Eyewitness: Kiss night club fire in Santa Maria, Brazil
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21223725
Survivors of the Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil have described how a night of partying turned to desperate scenes of terror as flames tore rapidly through the crowded venue.
Mali rebels fleeing Timbuktu burn library full of ancient manuscripts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/28/mali-timbuktu-library-ancient-manuscripts
Islamist insurgents retreating from the ancient Saharan city of Timbuktu have set fire to a library containing thousands of priceless ancient manuscripts, some dating back to the 13th century, in what the town's mayor described as a "devastating blow" to world ...
Crackdown on violence in Egypt leads to more violence
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/morsy-declares-emergency-in-egypts-restive-cities/article4352811.ece
Cairo (CNN) -- Egypt's latest wave of violence spilled into a fourth day Monday, as sporadic clashes erupted over new measures to clamp down on fighting.
Delhi rape: Court rules suspect to be tried as juvenile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21226698
One of the suspects in last month's fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old student which shocked India is a minor, a court has ruled.
UPDATE 1-Iran denies explosion at underground uranium facility
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2013/0128/1224329370104.html
Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:56am EST. * Iran enriches uranium to 20 percent at Fordow. * Site deep underground to protect against attacks. * Tehran says Israel, U.S.
Al-Assad's grip on power "slipping away," Medvedev says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/shrinking-likelihood-of-assad-holding-on-power-russian-pm/article7895978/
(CNN) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's odds of holding power "are slipping away" as the nearly 2-year-old revolt against his rule grinds on, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says.
Holocaust Memorial Day: Carwyn Jones leads Wales ceremony
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21220525
Welsh civic leaders will join tributes to genocide victims at a Holocaust Memorial Day service later on Monday. First Minister Carwyn Jones will give a reading and lay a wreath at the ceremony at Cardiff's City Hall.
Australian floods: Bundaberg residents told to flee
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/9831361/Australian-floods-Bundaberg-residents-told-to-flee.html
The Queensland town of Bundaberg is bracing for torrents rushing in at 40 knots and authorities ordered thousands of people to evacuate before the Burnett River hits a record high.
US Envoy Urges North Korea to Scrap Nuke Test Plan
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4765653/north-korean-parents-eating-their-children.html
A U.S. envoy says North Korea is playing a dangerous game with the international community by threatening a nuclear test and urged the communist nation to scrap the planned test.
Palestinians say they may have no choice but to take Israel to Hague court
http://www.smh.com.au/world/israel-criticised-over-palestinian-deaths-20130128-2dgyx.html
By Louis Charbonneau. UNITED NATIONS | Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:40pm EST. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians declared Wednesday that they will have no choice but to complain about Israel to the International Criminal Court if the Jewish state ...
AU Council of Ministers Approves Resolution On Self-Determination ...
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/639268-au-summit-hails-museveni-on-drc-conflict.html
Addis Ababa - The African Union Council of Ministers has unanimously has approved a resolution asking AU Commission to take "all measures" in order to organize a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara, the AU agency said Sunday in ...
Israelis who hoped for peace progress should expect to be disappointed
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/israelis-who-hoped-for-peace-progress-should-expect-to-be-disappointed.premium-1.496829
Israelis who hoped for peace progress should expect to be disappointed. Leaving the Habayit Hayehudi party out of the government won't create a pro-peace government, because Likud-Beiteinu isn't much different.
Ex-Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi defends some of Mussolini's policies
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/01/27/3117886/italian-ex-pm-silvio-berlusconi-defends-some-of-mussolinis-policies
ROME (JTA) -- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi condemned fascist Italy's anti-Semitic laws but said dictator Benito Mussolini's regime also had carried out positive policies.
Rumours swirl around Bo Xilai trial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21227101
The trial of the sacked former senior Communist Party official Bo Xilai is not expected to begin before March, according to a Communist Party-controlled paper in China.
Israelis don't need a lecture on the Holocaust from you, David Ward
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9831403/Israelis-dont-need-a-lecture-on-the-Holocaust-from-you-David-Ward.html
International Holocaust Memorial Day, which fell yesterday on the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, is an opportunity to remember the victims of the most horrific mass murder in history.
UAE charges 'plotters linked to Muslim Brotherhood'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21226174
The United Arab Emirates has ordered 94 people to be tried on charges of trying to seize power. The attorney general said the suspects had formed a group that publicly called on people to observe the teachings and values of Islam, but in secret sought to ...
India must also act maturely for peace: Khar
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/28/news/national/india-must-also-act-maturely-for-peace-khar/
ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said Pakistan was committed to pursue the Indo-Pak peace process for the settlement of all outstanding issues, but its nuclear neighbour must also show maturity and avoid escalation of tensions as that ...
HS2: George Osborne hails 'engine of growth' for north as high-speed rail route ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/9830965/HS2-George-Osborne-hails-engine-of-growth-for-north-as-high-speed-rail-route-disclosed.html
The 225 mph trains will link London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds by 2033. However the £33billion train line will no longer be connected directly to Heathrow Airport.
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