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• Assad forces take Aleppo village, reopening supply line
• Turkish PM's Zionism comments "objectionable": Kerry
• Ex-pope relaxes as cardinals prepare for vote
• Netanyahu seeks time to build new Israeli coalition
• Venezuela rejects "absurd" rumors over Chavez death
• Syria risks "dissolution", U.N. chief says
• Former basketball star Rodman calls North Korean leader "awesome kid"
• Argentine president rejects constitution reform, backs judicial changes
• Ethnic clashes flare in Guinea, president asks for calm
• South African policemen arrested, to face murder charges
• Chad's president: Al-Qaida chief killed in Mali
• Venezuela in the Chavez era: a reporter's view
• UK's 'naked rambler' arrested for nudity, again
• Syrian rebel chief: Fighters desperate for weapons
• Obama, Putin discuss Syria, Iran, set June meeting
• Pistorius bought, collected guns in Olympic year
• Vatican takes first steps running pope-less church
• Leaving NKorea, Rodman calls Kims 'great leaders'
• With Kerry on the way, Egypt liberals angry at US
• China executes 4 foreigners over Mekong murders
• 'Baby Doc' shows up to court: A score for Haiti's justice system?
• Better than expected, but still not enough: Can Hadi hold Yemen together?
• Test the teacher? Educators balk at Mexico's reforms
• North Korea's special guests: First a Google executive, then Dennis Rodman
• Famously corporate-friendly Switzerland set to get tough on CEO pay
• Moscow says US aid for Syria helps 'extremists'
• Lebanon erects string of watchtowers on Syrian border
• Coming for Cameron? Poor showing in bellwether vote rattles Conservatives
• Winners in Israel's game-changing election unlikely to lead charge for peace
• Can France's 'so-called workers' still compete on the world stage?
• Sentencing of Islamist leader brings unhealed rifts to surface in Bangladesh
• Indira Johnson places intriguing sculptures to create dialogues on peace

Assad forces take Aleppo village, reopening supply line Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:37 PM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces seized a village southeast of the city of Aleppo on Friday, reopening a supply line to the country's biggest city where they have been battling rebels for eight months, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the capture of Tel Shghaib marked the last step to creating a land supply route north into Aleppo from Hama province, crucial for Assad's forces who have lost control of part of the main north-south highway. Rebels say they hold most of the city itself and nearly all the rural hinterland. ...

Turkish PM's Zionism comments "objectionable": Kerry Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:14 PM PST ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday criticized a comment by Turkey's prime minister likening Zionism to crimes against humanity in a disagreement that cast a shadow over talks between the NATO allies. Kerry, on his first trip to a Muslim nation since taking office, met Turkish leaders for talks meant to focus on the civil war in neighboring Syria and bilateral interests from energy security and Iran's nuclear program to counter-terrorism. But the comment by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan at a U.N. ...

Ex-pope relaxes as cardinals prepare for vote Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:57 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A relaxed and rested Pope Emeritus Benedict read messages from well-wishers and strolled in his retirement palace gardens on Friday as cardinals due to elect his successor planned pre-vote meetings for next week. The 85-year-old former pope watched televised reports of his departure from the Vatican on Thursday evening, then slept soundly in the papal summer residence Castel Gandolfo, where he will stay for about two months, a Vatican spokesman said. "He slept very well. ...

Netanyahu seeks time to build new Israeli coalition Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:51 AM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Deadlocked talks with potential coalition partners have forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek more time to build a new government and avert a possible snap election, officials said on Friday. They said Netanyahu would meet President Shimon Peres on Saturday to ask for a two-week extension after his right-wing party, the narrow victor in Israel's January 22 ballot, exhausted the standard four weeks allotted to build a coalition. Peres is expected to accept Netanyahu's request. ...

Venezuela rejects "absurd" rumors over Chavez death Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:05 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Senior aides and relatives of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez countered on Friday a crescendo of rumors that the socialist president may be dead from cancer, saying he was still battling for his life. "There he is, continuing his fight, his battle, and we are sure of victory!" his older brother Adan Chavez, the governor of Barinas state, told cheering supporters. Speculation about Chavez, 58, hit fever pitch this week, fed in part by assertions from Panama's former ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Guillermo Cochez, that the Venezuelan leader had died. ...

Syria risks "dissolution", U.N. chief says Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:37 AM PST GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria will fall apart if its government and rebels keep fighting instead of seeking a negotiated peace, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. He said the situation in Syria was deteriorating by the day after almost two years of conflict in which 70,000 people have died, but there was now a slim chance for peace talks. "This is a very small window of opportunity which we strongly support and encourage them to use that. The opportunity may soon close," Ban said at a news conference in Geneva. ...

Former basketball star Rodman calls North Korean leader "awesome kid" Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:58 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman emerged from four days in North Korea on Friday, calling the leader of the reclusive country "an awesome kid". Rodman, known for his tattoos, body piercings and flamboyance, was in North Korea to film a sports documentary, and watched a basketball game alongside the country's leader, Kim Jong-un. ...

Argentine president rejects constitution reform, backs judicial changes Posted: 01 Mar 2013 01:43 PM PST BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez told Congress on Friday she will not push for a constitutional overhaul that would let her run for a third consecutive term but will go ahead with a broad judicial reform proposal. Fernandez, who has been in power for six years, will now have to step down after the next presidential election in 2015. Some of her supporters had sought a constitutional change allowing her to stand again. ...

Ethnic clashes flare in Guinea, president asks for calm Posted: 01 Mar 2013 01:55 PM PST CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinean President Alpha Conde appealed for calm on Friday after rival ethnic gangs fought with knives and truncheons in the capital in a third day of violence over an upcoming election in the volatile West African nation. Security forces in full anti-riot gear took to the streets of the crumbling seaside capital Conakry to try to stem violence in which at least 65 people were injured, according to a statement from the presidency. "All sides must avoid provocation, personal vengeance and taking justice into their own hands," Conde said in a televised address to the nation. ...

South African policemen arrested, to face murder charges Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:04 AM PST PRETORIA (Reuters) - Eight South African policemen have been arrested on suspicion of murder after dragging a man tied to the back of a police truck through a busy Johannesburg street in an incident broadcast around the world, a government watchdog said on Friday. The video-recorded treatment of the Mozambican taxi driver has further damaged the reputation of the police force in South Africa where more than 1,200 people a year die in police custody. ...

Chad's president: Al-Qaida chief killed in Mali Posted: 01 Mar 2013 04:22 PM PST N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chadian President Idriss Deby announced Friday that Chadian troops fighting to dislodge an al-Qaida affiliate in northern Mali killed one of the group's leading commanders, Abou Zeid.

Venezuela in the Chavez era: a reporter's view Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:52 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Pushing our infant son in a stroller, my wife and I stepped out of the terminal at Simon Bolivar International Airport and were approached by several taxi drivers offering to take us to Caracas. One of them, a soft-spoken young man in his 20s, offered the lowest fare by far, and I handed him one of our bags.

UK's 'naked rambler' arrested for nudity, again Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:17 AM PST LONDON (AP) — A British man who has spent most of the past decade naked — and in jail — was back behind bars Friday after defying an order to cover up.

Syrian rebel chief: Fighters desperate for weapons Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:02 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — The head of Syria's rebels said Friday that the food and medical supplies the United States plans to give his fighters for the first time won't bring them any closer to defeating President Bashar Assad's forces in the country's civil war.

Obama, Putin discuss Syria, Iran, set June meeting Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:38 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin, welcoming Russian cooperation on international efforts to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions. The White House says the two men also discussed the ongoing violence in Syria, a topic that still divides Washington and Moscow.

Pistorius bought, collected guns in Olympic year Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:54 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol dubbed by its manufacturer as "the most powerful production revolver in the world" and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.

Vatican takes first steps running pope-less church Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:17 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves to formalize the end of one pontificate and prepare for the conclave to start the next.

Leaving NKorea, Rodman calls Kims 'great leaders' Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:08 PM PST PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" and said his father and grandfather were "great leaders" — an assessment that got short shrift from the U.S. government.

With Kerry on the way, Egypt liberals angry at US Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:26 PM PST CAIRO (AP) — As John Kerry heads to Egypt on Saturday for his first visit as secretary of state, he faces a barrage of accusations from liberal and secular Egyptians who say Washington is siding with the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the country's sharp political divisions.

China executes 4 foreigners over Mekong murders Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:06 AM PST BEIJING (AP) — China executed four foreigners on Friday for killing 13 Chinese sailors in an attack on the Mekong River, following a live nationwide broadcast showing them being led to their deaths that harkened back to the mass public execution rallies of past years.

'Baby Doc' shows up to court: A score for Haiti's justice system? Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:32 AM PST Haiti's former dictator, Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, surprised critics yesterday when he showed up in court to answer questions to determine whether he could be prosecuted for human rights abuses dating back to his 1971- 1986 regime.

Better than expected, but still not enough: Can Hadi hold Yemen together? Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:56 AM PST It was far from the anniversary that Yemeni President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi had hoped for. A year after the referendum-like election that solidified the former vice president's rise to the presidency, lingering tensions erupted in the southern city of Aden; at the end of the day, five secessionist demonstrators were killed.

Test the teacher? Educators balk at Mexico's reforms Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:30 AM PST Imagine a school where a teacher who doesn't show up for class, or doesn't hold a degree, or fails or refuses a mandatory evaluation can't be fired. Imagine a school that routinely hires and promotes teachers on the basis of favors rather than merit.

North Korea's special guests: First a Google executive, then Dennis Rodman Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:09 AM PST As former NBA star Dennis Rodman wrapped up his week-long trip to North Korea today, the latest high profile visit of a Westerner to North Korea, observers are asking if the visit suggests that North Korea is becoming a bit more open to the outside world.

Famously corporate-friendly Switzerland set to get tough on CEO pay Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:50 AM PST Switzerland has a reputation as one of the most business-friendly countries in the world. But huge salaries and bonuses for top managers of Switzerland's listed companies could soon be a thing of the past if voters back a national initiative on Sunday.

Moscow says US aid for Syria helps 'extremists' Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:44 AM PST Russia accelerated the war of words over Syria today, accusing the US of undermining recent efforts to move toward a negotiated settlement between the Bashar al-Assad regime and its opponents by "encouraging extremists" at this week's Friends of Syria meeting in Rome. The US announced at the meeting that it was stepping up material aid to rebels in a bid to "change the balance of power" in the two-year civil war that's already killed more than 70,000 people.

Lebanon erects string of watchtowers on Syrian border Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:36 AM PST A series of fortified watchtowers manned by Lebanese troops will soon stud a line of hills along Lebanon's northern border where Syrian artillery regularly trades fire with opposition rebels.

Coming for Cameron? Poor showing in bellwether vote rattles Conservatives Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:10 AM PST Britain awoke Friday to the sound of political knives being sharpened for the prime minister, David Cameron, after a win for his Liberal Democrat coalition partners in a bellwether parliamentary by-election that consigned Mr. Cameron's Conservative Party to third place.

Winners in Israel's game-changing election unlikely to lead charge for peace Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:30 AM PST Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still without a coalition more than a month after winning parliamentary elections, but amid the political horsetrading the next government's agenda is coming into view.

Can France's 'so-called workers' still compete on the world stage? Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:23 AM PST After Maurice M. Taylor Jr. of tire manufacturer Titan International gave up on trying to buy a Goodyear factory in northern France, he wrote a letter to France's industrial renewal minister that painted the French labor force in no uncertain terms.

Sentencing of Islamist leader brings unhealed rifts to surface in Bangladesh Posted: 01 Mar 2013 05:38 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Indira Johnson places intriguing sculptures to create dialogues on peace Posted: 01 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PST They appear when you least expect it: 300-pound sculpted heads of the Buddha, emerging from sidewalks, under the L tracks, and amid parks and gardens in some of Chicago's most densely populated and violence-plagued neighborhoods.

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