World News:

Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wl_nm/us_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r1398396397.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=dXwh9_P5f4M7fq3QPvWNtA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="United States Ambassador Susan Rice speaks with an unidentified delegate during the U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power in New York February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Allison Joyce" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.</p><br clear="all"/>

U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes (Reuters)

Reuters - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs.

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government (Reuters)

Reuters - The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Victims weep, ridicule Norway killer's court speech (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wl_nm/us_norway_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r4051748488.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=rhReRA7HB8m847FcOnT_Qw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Norwegian confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik (C) is seated next to his defence lawyers Geir Lippestad (R) and Vibeke Hein Baera (3rd L) at a hearing at a courthouse Oslo February 6, 2012. REUTERS/Christopher Olssan" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Survivors and relatives of those killed in a Norwegian mass-murder rampage wept and ridiculed the smiling attacker in court Monday as he defended his acts by issuing a tirade against immigration.</p><br clear="all"/>

Analysis: Iran economy could limp along under sanctions (Reuters)

Reuters - Tightening international sanctions against Iran look set to shrink its economy, push up inflation and further erode its currency, but they may fail to deliver a knock-out blow that forces Tehran to compromise on its nuclear ambitions.

Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime? (Time.com)

Time.com - Even as the Free Syrian Army is establishing an identity in the conflict, another organization announces its presence in the opposition pantheon

Wall St edges lower after string of gains (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/ts_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120206/i/r119783824.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XVnZBcVS0bPvg_2g8tMstA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Traders gather at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week rally.</p><br clear="all"/>