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Norway massacre suspect: I deserve a medal (06 Feb 2012)
A Norwegian court concludes that Anders Behring Breivik -- the man charged with killing 77 people last July, an attack he claimed merited a medal of honor -- can be kept in custody until his trial.
U.S. shuts embassy as fighting rages (06 Feb 2012)
The U.S. closes its embassy in Syria as intense blasts echo through the city of Homs after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, activists say.
Syrian rebel leadership is split (06 Feb 2012)
Rival dissident army officers are claiming to lead the increasingly armed rebellion within Syria, exposing rifts within the opposition.
NGO dispute: U.S. aid to Egypt on line (06 Feb 2012)
U.S. aid to Egypt could suffer if Egypt persists in prosecuting nongovernmental organization workers, U.S. officials warned Monday.
French strke expected to ground flights (07 Feb 2012)
Air France expects to cancel nearly half its long haul flights Tuesday as a strike by aviation workers enters its second day.
Chinese taken in Sudan await release (07 Feb 2012)
A group of Chinese construction workers abducted in Sudan were expected to be released within 48 hours, almost two weeks after they were taken hostage in a remote area of Sudan's volatile South Kordofan state, Sudanese media reported Tuesday.
Warnings in flood-hit Australian towns (07 Feb 2012)
Australian authorities on Tuesday told more than 2,000 residents who had left a town at the mercy of record-breaking flood waters to stay away until the danger had passed.
Death toll climbs in Philippines quake (06 Feb 2012)
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines has killed at least 15 people, the government said.
U.S. orders new Iran sanctions (06 Feb 2012)
The United States has moved to block assets of Iran's government and financial institutions, saying they had engaged in "deceptive practices," President Barack Obama's administration announced Monday.
IMF warns China on EU fallout (06 Feb 2012)
Economic growth in China could drop by half this year in the event of a sharp recession in Europe, the IMF predicted on Monday in a report that underscored the importance of global trade to the world's second largest economy.
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Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city (06 Feb 2012)
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 (06 Feb 2012)
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 (06 Feb 2012)
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 (06 Feb 2012)
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 (06 Feb 2012)
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 (05 Feb 2012)
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.
Hearing set for Italian cruise ship captain (06 Feb 2012)
A closed-door hearing to determine whether the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship should remain under house arrest is set for Monday.
Mexico's ruling party picks woman as presidential candidate (06 Feb 2012)
Mexico's conservative ruling party has picked a former education secretary as its nominee for the nation's top job. If she wins, she will become Mexico's first female president.
Elizabeth celebrates 60 years as queen (06 Feb 2012)
Sixty years ago Monday, a 25-year-old woman got a message that her father had died -- and that she was now Queen Elizabeth II.
Foxconn story shrouded in secrecy (06 Feb 2012)
We meet her by chance on the side of a road. She looks the very model of a Chinese factory worker: young, vibrant, dressed in the cheap brand-name knockoff fashions so common of poor rural villages.
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