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- Syrian forces bombard Homs, Lavrov arrives for talks
(Reuters)
Reuters - Syrian forces renewed their bombardment of Homs on Tuesday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus for talks aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end a bloody crackdown on a popular revolt and carry out reforms. - Iran: U.S. assets ban "antagonistic," will have no impact
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iran on Tuesday denounced as "an antagonistic move" a tightening of U.S. sanctions targeting Tehran's central bank and giving U.S. banks new powers to freeze Iranian government assets, and said it would have no impact. - Maldives president quits after mutiny on paradise islands
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, widely credited with bringing democracy to the hideaway resort islands, resigned on Tuesday after weeks of opposition protests erupted into a police mutiny and what an aide said amounted to a coup. - Netanyahu can't fly solo in Israel to attack Iran
(Reuters)
Reuters - Three decades ago, an Israeli prime minister faced his cabinet and invoked the Holocaust in an emotional appeal to approve an air strike against an Arab atomic reactor. - Exclusive: Iran defaults on rice payments to India
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iranian buyers have defaulted on payment for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday, as trade between the two countries comes under mounting pressure from a new wave of Western sanctions against Tehran. - Obama Seeks to Cool War Fever While Keeping Up Pressure on Iran
(Time.com)
Time.com - Nobody likely envies the challenge President Barack Obama faces getting his "messaging" right on Iran - Swiss central banker warns on slowing economy
(AP)
AP - Switzerland's economy is expected to "slow considerably" this year and might require more central bank intervention to steady it despite the Swiss franc falling back against the euro, the Swiss National Bank's vice chairman said Tuesday. - Russian FM in Syria amid escalating violence
(AP)
AP - Syrian forces renewed their assault on the flashpoint city of Homs on Tuesday as Russia's foreign minister held talks in Damascus with President Bashar Assad about the country's escalating violence. - Brazil: Standoff between striking police, soldiers
(AP)
AP - Soldiers clashed with supporters of striking police in Brazil's third-largest city on Monday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the feet of people trying to join officers occupying the Bahia state legislature building. - Sierra Leone opposition: gov't provoking violence
(AP)
AP - The top opposition presidential candidate is accusing Sierra Leone's ruling party of provoking violence ahead of November polls. - Age, military ties mark Kim Jong Un's inner circle
(AP)
AP - Wherever North Korea's young new leader goes, they're there: a group of graying military and political officials who shadow Kim Jong Un as he visits army bases, attends concerts and tours schools. - Walmart Canada unveils $750 million plan to take on rivals
(Reuters)
Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Canadian unit will invest more than $750 million in 73 projects in the next twelve months, as the world's biggest retailer moves aggressively to stay ahead of competitors such as Target Corp. - Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australia's projections for a bumper cotton crop remain on track despite a week-long deluge in major growing regions that forced thousands of residents from their homes and left rivers dangerously swollen. - Senegalese opposition denounce president's bid for third term
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The eight candidates came in convoys from their respective corners of Dakar to Obelisk Square in the heart of the Senegalese capital, where crowds of color-coordinated supporters awaited them while listening to political hip-hop anthems in Wolof - the local dialect. A single microphone stood on stage and each of them were introduced as "president" before they took it. - Between Lots of Rocks and Hard Places: Greece's Bad Options
(Time.com)
Time.com - Faced with austerity, debt and the potential return to the drachma, the Greeks have nothing but bleakness in their immediate future - South Africa's cautious UN vote for Syrian action
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Russia and Chinaâs joint veto of a United Nations resolution urging Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down has kicked up a firestorm of criticism from the West and from human rights activists.