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• Suicide bomber kills guard at U.S. embassy in Turkey
• Suicide bomb kills 22 near mosques in northwest Pakistan
• One dead, dozens hurt as police clash with Egypt protesters
• Envoy makes "last appeal" for Syria as officials meet
• Stalingrad victory offers Putin patriotic platform
• Rights allegations in Mali cloud France Hollande's visit
• Sudan riot police clash with students at Khartoum university
• Assassination attempt in Armenia threatens stability
• Brazil nightclub owners, band detained 30 more days after fire
• Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
• At palace, Egypt protesters, police clash
• Mali jihadists in custody say tortured by military
• No priest, no sheik means no marriage in Lebanon
• Syrian opposition: willing to meet with regime
• A glance at Mexico oil company incidents
• Russian WWII vet recalls the Battle of Stalingrad
• Dramatists liken Venezuela saga to telenovela
• Sweden orders retrial for convicted serial killer
• 33 die in Mexico oil company office building blast
• Japan boosts defense as some in China and Taiwan agree on disputed islets
• Protests surge in Iraq's Sunni regions, testing Maliki
• Corruption case threatens Spain's ruling party - and its economy
• Pakistan opposition take aim at energy crisis ahead of elections
• Egyptians work to reclaim a Tahrir tainted by sexual assault
• Could France's empty office buildings ease its homeless crisis?
• Can Timbuktu stay pacified after Islamist rebels are run out?
• Legal piracy? Antigua gets OK to start selling copies of US hit movies, songs
• Parting blows: Clinton blasts Russia for inaction in Syria
• Syria spillover? US embassy in Turkey attacked by suicide bomber
• Mexico explosion: How will the Pemex blast affect the country's race for oil?
• Syria's regime and rebels each try use Israeli airstrike to their advantage
• Rodney Jackson hikes high into the Himalayas to help snow leopards

Suicide bomber kills guard at U.S. embassy in Turkey Posted: 01 Feb 2013 04:39 PM PST ANKARA (Reuters) - A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending debris flying through the air. The attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body after entering an embassy gatehouse. The blast could be heard a mile away. A lower leg and other human remains lay on the street. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the bomber was a member of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), a far-left group which is virulently anti-U.S. ...

Suicide bomb kills 22 near mosques in northwest Pakistan Posted: 01 Feb 2013 06:02 AM PST HANGU, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 22 people on Friday in a crowded market outside two mosques from separate Muslim sects in Pakistan's restive northwest, police and hospital officials said. Two of the dead were policemen. Forty-eight people were wounded in the attack in a narrow lane in the town of Hangu that houses both a Shi'ite and a Sunni Muslim mosque. Officials said the anti-Taliban Sunni Supreme Council often holds its meetings in the Sunni mosque, which made it a possible target. ...

One dead, dozens hurt as police clash with Egypt protesters Posted: 01 Feb 2013 02:50 PM PST CAIRO/PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) - At least one protester was shot dead and dozens wounded on Friday when riot police clashed with demonstrators demanding the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi. Youths threw petrol bombs and shot fireworks at the outer wall of Mursi's Cairo presidential compound as night fell. Police responded by firing water cannon and teargas leading to skirmishes in the surrounding streets. Two witnesses said they had seen a protester shot dead in Cairo with live ammunition in front of them. "It's verified. I am at the morgue. ...

Envoy makes "last appeal" for Syria as officials meet Posted: 01 Feb 2013 03:31 PM PST AMMAN/MUNICH (Reuters) - Senior U.S., Russian and U.N. officials, along with the leader of the Syrian opposition, were all expected at a security conference in Munich on Saturday, providing a rare opportunity for talks to revive efforts to end the civil war in Syria. Moscow and the United Nations, however, played down Syrian opposition assertions that its leader would hold a joint meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi in Munich. ...

Stalingrad victory offers Putin patriotic platform Posted: 01 Feb 2013 02:29 PM PST VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Stalingrad will be back on the map for a few hours on Saturday, and Josef Stalin's face will be splashed on buses, as Russia remembers the epic battle that turned the tide of World War Two. President Vladimir Putin is expected in the city, now known as Volgograd, for a military parade to mark 70 years since the German surrender after the six-month Battle of Stalingrad, which became a symbol for Russians of patriotic sacrifice and unity. ...

Rights allegations in Mali cloud France Hollande's visit Posted: 01 Feb 2013 10:52 AM PST BAMAKO/TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - A French-led offensive against Islamists in Mali has led to civilian deaths from air strikes and ethnic reprisals by Malian troops, human rights groups said on Friday, a day before President Francois Hollande was due to visit the country. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch cited witness reports of extrajudicial killings by Malian government soldiers of dozens of civilians in the towns of Sevare and Konna. At least five civilians were killed in a helicopter attack on the first day of France's military intervention, Amnesty also said. ...

Sudan riot police clash with students at Khartoum university Posted: 01 Feb 2013 03:20 PM PST KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese riot police fired teargas at students on Friday as government supporters stormed the main university in the capital Khartoum, activists and witnesses said, in a second day of unrest on the campus. Sudan has avoided the Arab Spring style uprisings which unseated rulers in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, but spiraling inflation sparked small protests which have broadened into demonstrations of discontent with veteran President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's rule. ...

Assassination attempt in Armenia threatens stability Posted: 01 Feb 2013 11:35 AM PST YEREVAN (Reuters) - An assassination attempt on a presidential candidate in Armenia has thrown this month's election into doubt and could threaten stability in the volatile Caucasus region that carries oil and natural gas to Europe. Paruyr Hayrikyan, an outsider in the February 18 presidential vote, was shot in the shoulder on Thursday night close to his home in the capital Yerevan. Doctors removed the bullet on Friday and said his life was not in danger. ...

Brazil nightclub owners, band detained 30 more days after fire Posted: 01 Feb 2013 01:22 PM PST SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A judge in southern Brazil ordered 30 more days of detention on Friday for the owners of a nightclub and band members involved in a fire that killed 236 in the college town of Santa Maria last weekend. The order came after a 20-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries late Thursday, pushing up the death toll from the country's second most deadly fire ever. Civil defense authorities in Rio Grande do Sul, the state where Santa Maria is located, said the victim suffered a heart attack while struggling with injuries that included burns on more than half her body. ...

Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey Posted: 01 Feb 2013 12:19 PM PST ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months, a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a Turkish security guard in what the White House described as a terrorist attack.

At palace, Egypt protesters, police clash Posted: 01 Feb 2013 03:29 PM PST CAIRO (AP) — Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons, as more than a week of political violence came to Mohammed Morsi's symbolic doorstep for the first time.

Mali jihadists in custody say tortured by military Posted: 01 Feb 2013 01:16 PM PST TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Three suspected jihadists arrested in the days since the liberation of Timbuktu said Friday that Malian soldiers were torturing them with a method similar to waterboarding.

No priest, no sheik means no marriage in Lebanon Posted: 01 Feb 2013 03:03 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — She was an English language tutor with an easy smile and an independent streak. He was a gym receptionist who wanted to better himself.

Syrian opposition: willing to meet with regime Posted: 01 Feb 2013 03:11 PM PST MUNICH (AP) — Syria's top opposition leader said Friday that he was willing to sit down for talks with President Bashar Assad's government to "ease the pain of the Syrian people," but emphasized that his goal is to "overthrow the regime by peaceful means."

A glance at Mexico oil company incidents Posted: 01 Feb 2013 02:57 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jan. 31, 2013: A blast collapses the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people beneath tons of rubble and injuring 121. It is being looked at as an accident although all lines of investigation remain open, the head of Petroleos Mexicanos said Friday.

Russian WWII vet recalls the Battle of Stalingrad Posted: 01 Feb 2013 09:36 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet soldiers used their own bodies as shields, covering women and children escaping on ferry boats from a Nazi bombardment that killed 40,000 civilians in a single day. It was the height of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest conflicts of World War II.

Dramatists liken Venezuela saga to telenovela Posted: 01 Feb 2013 02:58 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A president who vanishes for weeks in a mysterious battle with cancer. Supporters who chant their allegiance in the streets. And in the midst of it all, an announcement by the government that it detected a plot to kill his chosen successor.

Sweden orders retrial for convicted serial killer Posted: 01 Feb 2013 10:35 AM PST STOCKHOLM (AP) — Once considered Sweden's worst serial killer, Sture Bergwall confessed to more than 30 murders over three decades, and was convicted of eight of them.

33 die in Mexico oil company office building blast Posted: 01 Feb 2013 04:26 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — A blast that collapsed the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people beneath tons of rubble and injuring 121, is being looked at as an accident although all lines of investigation remain open, the head of Petroleos Mexicanos said Friday.

Japan boosts defense as some in China and Taiwan agree on disputed islets Posted: 01 Feb 2013 01:33 PM PST High-risk friction in the East China Sea between Asia's top economic powers is scaling up in the new year, killing hopes of an early solution, as Beijing sends planes, Japan raises its defense budget, and Taiwan tests the waters again.

Protests surge in Iraq's Sunni regions, testing Maliki Posted: 01 Feb 2013 12:56 PM PST In Iraq's vast western Anbar province, anger over arrests by Iraqi security forces and government neglect has prompted spreading protests that pose the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki since the country's 2006-2007 sectarian war.On Friday in Fallujah and Ramadi, hundreds of thousands of men held Friday prayers on the main highway instead of in the mosques. The peaceful demonstrations, the biggest in Anbar Province since Saddam Hussein was toppled, were called to commemorate the killings of at least seven protesters by Iraqi soldiers a week ago. ...

Corruption case threatens Spain's ruling party - and its economy Posted: 01 Feb 2013 12:29 PM PST Corruption allegations of alleged off-the-books payments to high-ranking officials of Spain's governing Popular Party – including Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy – are threatening to destabilize the government and damage its ability to steer the country through its economic crisis.

Pakistan opposition take aim at energy crisis ahead of elections Posted: 01 Feb 2013 12:02 PM PST Pakistan is struggling with a worsening energy crisis that will be top of mind for many Pakistanis as they head to the polls later this year.

Egyptians work to reclaim a Tahrir tainted by sexual assault Posted: 01 Feb 2013 11:45 AM PST The accounts always unfold similarly. They begin with a group of men surrounding a woman during a large protest in Tahrir Square, often after night falls. They form a tight circle, then attack.

Could France's empty office buildings ease its homeless crisis? Posted: 01 Feb 2013 09:47 AM PST In the big, bright green communal kitchen, Samia Lacombe wipes the counter clean and takes some of the soup that she's made to her new neighbors down the hall.

Can Timbuktu stay pacified after Islamist rebels are run out? Posted: 01 Feb 2013 09:33 AM PST Captain Yann of the French army's 6th Marine engineer battalion got into his jeep early in the morning, drove to the Djingareiber Mosque inside this city and, with a team of soldiers and other army personnel, started digging for bombs.

Legal piracy? Antigua gets OK to start selling copies of US hit movies, songs Posted: 01 Feb 2013 09:16 AM PST Antigua and Barbuda doesn't normally rank among threats to United States interests. The twin-island nation's population of 100,000 rivals that of Flint, Mich., and its $1 billion economy is about as much as New York City is spending to make infrastructure fixes like repairing bridges and filling potholes.

Parting blows: Clinton blasts Russia for inaction in Syria Posted: 01 Feb 2013 08:40 AM PST Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton leveled an angry blast at Russia Thursday, making clear that the United States sees Moscow as bearing most of the blame for the international community's failure to broker any kind of peace deal for war-torn Syria.

Syria spillover? US embassy in Turkey attacked by suicide bomber Posted: 01 Feb 2013 07:46 AM PST A suicide bomber targeted the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, today, killing one Turkish guard and destroying a fortified embassy entrance.

Mexico explosion: How will the Pemex blast affect the country's race for oil? Posted: 01 Feb 2013 06:19 AM PST The deadly explosion that shook a national symbol of Mexico – its giant state-owned oil company – threatens to shake public confidence in an oil industry at a crossroads.

Syria's regime and rebels each try use Israeli airstrike to their advantage Posted: 01 Feb 2013 05:58 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Rodney Jackson hikes high into the Himalayas to help snow leopards Posted: 01 Feb 2013 05:20 AM PST People who drive an hour to work might complain about their commute. Rodney Jackson used to walk for 12 days.

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