Breakthrough after U.S. warns China on North Korea (Reuters)

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• Breakthrough after U.S. warns China on North Korea (Reuters)
• Tunisia sets three-day mourning for protest victims (Reuters)
• Exctations low as Iran nuclear talks begin (Reuters)
• Tony Blair set for second grilling on Iraq War (Reuters)
• U.S. resumes deportations to quake-ravaged Haiti (Reuters)
• Why Obama and Hu's Talks Won't End U.S.-China Tensions (Time.com)
• LG Display suffers 4th-quarter loss on EU fine (AP)
• French FM accosted in Gaza Strip (AP)
• Mexican army: Tijuana-area drug trafficker caught (AP)
• Tunisia mourns fallen protesters (AP)
• Japan won't indict Chinese captain over collision (AP)
• Canada budget officer doubtful on spending freeze (Reuters)
• Philippines searches for boat with 5 Americans (AP)
• An embarrassed France backpedals from its support of Tunisia's Ben Ali (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Tunisia: How Mohammed Bouazizi Sparked a Revolution (Time.com)
• Step toward peace? South Korea agrees to talk with North Korea. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Breakthrough after U.S. warns China on North Korea (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:13 AM PST Reuters - The United States warned China that it would redeploy forces in Asia if it failed to rein in its ally North Korea, the New York Times reported on Friday, as Pyongyang bowed to Seoul's demands for crisis talks.

Tunisia sets three-day mourning for protest victims (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:46 PM PST Reuters - Tunisia observes three days of national mourning from Friday for the dozens of people killed during protests before and after the ouster of former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, state television said.

Exctations low as Iran nuclear talks begin (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:39 AM PST Reuters - Iran began talks on Friday with six world powers trying to persuade it to rein in its nuclear program, but there were few expectations of major progress, Western diplomats attending the talks in Istanbul said.

Tony Blair set for second grilling on Iraq War (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:48 AM PST Reuters - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will appear Friday before an inquiry into the Iraq War for a second public grilling to clarify earlier evidence detailing his reasons for joining the controversial invasion.

U.S. resumes deportations to quake-ravaged Haiti (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:56 PM PST Reuters - The United States resumed the deportation of Haitians on Thursday for the first time since the devastating earthquake that struck the poor Caribbean nation last year.

Why Obama and Hu's Talks Won't End U.S.-China Tensions (Time.com) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:50 AM PST Time.com - With tricky leadership changes under way in both Washington and Beijing over the next two years, more confrontational voices in both capitals may hold sway

LG Display suffers 4th-quarter loss on EU fine (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:14 AM PST AP - LG Display suffered a net loss in the fourth quarter after it was slapped with a hefty European Union fine for price fixing late last year.

French FM accosted in Gaza Strip (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:45 AM PST AP - A crowd of furious Palestinian protesters tried to block the French foreign minister on her way into the Gaza Strip on Friday, jumping on her vehicle and lying on the road.

Mexican army: Tijuana-area drug trafficker caught (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:31 PM PST AP - The head of a Tijuana-area drug trafficking ring who worked for the Sinaloa cartel and has been linked by authorities to about 50 killings was captured by the Mexican army, officials said Thursday.

Tunisia mourns fallen protesters (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:53 AM PST AP - Tunisians have lowered flags and state television is playing recitations of the Quran to mourn dozens who died in protests that drove the country's iron-fisted president from power.

Japan won't indict Chinese captain over collision (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:16 AM PST AP - Japanese prosecutors said Friday they have formally decided to drop their case against a Chinese captain whose fishing boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands, an incident that caused a deep diplomatic rift between the two Asian neighbors.

Canada budget officer doubtful on spending freeze (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:27 AM PST Reuters - The federal government does not appear to be taking the steps needed to freeze departmental operating budgets as promised, the country's parliamentary budget officer said on Thursday.

Philippines searches for boat with 5 Americans (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:27 PM PST AP - The Philippine coast guard says it is searching for a sailboat with five Americans that has been reported missing en route from the Pacific island of Guam.

An embarrassed France backpedals from its support of Tunisia's Ben Ali (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 03:19 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - "There is no love; there are only proofs of love,” the French poet Pierre Reverdy once wrote. Now, in the wake of the French diplomatic disaster over its support of Tunisian strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali until moments before he fled the country, France may owe Tunisia "proofs of love."

Tunisia: How Mohammed Bouazizi Sparked a Revolution (Time.com) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:50 AM PST Time.com - Mohammed Bouazizi's self-immolation is being emulated elsewhere in the Arab world but without the same political effect. Yet the conditions the Tunisian was protesting remain

Step toward peace? South Korea agrees to talk with North Korea. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:55 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea and South Korea are apparently on their way to talking again.

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