[World] UPDATE 1-Hezbollah condemns Israeli strike in Syria

UPDATE 1-Hezbollah condemns Israeli strike in Syria
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/live-blog-israel-s-reported-strike-on-the-syria-lebanon-border-1.500522
Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:08am EST. (Adds Hezbollah quotes). BEIRUT Jan 31 (Reuters) - Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah condemned on Thursday an Israeli attack which it said targeted a Syrian research centre, saying it was an attempt to thwart Arab military ...

Two more dead in Cairo clashes
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-86080-Two-more-dead-in-Cairo-clashes
CAIRO: Two more people died in clashes between police and protesters near Cairo's Tahrir Square earlier this week, the health ministry said Thursday, bringing to 56 the number of deaths nationwide in a week of violence.

France backs possible UN force in Mali
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57566059/french-mali-forces-head-toward-timbuktu/
PARIS | Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:47am EST. PARIS (Reuters) - French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday backed the idea of sending a United Nations peacekeeping force into Mali, saying France would play a role in any such plan.

Aid promised for people fleeing Syrian conflict
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/21272309
Nearly a billion pounds worth of aid has been promised to help the people fleeing the fighting in Syria. The promise was made at a big conference of international donors in the middle east.

Reports: Syrian Opposition Leader Ready For Talks With Govt.
http://www.euronews.com/2013/01/30/syria-being-destroyed-says-peace-envoy/
The head of the major Syrian Opposition coalition has expressed willingness to hold conditional talks with representatives of the government outside the restive Middle East nation, it was reported on Wednesday.

Burma Shines But Asia Press Freedom Dips
http://www.voanews.com/content/burma-shines-despite-declining-asia-press-freedom/1593586.html
Burma was one of the few bright spots in Asia last year when it comes to freedom of the press, according to the international rights group Reporters Without Borders.

Cameron in Algeria: PM urges terrorism fight with 'everything at our disposal'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21248277
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the international community should use "everything at its disposal" to fight terrorism, on a visit to Algeria.

Magnitude-6.8 Earthquake Shakes Northern Chile
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/67-earthquake-hits-northern-chile-3370852.html
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake shook offices, toppled supermarket shelves and broke windows on Wednesday in north-central Chile, where people fled some buildings in panic.

Abbott won't rush into costings release
http://www.theage.com.au/national/all-the-better-to-see-the-opposition-with-20130130-2dl7e.html
AAP. Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she hasn't fired the starter's gun for an eight-month election campaign, but is still demanding the coalition detail its policies.

Bomb kills two anti-polio workers in Pakistan
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/blasts-kill-two-injure-six-in-pakistan/story-e6frfkui-1226565536408
A bomb has killed two polio vaccination workers in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, officials said, the latest in a series of such attacks which have now killed 19 in two months.

Rare pygmy elephants 'poisoned'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21241380
Ten endangered pygmy elephants have been found dead in a reserve in Malaysia, with officials saying they may have been poisoned. The animals, which had all suffered internal bleeding, were found near each other over the space of three weeks.

Bank of Israel Announces Stanley Fischer to Step Down
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/bank-of-israel-announces-stanley-fischer-to-step-down.html
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, credited by many economists for steering Israel through the global financial crisis, said he will step down in the middle of his second term.

Clashes as Bangladesh hit by strike over war trials
http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-7511.aspx
Dhaka: Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangladesh on Thursday as a nationwide strike called to protest war crimes trials brought much of the country to a halt.