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| Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:33:46 GMT
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| U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:46 GMT 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. |
| Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:33:38 GMT 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. |
| Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:19:10 GMT 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. |
| Egyptians cancel meetings with U.S. lawmakers after aid warnings
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:43:47 GMT 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. |
| Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime?
(Time.com)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:30:00 GMT Time.com - Even as the Free Syrian Army is establishing an identity in the conflict, another organization announces its presence in the opposition pantheon |
| Romania's government collapses after protests
(AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:12:17 GMT
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| Palestinians take step toward unity
(AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:15:02 GMT
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| Candidacy tests Mexico's culture of machismo
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:21:03 GMT
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| Nigeria names seven behind Eni pipeline blast
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:37:00 GMT Reuters - Nigeria's military has named seven people it says were behind an attack on an oil pipeline belonging to Italy's Eni on Saturday, and denied a claim that a former separatist militia in the Niger Delta was responsible. |
| China VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985
(AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:14 GMT AP - As China's future president makes plans for a trip to the United States next week, he has made sure that there's time between stops in Washington and California to visit Iowa. |
| Quick end to lockout at Rio's Quebec smelter unlikely
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:51:28 GMT 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. |
| Correction: Australia helicopter deaths story
(AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:28:07 GMT 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. |
| Senegalese opposition denounce president's bid for third term
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:32 GMT 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. |
| The Mainstreaming of Hamas Continues as Palestinian Unity Gains Steam
(Time.com)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:30:00 GMT Time.com - Hamas vows to give Palestinian moderate leader Mahmoud Abbas the running room to see what talks can produce |
| South Africa's cautious UN vote for Syrian action
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:51:57 GMT 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. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 06, 2012 is:
propinquity • \pruh-PING-kwuh-tee\ • noun
1 : nearness of blood : kinship 2 : nearness in place or time : proximity
Examples:
Many of the retirement community's residents cite the propinquity of the area's various cultural offerings as a significant reason for their choice of the facility.
"Canada was faced with the overwhelming propinquity of the United States; it was just next door -- for almost nine thousand kilometres." -- From Derek Lundy's 2011 book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America
Did you know?
"Propinquity" and its cousin "proximity" are related through the Latin root "prope," which means "near." That root gave rise to "proximus" (the parent of "proximity") and "propinquus" (an ancestor of "propinquity"). "Proximus" is the superlative of "prope" and thus means "nearest," whereas "propinquus" simply means "near" or "akin," but in English "propinquity" conveys a stronger sense of closeness than "proximity." (The latter usually suggests a sense of being in the vicinity of something.) The distinctions between the two words are subtle, however, and they are often used interchangeably. "Propinquity" is believed to be the older of the two words, first appearing in English in the 14th century; "proximity" followed a century later.