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• Iran's Ahmadinejad kissed and scolded in Egypt
• North Korea threatens "stronger" measures than nuclear test
• Bulgaria blames Hezbollah in bomb attack on Israeli tourists
• Japan protests to China after radar pointed at vessel
• British PM's party split as first gay marriage vote passes
• Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: USGS
• Young Indian rape suspect held alone for own safety, says innocent
• Tuareg rebels say they extend control in Mali's northeast
• Syrian opposition chief says offers Assad peaceful exit
• Obama to visit Israel in spring; Mideast peace, Iran on agenda
• US, China top diplomats discuss NKorea
• Bulgaria links Hezbollah to attack on Israelis
• Terrorists with Western links a growing threat
• Congress considers putting limits on drone strikes
• Armed gang rapes 6 Spanish tourists in Mexico
• Report: French may start leaving Mali in March
• British lawmakers vote in favor of gay marriage
• Iran president visits Egypt in warming of ties
• Report: Ireland oversaw harsh Catholic laundries
• Syrian lawmaker rejects conditions for peace talks
• North Korea video: Welcome to theater of the bizzare
• Does Tory opposition to gay marriage signal a UK 'culture war'?
• Blast at Mexico's state oil company could boost privatization push
• Afghan corruption, opium, and the strange case of Kam Air
• Much ado about Richard III: Is Shakespeare to blame?
• Bulgaria blames Hezbollah for 2012 bombing, refueling terrorist listing debate
• 'Secret ledger' at heart of Spanish corruption scandal given to authorities
• In Paris, first arrest of Islamist suspects since start of Mali war
• Ahmadinejad visits Cairo: How sect tempers Islamist ties between Egypt, Iran
• Sochi cha-ching: Putin defends most expensive Olympics ever
• Is China cleaning up its illegal 'black jails'?
• As Iran's elections near, Ahmadinejad refuses to leave office quietly
• A new, different kind of 'troubles' in Northern Ireland
• For Northern Irish republicans, life is hard, but life is good
• In the new Egypt, the police still hew to their old torturing ways
• Could North Korea be planning multiple nuclear tests?

Iran's Ahmadinejad kissed and scolded in Egypt Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:02 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was both kissed and scolded on Tuesday when he began the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The trip was meant to underline a thaw in relations since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state, President Mohamed Mursi, last June. But it also highlighted deep theological and geopolitical differences. Mursi, a member of the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood, kissed Ahmadinejad after he landed at Cairo airport and gave him a red carpet reception with military honors. ...

North Korea threatens "stronger" measures than nuclear test Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:25 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea stepped up its bellicose rhetoric on Tuesday, threatening to go beyond carrying out a promised third nuclear test in response to what it believes are "hostile" sanctions imposed after a December rocket launch. Pyongyang frequently employs fiery rhetoric aimed at South Korea and the United States and in 2010 was blamed for sinking a South Korean naval vessel. It also shelled a South Korean island in the same year, killing civilians. It did not spell out the actions it would take. ...

Bulgaria blames Hezbollah in bomb attack on Israeli tourists Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:01 PM PST SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria accused Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah on Tuesday of carrying out a bomb attack on a bus in the Black Sea city of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last year. The conclusions of the Bulgarian investigation, citing a clear connection to an attack on European Union soil, might open the way for the EU to join the United States in branding the Iranian-backed Hezbollah a terrorist organization. ...

Japan protests to China after radar pointed at vessel Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:08 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - A Chinese navy vessel aimed a type of radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese navy ship in the East China Sea, prompting Japan to protest, Japan's defense minister said on Tuesday, an action that could complicate efforts to cool tension in a territorial row between the rivals. "Projecting fire control radar is very unusual," Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters of the incident, which he said occurred on January 30 but took time to confirm. "One mistake, and the situation would become very dangerous. ...

British PM's party split as first gay marriage vote passes Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:41 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament voted heavily in favor of legalizing gay marriage on Tuesday, but Prime Minister David Cameron's authority in his own party took a blow as his Conservatives split in two over the measure he had championed. In the first of several votes required for its passage, the lower house of parliament backed the legislation by 400-175, but more than half of Cameron's 303 lawmakers voted against or abstained, signaling deep unease with it and his leadership. ...

Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: USGS Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:31 PM PST SYDNEY (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude struck southeast of the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The shallow quake was only 15 km (nine miles) deep and the epicenter was 330 km east-southeast of Kira Kira in the Solomon Islands. There was no immediate tsunami warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii. (Reporting by Michael Perry; Editing by Ed Davies)

Young Indian rape suspect held alone for own safety, says innocent Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:23 PM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Behind a barbed wire-topped wall by a busy New Delhi highway a teenager sits alone in a locked room, accused of taking part in a gang rape that first sparked nationwide protests and now a debate over whether Indian law is too lenient on juveniles. Police allege the youth and five men lured a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist and her male friend onto a bus where they repeatedly raped her and beat her with a metal bar before tossing the bleeding couple onto a road. The woman died of internal injuries two weeks later. ...

Tuareg rebels say they extend control in Mali's northeast Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:14 PM PST KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - Pro-autonomy Tuareg rebels in Mali said on Tuesday they had occupied the town of Menaka, extending their control of the remote northeast as they position for talks with the government after the retreat of al Qaeda-linked insurgents. It was not possible to independently verify whether MNLA fighters had entered Menaka, some 250 km (156 miles) south of their stronghold of Kidal. Menaka was a cradle of the MNLA's separatist uprising last year that took over northern Mali but was subsequently hijacked by al Qaeda and its allies. ...

Syrian opposition chief says offers Assad peaceful exit Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:53 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on Monday to start talks for its departure from power and save the country from greater ruin after almost two years of bloodshed. Seeking to step up pressure on Assad to respond to his offer of talks - which dismayed some in his own opposition coalition, Alkhatib said he would be ready to meet the president's deputy. ...

Obama to visit Israel in spring; Mideast peace, Iran on agenda Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:05 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan this spring, the White House said on Tuesday, raising the prospects of a new U.S. push to restart long-stalled Israel-Palestinian peace efforts. Obama's trip, his first to Israel since taking office, signaled that he intends to make the volatile Middle East - where Iran remains locked in a nuclear standoff with the West and Syria is caught up in a bloody civil war - a top priority in his second term. ...

US, China top diplomats discuss NKorea Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:33 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration talked to China on Tuesday about North Korea facing "further consequences" under a recent U.N. Security Council resolution if it conducts a nuclear test, the State Department said.

Bulgaria links Hezbollah to attack on Israelis Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:15 PM PST SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Hezbollah was behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year, investigators said Tuesday, describing a sophisticated bombing carried out by a terrorist cell that included Canadian and Australian citizens.

Terrorists with Western links a growing threat Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:10 PM PST They are called "homegrown terrorists," Western citizens highly prized by Islamic militant groups because they can move across borders and carry out attacks easier than people from Middle East or South Asian nations.

Congress considers putting limits on drone strikes Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:35 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncomfortable with the Obama administration's use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America's authority to kill suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens. The Democratic-led outcry was emboldened by the revelation in a newly surfaced Justice Department memo that shows drones can strike against a wider range of threats, with less evidence, than previously believed.

Armed gang rapes 6 Spanish tourists in Mexico Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:36 PM PST ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Six Spanish tourists were raped by a gang of armed, masked men in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, the latest chapter of violence that has tarnished the once-glamorous Pacific coast resort.

Report: French may start leaving Mali in March Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:47 PM PST TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — French troops may start pulling out of their anti-extremist operation in Mali as early as next month, handing over to a still-developing African force.

British lawmakers vote in favor of gay marriage Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:57 PM PST LONDON (AP) — A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Britain cleared a major hurdle Tuesday, as lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposals championed by Prime Minister David Cameron.

Iran president visits Egypt in warming of ties Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:10 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed the crisis in Syria with his Egyptian counterpart Tuesday in the first visit by an Iranian leader to Cairo in more than three decades, marking a historic departure from years of frigid ties between the regional heavyweights.

Report: Ireland oversaw harsh Catholic laundries Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:28 AM PST DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's government oversaw workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once held thousands of women and teenage girls in unpaid labor and usually against their will, a fact-finding report concluded Tuesday, establishing state involvement in the country's infamous Magdalene Laundries for the first time.

Syrian lawmaker rejects conditions for peace talks Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:53 AM PST DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A proposal by a Syrian opposition leader for peace talks suffered two sharp blows Tuesday, with both a ruling party lawmaker and the largest bloc inside the anti-regime coalition rejecting the idea.

North Korea video: Welcome to theater of the bizzare Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:21 PM PST A propaganda video released by North Korea showing New York City being bombed is pure fantasy – and just another weird window on the Hermit Kingdom's propaganda machine.

Does Tory opposition to gay marriage signal a UK 'culture war'? Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:13 PM PST A parliamentary vote Tuesday took Britain a step closer to joining the 14 countries where gay marriage is legal, despite a major rebellion by members of Parliament (MPs) from the governing coalition's Conservative Party.

Blast at Mexico's state oil company could boost privatization push Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:23 PM PST A buildup of gas in the basement provoked the explosion that ripped through four floors of Mexico's state-owned oil company, killing 37 people and injuring more than 100.

Afghan corruption, opium, and the strange case of Kam Air Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:30 AM PST In late January, the US military blacklisted Afghanistan's Kam Air from winning contracts with the US in Afghanistan, with the head of a US military anticorruption unit asserting that the airline was involved in bulk opium smuggling on commercial flights to Tajikistan.

Much ado about Richard III: Is Shakespeare to blame? Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:41 AM PST What started out as a hopeful archaeological dig in a municipal parking lot has turned into one of the most talked-about stories of the year so far.

Bulgaria blames Hezbollah for 2012 bombing, refueling terrorist listing debate Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:38 AM PST The Bulgarian government has blamed Lebanon's militant Shiite Hezbollah organization for a deadly suicide bomb attack on a bus in the town of Burgas last July which left six people dead, five of them Israelis.

'Secret ledger' at heart of Spanish corruption scandal given to authorities Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST Spanish authorities are stepping up their investigation into a high-level corruption scandal that is shaking the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy – and threatening Europe's already fragile credibility that it will be able to drag itself out of years of economic and political crisis.

In Paris, first arrest of Islamist suspects since start of Mali war Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:33 AM PST French police arrested four suspected Islamist militants near Paris today as part of an investigation into the recruitment of volunteers by Al Qaeda insurgents in Mali, French interior minister Manuel Valls said.

Ahmadinejad visits Cairo: How sect tempers Islamist ties between Egypt, Iran Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:26 AM PST Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo today in the first visit of an Iranian leader to Egypt since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Sochi cha-ching: Putin defends most expensive Olympics ever Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:49 AM PST The Russian-hosted Sochi winter Games, now just one year off, are five times over budget and on track to be the most expensive Olympics in history. There's an estimated $50-billion price tag before the opening event kicks off.

Is China cleaning up its illegal 'black jails'? Posted: 05 Feb 2013 07:31 AM PST In an almost unprecedented sign of official disapproval, a Beijing court today sentenced 10 men to prison for staffing an illegal "black jail."

As Iran's elections near, Ahmadinejad refuses to leave office quietly Posted: 05 Feb 2013 07:26 AM PST Even by Iran's high standards of vicious political infighting, the power struggle gripping Tehran portends a noisy exit for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that could destabilize key pillars of the Islamic Republic.

A new, different kind of 'troubles' in Northern Ireland Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:37 AM PST The violence has, for the most part, come to an end.

For Northern Irish republicans, life is hard, but life is good Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:37 AM PST Standing on the Andersonstown Road in West Belfast, it's clear to see that the streets are far from bustling, but not because of protests. This is republican West Belfast, which has not been touched by the flag controversy. It's heavy rainfall, not the threat of violence, that's keeping people indoors.

In the new Egypt, the police still hew to their old torturing ways Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:17 AM PST Over the weekend, the Egyptian state posed a question to the nation about a vicious beating that cops delivered to a man, captured on camera: "Who are you going to believe – us, or your own lying eyes?"

Could North Korea be planning multiple nuclear tests? Posted: 05 Feb 2013 05:50 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

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