Man charged over stabbing death Posted: 11 Feb 2012 01:19 PM PST Police have charged a man with murder after a fatal stabbing in Coleford, the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.  
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Occupy Movement Regroups, Laying Plans for the Next Phase Posted: 11 Feb 2012 01:17 PM PST With encampments largely gone, the challenge is to keep the Occupy cause alive through methods like strikes and protests, which risk alienating people rather than galvanizing them.  
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The Caucus: Palin Says Brokered Convention Wouldn’t Hurt G.O.P. Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:28 PM PST Sarah Palin said Saturday that Republicans should be in no hurry to wrap up the presidential nominating contest, declaring that a competitive campaign until the August convention in Tampa would not complicate the party's efforts to defeat President Obama.  
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A 2008 E-Mail at the Heart of a Hacking Scandal Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST Discovered just three months ago, an e-mail from June 2008 sent to James Murdoch discussed in frank terms the potentially disastrous scale of phone hacking at News International.  
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Tunisian secular parties merge to face Islamists Posted: 11 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST TUNIS (Reuters) - Five secular Tunisian parties merged on Saturday in an attempt to create a rival to Ennahda, the moderate Islamist party that swept to power in the first free elections last year.  
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Crowds swarm Suu Kyi as campaign begins Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:24 AM PST Myanmar opposition icon met by thousands of supporters at first appearance in township where she will run for parliament.  
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China Funds Grease Rust-Belt Company Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:22 AM PST When Chinese investors bought its largest remaining industrial employer, Saginaw, Mich., went from being an exhibit of decline to a case study in the impact of Chinese money on U.S. communities.  
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France v Ireland match called off Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST Six Nations game is called off five minutes before kick-off because of a frozen pitch at Stade de France in Paris.  
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Bishops Criticize Proposal on Birth Control Coverage Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:24 PM PST The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said a modification offered by the White House did not go far enough in protecting religious liberty.  
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S Korean tourists freed in Egypt Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:55 AM PST Three South Korean tourists are released a day after they were kidnapped in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian officials say.  
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Iran: Will Soon Unveil Nuclear Progress Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:08 AM PST Iran will soon unveil "big new" nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said while reiterating Tehran's readiness to revive talks with the West over the country's controversial nuclear program.  
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Second Protester Killed in Saudi Arabia Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:40 AM PST Security forces in Saudi Arabia shot and killed a 21-year-old man in that country's Eastern Province, the second fatal shooting in two days at protests by the province's Shiite Muslims, according to accounts Saturday from authorities and activists.  
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U.K. Media Bribe Probe Widens Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST British authorities arrested five employees of News Corp.'s tabloid The Sun and said they are now probing suspected payments not just to police but to other public officials.  
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U.S. Calls for Restraint in Maldives Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:59 PM PST A U.S. official called for both sides involved in a battle for control of the Maldives' government to refrain from violence and work toward forming a unity government.  
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Pakistan Army Starts Trial of Five Officers Posted: 11 Feb 2012 05:22 AM PST The Pakistani army has started court martial proceedings against a brigadier and four other officers over suspected ties to a banned extremist group that has called for ousting the U.S.-backed government, security officials said.  
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South Africa to Put Mandela on Money Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:27 AM PST South Africa will replace its current banknotes with a new series bearing the image of Nelson Mandela, the country's iconic freedom fighter and first black president.  
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Why the World Needs America Posted: 11 Feb 2012 07:28 AM PST Foreign-policy pundits argue that democracy and free markets could thrive without U.S. predominance. If this sounds too good to be true, argues Robert Kagan, that's because it is.  
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S Korean tourists freed in Egypt Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:55 AM PST Three South Korean tourists are released a day after they were kidnapped in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian officials say.  
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As Protests Continue in Greece, Party Leaders Urge Lawmakers to Approve Debt Deal Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:07 AM PST The leaders say that the austerity measures set out by Greece's lenders are harsh, but warned that the alternative would be far worse.  
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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Is Deemed a Hoax Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:24 PM PST A painting in the Illinois governor's mansion long believed to depict Mary Todd Lincoln turns out to tell a different story.  
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