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• Syria violence grows after U.N. resolution vetoed
  A Syrian opposition group calls for a two-day strike after China and Russia blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the deadly crackdown in Syria.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 5:59pm
  


• Egypt to charge 43 over NGOs
  Forty-three people, including 19 Americans, face prosecution in an Egyptian criminal court on charges of illegal foreign funding as part of an ongoing crackdown on nongovernmental organizations, a prosecution spokesman said Sunday.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 7:00pm
  


• Libya: Saif Gadhafi trial within weeks?
  Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi, could go on trial "within weeks or months," the country's interior minister said Sunday.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 4:55pm
  


• Protesters clash with police in Cairo
  Demonstrators clashed with police outside the interior ministry in Cairo on Sunday as anger mounts over a deadly stampede at a soccer match that killed dozens last week.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 3:31pm
  


• Gas pipeline explodes in northern Sinai
  Massive flames shot into the sky over northern Sinai on Saturday after a section of a pipeline that carries gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan exploded, according to a security official in the region.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 12:23pm
  


• Europe's cold snap hits London
  Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest international airports, canceled about three out of 10 flights Sunday as several inches of snow fell on London overnight.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 12:09pm
  


• Calls for UK sanctions over Falklands
  The Ecuadorian president is calling for sanctions against Britain for its long-running dispute with Argentina over who owns the Falkland Islands.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 9:54am
  


• Suicide bomb kills 7 in Afghanistan
  A suicide car bomb exploded Sunday in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar City, killing seven people and wounding at least nine, the interior ministry said.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 4:39pm
  


• Military planes used in Australia floods
  Authorities were using military helicopters and a C-130 cargo plane Sunday to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by rising floodwaters in the eastern Australian province of Queensland, the government said.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 10:06am
  


• Finland votes for new president
  Finland heads to the polls Sunday to elect a new leader, with a former finance minister running against the nation's first openly gay presidential candidate, according to the country's media.
  Posted on:5 Feb 2012 at 6:48pm