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French Afghan Troops To Leave Kapisa In March French troops will start handing over security to the Afghan army in March and focus on training until pulling out of Afghanistan completely at the end of 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday.

Syria Violence Kills 37, U.N. Security Council To Meet Security forces killed 37 people in Syria Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Musharraf Will Return To Pakistan After Tensions End - APML Former president Pervez Musharraf will return to Pakistan once the tensions between the government and the Supreme Court subside, a senior official in his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) said Friday.

Costa Cruises Offers Compensation To Rescued Passengers Costa Cruises has offered 11,000 euros (9,000 pounds) in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard its liner that ran aground and capsized two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said on Friday.

Vatican Whistle-Blower Begged To Continue Crusade - Letter A senior Vatican official who was transferred after he exposed a web of corruption begged to be allowed to continue his crusade and denounced a "vulgar and insolent" cleric behind a plot to destroy him, according to a leaked letter on Friday.

One Million Children In Sahel At Risk, UNICEF Warns More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.

Turkish Journalists Seek Release In Conspiracy Case Turkish journalists in a high-profile case asked a court on Friday to release them from custody while they stand trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the government.

Nightmare Of Disorderly Default Focuses Minds On Greece Argentina's chaotic bankruptcy a decade ago triggered riots, looting and dozens of deaths. The prospect of that horror scenario playing out in Greece is focusing minds across Europe as the threat of default remains all too real.

Hunger-Striking Kyrgyz Prisoners Stitch Mouths Shut More than a thousand convicts in Kyrgyzstan have stitched their mouths closed in protest against living conditions in the Central Asian republics prisons.

Iran Could Ban EU Oil Exports Next Week - Lawmakers A law to be debated in Iran's parliament on Sunday may halt oil exports to the European Union as early as next week, foiling an EU plan to phase in an oil embargo gradually to help its struggling economies adapt, lawmakers said on Friday.

Suicide Bomber Kills 31 In Baghdad Attack (Updated) BAGHDAD (Reuters): A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a funeral procession in Baghdad on Friday, killing 31 people in the latest attack in a Shi'ite neighbourhood amid rising violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December.

Singapore Raises Sea Defences Against Tide Of Climate Change SINGAPORE: A 15-km (10 mile) stretch of crisp white beach is one of the key battlegrounds in Singapore's campaign to defend its hard-won territory against rising sea levels linked to climate change.

Spike In Deaths Blamed On 2003 New York Blackout higher than official estimates - to not only accidents caused by lack of power, but also underlying diseases.

Obama Says He Second-Guesses Himself, Makes Mistakes WASHINGTON: Barack Obama said on Thursday he doubted his decisions "constantly" and made mistakes daily but thought he had become a better president with more on-the-job experience.

French Implant Boss Released, Faces Bodily Harm Charge MARSEILLE: Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, was released from police custody on Friday and faces a charge of causing bodily harm, his lawyer said.

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