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Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city
Intense blasts echoed through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs on Monday after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, local activists said.
 
One dead, dozens injured in fifth day of Egypt clashes
Violent clashes near Egypt's Interior Ministry on Monday left at least one person dead and 72 injured, a health ministry official said.
 
Australians urged to flee flooding
Australian authorities on Monday pleaded with hundreds of people who had chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters to vacate their homes.
 
Aftershocks rattle Philippines; quake death toll climbs
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, killing at least 12 people, an official said.
 
President: Tuareg fighters from Libya stoke violence in Mali
Tuareg tribesman who reportedly fought for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya have returned to Mali with weapons, stoking violence and forcing thousands to flee, Mali's president said.
 
Official: Libya's Saif Gadhafi could be tried within weeks
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi, could go on trial "within weeks or months," Libya's interior minister said Sunday.
 
BBC
Syria artillery onslaught on Homs
The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns.
 
Israel condemns Fatah-Hamas move
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace.
 
Trendnet flaw hits home net cams
Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including video from children's rooms.
 
Blasts rock north Nigeria cities
Explosions have hit a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, scene of deadly attacks last month, and a market in Maiduguri to the west.
 
Obama: 'I deserve a second term'
President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%.
 
Troops and police clash in Brazil
Brazilian troops clash with police striking over pay and conditions in the state of Bahia, as they try to remove them from the state assembly.
 
Reuters
Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.
 
U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes
VIENNA (Reuters) - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs.
 
Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
 
Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb Monday, residents and hospital sources said, underscoring the volatility in the country months after Muammar Gaddafi's overthrow.
 
Egyptians cancel meetings with U.S. lawmakers after aid warnings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Egyptian military delegation abruptly cancelled its meetings with U.S. lawmakers to return to Cairo on Monday after warnings from both Congress and the White House that Egypt's crackdown on non-governmental groups could threaten its $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.
 
Victims weep, ridicule Norway killer's court speech
OSLO (Reuters) - Survivors and relatives of those killed in a Norwegian mass-murder rampage wept and ridiculed the smiling attacker in court Monday as he defended his acts by issuing a tirade against immigration.
 
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Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy (Reuters)

United States Ambassador Susan Rice speaks with an unidentified delegate during the U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power in New York February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Allison JoyceReuters - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.


 
U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes (Reuters)
Reuters - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs.
 
Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government (Reuters)
Reuters - The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
 
Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff (Reuters)
Reuters - Gunmen killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb Monday, residents and hospital sources said, underscoring the volatility in the country months after Muammar Gaddafi's overthrow.
 
Egyptians cancel meetings with U.S. lawmakers after aid warnings (Reuters)
Reuters - An Egyptian military delegation abruptly cancelled its meetings with U.S. lawmakers to return to Cairo on Monday after warnings from both Congress and the White House that Egypt's crackdown on non-governmental groups could threaten its $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.
 
Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime? (Time.com)
Time.com - Even as the Free Syrian Army is establishing an identity in the conflict, another organization announces its presence in the opposition pantheon
 




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