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Dozens dead in bombing of mosque in Pakistan
Irish Times
An explosion ripped through a Shia mosque in southern Pakistan during weekly prayers yesterday, killing more than 40 people and wounding at least 50 in an apparent suicide attack, hospital officials said. The bombing, in Shikarpur, about 480km north of ...

Explosion Kills Dozens at Shiite Mosque in Pakistan   New York Times
World Watch   Wall Street Journal
At Least 58 Killed in Pakistani Shi'ite Mosque Bombing   Voice of America
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Nasrallah: Rules of engagement shattered
The Daily Star
Hezbollah supporters carry the party's flags along pictures of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah and those of martyrs during a ceremony in Beirut's southern suburbs, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban). Connect; Tweet; RSS ...

Hezbollah Warns Israel It Won't Tolerate More Attacks   New York Times
The Great Game: Israeli, Hezbollah, and Iranian Edition   Huffington Post
UN asks Iran help restore calm in Lebanon   Tehran Times

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Germany to Greece: Don't mess with us over debt, austerity
Washington Post
ATHENS, Greece — Greece and its European bailout creditors were in open dispute Friday, with Germany bluntly rejecting suggestions the heavily-indebted country should be forgiven part of its rescue loans and warning against “blackmail” from Athens.
Greece warned against reversing austerity as it rejects bailout administrators   euronews
The Syriza shock   The News International
Greek leaders divorced from reality, says Berlin after Tsipras asks for debts to be ...   Daily Mail
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Battle Intensify Near Kirkuk, Twin Blasts Hit Baghdad Market
Voice of America
CAIRO—. Fierce fighting erupted Friday between Islamic State militants and Kurdish Peshmerga forces near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Officials say a senior Kurdish commander and at least eight of his fighters were killed. Meanwhile, at least 27 people ...

IS chemical weapons expert killed, says US military   BBC News
Air strike kills IS 'chemical weapons expert': US   Times of India
ISIS chemical weapons expert killed in airstrike, US officials say   Fox News
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Mugabe appointed AU chairman
Independent Online
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - African leaders have appointed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as the new chairman of the 54-nation African Union. The 90-year-old Mugabe, who has ruled his country since 1980, succeeds Mauritania's President Mohamed ...

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, 90, becomes African Union chairman   EIN News Zimbabwe

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'Prime Evil,' pro-apartheid assassin, granted parole
CNN
Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) Eugene de Kock was the most notorious assassin of South Africa's apartheid era, commanding a death squad that kidnapped, tortured and killed black activists. His nickname: Prime Evil. After apartheid fell, he was put on trial and ...

Apartheid death squad leader Eugene de Kock killed her mother - and she ...   CBC.ca
'Prime Evil' Eugene de Kock, mastermind of Apartheid death squads, to be set free   The Independent
From the Monitor archives: Sentencing of a notorious apartheid assassin   Christian Science Monitor
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Fighting Is Fierce for Key Ukrainian Town
Voice of America
Fierce fighting continued Friday in a strategic town in eastern Ukraine, as a new round of peace talks between Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists failed to materialize. Ukrainian authorities say seven civilians were killed Friday by rebel shelling in the ...

Footage shows pro-Russian rebels under fire in Ukraine   BBC News
Ukraine General Says Russia Knew Rebel Offensive Was Coming   Wall Street Journal
Minsk peace talks cancelled amid renewed fighting, civilian deaths in eastern ...   ABC Online
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Elusive Daughter Of Putin 'Found' By Russian Reporters
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
News reports and Russian bloggers say one of President Vladimir Putin's daughters, who have been kept out of the public eye for years, is a key figure in a $1.7 billion development project at Moscow State University. Putin has made reporting on his private ...

How Russia props up Putin in the polls   Washington Post

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