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A senior Russian diplomat says Moscow will again use its veto power at the United Nations to block any resolution aimed at ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad from power.  

Spanish police say they have detained two men involved in the assassination of Serbia's premier in 2003.

An Israeli defense official says the country has successfully tested an upgraded radar for the Arrow missile defense system, developed with the United States and designed to intercept projectiles that might be fired from Iran.

Aung San Suu Kyi's bid for a seat in Myanmar's Parliament has been challenged by a rival candidate.

A former senior Croatian official has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered the abduction, torture and killing of Serb civilians during the nation's war in 1991-95.

A security agency in the country says a military officer has been convicted of passing missile secrets to the CIA and sentenced to 13 years in prison. 

A British woman has been barred from leaving the country because she is on a list of foreigners under investigation over ties to foreign nonprofit groups accused of fomenting unrest in the country.

The U.N. refugee agency says at least 11 people have drowned and 34 are missing after a smuggling boat headed for Yemen sank.

A senior lawmaker says the German Parliament will likely hold a special session on February 27th to vote on the second bailout for Greece. 

The Supreme Court says it will charge Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani unless he obeys its order to reopen a corruption case against the country's president.