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Prospects for nuclear talks with Iran dim Jan 17th 2013, 00:49 TEHRAN — Four weeks after agreeing in principle to nuclear talks, Iran has gone silent about its plans for the negotiations, baffling U.S. and European diplomats while also signaling internal discord over what analysts on both sides see as the best chance in years for a nuclear bargain with the West. Read full article >> Germany to bring home some of its gold reserves Jan 17th 2013, 00:04 Germany's gold reserves were scattered around the globe after World War II to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union. Now much of the trove will come home, the country's central bank announced Wednesday. Read full article >> U.S. citizens among hostages seized in Algeria as France battles Islamists in neighboring Mali Jan 16th 2013, 21:37 PARIS — Islamist guerrillas seized a number of hostages, including Americans, in a brazen attack early Wednesday on a remote gas-production facility in Algeria, and the United States vowed to take all necessary steps to deal with what it called a "terrorist act." Read full article >> Russian crime boss gunned down in Moscow Jan 16th 2013, 19:45 MOSCOW — One of Russia's biggest criminal bosses — call him the country's Don Corleone — was gunned down in the center of Moscow on Wednesday as he left his favorite hangout surrounded by bodyguards. Aslan Usoyan, a 75-year-old gangster known as Grandpa Khasan, was hit by a sniper perched on the sixth floor of an apartment building, shot in the head with a round from a silenced assault rifle, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement. He died at a hospital, leaving behind a nephew he was grooming for succession and the prospect of a bloody turf war. Read full article >> Panetta 'confident' that U.S. will clear legal hurdles to helping France in Mali Jan 16th 2013, 19:32 Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Wednesday that he is "confident" the United States can overcome legal obstacles to provide military help to France for its drive against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Mali. Read full article >> Which countries are most free -- and most oppressive? Jan 16th 2013, 17:42 As Libya, Egypt and a handful of African countries have become more open and democratic in the past year, Mali and some of its neighbors have become dramatically less so, according to a new report from the democracy watchdog Freedom House. Read full article >> China's high-speed rail gets back on track Jan 16th 2013, 17:38 BAZHOU, China — What a difference a year makes for China's high-speed rail ambitions, and for the Chinese economy. After being abandoned and left to lie dormant, the scrubby farm fields around Bazhou, in northern China, have sprouted rail bridges, elevated track beds and neat rows of workers' dormitories. The fields are well on their way to becoming a link in the country's rapidly expanding high-speed rail network. Read full article >> In France, the Mali intervention is more popular than gay marriage Jan 16th 2013, 16:30 French troops in armored vehicles are preparing for what seems like their first major engagement on the ground in Mali, according to reports from the Post's Edward Cody. Although the French are not well known for supporting the use of armed force, three-quarters of the French public supports President Francois Hollande's decision to send troops to Mali, according to a poll released Tuesday by French polling firm BVA. Read full article >> Leon Panetta to Pope Benedict: 'Pray for me' Jan 16th 2013, 13:50 VATICAN CITY — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta took a break Wednesday from war planning and leading the world's most powerful military to pay his respects to Pope Benedict XVI, a champion of peace. Panetta, an observant Catholic who proudly wears his Italian American heritage on his sleeve, beamed as he sat in a front row reserved for VIPs during the pope's weekly general audience in a Vatican auditorium. Read full article >>

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