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Yahoo! News: World News Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world world World News en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:51:53 GMT 5 Yahoo! News 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wl_nm/us_iran nm/20120206/us_iran Reuters world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:20:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wl_nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120205/i/r2009865334.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Hm9UrLqGYXK23sdM_FdfbQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. A view of the inside of a shopping mall is seen in northwestern Tehran February 3, 2012. With just a month to go before a parliamentary election, Iran has been hit hard in recent months by new U.S. and European economic sanctions over its nuclear programme, which Tehran says is peaceful but the West says is aimed at making a bomb. Picture taken February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wl_nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120205/i/r2009865334.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Hm9UrLqGYXK23sdM_FdfbQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. A view of the inside of a shopping mall is seen in northwestern Tehran February 3, 2012. With just a month to go before a parliamentary election, Iran has been hit hard in recent months by new U.S. and European economic sanctions over its nuclear programme, which Tehran says is peaceful but the West says is aimed at making a bomb. Picture taken February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wl_nm/us_syria nm/20120206/us_syria Reuters world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:46:15 GMT Reuters - Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus. Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized, stable (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wl_nm/us_panama_noriega nm/20120206/us_panama_noriega Reuters world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:26:12 GMT Reuters - Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital on Sunday after suffering a possible stroke, but a top health official said he was stable. Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120205/wl_nm/us_egypt nm/20120205/us_egypt Reuters world Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:09:33 GMT Reuters - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes continued with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles. Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120205/wl_nm/us_europe_weather1 nm/20120205/us_europe_weather1 Reuters world Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:27:37 GMT Reuters - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week. Massacre in Syria: Reports of Hundreds Killed in Homs, While Diplomats Fiddle at the U.N. (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20120205/wl_time/08599210617500 time/20120205/08599210617500 Time.com world Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:00 GMT Time.com - Friday night, Syrian security forces carried out what the opposition Syrian National Council called a "horrific massacre" targeting Homs in one of the worst in the 11-month uprising. Queen celebrates 60 years on throne (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_diamond_jubilee ap/20120206/eu_britain_diamond_jubilee AP world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:28:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_diamond_jubilee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.c0fd3b9bb35042d3a864adf56e28419d-c0fd3b9bb35042d3a864adf56e28419d-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=zoVPYwvjwjXFkfK0ge0mYw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends the church of St Peter and St Paul at West Newton, eastern England, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. The queen braved the cold and snow to attend church Sunday on the eve of her Diamond Jubilee anniversary. The 85-year-old monarch marks 60 years on the throne on Monday. The anniversary will be marked by a series of regional, national and international events throughout 2012. Elizabeth ascended the throne when her father, George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952. She is the longest-serving monarch after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years. (AP Photo/PA, Chris Radburn) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE" border="0" /></a>AP - Queen Elizabeth II marked her Diamond Jubilee on Monday with a message thanking all those who had supported her over her 60-year reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_diamond_jubilee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.c0fd3b9bb35042d3a864adf56e28419d-c0fd3b9bb35042d3a864adf56e28419d-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=zoVPYwvjwjXFkfK0ge0mYw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends the church of St Peter and St Paul at West Newton, eastern England, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. The queen braved the cold and snow to attend church Sunday on the eve of her Diamond Jubilee anniversary. The 85-year-old monarch marks 60 years on the throne on Monday. The anniversary will be marked by a series of regional, national and international events throughout 2012. Elizabeth ascended the throne when her father, George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952. She is the longest-serving monarch after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years. (AP Photo/PA, Chris Radburn) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Abbas proposed as PM in interim unity government (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_qatar_palestinian_reconciliation ap/20120205/ml_qatar_palestinian_reconciliation AP world Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:27:50 GMT AP - Hamas on Sunday endorsed a proposal by Qatar that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assume the role of prime minister in an interim Palestinian unity government that would prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza, according to two officials close to the contacts. Former Panamanian dictator Noriega hospitalized (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_panama_noriega ap/20120206/lt_panama_noriega AP world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:55:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_panama_noriega"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.7197e6097e1a433a87f05a0d9225fb0d-7197e6097e1a433a87f05a0d9225fb0d-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=EXdCpregMUd35X3gBu8Z8w--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="FILE - This Dec. 11, 2011 file photo, shows Panama's former strongman Manuel Noriega gesturing while being carried in a wheelchair by a police officer inside El Renacer prison, on the outskirts of Panama City. A police statement issued Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 says Noriega was taken from the El Renacer prison to Santo Tomas hospital after he had high blood pressure and apparently a brain hemorrhage. Noriega returned to Panama on Dec. 11 and is serving three 20-year sentences for the killings of political opponents in the 1980s.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was toppled by a 1989 American invasion and later convicted of drug running, was transferred from prison to a hospital on Sunday because of extreme hypertension, health officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_panama_noriega"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.7197e6097e1a433a87f05a0d9225fb0d-7197e6097e1a433a87f05a0d9225fb0d-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=EXdCpregMUd35X3gBu8Z8w--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="FILE - This Dec. 11, 2011 file photo, shows Panama's former strongman Manuel Noriega gesturing while being carried in a wheelchair by a police officer inside El Renacer prison, on the outskirts of Panama City. A police statement issued Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 says Noriega was taken from the El Renacer prison to Santo Tomas hospital after he had high blood pressure and apparently a brain hemorrhage. Noriega returned to Panama on Dec. 11 and is serving three 20-year sentences for the killings of political opponents in the 1980s.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120205/ts_nm/us_egypt_ngo_usa nm/20120205/us_egypt_ngo_usa Reuters topstories Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:40:49 GMT Reuters - The cases of 40 foreign and Egyptian activists, including 19 Americans subject to travel bans over their work for pro-democracy and other groups, have been referred to court, judicial sources said Sunday, deepening a row with the United States. Filipino villagers may have helped kill terrorist (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_terror_leaders ap/20120206/as_philippines_terror_leaders AP world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:51:53 GMT AP - Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail had deviated from the brutal image of his al-Qaida-linked militant group by playing doctor to poor Filipino villagers, whose backing he needed to stay safe from military troops. But those villagers may have been used by the military to finally track him down last week. Canadian Muslims issue fatwa against "honor killing" (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120205/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_islam nm/20120205/canada_us_islam Reuters world Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:20:13 GMT Reuters - A group of Canada's leading Muslim clerics has issued a fatwa against so-called "honor killings," just a week after three members of an Afghan Canadian family were convicted of a gruesome quadruple murder that triggered a national debate about cultural values. Aussie PM says she will lead government to victory (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_politics ap/20120206/as_australia_politics AP world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:03:00 GMT AP - Embattled Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she will lead her unpopular government to victory at elections next year despite persistent media reports that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is plotting to overthrow her in an internal power struggle. Facebook on collision course with new EU privacy laws (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120203/wl_csm/461254 csm/20120203/461254 The Christian Science Monitor world Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:06:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - With its initial public offering this week, Facebook is roaring ahead. However, new European Union privacy regulations are taking&nbsp;aim at Internet companies' ability to profit through control of personal information – the key to their tremendous online advertising&nbsp;profits.&nbsp; Egyptian Protesters Confront Police After Soccer Riots (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20120205/wl_time/08599210614200 time/20120205/08599210614200 Time.com world Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:00 GMT Time.com - Four more die in a day of violent clashes, as anger over alleged police complicity in a stadium tragedy unleashes pent-up frustrations A banker's punishment: Sir Fred Goodwin is now just Fred (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120203/wl_csm/461342 csm/20120203/461342 The Christian Science Monitor world Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:20:09 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - In the good times he was the doyen of British banking. Wealthy and courted by decision makers and knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to his industry, Sir Fred Goodwin, head of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), seemed invincible. PHP RSS ReaderYahoo! News  Yahoo! News: World News

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Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix (Reuters)

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.
A view of the inside of a shopping mall is seen in northwestern Tehran February 3, 2012. With just a month to go before a parliamentary election, Iran has been hit hard in recent months by new U.S. and European economic sanctions over its nuclear programme, which Tehran says is peaceful but the West says is aimed at making a bomb. Picture taken February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region.



Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria (Reuters)

Reuters - Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus.

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized, stable (Reuters)

Reuters - Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital on Sunday after suffering a possible stroke, but a top health official said he was stable.

Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes (Reuters)

Reuters - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests, but clashes continued with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles.

Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit (Reuters)

Reuters - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week.

Massacre in Syria: Reports of Hundreds Killed in Homs, While Diplomats Fiddle at the U.N. (Time.com)

Time.com - Friday night, Syrian security forces carried out what the opposition Syrian National Council called a "horrific massacre" targeting Homs in one of the worst in the 11-month uprising.

Queen celebrates 60 years on throne (AP)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends the church of St Peter and St Paul at West Newton, eastern England, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. The queen braved the cold and snow to attend church Sunday on the eve of her Diamond Jubilee anniversary. The 85-year-old monarch marks 60 years on the throne on Monday. The anniversary will be marked by a series of regional, national and international events throughout 2012.  Elizabeth ascended the throne when her father, George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952. She is the longest-serving monarch after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years. (AP Photo/PA, Chris Radburn) UNITED KINGDOM OUT  NO SALES  NO ARCHIVEAP - Queen Elizabeth II marked her Diamond Jubilee on Monday with a message thanking all those who had supported her over her 60-year reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people.



Abbas proposed as PM in interim unity government (AP)

AP - Hamas on Sunday endorsed a proposal by Qatar that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assume the role of prime minister in an interim Palestinian unity government that would prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza, according to two officials close to the contacts.

Former Panamanian dictator Noriega hospitalized (AP)

FILE - This  Dec. 11, 2011 file photo, shows Panama's former strongman Manuel Noriega gesturing while being carried in a wheelchair by a police officer inside El Renacer prison, on the outskirts of Panama City. A police statement issued Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 says Noriega was taken from the El Renacer prison to Santo Tomas hospital after he had high blood pressure and apparently a brain hemorrhage. Noriega returned to Panama on Dec. 11 and is serving three 20-year sentences for the killings of political opponents in the 1980s.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was toppled by a 1989 American invasion and later convicted of drug running, was transferred from prison to a hospital on Sunday because of extreme hypertension, health officials said.



NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row (Reuters)

Reuters - The cases of 40 foreign and Egyptian activists, including 19 Americans subject to travel bans over their work for pro-democracy and other groups, have been referred to court, judicial sources said Sunday, deepening a row with the United States.

 
 
 

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