• Chinese poised to pounce on Extract
  
  CHINA is set to launch a $2.2 billion bid for Australian-listed Extract Resources. ...
  The Australian.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT.
• Three Tibetans 'in fire protest'
  
  Three Tibetans set fire to themselves in south-west China in an anti-Beijing protest, reports say, meaning 19 people have now self-immolated in a year.
  BBC News.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:54:08 GMT.
• Australia Dominate India in First One-Day Match
  
  A half-century by debutant Matt Wade and some middle-order slogging by the Hussey brothers propelled Australia to a 65-run thrashing of hapless India in the rain-shortened first one-day international on Sunday.
  By Reuters.  International Herald Tribune.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:31:44 GMT.
• Syrian veto a 'licence to kill'
  
  Syria's government has been handed a "licence to kill" by Russia and China, opposition activists say, after the countries blocked a draft UN resolution.
  BBC News.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:06:17 GMT.
• Op-Ed Contributor: Learning to Share the Stage
  
  Robert Kennedy's confrontation with angry Japanese students 50 years ago has deep lessons for American diplomacy today.
  By Jennifer Lind.  International Herald Tribune.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:03:01 GMT.
• Outrage as Russia, China veto UN move on Syria
  
  p DAMASCUS (AFP) - Russia and China blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its crackdown on protests, amid growing outrage Sunday at a 'massacre' in the protest city of Homs and a spiraling death toll. ...
  Straits Times.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:31:00 GMT.
• Chief army defector promises fight to free Syria
  
  The commander of a force of rebel Syrian soldiers says they have no choice now but to fight to free the country of President Bashar Assad's regime after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution aimed at resolving the crisis.
  Miami Herald.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:48 EST.
• Double-veto blocks UN resolution on Syria
  
  Russia and China have blocked a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria, hours after the country's forces bombed Homs, killing hundreds.
  Mail & Guardian.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:10:00 +0200.
• Japans nuclear problems persist
  
  Leaks of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japans crippled nuclear power plant, less than two months after it was declared stable.It underlines the continuing challenges facing Tokyo Electric Power Co as it tries ...
  New Zealand Herald.  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:35:00 +1200.
• Star Wars Samurai Art
  
  If Star Wars had been set in feudal Japan, this is what a Storm Trooper would look like:
  By E.d. Kain.  Forbes.  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:39:35 GMT.

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