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- Blasts rock Syria's second city
- At least 28 people have been killed by bombs targeting security forces compounds in Syria's second city of Aleppo, state media report.
- Greek cabinet approves new cuts
- Greece's cabinet approves a draft bill committing to austerity reforms required to get new bailout funds, amid warnings of "chaos" if parliament fails to ratify it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Police recapture Madonna stalker
- A man with "violent tendencies" convicted of stalking Madonna is recaptured a week after escaping from a psychiatric hospital, police say.
- Suspect in Serbia PM killing held
- A man suspected of involvement in the 2003 killing of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is arrested in Spain, police say.
- 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.
- Maldives leader rejects poll call
- New Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik rejects calls by his predecessor for snap elections as a way of resolving a political stand-off.
- China's exports and imports fall
- China's exports and imports fell in January, raising fresh concerns about the impact of a global economic slowdown on its economy.
- Uzbek pleads guilty to Obama plot
- A 22-year-old Uzbek man admits at a federal court in Birmingham, Alabama plotting to kill US President Barack Obama.
- Life term for Frankfurt shooting
- A Kosovo man who admitted shooting dead two US airmen at Frankfurt airport a year ago is sentenced to life in prison by a German court.
- VIDEO: Dozens killed as blasts rock Syria
- At least 28 people have been killed and 235 wounded in two bombs targeting security compounds in Syria's second city of Aleppo, according to state media.
- 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: Athens clashes over spending cuts
- There have been clashes in Greece between riot police and protesters venting their fury at government austerity measures.
- VIDEO: One-minute World News
- Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
- VIDEO: Highlights of the 2012 Design Awards
- Origami dresses, the London 2012 Olympic torch and a wind-propelled landmine detonator are among the nominations for the 2012 Designs of the Year Awards.
- VIDEO: Argentina appeals to UN over 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 over the Falklands dispute.
- AUDIO: Former Maldives president 'forced to go'
- The former president of the Maldives has told the BBC that he was forced to resign.
- VIDEO: Afghanistan's first cartoon animation
- Afghanistan has produced its first educational cartoon animation, using local talent.
- 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%.
- Germany delays Acta signing
- Germany delays ratifying a controversial international accord designed to combat piracy
- Video game sales slump in January
- US video games suffer a 34% annual drop for January, according to analysts at NPD. The figures come less than a fortnight before the PlayStation Vita launches.
- 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.
- Vega rocket set for maiden voyage
- After more than 10 years of development work, Europe's new small satellite launcher is ready for its first flight.
- Overfishing 'costing EU £2.7bn'
- Overfishing of EU fisheries is costing the European economy £2.7bn a year and 100,000 jobs, a report by a UK think-tank finds.
- Dementia plaque 'rapidly cleared'
- Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.
- Cannabis users double crash risk
- Drivers who use cannabis before driving double their chances of causing a collision, research suggests.
- Capello 'should've gone in 2010'
- Fabio Capello should have gone after the 2010 World Cup, says FA councillor and Stoke chairman Peter Coates.
- Robshaw ready for improving Italy
- Chris Robshaw vows England will go toe-to-toe with Italy.
- Steve Jobs' FBI files made public
- The FBI releases its files on Apple founder Steve Jobs, revealing a man who commanded respect but was questioned on his honesty and morality.
- 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.
- Somalia's al-Shabab join al-Qaeda
- Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which controls much of Somalia, releases a joint video with al-Qaeda, formally announcing the two groups have merged.
- Koreans abducted in Egypt's Sinai
- Three South Korean tourists and their Egyptian guide have been kidnapped by armed Bedouin tribesmen in the Sinai peninsula, officials have said.
- Spanish judge 'will fight' ruling
- Spain's most prominent judge, Baltasar Garzon, vows to fight his conviction and 11-year suspension from the judiciary for authorising prison phonetapping.
- 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.
- 'Protester' dies in Saudi Arabia
- A protester has been shot dead by security forces in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists say.
- Romney: 'I'm a true conservative'
- US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney tries to woo sceptical primary voters, telling a major conference he is "severely conservative".
- Lansley hits back over NHS bill
- Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says the government is "committed" to the NHS bill, amid reports that three Conservative cabinet ministers have concerns.
- Armed police at restaurant siege
- Armed police seal off a large area in Glasgow city centre while officers attempt to negotiate with a man inside an Italian restaurant.
- Damilola killer recalled to jail
- The Damilola Taylor Trust calls for an inquiry after one of the brothers convicted of killing the schoolboy is recalled to prison for a second time.
- 25-year term for soldiers' killer
- A terminally-ill man convicted of murdering two soldiers at Massereene Barracks in Antrim must serve a minimum of 25 years in prison.
- Your pictures: Grubby
- Readers' pictures on the theme grubby.
- In Pictures: Yayoi Kusama retrospective
- Retrospective at the Tate Modern
- Day in pictures: 9 February 2012
- 24 hours of news photos: 9 February 2012
- 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
- The toughest place to be a train driver
- Is this the toughest place in the world to be a train driver?
- Quiz of the week's news
- Why do zebras have black and white stripes?
- World Press Photo winner 2011
- Winning images from the World Press Photo competition
- Egyptians fear for the future
- One year since Hosni Mubarak's fall, Egyptians fear for the future
- FBI files of the rich and famous
- What famous people did the FBI keep tabs on, and why?
- Day in Pictures: 10 February 2012
- 24 hours of news photos from around the world
- China lock-down seals off Tibetan unrest
- China seals off Tibetan protest communities
- Story of the most famous seven words in US journalism
- The story of the most famous seven words in US journalism
- 'Lifeline' US-Somalia remittances on hold
- Somalis suffer as US cuts remittances amid terror fears
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