Mass killing discovered in Aleppo
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/At-least-65-bodies-found-executed-in-Syria-river/articleshow/18240777.cms
BEIRUT - The bodies of least 65 people shot in a mass killing were found in Aleppo on Tuesday, according to opposition activists. A video posted online Tuesday showed many of the victims lying on the muddy banks of the Quweiq River in the Bustan ...
Malian troops uncover rebel arms caches in recaptured towns
http://www.itn.co.uk/UK/67283/british-troops-to-train-mali-forces
By Richard Valdmanis and Adama Diarra. DOUENTZA/GAO, Mali | Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:52am EST. DOUENTZA/GAO, Mali (Reuters) - French-backed Malian troops searched house-to-house in Gao and Timbuktu on Tuesday, uncovering arms and explosives ...
Obama announces additional humanitarian aid for Syrians
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9834648/Syria-Asma-al-Assad-pregnant-with-fourth-child.html
President Obama said Tuesday that the United States will provide $155 million in new humanitarian assistance to Syrians, nearly doubling the American commitment as the number of refugees from the civil war continues to rise.
British Queen Not Likely to Follow Dutch Example
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/british-queen-follow-dutch-18343023
One European queen has announced her retirement. Any chance Europe's most famous queen - Elizabeth II of Britain - might join her?
Passenger plane crash kills 21 in Kazakhstan
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/01/29/at-least-20-dead-after-canadian-built-bombardier-jet-crashes-in-kazakhstan/
By Mariya Gordeyeva. KYZYL TU, Kazakhstan | Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:36am EST. KYZYL TU, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A passenger plane crashed in thick fog near Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty on Tuesday and broke into pieces when it hit the ground, ...
Wave of 21000 Syrian refugees overwhelm camp in Jordan
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130129_ap_unsyrianrefugeesoverwhelmjordancamp.html
ZAATARI, Jordan - A wave of 21,000 Syrian refugees in the past week, moving into northern Jordan at about five times the usual daily rate, has overwhelmed this crowded camp already struggling with flooding, short supplies and tent fires.
Top Israeli bank official to resign, but gives no reason for departure
http://www.haaretz.com/business/stanley-fischer-to-step-down-early-from-bank-of-israel.premium-1.500099
JERUSALEM - Israel's central bank governor, Stanley Fischer, has submitted his resignation. The Bank of Israel said Tuesday that Fischer told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would step down on June 30.
Behind the Iran Explosion Rumor
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/29/white-house-debunks-iran-nuclear-explosion-but-iran-denies-planting-story.html
There was never an explosion at an Iranian nuclear facility. So where did the sensational story come from? Dan Ephron investigates.
Protesters in India demand death for rapists
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/9lyPZ2ZBpMs2JFPQKfNscL/Supreme-Court-rejects-bid-to-move-gangrape-trial.html
Scores of protesters gathered near India's Parliament on Tuesday demanding the death penalty for six men accused in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi last month.
Thousands displaced as flood threat continues
http://www.theage.com.au/business/coast-bears-brunt-of-oswald-as-queensland-takes-stock-20130129-2diu2.html
The flood emergency in eastern Australia has spread with vast areas in two states underwater and thousands of people evacuated from their homes.
Australian sea foam: It's everywhere in this coastal town (amazing video)
http://www.skynews.com.au/eco/article.aspx?id=840153
Among the consequences of a cyclone and other weather that impacted Australia this week is this coastal froth, or sea foam, that swept into a town on the eastern side of the country.
When Corruption Helps the Bottom Line
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/when-corruption-helps-the-bottom-line/
A screen at the Stock Exchange of Caracas. An academic study found that one of Miguel Gutierrez/Agence France-Presse - Getty ImagesA screen at the Stock Exchange of Caracas.
Why idealist Anglos voted for the centrist messiah
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/why-idealist-anglos-voted-for-the-centrist-messiah.premium-1.500098
Did immigrants from the U.S. and other English-speaking countries 'save Israel from itself' by voting for Yair Lapid, Israel's Barack Obama, in an attempt to resurrect ideological moderation in Israel?
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