Israel Suggests Responsibility for Syria Airstrike
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/02/03/at_least_20_civilians_killed_in_syria_as_rocket_levels_apartment.html
MUNICH (AP) - Israel's defense minister strongly signaled Sunday that his country was behind an airstrike in Syria last week, telling a high profile security conference that Israeli threats to take pre-emptive action against its enemies are not empty.
As international troops draw down in Afghanistan, peace talks with Taliban ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Taliban-peace-talks-flounder-as-troops-draw-down/articleshow/18323837.cms
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan peace effort is floundering, fraught with mistrust and confusion among key players even though the hard-line Taliban militants show signs of softening and their reclusive, one-eyed leader made a surprise offer to share ...
Dozens Die In Attack On Police In Iraqi City
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21312542
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber attacked a provincial police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday morning, the police and the city's civil defense director said, killing at least 36 people and wounding 105.
Netanyahu officially asked to put together new Israeli government
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/04-Feb-2013/israel-coalition-horse-trading-begins
JERUSALEM -- After being officially asked to form Israel's next government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday said he would try to put together as broad a coalition as possible to cope with the country's domestic and international challenges.
French Jets Attack Militant Positions in Mali
http://www.euronews.com/2013/02/03/hollande-in-mali-french-troops-will-not-stay/
The French military says its aircraft have attacked Islamist militant positions in northeast Mali, just hours after President Francois Hollande visited the African country.
Question of Aiding Cyprus Places Germany in a Bind
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/world/europe/cyprus-complicates-german-quest-to-save-euro-zone.html
Bondholders argued with a Bank of Cyprus employee Thursday during a protest in Nicosia. Russian influence has complicated the possibility of a bailout.
Sequins, beer, robberies at Rio's pet Carnival
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hr5ZTwnmqNNHVzbE_fvTmnEOGGRw?docId=CNG.1b42b383631cf67f0e4f0ad04c39ad47.01
RIO DE JANEIRO - Hundreds of pets decked out with sequins, ruffles and hats paraded on Rio's famed Copacabana beach Sunday in an annual pre-Carnival extravaganza briefly interrupted by a spate of robberies.
Silvio Berlusconi pledges property tax repeal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21317602
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has promised to abolish an unpopular local property tax if his party wins elections later this month - and to refund 2012's payments in cash.
Only one voter in 14 says gay marriage is a priority issue that would be important ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273055/Only-voter-14-says-gay-marriage-priority-issue-important-deciding-election.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Only 7 per cent of voters named same-sex unions among the three or four issues that would be the most important in deciding their vote at the next election.
Jumping ship or not, politicians deserve thanks
http://www.smh.com.au/national/letters/jumping-ship-or-not-politicians-deserve-thanks-20130203-2dsju.html
LETTERS. Illustration: michaelmucci.com. Illustration: michaelmucci.com. The shock announcements of the pending retirement of Nicola Roxon and Chris Evans give pause for thought (''Labor in crisis: Gillard on back foot after ministers quit'', ...
Spain's Rajoy Fails to Quell Graft Criticism Amid Calls to Quit
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/04-Feb-2013/spain-opp-leader-calls-for-pm-to-resign
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's assurance that allegations of illegal payments are false failed to contain criticism, with the opposition demanding he step down to restore faith in the political class.
Man with two knives shot with Taser at Buckingham Palace gates
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/03/police-taser-man-buckingham-palace
Talhat Rehman, 54, broke from the crowd in the middle of the Changing of the Guard ceremony, holding one blade to his chest and another to his throat.
Turkey police: NYC woman killed by blow to head
http://abcnews.go.com/International/sarai-sierra-body-missing-american-mom-found-turkey/story?id=18386394
Victor Kotsev, Special for USA TODAY4:10p.m. EST February 3, 2013. Sarai Sierra's husband, Steven, identified the body in Istanbul.
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