Reuters - Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week rally.
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Wall St edges lower after string of gains (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:20pm EST
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At least 18 dead in shipwreck off Dominican Republic (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:20pm EST
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Reuters - Dominican officials were investigating the capsizing of an overloaded immigrant smuggling boat that killed 18 people and rescue teams were searching on Monday for 20 or more people missing off the Dominican Republic coast, authorities said. -
Ex Panama dictator Noriega 'stable' in hospital (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:41pm EST
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AP - Doctors in Panama say former dictator Manuel Noriega is "stable" after being hospitalized for extreme hypertension.
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China VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985 (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:31pm EST
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AP - As China's future president makes plans for a trip to the United States next week, he has made sure that there's time between stops in Washington and California to visit Iowa. -
Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime? (Time.com)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:30pm EST
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Time.com - Even as the Free Syrian Army is establishing an identity in the conflict, another organization announces its presence in the opposition pantheon -
The Mainstreaming of Hamas Continues as Palestinian Unity Gains Steam (Time.com)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:30pm EST
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Time.com - Hamas vows to give Palestinian moderate leader Mahmoud Abbas the running room to see what talks can produce -
Senegalese opposition denounce president's bid for third term (The Christian Science Monitor)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:20pm EST
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The Christian Science Monitor - The eight candidates came in convoys from their respective corners of Dakar to Obelisk Square in the heart of the Senegalese capital, where crowds of color-coordinated supporters awaited them while listening to political hip-hop anthems in Wolof - the local dialect. A single microphone stood on stage and each of them were introduced as "president" before they took it. -
Egyptian NGO crackdown could impact U.S. aid: White House (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:15pm EST
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Reuters - The White House said on Monday that an Egyptian crackdown on pro-democracy non-governmental groups that has enmeshed a number of U.S. citizens could threaten the country's $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid. -
South Africa's cautious UN vote for Syrian action (The Christian Science Monitor)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:51pm EST
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The Christian Science Monitor - Russia and Chinaâs joint veto of a United Nations resolution urging Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down has kicked up a firestorm of criticism from the West and from human rights activists. -
Quick end to lockout at Rio's Quebec smelter unlikely (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:51pm EST
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Reuters - Rio Tinto's lockout of workers at its Alcan division's big Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec looks set to drag on, and the company said on Monday that no talks were scheduled. -
Victims weep, ridicule Norway killer's court speech (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:14pm EST
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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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U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:01pm EST
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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. -
UK recalls ambassador to Syria for consultations (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:54am EST
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AP - The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus Monday in a dramatic new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power as diplomatic efforts to resolve one of the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring collapsed.
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Europes struggle under record cold snap (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:43am EST
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AP - Overwhelmed by deep snow and harsh temperatures, some countries in Europe closed down schools and struggled to continue public transport and garbage pick-up Monday, as post-snow rains caused a dam to collapse in Bulgaria, flooding a village and killing at least four.
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Myanmar panel says Suu Kyi can run for Parliament (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:36am EST
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AP - An elections panel Monday affirmed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's candidacy for Myanmar's Parliament in another step toward political openness in a country emerging from nearly a half-century of iron-fisted military rule.
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Syria protesters hurl rocks at China embassy in Libya (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:33am EST
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Reuters - Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan urging Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. -
Analysis: Iran economy could limp along under sanctions (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:17am EST
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Reuters - Tightening international sanctions against Iran look set to shrink its economy, push up inflation and further erode its currency, but they may fail to deliver a knock-out blow that forces Tehran to compromise on its nuclear ambitions. -
Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:16am EST
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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.
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Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:33am EST
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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. -
Argentina and Britain's Unfinished War: Hate E-Mail, Harassing Calls and Prince William (Time.com)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:20am EST
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Time.com - Whether called the Falklands or Las Malvinas, the south Atlantic islands are once again the center of a diplomatic row as the 30th anniversary of a brief war approaches -
Russia and China Challenge the West on Syria: What Implications for Iran? (Time.com)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:20am EST
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Time.com - The breach among the Permanent Five members of the U.N. Security Council in Saturday's vote on Syria's increasingly bloody power struggle could have profound implications for Syria's immediate future -
Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:02am EST
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Reuters - Sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth marked the milestone on Monday with a new website that showed just how much the world has changed during her reign. -
Pakistan factory collapses in gas blast, 5 dead, many trapped (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:04am EST
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Reuters - A three-storey factory collapsed on Monday in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a gas explosion, killing at least five people and trapping dozens, emergency officials said. -
Correction: Australia helicopter deaths story (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:28am EST
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AP - In a story Feb. 5 about the deaths of two filmmakers in an Australian helicopter crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the crash. Nowra is 97 miles (156 kilometers) south of Sydney, not north. -
Mexico party picks woman as presidential candidate (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:00am EST
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AP - A major political party in Mexico has chosen a female presidential candidate for the first time, as the ruling party bet that a charismatic former congresswoman will help it erode the lead held by its powerful rival.