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- Syria general 'shot in Damascus'
- A Syrian general is killed by "terrorists", state media say, in what is thought to be the first assassination of a senior officer in Damascus since the uprising began.
- Iran to make nuclear announcement
- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country will announce major nuclear achievements in the next few days.
- Suu Kyi mobbed on campaign trail
- Crowds mob Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she campaigns for the first time in the constituency she is contesting in April.
- Commonwealth in Maldives inquiry
- Commonwealth foreign ministers are to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the stand-off in the Maldives between the new president and his predecessor.
- S Africa to get Mandela banknotes
- South Africa is to put the image of Nelson Mandela on all its banknotes, marking the 22nd anniversary of his release from prison.
- Strike to mark Egypt anniversary
- Activists in Egypt call for a day of strikes and civil disobedience to mark the anniversary of President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow.
- Greek cabinet approves new cuts
- Greece's cabinet approves a draft bill on austerity reforms required to get new bailout funds, amid warnings of "chaos" if parliament fails to ratify it.
- New Saudi clash leaves one dead
- A man is shot dead by security forces at a demonstration in eastern Saudi Arabia, the second such incident in two days, activists say.
- Quote fix will 'scar' King statue
- Work to correct a quotation on the new Martin Luther King memorial in Washington DC will end up "scarring it for life", the architect warns.
- 'Peace pact' signed by two Sudans
- Sudan and South Sudan sign a non-aggression pact and agree to respect each other's sovereignty, says the chief mediator at crisis talks.
- Argentina in UK 'nuclear' claim
- Argentina accuses the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, and makes an official complaint to the UN over the Falklands.
- Gaddafi son warns of Libya revolt
- One of the sons of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatens to lead a revolt against Libya's transitional government.
- Tribe sues beer makers for $500m
- South Dakota's Oglala Sioux tribe has sued major beer makers for $500m for fuelling chronic alcohol abuse in one of the poorest communities in the US.
- Lost $9m jewels found in drawer
- Jewellery worth $9m (£5.9m), thought stolen from the wife of the US ambassador to the Netherlands in 2006, is found in the Hague.
- Hackers claim attack on CIA site
- Hackers claim responsibility for disabling the CIA website in an announcement on a Twitter feed under the banner of the Anonymous collective.
- Obama changes contraception rule
- US President Barack Obama says insurers - and not religious institutions - will provide contraception to women free of charge, amid a row with religious leaders.
- Mexico seizes 'largest meth haul'
- Mexican soldiers secure 15 tonnes of methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco, believed to be the largest seizure of the drug yet.
- Colombia orders official's arrest
- Prosecutors in Colombia issue an arrest warrant for former Colombian peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, a close ally of ex-President Uribe.
- Nations Cup Day 22 as it unfolded
- All the action from the third-play play-off as it happens at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
- Nigeria recaptures bomb suspect
- A man suspected of masterminding the deadly Nigerian bombing of a church on the outskirts of Abuja on Christmas Day has been recaptured, officials say.
- Journalist couple killed in Dhaka
- Police in Bangladesh investigate the murder of a married couple who were both TV journalists in the capital Dhaka.
- Afghan police die in bomb blast
- Five Afghan policemen are killed by a roadside bomb in the central Uruzgan province, local officials say.
- Germany delays Acta signing
- Germany delays ratifying a controversial international accord designed to combat piracy
- Russian 'sold CIA missile data'
- A senior officer at Russia's Plesetsk space station is jailed for 13 years after being convicted of selling missile test data to the CIA.
- Lebanese clash over Syria unrest
- At least one person is killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
- Malaysia detains Saudi for tweet
- Malaysian police detain a Saudi journalist who left his country after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet.
- Sun 'will continue' says Murdoch
- News International owner Rupert Murdoch says he is committed to publishing the Sun newspaper, following the arrest of five of its employees.
- Tax change 'to cost families £4k'
- Low income families with parents in part-time work could lose about £4,000 a year because of a change in tax credits, Labour says.
- Imports increase US trade deficit
- Record imports contributed to a 3.7% increase in the US trade deficit in December, official figures show.
- Barclays' profits fall to £5.9bn
- Barclays reports a 3% fall in annual profits to £5.9bn, and cuts the bonus pool at its investment banking division by 32%.
- Downgrade for most Italian banks
- The credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has downgraded its assessment of almost all of Italy's major banks.
- Live - Saturday football
- Tottenham host Newcastle in the final Premier League match on Saturday.
- Italy 15-19 England
- England hit back from a nine-point deficit to beat Italy in the first ever Six Nations game at the snow-bound Stadio Olimpico.
- Suarez is a 'disgrace' - Ferguson
- Sir Alex Ferguson brands Luis Suarez a 'disgrace' for refusing to shake Patrice Evra's hand.
- HBO attacked over death of horses
- Animal rights group Peta calls for TV and film safety rules to be tightened after two horses were put down during filming for HBO racing drama Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman.
- Joyce children's book sparks feud
- A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin to the dismay of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.
- Guardian gong for Gleeson's Guard
- Irish comedy The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson as an unorthodox Galway policeman, beats nine other contenders to win the Guardian's annual First Film award.
- VIDEO: Confusion on the bridge of Concordia
- New video footage has been released showing confusion on the bridge of the command deck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in the hour after it hit a reef.
- VIDEO: Greek cabinet approve new austerity plans
- Greece's cabinet has approved fresh austerity measures demanded by the eurozone and IMF in return for a 130bn-euro ($170bn; £110bn) bailout.
- VIDEO: Europe's cold spell continues
- Sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow continue to affect most of Europe, and more is expected.
- VIDEO: Five Minutes With: AA Gill
- Journalist and author AA Gill talks to Matthew Stadlen about why he is known by his initials, why he enjoys writing novels, how he "failed" his way into journalism and why art classes are like Switzerland.
- VIDEO: Iran to unveil 'great nuclear achievements'
- Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says "great" nuclear achievements will be announced in the next few days.
- VIDEO: Argentina claim UK sub near Falklands
- Argentina's foreign minister has accused the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, after making an official complaint to the UN. But UK officials said the accusations of militarisation were "absurd".
- VIDEO: Crew rescued from ice-bound ships
- Emergency services from Ukraine had to come to the rescue of crew members trapped on ships in the Kersh Strait, which separates Russia and Ukraine.
- VIDEO: Oscar statuettes flown into LA
- Boxes of the 2012 Oscar statuettes have arrived in LA ahead of the Academy Awards on 26 February.
- VIDEO: One-minute World News
- Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
- Meeting Rick Santorum's Italian family
- Italian family spots long-lost US relative on TV
- The runner whose shorts were 'too revealing'
- The runner who risked her life for her shorts
- Malabo Blues: A poet's challenge to preserve a city
- The young poet trying to build his country's first book shop
- N Korean A-ha accordionists 'will be stars'
- Norway welcomes North Korean YouTube stars
- World Press Photo winner 2011
- Winning images from the World Press Photo competition
- 'Lifeline' US-Somalia remittances on hold
- Somalis suffer as US cuts remittances amid terror fears
- The toughest place to be a train driver
- How do you drive 2,500 tons over the Andes?
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