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• Egyptian protesters defy curfew, attack police stations
• French seal off Mali's Timbuktu, rebels torch library
• Iran launches monkey into space, showing missile progress
• Brazil detains band, club owners after deadly nightclub fire
• Bomb explodes in southern district of Lebanese capital
• Exclusive: Israeli finance chief expects cuts to defense spending
• Guatemala court orders trial of former dictator, rejects appeals
• Canadian opposition introduces bill that makes secession easier
• Dutch Queen abdicates, Willem-Alexander to succeed
• Murdoch apologizes for "offensive" Netanyahu cartoon
• No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire
• Mali military enters fabled town of Timbuktu
• Iran says it successfully sent a monkey into space
• Masked 'Black Bloc' a mystery in Egypt unrest
• Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicating, son will be king
• Egypt in show of defiance against Islamist leader
• Mexican church sparks debate on forgiving killers
• Antigua gets OK to become copyright haven
• Guatemala ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide
• Israel's comatose Sharon shows brain activity
• In aftermath of nightclub fire, some Brazilians question 'culture of impunity'
• In liberated Timbuktu, new rains begin to wash away harsh rule of rebels
• A royal family that believes in retirement? Dutch Queen Beatrix to abdicate
• French take airport at Timbuktu as Islamist forces disappear
• Russian PM Medvedev says odds against Assad's political survival
• Could Brazil's nightclub fire spur more regional accountability?
• Egypt opposition cool to Morsi's offer of talks amid state of emergency

Egyptian protesters defy curfew, attack police stations Posted: 28 Jan 2013 02:52 PM PST CAIRO/ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters defied a nighttime curfew in restive towns along the Suez Canal, attacking police stations and ignoring emergency rule imposed by Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to end days of clashes that have killed at least 52 people. At least two men died in overnight fighting in the canal city of Port Said in the latest outbreak of violence unleashed last week on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 revolt that brought down autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Political opponents spurned a call by Mursi for talks on Monday to try to end the violence. ...

French seal off Mali's Timbuktu, rebels torch library Posted: 28 Jan 2013 01:03 PM PST GAO, Mali (Reuters) - French and Malian troops retook control of Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Monday after Islamist rebel occupiers fled the ancient Sahara trading town and torched several buildings, including a library holding priceless manuscripts. The United States and the European Union are backing a French-led intervention in Mali against al Qaeda-allied militants they fear could use the West African state's desert north as a springboard for international attacks. ...

Iran launches monkey into space, showing missile progress Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:51 PM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile systems that have alarmed the West because the technology could potentially be used to deliver a nuclear warhead. The Defense Ministry announced the launch as world powers sought to agree a date and venue with Iran for resuming talks to resolve a standoff with the West over Tehran's contested nuclear program before it degenerates into a new Middle East war. ...

Brazil detains band, club owners after deadly nightclub fire Posted: 28 Jan 2013 02:33 PM PST SANTA MARIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian police investigating a nightclub fire that killed 231 people detained on Monday the owners of the club and two band members whose pyrotechnics show authorities say triggered the blaze as the focus turned to finding those responsible for the tragedy. No charges were filed against the four men, but prosecutors said they could be held for up to five days as police press them for clues as to how the fire early Sunday morning could have caused so many deaths. ...

Bomb explodes in southern district of Lebanese capital Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:59 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - A bomb planted under a car exploded in a southern suburb of Beirut late on Monday, a Lebanese security source said, rocking a Shi'ite Muslim area that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah. The bomb destroyed the car and damaged buildings in the residential area of Hay al-Sellom but there were no casualties, the source said. It was not immediately clear what the target of the bomb was but the car was parked near a office for Shi'ite Hezbollah-aligned Amal political group. ...

Exclusive: Israeli finance chief expects cuts to defense spending Posted: 28 Jan 2013 04:36 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, fresh from a record-setting sale of Israeli bonds to investors in Florida, said on Monday that balancing the government budget will require "moderate but still significant" cuts to the defense sector. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Steinitz, a leading member of the weakened Likud party of hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also said there are no plans to further raise taxes in order to hit a deficit target of 3 percent of economic output. ...

Guatemala court orders trial of former dictator, rejects appeals Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:04 PM PST GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court ordered 86-year-old former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Monday to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, throwing out 13 appeals presented by his defense. A judge found sufficient proof linking Rios Montt, who ruled during a particularly bloody period of the country's 36-year civil war, to the killing of more than 1,700 indigenous people in a counterinsurgency operation in 1982 and 1983. ...

Canadian opposition introduces bill that makes secession easier Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:49 PM PST OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's biggest opposition party introduced a bill on Monday that would make it easier for the French-speaking province of Quebec to secede, although the proposal has no chance of becoming law now. The bill, from the opposition New Democratic Party, would allow Quebec to leave Canada if there were a simple majority vote on a clear question - 50 percent plus one vote, offering clues to NDP policy on the matter if it wins the 2015 election. ...

Dutch Queen abdicates, Willem-Alexander to succeed Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:33 PM PST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, announced she was abdicating in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, telling her country it was time to hand the crown to the next generation after more than three decades on the throne. Willem-Alexander, 45, who will be sworn in as king on April 30, is married to Princess Maxima, who comes from Argentina, and has three young children. ...

Murdoch apologizes for "offensive" Netanyahu cartoon Posted: 28 Jan 2013 02:01 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch apologized on Monday for a "grotesque" cartoon in his London-based Sunday Times newspaper depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a bloody wall trapping the bodies of Palestinians, after complaints from Jewish groups. The image, which shows Netanyahu holding a trowel dripping blood, was published on Holocaust Memorial Day and carried the caption "Israeli elections. ...

No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire Posted: 28 Jan 2013 04:46 PM PST SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fueled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young crowd into a frenzy, launching into another fast-paced, accordion-driven tune and lighting flares that spewed silver sparks into the air.

Mali military enters fabled town of Timbuktu Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:08 PM PST SEVARE, Mali (AP) — Backed by French helicopters and paratroopers, Malian soldiers entered the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday after al-Qaida-linked militants who ruled the outpost by fear for nearly 10 months fled into the desert, setting fire to a library that held thousands of manuscripts dating to the Middle Ages.

Iran says it successfully sent a monkey into space Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:58 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant's car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said Monday in what was described as a step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight.

Masked 'Black Bloc' a mystery in Egypt unrest Posted: 28 Jan 2013 01:27 PM PST CAIRO (AP) — An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt's wave of political unrest: a mysterious group of masked young men called the Black Bloc who present themselves as the defenders of protesters opposed to the Islamist president's rule.

Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicating, son will be king Posted: 28 Jan 2013 04:23 PM PST THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she is ending her reign after 33 years and passing the crown to her eldest son, who has long been groomed to be king but who will have to work hard to match his mother's popularity.

Egypt in show of defiance against Islamist leader Posted: 28 Jan 2013 01:44 PM PST CAIRO (AP) — Protesters battled police for hours in Cairo on Monday and thousands marched through Egypt's three Suez Canal cities in direct defiance of a night-time curfew and state of emergency, handing a blow to the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's attempts to contain five days of spiraling political violence.

Mexican church sparks debate on forgiving killers Posted: 28 Jan 2013 02:28 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — An order of Roman Catholic priests in Mexico has produced a video urging relatives of drug cartel victims to adopt a Christ-like forgiveness by pardoning even the killers, hitting a sensitive nerve in a country that has suffered an estimated 70,000 estimated drug gang killings or more.

Antigua gets OK to become copyright haven Posted: 28 Jan 2013 04:13 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Americans call it piracy. Antiguans call it justice.

Guatemala ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide Posted: 28 Jan 2013 04:14 PM PST GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday.

Israel's comatose Sharon shows brain activity Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:50 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — Seven years after a massive stroke removed him from office and left him in a vegetative state, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is able to process information and has exhibited "robust activity" in his brain, according to doctors who conducted recent tests.

In aftermath of nightclub fire, some Brazilians question 'culture of impunity' Posted: 28 Jan 2013 02:02 PM PST Authorities buried the first victims of the Santa Maria nightclub fire this morning, and while Brazil is still in shock over its worst disaster in more than half a century, some are shifting their focus toward the investigation and future prevention.

In liberated Timbuktu, new rains begin to wash away harsh rule of rebels Posted: 28 Jan 2013 01:31 PM PST In Timbuktu, rains out of season are a portent of hope. Rain fell unexpectedly here today in a gentle spatter on streets and houses, and on the French and Malian soldiers who drove through town and the crowds who turned out to applaud them.

A royal family that believes in retirement? Dutch Queen Beatrix to abdicate Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:25 PM PST After more than 100 years of rule by female heads of state, the Netherlands is set to have a king on its throne once again.

French take airport at Timbuktu as Islamist forces disappear Posted: 28 Jan 2013 08:12 AM PST French and Malian troops were poised early today to advance into the city of Timbuktu, a key objective in a French-led campaign to reclaim northern Mali from nearly a year of rule by Islamist militants.

Russian PM Medvedev says odds against Assad's political survival Posted: 28 Jan 2013 07:40 AM PST Russia is gradually losing hope that Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad can cling to power, and sees his chances fading with each passing day, former President and current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says.

Could Brazil's nightclub fire spur more regional accountability? Posted: 28 Jan 2013 06:52 AM PST Today marks 500 days until the kick-off of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It's a moment that normally would bring worldwide attention to the country, also host of the 2016 summer Olympics, as it seeks to secure a spot on the international stage.

Egypt opposition cool to Morsi's offer of talks amid state of emergency Posted: 28 Jan 2013 05:36 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

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