•	China, Russia veto U.N. resolution on Syria
•	12 dead after Egypt soccer protests
•	Two kidnapped U.S. tourists released
•	Dueling mass rallies held in Moscow
•	Fidel Castro unveils 1,000-page memoir
•	Dozens killed at South Sudan meeting
•	Iran conducts airborne war games
•	Civilian deaths rise in Afghanistan
•	More dead in Europe's cold
•	Thousands stranded by Australia floods