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Abe Seeks Support From Middle East Allies to Save Hostages
Businessweek
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seeking help from Middle Eastern nations to help save two Japanese hostages that Islamic State militants threatened to kill on Friday if Japan doesn't pay a $200 million ransom. Abe spoke with King Abdullah of Jordan, Turkish ...

Islamic State hostage Haruna Yukawa an enigma in a war-torn country   Sydney Morning Herald
Japan weighs ransom in ISIS threat to kill hostages   News24
Islamic State 'demands Japan hostages ransom'   BBC News
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MAP: Possible coup attempt in Yemen
Washington Post
Shiite insurgents from the rebel Houthi faction stormed Yemen's presidential palace and attacked the residence of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in Sanaa on Tuesday. Shiite insurgents from the rebel Houthi faction stormed Yemen's presidential ...

Shiite rebels shell residence of Yemen president's home, take over palace   Fox News
Coup Fears Rise in Yemen as Rebels Storm Palace   New York Times
Yemen's President 'has no control' as Houthi rebels storm palace   CNN International
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Boko Haram 'leader Abubakar Shekau' claims Baga raid
BBC News
A man purporting to be the leader of the Boko Haram Islamist group has said in a video that his fighters carried out a deadly attacks on the Nigerian town of Baga earlier this month. The man said to be Abubakar Shekau said people were killed "as our Lord ...

West Africa's Islamic State   Wall Street Journal
Boko Haram leader threatens Nigeria's neighbours, claims Baga attack   Daily Mail
Boko Haram claims Baga attack, threatens Nigeria's neighbours   IBNLive
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In State of the Union, Obama Focuses on the Middle Class
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama claimed credit on Tuesday for an improving economy and defiantly told his Republican adversaries in Congress to “turn the page” by supporting an expensive domestic agenda aimed at improving the fortunes of the middle ...

State of the Union: Barack Obama signals higher taxes for America's rich in sixth ...   ABC Online
Obama urges skeptical Republicans to back his 'middle-class economics'   Reuters
Obama stresses middle class in State of the Union   USA TODAY
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Four Paris attack suspects in court
Sky News Australia
Four men suspected of supplying one of the gunmen behind the Paris attacks with weapons and vehicles have appeared before an anti-terror judge, the first to face possible charges over the Paris shootings. The January 7-9 attacks put Europe on high alert ...

Islamic State demands $200m for lives of two Japanese hostages   Irish Examiner
Four to face charges over Paris attacks   Independent Online
Five Russian Chechens arrested and explosives found in France   Irish Times
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Iran threatens to retaliate for Israel attack in Syria
Financial Times
Iran on Tuesday threatened to retaliate in response to an Israel attack in southern Syria on Sunday that killed an Iranian general along with six members of the Lebanon-based militant group Hizbollah. Despite warning Israel of “devastating thunderbolts”, ...

Residents of northern Israel wary of potential retaliation   Ynetnews
How Israel's Strike Ratchets Up Tensions With Hezbollah, Iran   Wall Street Journal (blog)
North goes on alert after Iran threat of 'ruinous thunderbolts'   Jerusalem Post Israel News
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Francis: Catholics Needn't 'Breed Like Rabbits'
Voice of America
Pope Francis says that just because the Catholic Church bans artificial contraceptives, it does not mean Catholics have to "breed like rabbits." Flying back to Rome Monday from his weeklong visit to Asia, Francis, in an airborne news conference, said the ...

Rabbit Breeder to Pope: You Don't Know Rabbits   NBCNews.com
Pope Francis: No Need to Breed 'Like Rabbits'   Wall Street Journal
Pope Francis and family planning   Irish Times
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Missouri Baby Fatally Shot By 5-Year-Old Brother
FOX News Radio
A nine-month-old Missouri boy is fatally shot by his five-year-old brother. FOX News Radio's Jeff Monosso reports: Audio clip: Listen to mp3 clip. Police in the small town of Elmo in northwest Missouri say a five-year-old boy found a loaded .22-caliber handgun ...

5-year-old boy finds gun, shoots baby brother in head   WCBD

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