French troops on verge of Mali victory
http://www.euronews.com/2013/01/30/mali-french-seek-allies/
FRENCH troops have entered Kidal, the last Islamist bastion in Mali's north, after a whirlwind Paris-led offensive, as France urged peace talks to douse ethnic tensions targeting Arabs and Tuaregs.
Zimbabwe Claims Its Accounts Are Bare
http://www.smh.com.au/world/zimbabwe-left-with-just-us217-in-the-bank-20130131-2dm53.html
Zimbabwe's finance ministry said it has just $217 left in its accounts after paying the nation's civil servants and government employees earlier this month.
More Borneo elephants found dead, toll rises to 13
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/01/30/borneo-elephants-deaths-malaysia.html
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian authorities found remains of another three endangered Borneo pygmy elephants, deepening a mystery surrounding at least 13 such deaths this month.
Russia Pulls Out of Anti-Drug Agreement with US
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jvq0HggrFDbroBl8BG_lkpdLy5WA?docId=554e2fdf08b344148387c22af3986c25
Russia says it is pulling out of an agreement with the United States to work together on controlling illegal drugs, in the latest of a series of moves indicating the two governments may be pulling away from one another.
Brazil rethinks its rule-breaking attitude after club fire
http://www.news.com.au/news/brazil-club-owner-blames-whole-country/story-fnejlrpu-1226565854914
SANTA MARIA, Brazil - There is a common expression in Brazil that is used, with a wink and a smile, to suggest a way around some bothersome rule or procedure.
RBA Succession Should Await Election, Opposition's Robb Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-31/rba-succession-should-await-election-opposition-s-robb-signals.html
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard should hold off on announcing the next head of the central bank until after the election, opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb said.
Garrett McNamara Photographed Surfing Possible 100-Foot Wave
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/01/garrett-mcnamara-photographed-surfing-possible-100-foot-wave/
Garrett McNamara, the daredevil surfer who shattered a world record by riding a nearly 80-foot-high monster wave, may have done it again.
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