Top story: President Bashar al-Assad's government escalated its assault on restive neighborhoods in Homs one day after a referendum on a new constitution. According to activist groups, more than 60 people were killed there on Monday. The city has been under daily artillery bombardment for three and a half weeks.
The Syrian regime reported that 89.4 percent of voters had voted yes in the referendum on the new constitution, and that voter turnout stood at 57.4 percent. The United States and its allies, as well as the Syrian opposition, have denounced the vote as a farce.
Meanwhile, news reports confirmed that Paul Conroy, a British photographer wounded in Homs, had been evacuated from the city. There was no word whether Edith Bouvier, a French journalist injured in the same attack, had also found a way out of the city.
Germany approves Greek bailout: Germany's parliament approved its contribution to a Greek bailout package by an overwhelming margin.
Asia
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Japan considered the possibility of evacuating Tokyo following its nuclear accident last year.
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Gunmen ambushed a bus in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 18 people.
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South Korea's parliament passed a resolution calling on China to stop repatriating North Korean refugees.
Middle East
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Israeli soldiers killed a gunman who tried to infiltrate the country from the Sinai Peninsula.
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Human rights organizations continued their efforts to free two journalists imprisoned in Libya.
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Venezuela confirmed that it sent two shipments of oil to Syria last year, and would send more "when required."
Europe
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France's Socialist candidate for president, Francois Holland, called for a 75 percent income tax for top earners.
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Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon was acquitted of charges that he abused his powers by investigating human rights abuses committed during Spain's civil war and ensuing dictatorship.
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A stricken Italian cruise liner is being towed to an island in the Seychelles.
Africa
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Senegal's president said that he may not have received enough votes to avoid a run-off in the country's recent presidential election.
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Sudanese rebels said that they killed 150 government troops in a battle along the disputed border with South Sudan.
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A former governor of one of Nigeria's oil-producing states pleaded guilty in a British court to charges that he stole his country's oil wealth.
Americas
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Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said that he would pardon three newspaper executives and columnists convicted of libel.
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Colombia's FARC rebels said that they would free 10 members of the security services they were holding, and abandon kidnapping as a strategy.
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The leader of Peru's Shining Path movement has been charged with terrorism and drug trafficking.
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