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Greek Unions Call For Strike As Crisis Talks Continue
RadioFreeEurope
Greece's two largest private and public sector unions have called for a 24-hour nationwide strike to begin on February 7 to protest austerity measures at the heart of measures aimed at rescuing ... Eini details bodies that will join general strike
Jerusalem Post
Histadrut Labor Federation chairman Ofer Eini on Monday announced that a general strike in support of contract workers will begin on Wednesday. Banks, the Bank of Israel, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange ... Officer who 'forgot' soldier stripped of command
Jerusalem Post
IDF OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Yair Golan decided Monday to strip Lt.-Col. Moly Cohen of his role as commander of the 74th Armored Battalion. The decision came after Cohen was suspended by IDF ... Kamm petitions court over 'discriminating' bill
Jerusalem Post
Anat Kamm, the former IDF OC Central Command secretary sentenced to four and a half years in prison for serious espionage crimes, petitioned the High Court of Justice on Monday over a bill proposing ... Police arrest 9 suspected Jerusalem cult members
Jerusalem Post
Police arrested nine people Monday suspected of being members of a Jerusalem cult. The man suspected of leading the cult and two of his helpers, who had been arrested in August on suspicion of ... SA supports UN on Syria
IOL
On Saturday, China and Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria which would have encouraged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power after nearly a year of ... Kids among dead in Philippines quake
IOL
A three-storey building caved in and some seaside cottages were destroyed by waves in La Libertad, Negros Oriental, near the epicentre of the quake 5km off the shore of Tayasan town and at a depth ... Dominican boat accident death toll at 18
IOL
The death toll from the capsizing of a boat that was trying to take 70 migrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico has risen to 18, local press said on ... Military deployed for police strike in Bahia
IOL
The murder rate in Salvador de Bahia has more than doubled to 84 in the five days since the police went on strike on Tuesday night, demanding better pay and working conditions, local news reports ... China defends veto on Syria resolution
IOL
State media on Monday defended China's decision to join Russia in vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria, a move that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a ... Suu Kyi’s parliamentary bid gets green light
IOL
Myanmar's Election Commission on Monday gave opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the green light to run for parliamentary by-elections, another step toward political openness in a country ... Romney bags Nevada caucuses
IOL
I'm realizing how much I miss the simple wisdom of Rick Perry. Little things like how you know he thought some GOP primaries were called caucuses because they attracted only Caucasians. Or that ... Norway gunman asks court for "immediate release"
Channel News Asia
OSLO: The Norway gunman who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July asked an Oslo court on Monday to release him immediately, saying his massacre was a "preventive attack against state ... Deadly cold front continues in Europe
Channel News Asia
WARSAW - The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam ... '50 killed' as Syrian troops bombard Homs
The Independent
The bombardment came a day after the United States promised harsher sanctions against Damascus in response to Russian and Chinese vetoes of a draft U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab ... Rival Palestinians To Form Unity Government
Sky News
Rival Palestinian factions have agreed to form a government of national unity and call new elections in a move that could end years of friction and divisions between Hamas and ... Growing Diplomatic Row Between US And Egypt
Sky News
Egypt 's ruling military council has accused them of working to destabilise the country. The US State Department said it was seeking "clarification from the Egyptian government" in a ... Activists: Syrian forces bombard Homs
USA Today
The government denied shelling the city, however, and said "armed terrorist groups" were attacking civilians and police in several neighborhoods. The state-run news agency also said Monday that ... Glencore, Xstrata hammer out premium as deal nears
Reuters
LONDON/CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Top executives at Glencore and Xstrata are hammering out the final details of a proposed $80 billion merger, including the premium on offer by the commodities trading ... A New Question of Internet Freedom
International Herald Tribune
PARIS - European activists who participated in American Internet protests last month learned that there was political power to be harnessed on the Web. Now they are putting that knowledge to use in ... Syria forces pound opposition; 33 killed
CBS News
An image taken from a video posted by Syrian opposition activists to the Youtube shows smoke rising from buildings in the city of Homs after an apparent rocket or mortar strike, Feb. 6, 2012. ... Josh Powell, 2 kids die in house fire
CBS News
(CBS News) The case of missing Utah mother Susan Powell took a horrific turn Sunday in Washington State. Officials say her husband, who was a person of interest in that case, killed their two ... Philippines earthquake kills scores
CBS News
(CBS/AP) Updated at 7:50 a.m. Eastern MANILA, Philippines - A strong earthquake in the central Philippines killed at least 43 people Monday as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that ... "Hidden" mortgage fee paying for payroll tax cut
CBS News
would be extended for two more months . At the time, both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner lauded the move to avoid a tax increase for millions of working Americans. But ... U.S. warns Egypt over detained NGO workers
CBS News
(CBS News) As the chaos and protests continue in Egypt, there are now threats to the safety and security of 19 Americans working there, including the son of a member of President Obama's own ... "Eye Opener": Your world in 90 seconds
CBS News
Eli Manning leads the New York Giants to their fourth NFL championship. Also, a father probed in the disappearance of his wife takes his own life, and those of their two young boys. All that and ... JFK mistress reveals new details
BBC
A book by a former mistress of President John F Kennedy has revealed new details of their relationship. Extracts in the US media of Once Upon A Secret by Mimi Alford recount the affair she had with ... Abbas to head Palestinian unity government
Al Jazeera
Mahmud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), has agreed to lead an interim national consensus government to prepare for upcoming elections, under an agreement signed in the Qatari ... Deadly earthquake hits Philippine island
Al Jazeera
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake off the central Philippine island of Negros has killed at least six people, including two children, and dozens missing. Following dozens of aftershocks on Monday, ... 'Goodbye' e-mail, then deadly blast
CNN
>Check out CNN affiliates KIRO, KOMO, KUTV and KSTU for more on the story.(CNN) -- Shortly before he set fire to his Puyallup, Washington, house and killed himself and his two sons, Josh Powell ... Zelizer: Why Romney is winning
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>Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" (Times Books) and author of the forthcoming book "Governing ... The Week Ahead: February 6-12
RadioFreeEurope
Officials and experts from 56 OSCE participating states and international organizations meet in Vienna to discuss ways to prevent and suppress money laundering and financing of terrorism (to ...
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