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(AP)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:59pm EST

AP - Tunisia expels Syrian ambassador over bloody massacre in Homs.
Heathrow Airport cancels flights ahead of snow (AP)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:57pm EST

AP - The owner of Heathrow Airport says it has canceled 30 percent of flights for Sunday amid forecasts for snow and severe weather in London.
ANC youth leader gets 2nd chance on suspension (AP)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:48pm EST

AP - A controversial South African youth leader will get a chance to argue against a possibly career-ending suspension.
Afghan Taliban deny Mullah Omar wrote to White House (Reuters)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:42pm EST

Reuters - The Afghan Taliban denied on Saturday that the group's leader Mullah Omar wrote to the White House last year.
Merkel unhappy China blocked lawyer from meeting (AP)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:25pm EST

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed regret Saturday that Chinese police blocked a human rights lawyer from meeting her and said the Communist government should have the confidence to allow dissent.
Greece pushes for deal with lenders on contested reforms (Reuters)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 12:36pm EST

Reuters - Greece's government makes another push on Saturday to hammer out a deal with foreign lenders on a 130 billion euro bailout before turning to the trickier task of convincing wary political leaders to back the additional painful reforms involved.
Tens of thousands rally against Putin (AP)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:38am EST

AP - Tens of thousands of Russians flooded downtown Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, casting a strong challenge to his bid to reclaim the presidency in March.
Death toll in latest Egypt clashes climbs to 8 (AP)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:26am EST

AP - The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly soccer riot rose to eight Saturday, a security official said, as demonstrators in Cairo kept up their calls for an end to military rule and retribution for those killed in the post-soccer game violence.
Russians stage rival protests over Putin (Reuters)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:26am EST

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, and thousands of others staged a rally supporting the prime minister.
Iran calls on EU to review oil embargo decision (Reuters)

Posted: February 4th, 2012, 9:52am EST

Reuters - Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.