Syria artillery onslaught on Homs 06.02.2012, 18:07:13 The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns. |
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Abbas to head interim government 06.02.2012, 15:26:54 Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will head a unity government between Hamas and Fatah ahead of elections in the West Bank and Gaza. |
Attack on Nigeria police station 06.02.2012, 19:55:39 A police station comes under attack in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, while explosions are also reportedly heard in Maiduguri. |
Obama: 'I deserve a second term' 06.02.2012, 19:38:39 President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%. |
Romania spy chief 'to be new PM' 06.02.2012, 19:10:58 Romania's intelligence service chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is nominated as prime minister after Emil Bloc resigns amid widespread austerity protests. |
Europe's big freeze tightens grip 06.02.2012, 14:40:07 The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe tighten their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200. |
Deadly quake hits the Philippines 06.02.2012, 16:07:01 At least 15 people die and 29 are missing after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes islands in the central Philippines. |
Deaths in Lahore factory collapse 06.02.2012, 17:48:34 An illegal medicine factory collapses in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least nine people, including women and children, officials say. |