Pro-Uribe parties dominate Colombia’s Senate vote (AP) AP – Candidates from parties allied with outgoing President Alvaro Uribe dominated Sunday’s elections in Colombia to replace a Congress tarnished by lawmakers’ links to far-right criminal bands. See full article at Yahoo! News

Israeli leader urges calm over row with Washington (AP) AP – Israel’s prime minister tried to play down a serious diplomatic dispute with the United States on Sunday, urging calm after another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 new apartments for Jews in contested east Jerusalem. See full article at Yahoo! News

Iran temporarily releases Iranian-American scholar (AP) AP – The lawyer of an imprisoned Iranian-American academic says his client was temporarily released Saturday night for Iranian New Year holidays. See full article at Yahoo! News

At least 3 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche (AP) AP – An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada’s Rocky Mountains on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said. See full article at Yahoo! News

Guinea interim leader rules out presidential bid (AP) AP – Guinea’s interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African country. See full article at Yahoo! News