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Russian FM due in Syria amid escalating violence

Pro-Syrian regime supporters wave Syrian and Russian flags as they cheer a convoy believed to be transporting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Thousands of Syrians waving Russian flags cheered Russia's foreign minister as he arrived in Damascus Tuesday for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad on the country's escalating violence. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces renewed their assault on the flashpoint city of Homs Tuesday as Russia’s foreign minister stressed the need for reform and dialogue during talks in Damascus with President Bashar Assad about the country’s escalating violence.

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Israeli radio in Farsi transmits peace to Iran

In this image made on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, Israeli broadcasters work from the Parsian Radio in Tel Aviv, Israel. Radio Radisin, a private Farsi-language radio station based in Tel Aviv, airs Iranian music, poetry and current affairs shows aiming to spread peace between the Israeli and Iranian people regardless of who runs that country.   (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

JERUSALEM (AP) — While Israeli leaders are increasingly sounding belligerent warnings of a potential military strike against Iran’s nuclear installations, a group of Iranian-Israelis are transmitting a different message.

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Police say Jerusalem monastery desecrated

JERUSALEM (AP) — Vandals attacked a monastery in Jerusalem and a prominent school with a mixed Jewish-Arab student body on Tuesday, and police said they suspected Jewish extremists were behind the violence.

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US trip of China’s next leader: from Obama to Iowa

In this Aug. 19, 2011 file photo, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, not in the picture, attend a meeting with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at the Beijing Hotel in Beijing, China. Xi, who will take over the presidency from Hu Jintao next year, will be in the U.S. to meet President Barack Obama and other leaders and introduce himself to a U.S. audience.  (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool, File)

BEIJING (AP) — In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He comes back next week, preparing to lead the world’s most populous nation.

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Police say Jerusalem monastery desecrated

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say “death to Christians” and other Hebrew-language graffiti has been scrawled on a Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem.

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