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- Deadly shelling hits Syrian city
- Syria's army again bombards the restive city of Homs and kills at least 50 people, activists say, after the UN criticised the attack's "appalling brutality".
- Greece leaders agree cuts package
- Greek politicians reach a deal on austerity measures needed for a new bailout, officials say, as eurozone finance ministers gather in Brussels.
- Spanish judge Garzon is convicted
- Spain's most prominent judge, Baltasar Garzon, is found guilty of authorising illegal recordings of lawyers and banned from office for 11 years.
- Key militant 'killed in Pakistan'
- One of the most senior al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan, Badar Mansoor, is killed in a US drone strike, local officials say.
- China policeman mystery deepens
- The mystery over a top Chinese police chief deepens as the US confirms he visited its consulate - but China says it was "resolved smoothly".
- Maldives warrant for ex-president
- Crowds of supporters gather at the house of the former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, as a warrant is issued for his arrest.
- US mortgage deal nears agreement
- Some of the biggest US banks are said to be close to agreeing a multi-billion dollar settlement with the US government.
- Heart disease risk 'inherited'
- Scientists say a common heart disease which kills thousands each year is passed genetically from father to son.
- China sacks officials in Tibet
- The Chinese Communist Party chief in Tibet sacks four officials for "endangering stability" in the region, state-media report.
- NZ quake building 'sub-standard'
- A building that collapsed during last year's Christchurch earthquake, killing 115 people, did not meet industry standards, an official report finds.
- Redknapp says focus is Tottenham
- Harry Redknapp says he has not thought about succeeding Fabio Capello and insists his focus remains on Tottenham.
- VIDEO: Ai Weiwei hopes to visit UK design
- Ai Weiwei, who gained global recognition for his design of the iconic Bird's Nest stadium for the last Olympics, is now designing a pavilion for this year's games in London.
- VIDEO: Protests in Maldives turn violent
- Security forces in the Maldives have used batons and fired teargas to break up a rally in the capital, Male, in support of the former president, Mohamed Nasheed.
- VIDEO: Harry qualifies as Apache pilot
- Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache helicopter co-pilot and gunner after 18 months of rigorous training in the UK and the US, the Ministry of Defence has said.
- VIDEO: One-minute World News
- Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
- VIDEO: Russia finds vast sub-glacial lake
- Russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the Antarctic and say they have found a vast sub-glacial lake.
- VIDEO: Bankski: Russia's mystery street artist
- The mysterious Russian street artist, 'Pavel 183', is being compared to Britain's Banksy.
- VIDEO: Europe's extreme cold snap explained
- The BBC's Lucy Hockings and weather presenter Helen Willetts look at why Europe is experiencing such unusually cold weather.
- VIDEO: Nepal national park breeds crocs
- A breeding centre in Nepal's Chitwan National Park is preparing endangered Gharial crocodiles for release back into the wild.
- Bank injects £50bn into economy
- The Bank of England agrees to extend its quantitative easing programme by £50bn to give a further boost to the UK economy.
- ECB leaves euro rates unchanged
- The European Central Bank leaves its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.0% at its latest monthly meeting.
- Ofcom targets switching slammers
- Ofcom proposed new measures to prevent consumers being switched from one phone or broadband service to another without their consent.
- Apple seeks revised patent rules
- A letter from Apple's legal team reveals that the firm wants Europe to revise rules covering patents that are essential to industry standards.
- Medical drama House to end run
- The show, which stars British actor Hugh Laurie, will finish after the current eighth season ends.
- No takers for Miro at London sale
- A 1933 work by the Spanish artist Joan Miro fails to sell in a week that has seen other pieces sold for record prices at London auctions.
- Why zebras evolved their stripes
- A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.
- Threshold broken for tiny lasers
- Researchers build efficient lasers just 100 billionths of a metre across that may be used to make faster computer chips in the future.
- Gene therapy 'gave me sight back'
- Three US citizens who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in both eyes.
- US contraceptive rule 'must go'
- The top Republican in Congress calls for a law against a contraceptive rule if President Obama does not back down in the face of Catholic leaders' anger.
- FA to draw up England shortlist
- The Football Association is to meet on Friday to discuss a successor to Fabio Capello with a preference for an English or British manager.
- Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld
- Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.
- 'Oldest living twins' aged 102
- Two 102-year-old sisters are recognised as the world's oldest living twins by Guinness World Records.
- Uganda 'not behind anti-gay bill'
- Uganda's government defends its right to debate a controversial anti-gay bill but says the draft legislation does not have official backing.
- Indonesia rule 'to curb adultery'
- A new government policy in northern Indonesia will enable wives of civil servants to have direct access to their husbands' salaries, officials say.
- Sarkozy ex-minister faces charges
- The former French minister Eric Woerth is under criminal investigation for influence peddling in connection with the Bettencourt scandal.
- Brazil police end protest action
- Protesting Brazilian police end their occuption of the state assembly in Bahia but it is unlcear if their strike over pay continues.
- Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat
- Egypt's prime minister says it will not be persuaded by the potential loss of US aid to end a probe into foreign-funded non-governmental organisations.
- Obesity ads 'risk child stigma'
- A US advertising campaign showing stark images of overweight teenagers is criticised by a senior US public health official.
- Mills 'did not back phone access'
- Heather Mills, ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, tells the Leveson Inquiry she did not authorise former tabloid editor Piers Morgan to access her voicemail.
- Guilty pleas in home abuse case
- Three members of staff from a care home near Bristol, featured in a Panorama programme, plead guilty to the ill treatment of residents.
- Repossessions 'lowest since 2007'
- A total of 36,200 UK homes were repossessed in 2011 - the lowest annual total since 2007, mortgage lenders say.
- Care referrals reach record high
- The number of children referred into care in England hits a record high, after rising steadily in the years since the Baby P case.
- Your pictures: Grubby
- Readers' pictures on the theme grubby.
- In Pictures: Yayoi Kusama retrospective
- Retrospective at the Tate Modern
- In pictures: Maldives 'coup' inflames tensions
- Protests lead to the resignation of President
- Day in pictures: 8 February 2012
- 24 hours of news photos: 8 February 2012
- In pictures: Snowy Sunday
- Much of UK with several inches of snow
- Super Bowl photos
- New York Giants beat New England Patriots
- Day in pictures: 7 February 2012
- 24 hours of news photos: 7 February 2012
- Day in pictures: 6 February 2012
- 24 hours of news photos: 6 February 2012
- All for the want of a winter horseshoe
- Why Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia ended in disaster
- Could coffee become India's top drink?
- Can the cappuccino conquer a nation of tea drinkers?
- Should Libya rebuild Gaddafi hometown of Sirte?
- Are residents of Gaddafi home town being punished?
- Day in pictures: 9 February 2012
- 24 hours of news photos from around the world
- Unease grows over Maldives power struggle
- Unease grows over Maldives power struggle
- VIDEO: Beaton's portraits of the Queen
- How photographer Cecil Beaton captured the Queen
- CEO pay not linked to performance
- Why chief executives are paid so much
- Brazil oil giant Petrobras gets new chief
- Meet the woman set to run Brazil's oil giant
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