srael’s intentions toward Iran remain unclear

JERUSALEM – By ramping up its threat to attack Iran’s nuclear development program, Israel appears to have galvanized international attention around an issue it has long sought to bring to the top of the global agenda. But it remains unclear whether …

Boston Herald • February 06, 2012, 4:44 AM (PST)

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Syrian state media says gunmen kill 3 soldiers

BEIRUT – Syria’s state-run news agency says gunmen have killed three soldiers and captured others at a checkpoint in the country’s north. SANA said in its report Monday that the attack happened in the Jabal al-Zawiyah region of Idlib province, which …

Philadelphia Daily News • February 06, 2012, 3:18 AM (PST)

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Afghan bombing death toll rises to 9

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb. 5 (UPI) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned Sunday’s deadly car bombing in Kandahar city, saying only a "desperate enemy" would resort to such a cowardly act. The Voice of America quoted the president’s …

United Press International • February 05, 2012, 8:58 PM (PST)

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U.S. Asks Egypt About Reports Americans Will Be Prosecuted

(Updates with newspaper report citing investigative judge in eighth paragraph.) Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. State Department said it wants Egypt’s government to clarify reports that 19 Americans are among 43 people to be prosecuted in Cairo in an …

Businessweek • February 06, 2012, 1:37 AM (PST)

Los Angeles Times

6.8 quake in Philippines kills 13, buries homes

MANILA, Philippines – A strong earthquake destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that buried dozens of houses, trapping residents, Monday in the central Philippines. At least 13 people were killed and 29 were missing. The 6.8-magnitude quake, in …

Boston Herald • February 06, 2012, 2:20 AM (PST)

Vietnam gives condolences for AP war correspondent

Vietnam has extended its condolences for late Associated Press correspondent George Esper, who covered both war and peace in the country he came to love. The Foreign Ministry delivered a letter to the AP’s Hanoi bureau Monday remembering a "kind …

AP – msnbc.com • February 06, 2012, 2:49 AM (PST)


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Romanian PM announces gov’t resignation

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – The Romanian prime minister on Monday announced the immediate resignation of himself and his government, saying he wanted to protect the stability of the country. Emil Boc said he was resigning "to ease the social …

Houston Chronicle • February 06, 2012, 3:03 AM (PST)

San Jose Mercury News

Factory collapse in Pakistan kills 4, traps dozens

ISLAMABAD-Rescue workers struggled to reach dozens of people trapped in the rubble of a factory that collapsed in an eastern Pakistani city Monday, killing at least four, officials said. The factory, which manufactured medicine, had been set up …

Denver Post • February 06, 2012, 4:36 AM (PST)

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No injuries in Memphis train derailment

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WTW) – Roads are again open after a weekend train derailment in Memphis. No one was hurt and there was no evidence of environmental contamination after several cars of a Norfolk Southern train jumped the tracks in East Memphis Sunday …

Nashville Tennessean • February 06, 2012, 4:58 AM (PST)

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China defends Syria veto, doubts West’s intentions

China defended on Monday its rejection of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to abandon power, with state media saying Western armed intervention in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq exposed the risks of forced regime change. China …

msnbc.com • February 06, 2012, 2:35 AM (PST)

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