Analysis: Iran’s softer Gulf words don’t mean nuclear shift

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has stepped back from a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, but while its softened rhetoric appears to be aimed at de-escalating military tensions, it does not indicate any change of stance on its nuclear program. "Iran’s…

YAHOO! • January 22, 2012, 11:28 AM (PST)

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AP Exclusive: US talks to Afghan insurgent group

Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of an insurgent movement led by a former Afghan prime minister who has been branded a terrorist by Washington, a relative of the rebel leader says. Dr. …

AP – msnbc.com • January 22, 2012, 10:45 AM (PST)

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Arabs to call for Syria unity government, elections: draft

CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab League foreign ministers were voting on Sunday on draft recommendations to end violence in Syria and create a unity government within two months to prepare for early parliamentary and presidential elections. The ministers were …

YAHOO! • January 22, 2012, 11:21 AM (PST)

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At least 150 killed in Nigeria Kano attacks

KANO, Nigeria – More than 150 people were killed in a series of coordinated attacks by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city, according to an internal Red Cross document seen Sunday by an Associated Press reporter. Nigeria’s President…

Philadelphia Daily News • January 22, 2012, 10:45 AM (PST)

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Egypt Islamists on eve of power ease talk of Islam

CAIRO-After decades of dreaming of power, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood finally comes face to face with the question of how to use it, as a new parliament that it dominates opens Monday. The fundamentalist group has eased off talk of Islamic-style …

Denver Post • January 22, 2012, 10:02 AM (PST)

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Yemen’s leader allowed to come to US

(AP) WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will allow Yemen’s outgoing president to come to the U.S. temporarily for medical treatment, a move aimed at easing the political transition in Yemen, a key counterterrorism partner. A senior administration …

CBS News • January 22, 2012, 12:54 PM (PST)


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Libya: Protesters attack TNC offices

BENGHAZI, Libya, Jan. 22 (UPI) — A mob smashed windows and ransacked offices of Libya’s Transitional National Council in Benghazi Sunday in anger over secrecy and ties to the former government. Deputy council leader Abdel Hafedh Ghoga quit to protest …

United Press International • January 22, 2012, 10:52 AM (PST)

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Heavy fighting in Somali capital kills 9

Somali militants firing vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft guns clashed with African Union forces for a second night in Mogadishu, killing at least nine people including women and children, an ambulance official said Sunday. African Union (AU) troops …

msnbc.com • January 22, 2012, 9:12 AM (PST)

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