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Greece puts privatisations on ice as anti-austerity wave arrives in Madrid
Sydney Morning Herald
Athens: Greece's new anti-austerity government has sacked the heads of its privatisation agency in what its finance ministry officials called "a first step in the new privatisation policies" of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, as at least 100,000 people poured into the ...

Tsipras Targets Euro Area Deal Ahead of Diplomatic Push   Bloomberg
Greece rejects austerity in tense meeting with eurozone's bailout chief   euronews
Greek leader tamps down rhetoric   Herald Sun
Telegraph.co.uk
Irish Independent
CBC.ca
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Sisi Blames Muslim Brotherhood for Bombings in Sinai
New York Times
CAIRO — President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Saturday blamed the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood for bombings that killed at least 30 people in the North Sinai two days earlier, and declared that Egypt was “fighting the strongest secret organization of the last two ...

Sisi: "Egypt faces long, tough battle against militants"   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Egypt court bans Hamas' armed wing   The Nation
Egypt's turning on Hamas won't solve Israel's Gaza problem   Haaretz
DAWN.com
Xinhua
Daily Times
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Ukraine peace talks collapse, Kiev and separatists trade blame
Reuters India
1 of 2. Denis Pushilin (R), representative of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Vladislav Deinego, representative of the Luhansk republic, speak to the media at Minsk's International airport before peace talks in Minsk January 31, ...

Ukraine peace talks begin as rebel fighting rages   Irish Independent
Ukraine crisis: Peace talks stall in Minsk as the people of Debaltseve flee rebel ...   The Independent
'Like the last judgment' in Donetsk   Stuff.co.nz
euronews
Times of India
Xinhua
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Italian PM wins duel with Berlusconi over new president
Sydney Morning Herald
Italy has a new president, Sergio Mattarella, a 73-year-old Sicilian judge whose politician brother was gunned down by the Mafia and died in his arms on the way to hospital. The election of the softly spoken Mattarella, a veteran politician little known ...

Italy elects senior judge Sergio Mattarella as president   Daily Times
Italy Elects President, While Mulling a Change in Role   New York Times
Italy's lawmakers elect Sergio Mattarella as president   USA TODAY
Fox News Latino
NEWS.com.au
Xinhua
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War with Isis: The struggle to rebuild life in Kobani as fighting continues in the ...
The Independent
Mysteriously, the eagle statue in Kobani's central Freedom Square was still on its feet, just like the tall, slender minaret of a mosque not too far from the square. Around it, the destruction of the city seemed complete. Ismet Sheikh Hasan, defence minister of ...

ISIS fighters admit defeat in Syrian town of Kobani   Fox News
In pictures: ruins in war-battered Syrian town   Xinhua
ISIS admits defeat in Kobani for the first time, blaming US warplanes ...   National Post
Irish Independent
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Jordan, Japan Await News on Fate of IS Hostages
Voice of America
The fates of two Islamic State hostages -- a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian air force pilot -- remained unknown Friday, a day after the latest deadline passed for a prisoner swap. Jordan's military said officials were working non-stop on the case of pilot ...

New video purportedly shows beheading of Japanese journalist by ISIS   Fox News
Video: Islamic State group beheads Japanese journalist   New Zealand Herald
Isis claims second Japanese hostage killed   Financial Times
Hindustan Times
BBC News
Washington Post
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Fire rages through library in Moscow
BBC News
A fire has destroyed parts of one of Russia's largest public libraries, containing more than 14 million items. The blaze began late on Friday at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences in a south-western district of the capital, Moscow. The roof ...

Moscow library fire a 'cultural Chernobyl'   The Australian (blog)
Fire destroys scientific library in Moscow   Brisbane Times
Huge library containing historic texts and 14 million books goes up in flames ...   The Independent
Wall Street Journal
Metro
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Senior IS member's citizenship revoked
Gulf Daily News
A SENIOR Bahraini member of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group had his citizenship revoked yesterday, alongside 71 other people. Turki Al Binali has emerged as one of the leading ideologues in the self-declared caliphate that now stretches across much ...

Bahrain: 72 People Are Stripped of Their Citizenship   New York Times
Exiled Bahrain activist who protested at Windsor Horse Show among 72 to have ...   The Independent
Bahrain strips 72 of citizenship after unrest   Daily Mail
Herald Sun
Reuters
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Vladimir Putin enemy 'outs' president's mystery daughter
Telegraph.co.uk
One of Vladimir Putin's main opponents may have broken a taboo by publishing what he says is the pseudonym used by one the Russian president's daughters to stay out of the spotlight. Putin has made his and his family's private life little less than a state ...

Russia: It's Time for Regime Change   Newsweek
Putin's dancing daughter said to run fund backed by dad's allies   Chicago Tribune

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12 things we now know about Prince Charles from his new biography
Telegraph.co.uk
Here are 12 things Catherine Mayer's book claims to tells us about the Prince: 1. A fan of the comedy series Blackadder the Prince identifies with Baldrick, the much-put upon manservant whose “cunning plans” are frequently ridiculed by those in charge. 2.
Charles crushes biographer's claim: Buckingham Palace says US writer who's ...   Daily Mail
Prince Charles the saviour of the nation? A new book highlights concerns about ...   The Independent
Prince Charles' household likened to Wolf Hall, biographer claims   BBC News
New Zealand Herald
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