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6th Feb 2012 Activists horrified as rockets blast through Syrian city
Intense blasts echo through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, according to horrified local activists....
5th Feb 2012 Egypt to charge 43 over NGOs
Forty-three people, including 19 Americans, face prosecution in an Egyptian criminal court on charges of illegal foreign funding as part of an ongoing crackdown on nongovernmental organizations, a prosecution spokesman said Sunday....
5th Feb 2012 Libya: Saif Gadhafi trial within weeks?
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi, could go on trial "within weeks or months," the country's interior minister said Sunday....
5th Feb 2012 Protesters clash with police in Cairo
Demonstrators clashed with police outside the interior ministry in Cairo on Sunday as anger mounts over a deadly stampede at a soccer match that killed dozens last week....
5th Feb 2012 Yemen offers dialogue with al Qaeda
Yemen'shighest military authority Sunday announced its willingness to open channels of dialogue with al Qaeda in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire agreement....
6th Feb 2012 Hearing set for cruise ship captain
A closed-door hearing to determine whether the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship should remain under house arrest is set for Monday....
6th Feb 2012 Australians urged to flee flooding
Australian authorities plead with hundreds of people, who have chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters, to vacate their homes....
6th Feb 2012 China disputes self-immolation reports
The Chinese authorities have contested reports that three Tibetans set themselves on fire last week in a remote area of southwestern China....
5th Feb 2012 Europe's cold snap hits London
Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest international airports, canceled about three out of 10 flights Sunday as several inches of snow fell on London overnight....
6th Feb 2012 Deadly earthquake strikes Philippines
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, prompting the country to issue a tsunami alert for the coastlines near the epicenter....
Intense blasts echo through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, according to horrified local activists....
5th Feb 2012 Egypt to charge 43 over NGOs
Forty-three people, including 19 Americans, face prosecution in an Egyptian criminal court on charges of illegal foreign funding as part of an ongoing crackdown on nongovernmental organizations, a prosecution spokesman said Sunday....
5th Feb 2012 Libya: Saif Gadhafi trial within weeks?
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi, could go on trial "within weeks or months," the country's interior minister said Sunday....
5th Feb 2012 Protesters clash with police in Cairo
Demonstrators clashed with police outside the interior ministry in Cairo on Sunday as anger mounts over a deadly stampede at a soccer match that killed dozens last week....
5th Feb 2012 Yemen offers dialogue with al Qaeda
Yemen'shighest military authority Sunday announced its willingness to open channels of dialogue with al Qaeda in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire agreement....
6th Feb 2012 Hearing set for cruise ship captain
A closed-door hearing to determine whether the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship should remain under house arrest is set for Monday....
6th Feb 2012 Australians urged to flee flooding
Australian authorities plead with hundreds of people, who have chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters, to vacate their homes....
6th Feb 2012 China disputes self-immolation reports
The Chinese authorities have contested reports that three Tibetans set themselves on fire last week in a remote area of southwestern China....
5th Feb 2012 Europe's cold snap hits London
Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest international airports, canceled about three out of 10 flights Sunday as several inches of snow fell on London overnight....
6th Feb 2012 Deadly earthquake strikes Philippines
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, prompting the country to issue a tsunami alert for the coastlines near the epicenter....