[World] Chavez begins more medical treatment in Cuba

Chavez begins more medical treatment in Cuba
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57566032/chavez-begins-more-medical-treatment-in-cuba/
SANTIAGO, Chile Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defeated a respiratory infection and has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with complications following cancer surgery more than six weeks ago, a government spokesman ...

Kim Vows to Defend North Korea's Dignity Against US Hostility
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/images-suggest-north-korea-ready-for-nuclear-test/317790-2.html
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to defend his country against hostility from the U.S. after the totalitarian state said last week it will test a nuclear weapon.

Egyptian City Erupts in Chaos After Sentences
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/world/middleeast/egypt-riots-soccer-verdict.html
CAIRO - Egypt's new government lost control of a major city, Port Said, on Saturday as rampaging soccer fans attacked the main jail, drove police officers from the streets and cut off all access to the city.

French, Malian forces capture Gao rebel stronghold
http://www.news.com.au/news/us-agrees-to-refuel-french-warplanes/story-fnejlrpu-1226562831767
By Richard Valdmanis and Yann Le Guernigou. KONNA, Mali/PARIS | Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:54pm EST. KONNA, Mali/PARIS (Reuters) - French and Malian forces fighting Islamist rebels took control on Saturday of the rebel bastion of Gao, the biggest military ...

Syria conflict: Britain to provide extra £21m in humanitarian aid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21208956
The UK is to provide £21m in new humanitarian aid for people caught up in the crisis in Syria, the government has said. International Development Secretary Justine Greening said the aid would "help deliver life-saving winter clothing, food and medicine".

Milos Zeman scores Czech presidency
http://www.smh.com.au/world/milos-zeman-scores-czech-presidency-20130127-2dekb.html
Prague A tough, outspoken chain smoker who loves a glass of wine, Europe-friendly leftist Milos Zeman replaces ardent eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus as president of the Czech Republic.

Lib Dem MP faces party leadership's wrath over Holocaust jibe at Israel
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/27/lib-dem-mp-holocaust-insult
A Liberal Democrat MP who likened the atrocities against Palestinians by "the Jews" to the Holocaust has made a public apology in the face of widespread anger.

Iraq troops snatched as dead protesters buried
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/27-Jan-2013/iraq-troops-snatched-as-dead-protesters-buried
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - Gunmen killed two soldiers and snatched three more west of Baghdad on Saturday in apparent revenge attacks, as mourners buried anti-government protesters that troops shot dead a day earlier.

Suicide Bombers Kill 12 in Afghanistan
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/suicide-bomber-on-motorcycle-kills-10-police-officers-in-afghanistan/article7894484/
KABULâ€"Suicide bombers targeting law-enforcement authorities killed at least 12 people in two separate incidents in Afghanistan on Saturday, underscoring the precarious security situation in the country as U.S.

Venezuela prompted EU to change summit declaration
http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/latin-america-europe-open-trade-summit/story-e6frfkur-1226562755818
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Oil-rich Venezuela scored a victory Saturday when it persuaded European delegates at a 60-nation summit to back down on a key point in the gathering's final document, dropping a phrase that would have committed leaders to base ...

7 Die in Fire At Factory In Bangladesh
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/world/asia/factory-fire-kills-at-least-6-workers-in-bangladesh.html
DHAKA, Bangladesh - In the latest blow to Bangladesh's garment industry, seven workers died Saturday after a fire swept through a factory here not long after seamstresses had returned from a lunch break.

Singapore ruling party loses by-election
http://www.brecorder.com/world/southeast-asia/103172.html
SINGAPORE (AP) - Voters handed Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its second by-election defeat in eight months, giving the opposition another seat in Parliament and signaling widening discontent over immigration policies and rising income ...

In Amenas siege: Is Algeria's economy under threat?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21186272
Militant Islamists attacked the heart of the Algerian economy when they targeted the In Amenas gas plant in the Sahara desert earlier this month - an attack which for some rekindled grim memories of the civil war which ravaged the country in the 1990s.

First Patriot Battery in Turkey Operational - NATO
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/first-patriot-missiles-to-defend-turkey-against-syria-go-active-1.496483
MOSCOW, January 27 (RIA Novosti) - The first of six Patriot batteries being deployed by NATO along Turkey's border with Syria was declared operational on Saturday, the alliance said in a statement.

US 'Deeply Concerned' About Burma Fighting
http://www.voanews.com/content/despite-ceasefire-us-deeply-concerned-about-fighting-in-burmas-kachin-state/1589932.html
The United States is "deeply concerned" by ongoing violence in Burma's Kachin state, where fighting continues between the army and rebel groups despite a cease-fire.

Why Headley may be released before he's 80
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/why-headley-may-be-released-before-hes-80/article4348670.ece?homepage=true
Following Thursday's sentencing of David Coleman Headley for masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, it has become evident that he is likely to serve less than 35 years from the moment his sentence was pronounced in a Chicago courtroom.