Burned out vehicles and scattered bullets dot the streets of a central Malian town after radical Islamists retreated following days of French airstrikes. The Malian military announced late Saturday that the government was now controlling Diabaly, marking an important accomplishment for the French-led offensive to oust the extremists from northern and central Mali. Also Sunday, French forces extended their deployment northward up from the central town of Markala, reinforcing their presence in the towns of Niono and Mopti, said Col. Thierry Burkhard, a French military spokesman. Part of courthouse burnt in Egypt clashes
CAIRO (AP) -- A courthouse went up in flames in Egypt's northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria during clashes between protesters and riot police Sunday, according to witnesses. Iraq protester sets himself ablaze in anti-government rally
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – An Iraqi protester set himself on fire on Sunday in the northern city of Mosul in a dramatic turn after more than three weeks of Sunni Muslim rallies that are challenging Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government. Thousands of Sunni demonstrators have rallied since late December against a Shi’ite-led government they say has marginalized their minority sect, raising fears the OPEC country may slide again into widespread sectarian confrontation. …
Analysis: China upturn underscores need to rebalance economy
BEIJING (Reuters) – China's recovery from its longest slowdown in growth since the global financial crisis is being driven by the two forces posing the biggest risks to the economy's increasingly urgent need to rebalance – investment and property. The central government wants to raise consumption's share in the economy as the cornerstone effort to close one of the world's widest gaps between rich and poor and quell the discontent among those Chinese who feel they missed out on the country's blistering expansion of the past three decades. … 
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