's parliamentary elections. Exit polls show a small majority for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hawkish allies. Final results expected early Wednesday.

Weakened Netanyahu likely to remain Israeli leader Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:37 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — Key questions following Israel's parliamentary election:

Fight for Mali town reflects Islamist tactics Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:30 PM PST DIABALY, Mali (AP) — Abou Zeid, the shadowy and feared emir of one of al-Qaida's most successful cells, commandeered the packed-dirt home of a family here last week, embedding himself and his hundreds of men in this community of rice growers. He ate spaghetti and powdered milk, read the Quran and planned a war.

Haitian amputee makes comeback on dance floor Posted: 22 Jan 2013 03:13 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Georges Exantus thought he'd never dance again. He was lucky just to be alive.

Russians starts evacuating nationals from Syria Posted: 22 Jan 2013 11:53 AM PST MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) — Key Syrian ally Russia began evacuating its citizens from the country on Tuesday as the civil war gathered momentum in the capital Damascus with intense fighting around the international airport.

Syrians struggle with shortages as economy buckles Posted: 22 Jan 2013 10:11 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Grappling with severe fuel shortages and winter temperatures that drop below freezing, Syrians are spending hours in line every day for gasoline or a few loaves of bread at soaring prices as President Bashar Assad's regime faces mounting difficulties in providing basic services to its people.

Along Sudan's border, old disputes trigger new violence, hunger Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:11 PM PST Continued fallout from the 2011 separation of Sudan into two states, including military strikes by the government of Sudan on rebel factions and villages, may have forced as many as 700,000 Sudanese from their homes in the past year, causing a buzz among aid experts in east Africa.

No terrorist 'safe haven' in North Africa? That's a tall order. Posted: 22 Jan 2013 02:05 PM PST After more than a decade of interventions as far-flung as the Hindu Kush, the banks of the Tigris River, and the wadis of Yemen, Washington and its allies are suddenly staring at another remote Islamic militant "sanctuary" – this time the size of the continental United States.

Why Israel's Likud can win without a party platform Posted: 22 Jan 2013 09:11 AM PST In a country where people often joke that you can put two Jews in a room and end up with three opinions, the Israeli election has seen surprisingly little debate on key issues.

France wary of domestic 'lone wolf' terrorism amid Mali ops Posted: 22 Jan 2013 09:14 AM PST As relatives of passengers and taxi drivers waited for travelers to come out of arrival terminal 2E at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport on a recent afternoon, an airport employee, speaking through loudspeakers, asked the person who had left a suitcase unattended in the terminal to come collect it.

Start of something big? Russia pulls a hundred citizens from Syria. Posted: 22 Jan 2013 07:56 AM PST Russia began a small-scale evacuation of about 100 of its citizens from Syria Tuesday, in what experts warn could at any moment develop into a huge air-and-sealift of the up-to-40,000 Russians and their dependents believed to be in the war-torn country.

Vote seen as referendum on Jordan's gradual reforms Posted: 22 Jan 2013 08:42 AM PST The Jordanian government is gearing up for parliamentary elections tomorrow that it sees as a referendum on this small kingdom's attempts at gradual reform.

'Jollywood' film school shines spotlight on Haiti Posted: 22 Jan 2013 07:11 AM PST Jollywood is a merry-sounding name for the home of Haiti's only film school: the Ciné Institute. That sense of promise will be showcased Jan. 24 in New York City during Haiti Optimiste, the school's first ever fundraiser.

Eurogroup picks Dutch finance minister as new president Posted: 22 Jan 2013 06:24 AM PST Despite objections from austerity-racked Spain, the Eurogroup elected the Dutch finance minister as its new leader yesterday, putting Jeroen Dijsselbloem into prime position to help guide Europe through the ongoing debt crisis.

Algeria defends hardline response to hostage crisis Posted: 22 Jan 2013 06:11 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

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