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The Syrian government condemns a decision by the Arab League to suspend its monitoring mission inside Syria, amid increasing violence.
28 Jan 2012 at 8:51pm
Inspectors from the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, begin a visit to Iran to try to determine the purpose of the country's nuclear programme.
28 Jan 2012 at 6:40pm
Greek officials reject German proposals for a eurozone budget commissioner to oversee spending, as agreement nears on a second bailout for Greece.
28 Jan 2012 at 2:14pm
A fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in the Peruvian capital Lima kills at least 26 people and injures 10 others, officials say.
28 Jan 2012 at 2:56pm
The Nigerian army shoots dead 11 members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the north-east, a spokesman says.
28 Jan 2012 at 3:02pm
The political leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, is due to visit Jordan, 13 years after it expelled Hamas leaders.
28 Jan 2012 at 4:03pm
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in the US to receive medical treatment for injuries he sustained in an assassination attempt last June.
28 Jan 2012 at 5:34pm
The US defence secretary says he is concerned about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
28 Jan 2012 at 3:59am
Khartoum offers to release detained crude oil shipments belonging to South Sudan to help end a bitter dispute over transit fees.
28 Jan 2012 at 5:48am
Cuba's ruling Communist Party holds its first-ever national conference to consider changes in the way it runs the country and how to renew the ageing revolutionary leadership.
28 Jan 2012 at 5:28pm
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In America, Pete O'Neal was an angry man, an ex-con who found a kind of religion in 1960s black nationalism. In a Tanzania village, he's been a champion of children.
by By Christopher Goffard
28 Jan 2012 at 5:09pm
His coalition is stable, but some think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek early elections to capitalize on his popularity before the U.S. presidential vote.
Israel's current coalition government is one of its most stable in decades, and the next scheduled national poll is nearly two years off. Yet election fever has gripped the country and some believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is quietly preparing to call for an early vote, perhaps in the middle of this year.
by By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times
29 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Troops' accelerated departure after the killings of four French soldiers marks a breaking of Western ranks. It could also serve as a message to insurgents that such attacks are an effective way to push U.S. allies out of the fight.
After France, the deluge?
by By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
29 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
The Arab League, citing continued violence, suspends its monitoring operation that began last month. The observers will remain in Syria, however, sustaining hope that the mission could resume.
The Arab League said Saturday that it was suspending its observer mission in Syria amid escalating violence that has left scores dead in recent days.
by By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
29 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
South Korean beef farmers, hurt by oversupply and low prices, press for more government aid, sometimes taking drastic action. Too drastic, some say.
Angry about a lack of government aid amid plummeting beef prices, cattle breeder Moon Dong-yeon reportedly took a drastic measure that animal rights activists insist is tantamount to murder: He let 40 cows, half his herd, die of starvation.
by By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times
29 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
The prime minister decides the two agencies fighting to collect and control fingerprints, retinal scans and other data will share in the duties.
by By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times
28 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
Sea currents act like a conveyor belt, depositing trash on a remote stretch of sand in an ecologically rich region of coral reef and mangrove forests. Locals can only pick up the pieces, bit by bit.
Just off a rutted dirt road, a beach as white as flour pops into view from behind a wall of sea grape and rustling palms. Pelicans slice over turquoise waters, and not a single person stirs the quiet.
by By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times
27 Jan 2012 at 4:45pm
More than 120 people have been killed in the last two days, the opposition says, signaling one of the bloodiest stretches of Syria's 10-month-old uprising.
A renewed wave of violence swept across Syria on Friday as the government of President Bashar Assad sought to counter mass protests and armed insurgents in cities and towns brimming with rebellion against his rule, according to opposition accounts.
by By Patrick J. McDonnell and Rima Marrouch, Los Angeles Times
27 Jan 2012 at 4:42pm
Lee Nam-yul is a third-generation old-school barber with a preference for scissors over electric cutters. He and his ramshackle shop are a fixture in Seoul.
For more than 46 years, they've been inseparable, this quirky barber and his ramshackle excuse for a shop. People who know them both say it's hard to tell which is more eccentric.
by By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times
27 Jan 2012 at 4:42pm
Relations between France and Turkey has been strained further since the French Parliament approved legislation that would make it illegal to deny the Armenian genocide.
The object of the game is to see how hard a hand on the computer screen can slap a cartoon image of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. It made its debut only hours after the French Senate passed legislation Monday that would criminalize denial of the Armenian genocide.
by By J. Michael Kennedy, Los Angeles Times
27 Jan 2012 at 4:46pm
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The Syrian government has condemned a decision by the Arab League to suspend its monitoring mission inside Syria. The Arab League said the move was prompted by a dramatic increase in violence in recent days, but Syria accused it of trying to increase ...
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28 Jan 2012 at 8:53pm
State media: UN nuclear team arrives in Iran - CNN
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By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors arrived in Iran early Sunday for a three-day visit to examine the nation's controversial nuclear program, state media reported. The six-member delegation, including chief ...
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28 Jan 2012 at 9:25pm
At least 26 killed in Peru drug rehab fire - ABC Online
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A fire swept through a three-floor drug rehabilitation centre on Saturday in a busy area of Lima, killing at least 26 people and injuring 12 others who were trapped inside, authorities said. The iron doors to the "Christ is Love" centre were locked, ...
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28 Jan 2012 at 9:02pm
Are shipwrecks romantic or cheesy? - Boston Globe
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By Joshua Rothman Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, made a big mistake when he ran his massive, $560 million cruise ship aground off the coast of Italy earlier this month. Judging by the scorn raining down from every corner of ...
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28 Jan 2012 at 9:05pm
France's Afghanistan decision raises worries - Los Angeles Times
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Troops' accelerated departure after the killings of four French soldiers marks a breaking of Western ranks. It could also serve as a message to insurgents that such attacks are an effective way to push US allies out of the fight.
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28 Jan 2012 at 7:42pm
Senegal opposition urges more "resistance" after riots - Reuters
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By Diadie Ba | DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's opposition said on Saturday it would make the country "ungovernable" if President Abdoulaye Wade insisted on running for a third term in elections next month, raising the spectre of renewed riots in West ...
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28 Jan 2012 at 9:32am
Operation Elveden: Five bailed in police payment probe - BBC News
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Four former and current Sun journalists and a police officer arrested over alleged payments made to police by journalists have been released on bail. Scotland Yard said the men, aged 29 to 57, were arrested at addresses in London and Essex.
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28 Jan 2012 at 9:11pm
With instability at home, Yemeni chief arrives in US - Reuters
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By Daniel Trotta | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barely clinging to power, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in the United States on Saturday, apparently to treat burns and other wounds suffered in an assassination attempt in June.
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28 Jan 2012 at 9:36pm
Nigeria president tells Boko Haram to come out and talk - Reuters
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By Tim Cocks, Joe Brock and Felix Onuah | ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan challenged the violent Islamist Boko Haram sect on Thursday to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks, ...
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26 Jan 2012 at 10:48am
African Union opens Chinese-funded HQ in Ethiopia - BBC News
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As the African heads of state meet for the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, they find themselves in new surroundings. The meeting is being held in the brand new AU headquarters which was a gift from China.
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28 Jan 2012 at 6:56pm