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Israeli premier to visit US to address lobby
Israeli premier to visit US to address lobby (York Dispatch)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will visit the U.S. next month for the annual conference of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby.

Bigger US Role Against Companies' Cyberthreats? (OfficialWire)
A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.

Clinton calls for friends of Syria to unite (Washington Examiner)
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodam Clinton speaks at press conference at the Council of Ministers building in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sunday Feb.

Sabre rattling continues from Iran (Rome News)
A Republican Guard commander warns Iran will target any country where an attack against it is staged.

Car bomb explodes in middle of southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing 7 (Medincine Hat News)
U.S. soldiers part of the NATO- led International Security Assistace Force are seen alert at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb.

Palestinians: Home sprayed with 'Death to Arabs' (San Bernardino County Sun)
Palestinians say extremist Jews have scrawled their home in a West Bank village with offensive graffiti in retaliation for an upcoming demolition of a wildcat Jewish outpost.

Finland votes in Sunday presidential runoff
Finland votes in Sunday presidential runoff (Sunherald)
Finns are voting for a new president in a runoff ballot between a veteran, conservative front-runner and the country's first openly gay candidate from the small Greens party.

Dominican migrant boat overturns; at least 10 dead (WAND-TV Decatur)
An overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday off the coast of the Caribbean country, killing at least 10 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said.

5 norteno musicians, 4 others killed in Mexico (York Dispatch)
A masked man opened fire on a band playing popular norteno music Saturday in a Chihuahua city dance hall, killing five musicians, four customers and injuring 10 others.

US tourist dies while diving in Cayman Islands (York Dispatch)
Police in the Cayman Islands say a 47-year-old U.S. tourist has died while scuba diving off popular North West Point in Grand Cayman.

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