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"Executed" corpses dumped in restive Syrian city
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - The bodies of 17 men previously held by Syrian security forces have been found in the city of Hama, activists said on Saturday, victims of a deadly struggle between President Bashar al-Assad and those determined to topple him. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:51:07 GMT |
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Police search News International offices in London, arrest four
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Police said on Saturday they were searching the London offices of Rupert Murdoch's News International and had arrested four people, including a policeman, in an investigation into suspected payments to police officers for information. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:24:07 GMT |
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Salvage crews suspend work on capsized ship
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Salvage crews preparing to pump thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel and oil from the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Italian coast suspended work on Saturday after heavy seas made conditions unsafe, officials said.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:52:16 GMT |
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Sudan says to release ships seized from South Sudan
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Sudan will free ships carrying cargos of crude it seized from South Sudan to ease tensions between the former civil war foes and help the two states agree on a deal over oil revenue, Sayed El-Khatib, deputy head of negotiating team said on Saturday. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:04:59 GMT |
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Senegal opposition urges more "resistance" after riots
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Senegal's opposition called on Saturday for more "resistance" against President Abdoulaye Wade, after a night of riots over his plans to run for a third term in elections next month. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:45:53 GMT |
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The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention
(Time.com)
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| Time.com - Despite the embargo and their cold war, the two countries appear to be in some synch over fear of potential drilling catastrophes |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:20:00 GMT |
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Cruise ship fuel removal stalled due to rough seas
(AP)
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| AP - Rough seas off Italy's Tuscan coast have forced a delay in the start of the operation to pump out half a million gallons of fuel from the grounded cruise liner Costa Concordia. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:00:58 GMT |
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Report: Saudi women to be allowed in sport stadium
(AP)
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| AP - A government-run Saudi Arabian newspaper reports that for the first time in the conservative Muslim country, women will be allowed to attend soccer matches in one of the country's stadiums. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:41:36 GMT |
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Security chief during Mexico's 'dirty war' dies
(AP)
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 AP - Miguel Nazar Haro, who led Mexico's domestic spy agency and was accused of being behind the disappearances of alleged leftist guerrillas in the 1970s, has died at age 87.
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| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:34:56 GMT |
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Congo opposition leader calls for strike over poll
(AP)
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| AP - Congo's top opposition leader is calling for a strike over last year's much-criticized election. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:14:00 GMT |
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Despair, crackdowns breed more violence in Tibet
(AP)
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| AP - A young man posts his photo with a leaflet demanding freedom for Tibet and telling Chinese police, come and get me. Protesters rise up to defend him, and demonstrations break out in two other Tibetan areas of western China to support the same cause. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:22:16 GMT |
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Saputo warns of cleaning solution in milk
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Canadian dairy products producer Saputo Inc is warning customers not to consume one of its milk products because it could be tainted with a cleaning solution. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:55:24 GMT |
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Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash
(AP)
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| AP - A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Gillard's own aides. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:34:06 GMT |
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Syria's opposition concerned about independent armed rebel groups
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - A leading Syrian opposition figure says that as rebels become increasingly militarized, it is critical that disparate armed groups be integrated with the political opposition so that they are working in concert. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:55:37 GMT |
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U.S.-Backed Yemen Transition Plan Draws Fire From Democracy Activists
(Time.com)
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| Time.com - The overriding concern with maintaining a regime dedicated to the U.S. campaign against al-Qaeda has seen Washington work to keep much of the old order intact |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:20:00 GMT |
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Anti-nuclear movement growing in Asia
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - Heonseok Lee has a simple way of describing how public sentiment toward nuclear power has changed in South Korea since the disaster at Japanâ??s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last March 11. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:33:39 GMT |
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