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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:20:01 GMT: Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix (Reuters)

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. A view of the inside of a shopping mall is seen in northwestern Tehran February 3, 2012. With just a month to go before a parliamentary election, Iran has been hit hard in recent months by new U.S. and European economic sanctions over its nuclear programme, which Tehran says is peaceful but the West says is aimed at making a bomb. Picture taken February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region.



Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:31:06 GMT: Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria (Reuters)

Reuters - Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:26:12 GMT: Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized, stable (Reuters)

Reuters - Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital on Sunday after suffering a possible stroke, but a top health official said he was stable.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:09:33 GMT: Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes (Reuters)

Reuters - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes continued with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:27:37 GMT: Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit (Reuters)

Reuters - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:00 GMT: Massacre in Syria: Reports of Hundreds Killed in Homs, While Diplomats Fiddle at the U.N. (Time.com)

Time.com - Friday night, Syrian security forces carried out what the opposition Syrian National Council called a "horrific massacre" targeting Homs in one of the worst in the 11-month uprising.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:02:17 GMT: UK lawmakers: Most radicalism linked to Internet (AP)

AP - Internet service providers should do more to prevent the web from playing a role in promoting violent extremism, British lawmakers said in a report published Monday.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:27:50 GMT: Abbas proposed as PM in interim unity government (AP)

AP - Hamas on Sunday endorsed a proposal by Qatar that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assume the role of prime minister in an interim Palestinian unity government that would prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza, according to two officials close to the contacts.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:56:41 GMT: 17 dead, 13 rescued after migrant boat capsizes (AP)

Survivors lie on their beds at the Elupina Cordero Hospital in Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. According to authorities 15 bodies have been recovered after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday off the coast of the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/str)AP - Rescuers have recovered 17 bodies and pulled 13 survivors from white-capped waters off this coastal town after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic capsized, officials said Sunday.



Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:40:49 GMT: NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row (Reuters)

Reuters - The cases of 40 foreign and Egyptian activists, including 19 Americans subject to travel bans over their work for pro-democracy and other groups, have been referred to court, judicial sources said Sunday, deepening a row with the United States.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:14:30 GMT: Aussie PM says she will lead government to victory (AP)

AP - Embattled Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she will lead her unpopular government to victory at elections next year despite persistent media reports that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is plotting to overthrow her in an internal power struggle.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:20:13 GMT: Canadian Muslims issue fatwa against "honor killing" (Reuters)

Reuters - A group of Canada's leading Muslim clerics has issued a fatwa against so-called "honor killings," just a week after three members of an Afghan Canadian family were convicted of a gruesome quadruple murder that triggered a national debate about cultural values.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:26:42 GMT: Deep-sea filmmakers killed in Australia helicopter crash (Reuters)

Reuters - Two award-winning filmmakers working on a documentary with renowned Hollywood director James Cameron were killed in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday, according to National Geographic.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:06:00 GMT: Facebook on collision course with new EU privacy laws (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - With its initial public offering this week, Facebook is roaring ahead. However, new European Union privacy regulations are taking aim at Internet companies' ability to profit through control of personal information – the key to their tremendous online advertising profits. 

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:00 GMT: Egyptian Protesters Confront Police After Soccer Riots (Time.com)

Time.com - Four more die in a day of violent clashes, as anger over alleged police complicity in a stadium tragedy unleashes pent-up frustrations

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:20:09 GMT: A banker's punishment: Sir Fred Goodwin is now just Fred (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - In the good times he was the doyen of British banking. Wealthy and courted by decision makers and knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to his industry, Sir Fred Goodwin, head of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), seemed invincible.