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• Syrians furious with Russia as regime 'attacks Homs':

  Tens of thousands of Syrians are expected to take to the streets to protest Russia's vote against a U.N. resolution that would have condemned the crackdown. [mehr]

• Greece faces tough bailout terms:

  Greece faces more uncertainty Friday after euro zone finance ministers laid out tough conditions that must be met before they will sign off on a new 130 billion euro ($172.6 billion) bailout deal for the debt-ridden country. [mehr]

• Al-Shabaab join al Qaeda, monitors say:

  Somalia's Al-Shabaab rebel movement has tightened its ties to the al Qaeda terror network, with its leader pledging loyalty to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. [mehr]

• Singapore: Four can be extradited to U.S.:

  A Singapore court said Friday that four people can be extradited to the United States to face charges relating to a conspiracy in which electronic components from a U.S. company were smuggled to Iran and ended up in explosives in Iraq. [mehr]

• Pakistan PM's appeal rejected:

  The Pakistani Supreme Court has rejected Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's appeal against the court's decision to charge him with contempt, a lawyer from Gilani's defense team said Friday. [mehr]

• Pakistan spy agency given ultimatum:

  Pakistan's Supreme Court gave the country's secretive and powerful spy agency a midnight deadline to hand over seven detainees who were allegedly arrested without due process and injured while in its custody, a lawyer representing several of the detainees told CNN Friday. [mehr]

• Rights group: Iraq must end executions:

  A human rights group expressed alarm Thursday at the pace of executions in Iraq and called for Iraqi authorities to abolish the practice. [mehr]

• Indonesia volcano hurls clouds of ash:

  A restless volcano in northern Indonesia erupted Friday, spewing clouds of ash as high as 2 kilometers into the sky, the country's National Disaster Management Agency said. [mehr]

• Palestinian 50 days into hunger strike:

  Just under two months ago, Randa Adnan, said her husband weighed just over 200 pounds. Visiting him in an Israeli hospital this week, Randa said, she found her 33-year-old spouse, Khader Adnan, now weighs no more than 121 pounds. [mehr]

• Winter hits Ukraine emergency services:

  As Ukraine suffers in the grip of a brutal winter, the country's ambulance service is inundated with calls for help. [mehr]