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  • <a title="CAIRO (Reuters) - The crisis unleashed by President Mohamed Mursi's bid to wrap up Egypt's transition on his own terms has eroded his nation's faith in their nascent democracy and will complicate the already unenviable task of government. His effort to drive through a constitution against the wishes of major sections of society, including a Christian minority, has damaged prospects for building consensus needed to tackle challenges ahead, such as fixing a broken economy. ..." href="http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-struggle-seen-costing-mursi-even-wins-101958390.html">Egypt struggle seen costing Mursi, even if he wins</a>
  • <a title="GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal ended decades of exile on Friday with a triumphal first ever visit to the Gaza Strip that underscored the Islamist group's growing confidence following its latest conflict with Israel. After passing through the Egyptian border crossing, Meshaal knelt and touched the ground with his forehead, offering up a prayer of thanks. He was then greeted in the warm December sun by dozens of Palestinian officials from an array of factions. ..." href="http://news.yahoo.com/hamas-leader-meshaal-ends-exile-arrives-gaza-strip-111016824.html">Hamas leader ends long exile, visits Gaza Strip</a>
  • <a title="BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared Damascus International Airport a battle zone on Friday, while Moscow and Washington both sounded glum about the prospects of a diplomatic push to end the conflict. Fighting around the capital city has intensified over the past week, and Western officials have begun speaking about faster change on the ground in a 20-month-old conflict that has killed 40,000 people. ..." href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-u-talk-syria-events-accelerate-ground-091440977.html">Rebels circle Damascus airport; Russia, U.S. downbeat</a>
  • <a title="TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong quake centered off northeastern Japan shook buildings as far away as Tokyo on Friday and triggered a one-meter tsunami in an area devastated by last year's Fukushima disaster, but there were no reports of deaths or serious damage. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and thousands of coastal residents were ordered to evacuate to higher ground, but the tsunami warning was lifted two hours after the tremor struck. ..." href="http://news.yahoo.com/strong-earthquake-hits-northeast-japan-083131360.html">Strong quake hits off Japan near Fukushima</a>
  • <a title="JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch urged Israel on Friday to provide a full account of its air strike on a house in the Gaza Strip that killed 12 civilians last month, saying the action appeared to have been illegal. The November 18 attack on the three-storey home of the Dalu family was the bloodiest of the eight days of fighting between the Jewish state and Gaza's Islamist Hamas-led armed factions, in which around 170 Palestinians and six Israelis died. ..." href="http://news.yahoo.com/hrw-demands-israel-justify-gaza-strike-killed-12-122455858.html">HRW demands Israel justify Gaza strike that killed 12 civilians</a>

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  • <a title="Maybe for the imprisoned, any plan to break from jail sounds like a good one. But for this oversized inmate, what could have been a great escape turned into a big disaster. The Brazilian prisoner was trying to squeeze out of a hole in the wall smashed open with a shower pipe by fellow escapees. [...]" href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/prisoner-gets-stuck-trying-break-jail-210622937.html">Prisoner gets stuck trying to break out of jail</a>
  • <a title="A suspected burglar called 911 after the owner of the home he broke into caught and held him at gunpoint. The suspect, Christopher Moore, placed the emergency call in Springtown, Texas, during the botched burglary attempt early Tuesday after James Gerow, the homeowner, and Gerow's son pointed guns at him as he sat in his [...]" href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/burglar-calls-911-himself-163618126.html">Burglar calls 911 to save himself from gun-wielding homeowner</a>
  • <a title="What makes the perfect compliment to a container of bacon-scented shaving cream? How about a new perfume from Pizza Hut? The pizza perfume started as a joke on the Pizza Hut Facebook page but evolved into the real thing after enough people signed up as fans on the site. Pizza Hut's director of marketing says [...]" href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/pizza-hut-created-limited-edition-perfume-013851186.html">Pizza Hut has created a limited-edition perfume</a>
  • <a title="It seems borderline sacrilegious. A group of vandals destroyed millions of dollars worth of Case Basse di Soldera wine in Italy's Tuscan hills. No bottles were stolen. [Related: Wine compound may halt bowel cancer] About 16,500 gallons of future Brunello di Montalcino were lost. The winery's owner posted a statement following the destruction, which read [...]" href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/vandals-destroy-millions-dollars-worth-italian-wine-223030589.html">Vandals destroy millions of dollars worth of Italian wine</a>
  • <a title="The vacuum of space was a minor inconvenience, but the poisonous atmosphere in Washington, D.C., proved too much for the world's first "spidernaut." After just four days at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, "Nefertiti," a Johnson jumping spider, was found dead in its enclosure. But as the Daily Camera notes, the spider's passing [...]" href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/spider-survives-trip-outer-space-not-washington-dc-212111421.html">Spider survives trip to outer space but not Washington</a>

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  • <a title="MILAN (Reuters) - Italian police have been carrying out checks at the Milan offices of Facebook to assess whether it regularly declared its income in Italy, an investigative source and the U.S. company said on Friday. Italian officials have stepped up their efforts to collect taxes in recent months and have already targeted other big corporate names such as Google to check whether they are paying their dues. The investigative source said tax officials first went to the offices of Facebook in Milan nearly a month ago to collect documents. ..." href="http://news.yahoo.com/italian-tax-police-visit-facebooks-milan-offices-124310595--finance.html">Italian tax police visit Facebook's Milan offices</a>
  • <a title="BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi Technology is a fairy tale for nerdy entrepreneurs. Less than three years after its founding, the smartphone maker is valued at $4 billion and evokes Apple-like adoration from its fans, some of whom are desperate enough to skip work for a shot at buying the latest product the day it goes on sale. Founder Lei Jun dresses like the late Steve Jobs, in jeans and a black top. He has created a fervent fan base for Xiaomi's moderately priced high-end smartphones by mimicking Apple Inc's marketing tactic of attaching an aura of exclusivity around its products. ..." href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-mini-apple-takes-slice-smartphone-pie-093815873--finance.html">China's mini Apple takes slice of smartphone pie</a>
  • <a title="NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems laid out its mid-term growth strategy on Friday, betting on increased demand for software, services and security as it strives to become the world's leading information technology company. Cisco, whose business roots in routers and switches that move Internet traffic still generate about 50 percent of its revenue, has been steadily expanding its other offerings including data centers, network security and video conferencing. ..." href="http://news.yahoo.com/cisco-bets-software-services-mid-term-growth-170021444--finance.html">Cisco bets on software and services for mid-term growth</a>
  • <a title="Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ($6.99)" href="http://news.yahoo.com/test-4th-generation-ipad-9-games-185230930.html">Test Your 4th Generation iPad with These 9 Games</a>
  • <a title="While viral sensation Carly Rae Jepsen basked in the glory of her two Grammy nominations late Wednesday night, her record label's founder and Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun used Twitter to rant about Bieber not earning any nominations." href="http://news.yahoo.com/justin-biebers-manager-goes-twitter-rant-grammy-snub-172517998.html">Justin Bieber's Manager Goes on Twitter Rant About Grammy Snub</a>

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