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Obama: Israel has not made decision on Iran attack (Reuters)

February 5, 2012

Reuters – President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Israel has not yet decided how to respond to concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and said there was no evidence that Iran has the “intentions or capabilities” to wage attacks on U.S. soil.

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Obama will watch Super Bowl, wishes Bears playing (AP)

February 5, 2012

AP – The First Fan has only one complaint about Sunday’s Super Bowl: his favorite team isn’t in it.

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Ex-Panama dictator Noriega suffers possible stroke (AP)

February 5, 2012

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, possibly because of a stroke, police said.

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Greek parties handed Monday EU bailout deadline (Reuters)

February 5, 2012

Reuters – Greece’s coalition parties must tell the European Union by Monday whether they accept the painful terms of a new bailout deal as EU patience wears thin with political dithering in Athens over implementing reforms.

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

February 5, 2012

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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Greek unions plan 24-hour strike against austerity (Reuters)

February 5, 2012

Reuters – Greece’s two major labor unions plan a 24-hour strike on Tuesday against austerity measures and reforms demanded by international lenders in exchange for a new bailout package, union officials said on Sunday.

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Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized (Reuters)

February 5, 2012

Reuters – Manuel Noriega, Panama’s drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital after suffering a possible stroke, the national police said on Sunday.

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Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech (AP)

February 5, 2012

AP – The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America’s top diplomats.

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NYC protest gets heated when Yemen leader is seen (AP)

February 5, 2012

AP – A protest of the embattled president of Yemen outside the New York hotel where he’s staying got heated when demonstrators saw him leave the building.

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Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties (AP)

February 5, 2012

AP – Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country.

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