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• North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests
• Europe urges citizens to leave Libya's Benghazi
• U.S. man who aided Mumbai plotters sentenced to 35 years in prison
• U.N. to consider validity of China's claim over disputed islands
• Italy's Monti steps into Monte Paschi scandal
• Arabian al Qaeda's number two is dead: Yemeni official
• Colombia peace talks take a break, no major advances reported
• Egyptian opposition to mark uprising with new protests
• Mali Islamists suffer split as Africans prepare assault
• France sees no sign Syria's Assad will be toppled soon
• NKorea warns of nuke test, more rocket launches
• Dutch, Britons, Germans warned to leave Benghazi
• Ireland won't ease drunken-driving law for farmers
• Honduras can't pay its bills, neglects services
• Under French pressure, key Mali rebel group splits
• Absent but omnipresent, Chavez a powerful symbol
• Irishwoman at center of IRA tapes fight found dead
• Spanish daily halts edition with fake Chavez photo
• Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen succumbs to wounds
• Syrian jets bomb rebel areas near Damascus
• Strong turnout in Jordan's elections belies deep-seated cynicism
• Would a bailout for Cyprus mean underwriting dirty money?
• With France bearing down, key rebel in Mali splits from Islamists
• The people Egypt's revolution left behind
• In remote Western Sahara, prized phosphate drives controversial investments
• Canada tells Hungary's Roma: Do not seek asylum here
• Beyond rape trial, a bigger question about women's status in India
• North Korea threatens new nuclear test 'aimed' at US

North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests Posted: 24 Jan 2013 05:35 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its "sworn enemy". The announcement by the country's top military body came a day after the U.N. Security Council agreed to a U.S.-backed resolution to censure and sanction North Korea for a rocket launch in December that breached U.N. rules. ...

Europe urges citizens to leave Libya's Benghazi Posted: 24 Jan 2013 03:06 PM PST TRIPOLI/LONDON (Reuters) - European countries urged their nationals to leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, with Britain citing a "specific and imminent" threat to Westerners days after a deadly attack by Islamist militants in neighboring Algeria. Officials declined to give details, but Britain has warned of a growing militant threat in North Africa, which Prime Minister David Cameron has called a "magnet for jihadists". ...

U.S. man who aided Mumbai plotters sentenced to 35 years in prison Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:16 AM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - David Headley, an American who admitted scouting targets for the 2008 Islamic militant raid on Mumbai and later agreed to testify against the plotters to avoid the death penalty, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, was the maximum sought by federal prosecutors. The attacks killed more than 160 people, including six Americans. Headley, a 52-year-old U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, admitted videotaping sites that were targeted by the Mumbai attackers. ...

U.N. to consider validity of China's claim over disputed islands Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:58 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is planning to consider later this year the scientific validity of a claim by China that a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea are part of its territory, although Japan says the world body should not be involved. Tensions over the uninhabited islands - located near rich fishing grounds and potentially huge oil-and-gas reserves - flared after Japan's government purchased them from a private Japanese owner in September, sparking violent anti-Japanese protests across China and a military standoff. ...

Italy's Monti steps into Monte Paschi scandal Posted: 24 Jan 2013 02:14 PM PST MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti weighed in on the scandal surrounding Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena on Thursday, rejecting suggestions that the authorities had failed to spot large trading losses threatening the bank. Already in need of a 3.9 billion euro bailout, Monte dei Paschi this week revealed loss-making derivatives trades that could cost it as much as 720 million euros (US$956 million), lurching center stage in a crucial general election campaign. ...

Arabian al Qaeda's number two is dead: Yemeni official Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:29 AM PST SANAA (Reuters) - A Saudi who was freed by U.S. authorities from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to become second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has died after being wounded by Yemeni security forces, a Yemeni security official said on Friday. Said al-Shehri suffered injuries in an operation by the security apparatus on November 28 in the northern province of Saada, a member of Yemen's supreme security committee told the Yemeni state news agency. He subsequently fell into a coma and then died, the source said, without saying when exactly Shehri had died. ...

Colombia peace talks take a break, no major advances reported Posted: 24 Jan 2013 03:56 PM PST HAVANA (Reuters) - Marxist rebels and the Colombian government adjourned their latest round of peace talks on Thursday with no major advances toward ending their long conflict and said they had significant differences to overcome despite some areas of agreement. They said they agreed that the lives of the country's rural poor must be improved, which is the key issue in their 50-year-long war, but not on how to go about it. ...

Egyptian opposition to mark uprising with new protests Posted: 24 Jan 2013 03:57 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's opponents head to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to mark the anniversary of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak with protests against the new head of state and his Islamist allies. On the second anniversary of the uprising, Mursi's secular-minded rivals aim to revive the demands of a revolution that they say has been betrayed by the Muslim Brotherhood, the movement that propelled him to power in an election last year. ...

Mali Islamists suffer split as Africans prepare assault Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:51 AM PST MARKALA, Mali/DAKAR (Reuters) - A split emerged on Thursday in the alliance of Islamist militant groups occupying northern Mali, as French and African troops prepared an offensive aimed at driving them from their safe haven in the Sahara. A senior negotiator from the Ansar Dine rebels who helped seize the north from Mali's government last year said he was now part of a faction that wanted talks and rejected the group's alliance with al Qaeda's North African franchise AQIM. It was unclear how many fighters had joined the new Islamic Movement of Azawad (MIA) faction. ...

France sees no sign Syria's Assad will be toppled soon Posted: 24 Jan 2013 02:55 PM PST PARIS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - France said on Thursday there were no signs that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is about to be overthrown, something Paris has been saying for months was just over the horizon. The uprising against Assad's rule is now almost two years old. 60,000 Syrians have been killed and another 650,000 are now refugees abroad, according to the United Nations. France, a former colonial ruler of Syria, has been one of the most vocal backers of the rebels trying to topple Assad and was the first to recognize the opposition coalition. "Things are not moving. ...

NKorea warns of nuke test, more rocket launches Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:54 AM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's top governing body warned Thursday that the regime will conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States.

Dutch, Britons, Germans warned to leave Benghazi Posted: 24 Jan 2013 04:25 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, warning of an imminent threat against Westerners days after a deadly hostage crisis in neighboring Algeria.

Ireland won't ease drunken-driving law for farmers Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:49 AM PST DUBLIN (AP) — A license to drive drunk? Some small-town politicians think it's just the tonic for rural Ireland.

Honduras can't pay its bills, neglects services Posted: 24 Jan 2013 04:23 PM PST TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Street surveillance cameras in one of the world's most dangerous cities were turned off last week because Honduras' government hasn't paid millions of dollars it owes. The operator that runs them is now threatening to suspend police radio service as well.

Under French pressure, key Mali rebel group splits Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:12 PM PST SAN, Mali (AP) — Mali's rebel movement showed new signs of discord on Thursday in the wake of punishing French air strikes, with one wing of the Ansar Dine group now pledging to negotiate an end to the country's crisis and possibly even fight against its former comrades-in-arms.

Absent but omnipresent, Chavez a powerful symbol Posted: 24 Jan 2013 03:18 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — While Venezuela's sick president recuperates from surgery behind closed doors in Cuba, at home he is more visible than ever.

Irishwoman at center of IRA tapes fight found dead Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:25 PM PST DUBLIN (AP) — An Irish Republican Army veteran who accused Sinn Fein party chief Gerry Adams of involvement in IRA killings and bombings has been found dead in her home, police and politicians said Thursday.

Spanish daily halts edition with fake Chavez photo Posted: 24 Jan 2013 04:25 PM PST MADRID (AP) — The leading Spanish newspaper El Pais withdrew and reprinted its Thursday edition after discovering that its front-page exclusive photograph supposedly showing ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez being treated in Cuba was a fake.

Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen succumbs to wounds Posted: 24 Jan 2013 01:14 PM PST SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen died of wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack last year in southern Yemen, the country's official news agency and a security official said Thursday.

Syrian jets bomb rebel areas near Damascus Posted: 24 Jan 2013 01:35 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes bombed rebel areas near Damascus on Thursday as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition fighters for control of the road linking the capital to the country's largest airport.

Strong turnout in Jordan's elections belies deep-seated cynicism Posted: 24 Jan 2013 02:21 PM PST By mid-afternoon yesterday, Mohammad Audeh still hadn't decided if he was going to vote or not. He said he didn't see anyone he wanted to vote for as he hung around outside the polling station, watching as, according to him, candidates tried to buy votes from the young people in the neighborhood.

Would a bailout for Cyprus mean underwriting dirty money? Posted: 24 Jan 2013 01:07 PM PST When compared to the hundreds of billions of euros used to prevent Greece from collapsing, the €11 billion needed to recapitalize the banks of Cyprus is a relatively small sum. But Cyprus, the fourth eurozone country applying for financial aid in order to prevent a state bankruptcy, has potential creditors pausing just the same.

With France bearing down, key rebel in Mali splits from Islamists Posted: 24 Jan 2013 01:01 PM PST In an apparent sign of internal conflict among one of the Islamist rebel groups controlling northern Mali, a prominent Ansar Dine member, Alghabass Ag Intallah, told the Associated Press Thursday that he and his men were breaking from the group "so that we can be in control of our own fate."

The people Egypt's revolution left behind Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:39 PM PST For a video of an Egyptian activist describing his own experience of the revolution and the two years since, please scroll to middle of story.

In remote Western Sahara, prized phosphate drives controversial investments Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:20 PM PST At the end of a pier stretching more than a mile-and-a-half into the Atlantic Ocean from Laayoune, a 75,000-ton tanker vessel rocks slowly in the ocean swells, creaking and groaning as it takes on a new load.

Canada tells Hungary's Roma: Do not seek asylum here Posted: 24 Jan 2013 08:43 AM PST Canada has long had an international reputation of welcoming refugees from around the world. But now it's telling Hungary's Roma community that that doesn't apply to them.

Beyond rape trial, a bigger question about women's status in India Posted: 24 Jan 2013 07:02 AM PST In a slum colony in one corner of Delhi, a heated debate is taking place near the home of Vinay Sharma, one of the six accused in the rape of a 23-year-old student last month that shook the capital and prompted a national discussion. Court proceedings in the case opened today.

North Korea threatens new nuclear test 'aimed' at US Posted: 24 Jan 2013 06:24 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

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