[World] Qaher F313: Iran unveils home-made 'stealth' fighter

Qaher F313: Iran unveils home-made 'stealth' fighter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21307208
Iran has unveiled a new home-made combat aircraft, which officials say can evade radar. The single-seat Qaher F313 (Dominant F313) is the latest design produced by Iran's military since it launched the Azarakhsh (Lightning), in 2007.

Marxist Group Claims Attack on US Embassy in Turkey
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/01/suicide-bombing-which-left-2-dead-at-u-s-embassy-in-turkey-an-act-of-terror-white-house-says/
ISTANBUL - In a statement that called the United States “the murderer of the peoples of the world,” a Marxist group, with a history of political violence in Turkey, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the American Embassy in Ankara.

French Leader Visits Timbuktu After His Troops Liberate City
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/world/africa/france-hollande-timbuktu-mali.html
PARIS - President François Hollande of France arrived Saturday morning for a brief visit to the Malian city of Timbuktu, where he was greeted as a hero just days after French airstrikes and ground forces scattered the Islamists who had controlled the city for ...

Video of police abuse stokes anger in Egypt
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/outrage-grows-over-footage-of-egyptian-police-beating-naked-man/article8150413/
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Interior Ministry vowed Saturday to investigate the beating of a naked protester by riot police as they tried to bundle him into a police van after the incident was caught on camera and broadcast live on television.

If Israel strikes Syria again, all bets are off
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-media-gives-new-account-of-alleged-israeli-attack-on-syria.premium-1.500934
With every passing week, we see more and more evidence that Syria's civil war is both seeping out of the country's borders and, like a flame sucking in oxygen, is pulling regional powers in at the same time.

Militants attack Pakistani army camp, kill 23
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pakistan-taliban-attacks-checkpoint-in-northwest-province-six-soldiers-among-30-killed/370387-56.html
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, automatic rifles and suicide explosive vests launched a predawn raid on a Pakistani army camp in the country's volatile northwest Saturday, killing 23 people and injuring at least eight.

US ready to talk with Iran: Biden
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/biden-puts-nuclear-talks-onus-on-iran/article4372374.ece
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran when the Iranian leadership is "serious", U.S.

Spanish prime minister denies corruption allegations
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9844401/Spanish-prime-minister-denies-corruption-allegations.html
Mr Rajoy, 57, broke his silence to categorically deny allegations that he and senior members of his Popular Party (PP) have received secret cash payments from construction companies.

5 Men Plead Not Guilty in India Rape Case
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/HC-asks-govt-to-ensure-treatment-to-rape-accident-victims-at-all-hospitals/articleshow/18269901.cms
Five men accused of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in India have pleaded not guilty, in a case that sparked outrage across the country.

Palestinians pitch tents in new outpost effort
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/for-third-time-this-month-palestinians-attempt-to-erect-west-bank-protest-camp.premium-1.500960
Activists create fourth outpost of its kind in West Bank village of Burin; activists, settler, security forces clash at scene. Palestinian activists erect tents in E1, January 11, 2013.

Dror Moreh's 'The Gatekeepers' sheds light on Israel's Shin Bet
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g3YPtCZ_IINqbqGURziiqHKAChqA?docId=CNG.5376d7f0dfafc18c5370a8e38474ede5.791
Israel's Shin Bet - think of it as a combination of the CIA and the FBI - prides itself on secrecy. So when documentary filmmaker Dror Moreh approached one of its past leaders some three years ago to discuss the agency's role in the Israeli-Palestinian ...

Russia marks 70 years since Battle of Stalingrad
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21303886
Russians have been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. Veterans of the battle attended a military parade in their honour, and President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to their heroism.

Finally, Parliament set to okay death for rapists
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/brother-of-delhi-gangrape-victim-hails-ordinance/370398-3-244.html?from=HP
The Delhi gang rape case had its first major impact on Friday as the cabinet approved the death penalty for rapists who cause grievous physical or mental damage to their victims - such as leaving them in a permanent vegetative state - among a host of ...

'All our women look like Kate Middleton', Romanian ad campaign claims
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/romania/9841572/All-our-women-look-like-Kate-Middleton-Romanian-ad-campaign-claims.html
Angered by talk in Britain of hordes of Romanian migrants swamping the country, one of the posters for Gandul, a Romanian news site, proclaimed: "Half our women look like Kate; the other half look like her sister.