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Yahoo! News: World News World News China fines parents of HK-born second child: report (Reuters) Reuters - Mainland Chinese who have a second child in Hong Kong will be fined for breaching China's one-child policy, Chinese media quoted a family planning official as saying, as mainland Chinese women flock to the former British colony to give birth. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 10:33 pm Syria at War: Free Syrian Army vs. Assad Loyalists and Oppo Group (Time.com) Time.com - As the Free Syrian Army is establishing an identity in the conflict, another organization announces its presence in the opposition pantheon Posted on 6 February 2012 | 10:00 pm The Mainstreaming of Hamas Continues as Palestinian Unity Gains Steam (Time.com) Time.com - Hamas vows to give Palestinian moderate leader Mahmoud Abbas the running room to see what talks can produce Posted on 6 February 2012 | 10:00 pm China: Body of missing worker recovered in Sudan (AP) AP - The body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found, state media reported Tuesday. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:41 pm US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses (AP) AP - The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:36 pm Stomach flu sickens St. Maarten cruise passengers (AP) AP - A health ministry official in St. Maarten says that more than two dozen cruise passengers were sick as the vessel docked in the Caribbean island. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:35 pm Syrian forces attack Homs on eve of Lavrov visit (Reuters) Reuters - A Syrian military assault on Homs killed dozens of people on the eve of a visit to Damascus by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end an 11-month uprising by implementing swift reform. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:36 pm Romania's government collapses after protests (AP) AP - Romania's government has collapsed following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of raising public anger over biting cuts. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 7:12 pm Egyptians cancel meetings with U.S. lawmakers after aid warnings (Reuters) Reuters - An Egyptian military delegation abruptly cancelled its meetings with U.S. lawmakers to return to Cairo on Monday after warnings from both Congress and the White House that Egypt's crackdown on non-governmental groups could threaten its $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 6:43 pm Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff (Reuters) Reuters - Gunmen killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb Monday, residents and hospital sources said, underscoring the volatility in the country months after Muammar Gaddafi's overthrow. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:19 pm Senegalese opposition denounce president's bid for third term (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - The eight candidates came in convoys from their respective corners of Dakar to Obelisk Square in the heart of the Senegalese capital, where crowds of color-coordinated supporters awaited them while listening to political hip-hop anthems in Wolof - the local dialect. A single microphone stood on stage and each of them were introduced as "president" before they took it. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 3:20 pm South Africa's cautious UN vote for Syrian action (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - Russia and China’s joint veto of a United Nations resolution urging Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down has kicked up a firestorm of criticism from the West and from human rights activists. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 2:51 pm Quick end to lockout at Rio's Quebec smelter unlikely (Reuters) Reuters - Rio Tinto's lockout of workers at its Alcan division's big Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec looks set to drag on, and the company said on Monday that no talks were scheduled. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 2:51 pm U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes (Reuters) Reuters - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 12:01 pm Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government (Reuters) Reuters - The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:33 am Correction: Australia helicopter deaths story (AP) AP - In a story Feb. 5 about the deaths of two filmmakers in an Australian helicopter crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the crash. Nowra is 97 miles (156 kilometers) south of Sydney, not north. Posted on 6 February 2012 | 2:28 am