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Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012....Full Story

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Somali pirates kidnap American writer
| Little did Moore know exactly how hands-on the research project would get. Yesterday, he was identified as the latest unfortunate young American citizen to be kidnapped at gunpoint and held hostage in the African country's lawless northern region of Galmudug. | Offici...Full Story
Cuba's Communist party holds first convention
| Cuba's Communist Party has opened a two-day conference to hold an internal debate on the future of the party, the possibility of political term limits and perhaps even a change or two at the top. | The closed-door gathering on Saturday is a follow-up to last April's h...Full Story
Britain may try and jail Somali pirates
| ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Britain may put on trial and jail Somali pirates in the United Kingdom if its citizens are attacked at sea, but the government's priority is to help Somalia boost its inadequate prison capacity, a British minister said on Saturday. | Pirates op...Full Story
Yemen's President Saleh arrives in US
| Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has arrived in the United States for short-term visit to receive medical treatment. | Saleh arrived at an unspecified location in the United States on Saturday after a journey that took him from Oman, through London. ...Full Story
Barcelona held at Villarreal
| Real Madrid opened up a seven-point lead at the top Spain’s Primera Division with a comfortable 3-1 win over bottom side Real Zaragoza as Barcelona could only draw 0-0 at lowly Villarreal on Saturday. | The league leaders recovered quickly from their midweek Kin...Full Story
Black Stars sweep aside Mali
| Ghana defeated Mali 2-0 in Franceville on Saturday night to leave Group D at the Africa Cup of Nations wide open after Guinea earlier hammered Botswana 6-1. | The 2010 World Cup participants are now top of the group on six points from two matches, while Guinea and the...Full Story
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Sat 28 Jan 2012
Brazil nabs notorious drug lord
Al Jazeera | SAO PAULO - One of Brazil's most wanted and dangerous drug barons was abruptly captured late Friday while on vacation in a posh mountain town outside of Sao Paulo. | Fabianao Atanazio da Silva, known by his street name of "FB", previously commanded...
Juve beat title rivals Udinese
Al Jazeera | A brace from Alessandro Matri saw Juventus do their hopes of winning the Italian title the power of good on Saturday, seeing off fellow high-riders Udinese 2-1 in Turin. | The win preserved Juve's unbeaten league record and opened up a provisional ...
Somalia journalist shot dead in capital
LA Daily News The Associated Press Posted: 01/28/2012 08:58:26 AM PST Updated: 01/28/2012 12:40:35 PM PST | MOGADISHU, Somalia—A producer at a Somali radio station says gunmen shot dead the station's director in the chaotic capital, Mogadishu. | Mu...
Somalia journalist shot dead in capital
Denver Post | Click photo to enlargeIn this photo taken in 2010, the director of Shabelle radio station Hassan Osman Abdi, right, popularly known as Hassan Fantastic, presents a programme on social issues in the radio station's studio in Mogadishu, Somalia. A pr...
Somalia journalist shot dead in capital
Atlanta Journal | MOGADISHU, Somalia — A producer at a Somali radio station says gunmen shot dead the station's director in the chaotic capital, Mogadishu. In this photo taken in 2010, the director of Shabelle radio station Hassan Osman Abdi, right, popularly ...
Repupublicans change tune for Hispanic votes
Al Jazeera | It is just three days before the crucial Florida Republican primary and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has been wasting no time in trying to woo Hispanic voters. | He has been hitting all the right notes in this important swing state - f...
Youth in S Korea's Seoul search for a break
Al Jazeera " />" /> | As other countries struggle with soaring unemployment, South Korea is creating jobs at a rapid rate. | Even so, many of the nation's young people are still finding it difficult to get started. | In the second of a five-part series looking ...
China funds new home for African Union
Al Jazeera " />" /> | It is a $20mn building, the tallest in the Ethiopian capital and the new headquarters of the African Union (AU). It also happens to be entirely the work of China. | Paid for with Chinese money and constructed by Chinese workers, the A...
US voters endure 'attack ad' outbreak
Al Jazeera " />" /> | Competition between the Republican party's hopefuls for the US presidential candidacy is intensifying ahead of next week's Florida primary. | The respective rivalries between their supporters are also heating up, as evidenced by the t...
Economists weigh in on Ron Paul
Al Jazeera | - At a debate in New Hampshire in January, the Republican presidential candidates were asked what they'd be doing if they weren't standing behind the podia. Most said they'd be watching sports. | But not Texas congressman Ron Paul. "I'd be home wit...
Britain may try, jail Somali pirates
Toronto Sun ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA -  | Britain may put on trial and jail Somali pirates in the United Kingdom if its citizens are attacked at sea, but the government’s priority is to help Somalia boost its inadequate prison capacity, a British mi...
Somalia journalist shot dead in capital
Newsday | MOGADISHU, Somalia - (AP) -- A producer at a Somali radio station says gunmen shot dead the station's director in the chaotic capital, Mogadishu. | Mu'awiye Ahmed Mudey, a producer at Shabelle radio, said unidentified gunmen killed Hassan Osman Abd...
American hostage rescue and the history of lessons not learnt in Somalia
The Examiner | Here goes Somalia again. In the news for predictably the wrong reason. As if the daring rescue of the MAERSK Alabama did not serve as an awakening call that the days of "Black Hawk Down" were over, Somalians in their stubborness to the fa...
Media Leader Assassinated
All Africa Shabelle (Mogadishu)-Unidentified masked gunmen have assassinated the director of the independent Shabelle Media director Hassan Osman Abdi (Fantastic) this evening at his home in Mogadishu's Wadajir district. | ...
A Veteran Journalist Shot Dead in Mogadishu
All Africa Shabelle (Mogadishu)-Unknown gunmen shot dead a veteran Somali journalist worked at an independent Radio and TV based in the lawless capital, Mogadishu on Saturday afternoon. | ...
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