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Blast in Pakistan: Death toll in Shia mosque suicide bombing rises to 61
The Indian Express
Pakistan blast, Shia mosque blast, Jundullah, Shikarpur, Nawaz Sharif Pakistani investigators and security officials look for evidence at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. (Source: AP). By: Press Trust of India | Islamabad | Posted: January ...

Explosion Kills Dozens at Shiite Mosque in Pakistan   New York Times
World Watch   Wall Street Journal
Latest from Iran   Press TV
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe,90, becomes African Union chairman
EIN News Zimbabwe
Addis Ababa, Harare: Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's most divisive figures, ascended to the rotating chairmanship of the African Union on Friday, casting a shadow over the continental body's relations with the West.

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Voice of America

Heavy Fighting Near Kirkuk, Twin Blasts Hit Baghdad Market
Voice of America
CAIRO—. Fierce fighting erupted Friday between Islamic State militants and Kurdish Peshmerga forces near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Officials say a senior Kurdish commander and at least eight of his fighters were killed. Meanwhile, at least 27 people ...

IS chemical weapons expert killed, says US military   BBC News
Air strike kills IS 'chemical weapons expert': US   Times of India
ISIS chemical weapons expert killed in airstrike, US officials say   Fox News
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The Daily Star

Nasrallah: Rules of engagement shattered
The Daily Star
Hezbollah supporters carry the party's flags along pictures of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah and those of martyrs during a ceremony in Beirut's southern suburbs, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban). Connect; Tweet; RSS ...

Hezbollah Warns Israel It Won't Tolerate More Attacks   New York Times
Hezbollah: we don't want war with Israel but do not fear it   Reuters
The Great Game: Israeli, Hezbollah, and Iranian Edition   Huffington Post

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DAWN.com

2 Americans under fire in anti-West attack in Saudi Arabia
DAWN.com
RIYADH: Gunmen fired at two US citizens on Friday on a road in oil-rich Eastern Province, leaving one wounded, in the fourth anti-Western attack in Saudi Arabia in as many months, police said. “At 2pm today... a car carrying two American nationals... came ...

A Disconnect in Honoring Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah   Wall Street Journal (blog)
US man shot and wounded in eastern Saudi Arabia: state media   Reuters
American shot and injured by unknown gunmen in eastern Saudi Arabia   Fox News
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CNN

'Prime Evil,' pro-apartheid assassin, granted parole
CNN
Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) Eugene de Kock was the most notorious assassin of South Africa's apartheid era, commanding a death squad that kidnapped, tortured and killed black activists. His nickname: Prime Evil. After apartheid fell, he was put on trial and ...

South Africa Grants Parole To a Death-Squad Leader   New York Times
South Africa grants parole to apartheid death squad leader   Times of India
Apartheid death squad leader Eugene de Kock killed her mother - and she ...   CBC.ca
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The Independent

Russia hands Crimea bridge construction to Putin ally
Reuters
MOSCOW Jan 30 (Reuters) - Russia's government will employ a company belonging to an ally of President Vladimir Putin to build a bridge connecting mainland Russia to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year. A government ...

How Russia props up Putin in the polls   Washington Post

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