Iran eyes banning oil sales to Europe

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s parliament will begin debating a draft bill requiring the government to immediately halt oil exports to Europe, a prominent lawmaker said Wednesday, as Tehran weighs its options following the European Union’s decision to …

Yahoo Finance • January 25, 2012, 10:06 AM (PST)

Town Hall

Castro: GOP primary a ‘competition of idiocy and ignorance’

HAVANA (AP) – Fidel Castro lambasted the Republican presidential race as the greatest competition of "idiocy and ignorance" the world has ever seen in a column published Wednesday, and also took shots at the news media and foreign governments…

USA Today • January 25, 2012, 12:50 PM (PST)

Dallas Morning News

France, Britain join Syria peace push at U.N.

Arab League monitors said the withdrawal of colleagues by Gulf Arab states would not hinder their work in Syria while France and Britain on Wednesday joined efforts at the United Nations to end President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. "The U.N. Security …

msnbc.com • January 25, 2012, 10:06 AM (PST)

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Divisions in Tahrir as Egyptians mark uprising

CAIRO – Crowds of several hundred thousands teemed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists in a competition over the course of the revolution, reflecting the deep …

Boston Herald • January 25, 2012, 12:22 PM (PST)

Washington Post

U.S. military raid in Somalia frees Dane, American

WASHINGTON – The Navy SEALs who rescued two aide workers in Somalia were not dealing with al-Qaeda-linked militant groups but pirate-gangs that have been terrorizing the region kidnapping people and holding them for ransoms. The raid under cover of …

USA Today • January 25, 2012, 11:46 AM (PST)

Los Angeles Times

Gains seen for Taliban as post-ISAF era looms in Afghanistan

(The views expressed in this column are the author’s own and do not represent those of Reuters) A fear embedded deep in the Pakistani security establishment’s psyche has always been that of a successful conventional military thrust by India from across…

Reuters Blogs • January 25, 2012, 8:25 AM (PST)


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Palestinian leader: Talks with Israel over

RAMALLAH, West Bank – A low-level dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians about a future border has ended without any breakthrough, the Palestinian president said Wednesday, reflecting the impasse plaguing the negotiations for at least three years. …

Boston Herald • January 25, 2012, 12:29 PM (PST)

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