[World] Mexico oil company blast leaves 25 dead, 101 injured

Mexico oil company blast leaves 25 dead, 101 injured
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/01/31/mexico-blast.html
An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital killed 25 people and injured 101 on Thursday as it heavily damaged three floors of the building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over the ...

Chinese fireworks explosion kills 26
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/01/china-fireworks-explosion-truck
A truck carrying fireworks in central China exploded on Friday morning, destroying an expressway bridge and killing at least 26 people.

Armenian presidential candidate shot
http://www.euronews.com/2013/02/01/armenian-presidential-candidate-shot/
Armenian presidential candidate, Paruyr Hayrikyan, has been shot by unknown gunmen at his home in the the capital Yerevan. Armenian Shans TV reported that gunmen fired two shots, wounding Hayrikyan with a bullet to his shoulder.

David Cameron pledges UK support in Libya visit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/feb/01/david-cameron-libya-visit
David Cameron defended the British role in toppling Muammar Gaddafi during a surprise one-day visit to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, arguing that it was a "complete fiction" to think his departure made the west more vulnerable.

Anti-drug pact latest casualty of souring US-Russian relations
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/0130/Anti-drug-pact-latest-casualty-of-souring-US-Russian-relations
Russia officially pulled out of a decade-old law enforcement and narcotics agreement with the US on Wednesday, just the latest casualty in an escalating tit-for-tat chain reaction of diplomatic blows that seems well on its way to demolishing the entire ...

Mamata Banerjee ordered police to block my arrival at Kolkata, Salman Rushdie ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mamata-Banerjee-ordered-police-to-block-my-arrival-at-Kolkata-Salman-Rushdie-says/articleshow/18287187.cms
NEW DELHI: Controversy over Salman Rushdie's plan to visit Kolkata refuses to die down with the Booker prize-winner author on Friday alleging that the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee herself ordered the police to block his arrival.

Can Fatah And Hamas Reconcile?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/30/can-fatah-and-hamas-reconcile.html
For observers of Palestinian politics, watching the spectacle of reconciliation attempts between Fatah and Hamas is like watching Sisyphus and his rock.

Pussy Riot Prisoner Sent to Hospital
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/pussy-riot-video-banned-for-extremism/474801.html
MOSCOW, February 1 (RIA Novosti) - A jailed member of the female punk band Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, has been sent to hospital for a medical examination, the Russian prison service said on Friday.