Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, January 17, 2013

17 Jan Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, January 17, 2013

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A team from the IAEA is in Tehran for nuclear talks with the Iranian regime.
The ICC has launched an investigation into the situation in Mali, as Western troops continue to assist Mali’s government in its fight against the al-Qaeda linked rebels. The ICC press release can be found here and Jurist has more here.
An al-Qaeda affiliate group is holding a group of at least 20 foreign nationals hostage at a gas facility close to the Libyan border.
A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty to urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and then posing for photographs.
More than 100 people including women and children were killed by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday in Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported today.
The UN reports that a surge in violence in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region has killed more than 100 people and forced 100,000 to flee.
The United States is set to recognize the government of Somalia, ending a 20-year hiatus.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos opened the door to a popular vote on any peace accord negotiated and signed with FARC rebels.
The Dutch District Court of The Hague ruled that the designs of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, 8.9, and 7.7 produced by Samsung do not infringe designs patented by Apple.

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