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• Exclusive: North Korea tells China of preparations for fresh nuclear test - source
• Exclusive: Big powers to offer easing gold sanctions at Iran nuclear talks
• Meteorite explodes over Russia, more than 1,000 injured
• Venezuela shows Chavez photos, says he has trouble speaking
• Islamists rally for Egypt's Mursi in Cairo
• Analysis: Honeymoon wears off for Mexico president's reform push
• U.N. Security Council warns against arms transfers to Yemen
• Cuban dissident blogger prepares 'victory' tour abroad
• Canadian minister quits over inappropriate lobbying
• Horsemeat blame game ricochets across Europe
• Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured
• Weeping Pistorius faces premeditated murder charge
• Photos of Hugo Chavez shown after 2-month absence
• AP PHOTOS: Meteor explodes over Russia
• Pope approves German lawyer to head embattled bank
• Clashes near Syria airport kill 150
• Egypt: Islamists rally in Cairo against opposition
• Police track elusive figure in soccer match-fixing
• Runners and riders in Europe's horsemeat scandal
• Weeping Pistorius faces life in prison in shooting
• India-controlled Kashmir seethes as curfew extends to seventh day
• Is historical claim behind the mystery group of (armed?) Filipinos in Borneo?
• Why Ecuador's Correa looks set to win Sunday's presidential election
• Horsemeat scandal spreads, testing EU's reputation for food standards
• Meteorite - not the end of the world - strikes Russia's Siberia
• 'Prisoner X' case strains Israelis' longtime acceptance of censorship
• The legacy of London's Iraq War march of 2003
• Kenyan court clears Kenyatta for presidential bid, despite war crime charges
• Wyatt Smith makes a deal with his students: Learn Chinese. Go to China.
• Meteor explodes over Russia, injuring hundreds (+video)

Exclusive: North Korea tells China of preparations for fresh nuclear test - source Posted: 15 Feb 2013 04:20 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks, said a source with direct knowledge of the message. Further tests could also be accompanied this year by another rocket launch, said the source, who has direct access to the top levels of government in both Beijing and Pyongyang. North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday, drawing global condemnation and a stern warning from the United States that it was a threat and a provocation. ...

Exclusive: Big powers to offer easing gold sanctions at Iran nuclear talks Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:30 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major powers plan to offer to ease sanctions barring trade in gold and other precious metals with Iran in return for Iranian steps to shut down the nation's newly expanded Fordow uranium enrichment plant, Western officials said on Friday. The officials said the offer is to be presented to Iran at February 26 talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and they acknowledged that it represents a relatively modest update to proposals that the six major powers put forward last year. ...

Meteorite explodes over Russia, more than 1,000 injured Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:22 PM PST CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured 1,200 people. People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow. ...

Venezuela shows Chavez photos, says he has trouble speaking Posted: 15 Feb 2013 02:07 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela published the first photos of cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez since his surgery in Havana more than two months ago and said the socialist president was breathing through a tracheal tube and struggling to speak. The pictures showed the 58-year-old, smiling but with his face looking swollen, lying down in a hospital bed and flanked by his two daughters. In one, they were reading Thursday's edition of the Cuban state newspaper, Granma. ...

Islamists rally for Egypt's Mursi in Cairo Posted: 15 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday in support of Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood president who has been the target of protester rage in weeks of violent demonstrations. Repeating the pattern of recent weeks, Mursi's opponents rallied again on Friday, this time gathering outside El-Quba, one of the presidential palaces in the northern suburbs of Cairo. The activists dubbed it "Checkmate Friday". The protest, which drew several hundred people by afternoon descended into violence as night fell. ...

Analysis: Honeymoon wears off for Mexico president's reform push Posted: 15 Feb 2013 10:46 AM PST MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A political pact forged with rivals and a couple of key laws already under his belt, Mexico's new President Enrique Pena Nieto got off to a strong start, but he faces hurdles to push through deep economic reforms. Armed with a wide-reaching agenda, the 46-year-old former state governor wants to overhaul Mexico's tax system, state oil monopoly Pemex, a telecoms sector dominated by the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, and competition regulations in a bid to modernize the economy and boost growth to 6 percent a year. ...

U.N. Security Council warns against arms transfers to Yemen Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:53 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council warned on Friday against attempts to destabilize Yemen with weapons shipments as the country tries to rebuild after two years of upheaval and expressed concern that former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was undermining the process. The 15-member council said it was ready to consider further measures, including sanctions, "if actions aimed at undermining the Government of National Unity and the political transition continue." Yemen said its coast guard seized missiles and rockets on January 23 believed to have been sent by Iran. ...

Cuban dissident blogger prepares 'victory' tour abroad Posted: 15 Feb 2013 01:55 PM PST HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, said she plans to make good use of "my victory" when she leaves on an 80-day-tour of more than a dozen countries on Sunday. Sanchez, under Cuba's sweeping migration reform that went into effect this year, was granted a passport two weeks ago, after being denied permission to travel more than 20 times over the past five years. ...

Canadian minister quits over inappropriate lobbying Posted: 15 Feb 2013 03:01 PM PST OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan resigned unexpectedly on Friday after admitting he had inappropriately written a letter to a tax court on behalf of a constituent. Duncan leaves a month after thousands of unhappy natives mounted protests across Canada about poor living conditions. Duncan is the first minister to resign on a point of accountability since the Conservatives of Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to power in early 2006 vowing to clean up Ottawa. ...

Horsemeat blame game ricochets across Europe Posted: 15 Feb 2013 10:30 AM PST CASTELNAUDARY, France/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Accusations, denials and threats to sue reverberated round Europe on Friday as meat traders, food processors, retailers and governments all rejected blame for horsemeat found in ever more beef dishes across the continent. In France, wholesalers and officials traded grievances, while more products were removed from sale in Britain, Germany, Austria and Norway; police raided factories in several countries and Dutch prosecutors accused one meat supplier there of fraud. ...

Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured Posted: 15 Feb 2013 02:57 PM PST MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million.

Weeping Pistorius faces premeditated murder charge Posted: 15 Feb 2013 03:27 PM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — In a courtroom, not an Olympic stadium, there was no click-click-click of Oscar Pistorius' prosthetic limbs. His only sound Friday was loud, uncontrollable sobs as prosecutors charged him with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his model girlfriend.

Photos of Hugo Chavez shown after 2-month absence Posted: 15 Feb 2013 04:54 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The world got its first glimpse of Hugo Chavez since he underwent a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba more than two months ago, with photos released Friday showing the Venezuelan leader smiling alongside his daughters in Havana.

AP PHOTOS: Meteor explodes over Russia Posted: 15 Feb 2013 09:39 AM PST A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people. The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some declaring that the world was coming to an end. Many of the injured were cut by flying glass as they flocked to windows to see what the source was for such an intense flash of light.

Pope approves German lawyer to head embattled bank Posted: 15 Feb 2013 03:57 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy, approving a German lawyer to head the Vatican's embattled bank.

Clashes near Syria airport kill 150 Posted: 15 Feb 2013 10:13 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Intense clashes between the Syrian army and rebel fighters near the country's second-largest airport killed around 150 people in recent days, anti-regime activists said Friday, pointing to the significance both sides in the country's civil war place on controlling key infrastructure.

Egypt: Islamists rally in Cairo against opposition Posted: 15 Feb 2013 11:42 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — Several thousand hard-line Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday against a recent wave of violent anti-government protests, while liberal activists staged a smaller demonstration across town to call for accountability and justice from the country's leaders.

Police track elusive figure in soccer match-fixing Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:15 AM PST ROME (AP) — At 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2011, when early risers would have been sipping espressos and buttering toast, a man dressed in black disembarked at Milan's Malpensa Airport after a 13-hour trip from Asia aboard a Singapore Airlines flight.

Runners and riders in Europe's horsemeat scandal Posted: 15 Feb 2013 10:55 AM PST LONDON (AP) — The European Union agreed Friday to begin random DNA checks on meat products in a bid to put a lid on a spreading scandal over horsemeat, while British authorities announced traces of horse had been found in school meals, restaurant dishes and hospital food, as well as supermarket products.

Weeping Pistorius faces life in prison in shooting Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:28 PM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius wept in court Friday as prosecutors said they'll pursue a charge of premeditated murder against him in the killing of his model girlfriend, meaning the man who once inspired the world could spend the rest of his life in prison.

India-controlled Kashmir seethes as curfew extends to seventh day Posted: 15 Feb 2013 01:51 PM PST Kashmir's 6 million residents faced their seventh straight day of confinement and curfew today, the result of an order by New Delhi after the government's secret hanging of Mohammad Afzal Guru, a local Muslim convicted for his role in a deadly attack on India's parliament in 2001.

Is historical claim behind the mystery group of (armed?) Filipinos in Borneo? Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:05 PM PST It's around an hour by speedboat from Sulu in the southern Philippines to Sabah in the Malaysian part of Borneo, a route often plied by fishermen, traders, and migrants. The maritime route goes from what is the poorest part of the Philippines to eastern Malaysia, and many make the trek in search of work.

Why Ecuador's Correa looks set to win Sunday's presidential election Posted: 15 Feb 2013 09:04 AM PST With neon green flags dotting the landscape and pictures of the president overlooking newly-built highways, Ecuador's electoral campaign looks like a one-man show.

Horsemeat scandal spreads, testing EU's reputation for food standards Posted: 15 Feb 2013 08:57 AM PST The EU has long prided itself on food standards, but a scandal that has seen beef adulterated with horsemeat has now spread to 12 European countries, leaving many asking questions about the transparency of Europe's food supply chains.

Meteorite - not the end of the world - strikes Russia's Siberia Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST A meteor the size of a bus exploded in the atmosphere over the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk Friday, terrifying thousands with blinding light flashes and powerful sonic booms that shattered windows, damaged buildings, and injuries may be heading toward 1,000, mainly due to flying glass and debris.

'Prisoner X' case strains Israelis' longtime acceptance of censorship Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:53 AM PST In the days after Israel partially acknowledged a report that it secretly jailed an Australian-Israeli main who later died in prison, there is doubt about the censorship powers that enabled the government to stifle the Israeli media until yesterday.

The legacy of London's Iraq War march of 2003 Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:12 AM PST Tansy Hoskins remembers stamping her feet to ward off the bitter February cold after managing to join millions of people squeezed into Hyde Park 10 years ago today for the United Kingdom's largest-ever political demonstration.

Kenyan court clears Kenyatta for presidential bid, despite war crime charges Posted: 15 Feb 2013 05:47 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Wyatt Smith makes a deal with his students: Learn Chinese. Go to China. Posted: 15 Feb 2013 05:00 AM PST It's 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, and Wyatt Smith is still in his classroom. The day started 12 hours ago, back when his green tie was firmly in place and his khakis were neatly pressed – before the classes, parent phone calls, and the three-hour Mandarin lesson for 13 inner-city students at George Washington Carver High School in Birmingham, Ala.

Meteor explodes over Russia, injuring hundreds (+video) Posted: 15 Feb 2013 05:10 AM PST A 10-ton meteor exploded in the sky above Russia on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out windows injuring some 400 people and sending fragments falling to the ground in the Ural Mountains. Here's a look at those objects in the sky:

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