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2/6/2012 5:33:13 AM
 Reuters - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.
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2/6/2012 5:13:37 AM
Reuters - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed at a meeting in Qatar on Monday to form a unified Palestinian government for the West Bank and Gaza headed by Palestinian President and Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas, a senior Palestinian official said.
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2/6/2012 5:13:55 AM
Reuters - Tightening international sanctions against Iran look set to shrink its economy, push up inflation and further erode its currency, but they may fail to deliver a knock-out blow that forces Tehran to compromise on its nuclear ambitions.
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2/6/2012 1:51:00 AM
Reuters - A three-story factory collapsed Monday in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a gas explosion, killing at least three people and trapping dozens, emergency officials said.
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2/6/2012 4:16:41 AM
Reuters - Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday after weeks of nationwide protests against austerity measures and before a parliamentary election due late this year.
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2/6/2012 4:45:00 AM
Time.com - Whether called the Falklands or Las Malvinas, the south Atlantic islands are once again the center of a diplomatic row as the 30th anniversary of a brief war approaches
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2/6/2012 5:45:51 AM
Reuters - The European Union's total government debt rose slightly to 82.2 percent of economic output in the third quarter of 2011, the EU's statistics agency said on Monday, lower than the United States but still a burden that could take decades to pay down.
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2/6/2012 5:39:59 AM
 AP - Government forces shelled the central Syrian city of Homs on Monday, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas and killing at least 17 people in the third day of a new assault on the epicenter of the country's uprising, activists said.
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2/6/2012 2:00:27 AM
 AP - A major political party in Mexico has chosen a female presidential candidate for the first time, as the ruling party bet that a charismatic former congresswoman will help it erode the lead held by its powerful rival.
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2/6/2012 5:53:09 AM
AP - As a fire at a Chevron Corp. gas rig off Nigeria's coast continues to burn, locals say they're seeing signs of its effects on the environment and the health of those living nearby.
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