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- Measure to end violence in Syria vetoed
- Egyptian captors release American women
- Russian protesters rally against Vladimir Putin's rule
- Greece: Debt talks must be done by late Sunday
- Heavy snow traps many people in Bosnia
- Iran launches new military exercises
| Measure to end violence in Syria vetoed Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST BEIRUT -- Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed, despite international outrage Saturday over a devastating bombardment of the city of Homs by President Bashar Assad's forces. Activists said mor ... |
| Egyptian captors release American women Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST CAIRO -- Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out his cigarette in the car when a hostage said the ... |
| Russian protesters rally against Vladimir Putin's rule Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST MOSCOW -- Their frozen breath rising in the brutally frigid air, tens of thousands of protesters marched through downtown Moscow on Saturday to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin one month before a presidential election that coul ... |
| Greece: Debt talks must be done by late Sunday Posted: 04 Feb 2012 11:50 PM PST ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece is under heavy pressure from its creditors to implement further austerity and structural measures if it wants to get a second, (euro) 130 billion ($171 billion) bailout, and avoid bankruptcy.Representatives of Greece's p ... |
| Heavy snow traps many people in Bosnia Posted: 04 Feb 2012 11:46 PM PST SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Bosnia's government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, while in Rome residents dug out from the city's biggest snowfall in 26 years, which shut down the ... |
| Iran launches new military exercises Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran began ground military exercises Saturday and defiantly warned that it could cut off oil exports to "hostile" European nations as tensions rise over suggestions that military strikes are an increasing possibility if sanctions fail ... |
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