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Iran Calls Political Opponents Enemies of Islam
Iran's rulers mold Islamic defense into tool against political opponentsIran- Middle East- Islam- Politics- Government
Source: ABC

Japan Machinery Orders Fall
Core machinery orders fell 3.7% in January after unusually strong growth in December, suggesting a full-fledged recovery in business investment is still some way off.
Source: Wall Street Journal

Australia May Revisit Health Plan
Senate's rejection of plan to trim concessions for wealthy adds to speculation that the government will call an early election.
Source: Wall Street Journal

Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying (Reuters)
Reuters - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.
Source: Yahoo! News

Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from election (AP)
AP - A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military has barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday.
Source: Yahoo! News

Guatemala closer to extraditing ex-president to US (AP)
AP - Guatemala is a step closer to extraditing former President Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face money laundering charges.
Source: Yahoo! News

Job openings up sharply in January, evidence that employers may soon boost hiring
WASHINGTON (AP) — Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly ramping up hiring as the economy improves.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Fast-track process should ease health bill passage, but GOP will still score political points
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments that could give them ammunition for November's congressional elections.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists online, agreeing to try to kill Swedish artist
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Massa denies sexual harassment allegations
A day after resigning his seat in the face of a House ethics investigation, former U.S. Rep. Eric Massa took to the airwaves Tuesday to deny that he had ever touched a male office staffer in a sexual manner.
Source: Chicago Tribune