The Guardian
Several dead in Pakistan factory collapse
UPI.com
LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- At least 11 people including women and children died when a three-story medicine-making factory collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, authorities said. Dawn newspaper said the factory located in the New Town area of the ...
Pakistan: Factory Collapse Kills 9New York Times
Pakistan factory collapses in gas blast, 5 dead, many trappedReuters
Pakistan: Lahore factory collapse 'kills 13'BBC News
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New York Times
Charges Against US-Aided Groups Come With History of Distrust in Egypt
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Authoritarian rulers from Caracas to Moscow and beyond have long viewed pro-democracy groups financed by the United States with deep suspicion, regularly denouncing them as meddlers or spies and sometimes harassing their workers.
Egypt says 19 Americans will be ordered to stand trialLos Angeles Times
Egypt's plan to charge 19 Americans highlights tense relationship with activistsWashington Post
US vows to cut $1.5B in aid to Egypt over trialsUSA TODAY
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Sydney Morning Herald
PM: Fatah-Hamas deal will end diplomatic process
Jerusalem Post
By HERB KEINON 02/06/2012 23:08 By Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu blasted the emerging reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah on Monday, sending a clear message to the international community that if ...
Palestinian Groups Advance Unity DealWall Street Journal
Unity Deal Brings Risks for Abbas and IsraelNew York Times
Fatah-Hamas unity government: Israel condemns moveBBC News
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CBC.ca
Protests Drive Out Romania Premier
Wall Street Journal
By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH Romania's prime minister quit on Monday after a series of at-times violent nationwide protests against budget cuts and declining living standards, as deepening political turmoil fueled by Europe's prolonged economic crisis spreads ...
Anti-cuts protests push Romania PM outReuters
Romania's PM resigns amid protests, winter deathsCNN
Romanian government collapses amid public outrage over austerityLos Angeles Times
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BBC News
Teams search for Philippine earthquake survivors
BBC News
Rescue efforts are continuing after Monday's powerful earthquake in the central Philippines that left at least 15 dead and 44 missing. Army teams were carrying out search operations, said Ver Neil Balaba, operations officer at the regional Office of ...
Philippines: At Least 13 Killed in QuakeNew York Times
Philippine quake kills 43, dozens missingSydney Morning Herald
5 Dead in 6.8 Phillipines EarthquakeTIME
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ABC News
Saying he deserves a medal, Norway mass shooting suspect stays jailed
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Anders Behring Breivik appears in court Monday in Olso, Norway. He will be kept in custody until his trial in April. (CNN) -- A Norwegian court concluded Monday that Anders Behring Breivik -- the man charged with killing 77 people ...
Norway mass killer decries "cultural destruction"Reuters
Norwegian gunman wants medal for braveryHerald Sun
Norway mass killer demands medal of honourSydney Morning Herald
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Telegraph.co.uk
Obama Imposes Freeze on Iran Property in US
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The White House moved to enforce tightened sanctions against Iran on Monday because of the country's suspect nuclear program, freezing all property of the Central Bank of Iran, other Iranian financial institutions and the Iranian ...
Israel Can't Act Alone on Iran Nuke Threat: Jeffrey GoldbergBloomberg
Obama Freezes Iranian Government, Bank Assets in USBusinessWeek
New sanctions on Iran intended to ratchet up pressure, but could they ease ...Fox News
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CBC.ca
Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebration
Washington Post
Queen Elizabeth II renews pledge to serve Britain as she marks 60 years on the throne. The Queens Canadian flag is carried up the steps to be hoisted by Canada's Secretary to the Queen Kevin MacLeod to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth during ...
Britain: Quiet Anniversary for a QueenNew York Times
The lucky 60: GG, PM honour Canadians for Diamond JubileeGlobe and Mail
Diamond Jubilee: Pupils' display marks unlikely startTelegraph.co.uk
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Globe and Mail
Syrian forces attack Homs on eve of Lavrov visit
Reuters
By Dominic Evans | BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian military assault on Homs killed dozens of people on the eve of a visit to Damascus by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end an 11-month uprising by ...
Syria crisis: Homs army assault enters fourth dayBBC News
Syria's Assad Learns Lessons from Arab Spring, Recent HistoryVoice of America
US closes embassy, pulls diplomats from Syria as violence intensifiesWashington Post
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USA TODAY
Deadly freeze, heavy snow keep slamming Europe
USA TODAY
By Eric J. Lyman, Special for USA TODAY ROME – The streets here were empty Monday as the city was crippled for the fourth straight day by a massive snowstorm that shut down streets, felled trees and paralyzed villages with the heaviest snowfall in ...
Europeans struggle under record cold snapThe Associated Press
Europe struggles under record cold snapNDTV
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Telegraph.co.uk
More snow could hit Heathrow over weekend
Telegraph.co.uk
More snow is forecast to hit Heathrow airport and many parts of Britain over weekend just as the half term getaway begins. By David Millward, Transport Editor The airport is set for a light dusting of snow, according to the Met Office, ...
European chill may freeze Indian flight plansTimes of India
As snow falls in Britain, Heathrow upholds reputation as travelers' 'black ...Christian Science Monitor
The snow may not fully melt, with a 'partial thaw' predicted by forecastersBBC News
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Fifa.com
Blatter congratulates Finland's new president
Fifa.com
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has written a letter to Sauli Niinisto, the former head of the Finnish Football Association who was recently elected President of Finland by a wide margin. “I was delighted to hear of your brilliant election as the 12th ...
Finland's former finance minister victorious in presidential electionCNN
Conservatives take second powerful post in FinlandHouston Chronicle
Former finance minister wins Finland's presidential election; first ...Washington Post
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TIME
Violence in Syria Continues After Diplomacy Fails
New York Times
BEIRUT — Syrian forces shelled the battered city of Homs for another day Monday, striking a makeshift clinic and killing at least 17 people in a mounting toll that has made the city the epicenter of the 11-month Syrian uprising, opposition groups said.
Report: Top Iran military official aiding Assad's crackdown on Syria oppositionHaaretz
Syria forces keep pounding Homs; 33 deadCBS News
Activists Say At Least 17 Killed in Syrian Attack on HomsVoice of America
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Newsweek
No Israeli Decision on Iran Attack, Obama Says
New York Times
President Obama said Sunday that he did not believe Israel had made a decision on whether to attack Iran to disrupt its nuclear program and that diplomacy remained the “preferred solution” to resolving the standoff over what Western leaders believe is ...
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Obama: US in 'lockstep' with Israel on Iran nukesAtlanta Journal Constitution
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Daily Mail
Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega suffers possible stroke
Daily Mail
By AP Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was toppled by a 1989 American invasion and later convicted of drug running, was transferred from prison to a hospital on Sunday, possibly because of a stroke, police said. The 77-year-old Noriega ...
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Panama ex-leader Manuel Noriega taken to hospitalBBC News
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Sydney Morning Herald
Australian authorities urge residents of Queensland town to flee floods
CNN
The Balonne River in the town of St. George reaches record level and is expected to rise further Thirty houses have already been submerged in St. George (CNN) -- Australian authorities on Monday pleaded with hundreds of people, who had chosen to remain ...
Queensland Town Evacuated Amid Fresh Flood FearsWall Street Journal
St George flood unlikely to break leveeSydney Morning Herald
Flood disaster relief payments availableABC Online
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BBC News
China morning round-up: Wen Jiabao on 'rural democracy'
BBC News
On Lantern Festival day, most newspapers in China focus on the latest comments by Premier Wen Jiabao. Mr Wen pledged "unwavering support for reform" and called for better laws to protect the voice of farmers in rural communities, reports the China ...
China Takes On Skeptics of Aid to Euro ZoneWall Street Journal
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New York Times
Hundreds of Deaths as Europe Struggles With Snow Amid an Intense Cold Snap
New York Times
Extreme cold and heavy snow buried parts of Europe over the past few days, claiming the lives of hundreds of people, straining utilities in France, snarling transportation in Britain and leaving people in cities like Rome stymied.
European cold snap death toll surpasses 300Telegraph.co.uk
Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit |Reuters
Cold snap claims more lives, disrupts transportTVNZ
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Telegraph.co.uk
Kremlin Tries Old Tactic To Quell Demonstrators
Wall Street Journal
By ALAN CULLISON MOSCOW—With protests calling for free elections undaunted by sub-zero cold over the weekend, the Kremlin is employing a familiar tool—anti-Americanism—to defuse support for opposition leaders, casting them as puppets of the US's CIA ...
Protesters brave freeze to denounce Putin regimeIrish Times
Tens of thousands brave Moscow cold to protest against PutinLos Angeles Times
Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in RussiaReuters
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USA TODAY
Fidel Castro publishes 1000-page memoir
USA TODAY
HAVANA (AP) – Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said Saturday. It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive former Cuban leader.
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