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BY MALLORY PERRYMAN
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In Syria-- opposition leaders in the city of Homs say the government has given them until Monday night to surrender-- or face an attack.
CNN reports-- the Syrian government denies that deadline-- but activists in Homs are bracing for the worst.
Jim Clancy: “They are convinced after having watched for days as thousands of Syrian troops, supported by tanks have surrounded that city, militiamen have moved in and set up checkpoints; they fear the city is going to be taken over one neighborhood at a time and that there is going to be, in their words, a massacre.”
Also in world news-- one of the world’s richest businessmen announced-- he will challenge Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the nation’s run-off presidential elections.
Russia Today has some background on Mikhail Prokhorov.
“He’s made a fortune and a name for himself in the precious metals industry which propelled him to number three on the rich list according to Forbes magazine. ... He owns the New Jersey Nets basketball team ... Now he’s in politics. This is not his first foray into the sphere however, he was a member of the Just Cause party, in fact he was the leader of the party but he left due to disagreements with other party members.”
In the U.S.-- the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Arizona’s tough immigration law is constitutional. Here’s MSNBC.
Pete Williams:”...and how the Court decides that question is going to determine how other states including Alabama, which has an even stricter law, how those states can proceed. An interesting note from the order list this morning. This case will be heard by only eight of the nine justices because Elena Kagan has taken herself off this case obviously because of her work as solicitor-general in the obama administration before she came to the Supreme Court.”
And in your tech headlines-- Amazon is promising a software update for its heavily-promoted Kindle Fire.
The New York Times broke the news of the update-- reporting-- the refresh in response to customer complaints.
San Fransisco’s KNTV has more on what’s bothering Kindle users.
“Those include the lack of external volume control and slow internet connection. A spokesman says in two weeks there will be an online update with improvements in the fire's performance and navigation. As far as Kindle 2.0, Amazon is not talking just yet. But there may be a new version out this spring.”
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