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BRUSSELS, Feb 9 — President Bashar al-Assad still has support from Syria's middle class and the opposition is fragmented, raising the risk of a slide into full-scale civil war that inflames the region, Turkey's ambassador to the European Union has warned.
Turkey, Syria's largest neighbour, is also concerned that sanctions being imposed ... Read More
Canada’s PM Stephen Harper listens to Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China’s National People’s Congress, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 9, 2012. — Reuters pic
Beatle’s ex-wife says Piers Morgan heard hacked call
LONDON, Feb 9 — Paul McCartney's ex-wife said today she had not leaked a voicemail of the former Beatle begging her for forgiveness to CNN talk-show host Piers Morgan, saying the ... Read More
Syria forces bombard Homs, UN condemns ‘appalling brutality’
AMMAN — Syrian forces bombarded opposition-held neighbourhoods of the city of Homs with rocket and mortar fire today, activists said, as divided world powers struggled to find a ... Read More
Yemen army kills two at anti-election protest
ADEN, Feb 9 — Yemeni troops killed two protesters when they opened fire on a rally on Thursday in the southern province of Dalea calling for a boycott of an election to replace ... Read More
Parliament approves new Romania government
BUCHAREST, Feb 9 — Romania's parliament approved a new government of Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu today, giving him a chance to make a clean break from his predecessor ... Read MoreTruck bomb kills one in Thai south, 13 wounded
YALA, Feb 9 — A retired teacher was killed and 13 villagers wounded when a truck bomb exploded today in Thailand's restive Muslim south, the latest in a wave of separatist ... Read More
Germany expels four Syrian diplomats after arrests
BERLIN, Feb 9 — Germany has kicked out four Syrian diplomats after the arrest in Berlin earlier this week of two men suspected of spying on Syrian opposition activists in the ... Read MoreAfter wins, US Republican Santorum seeks funding
McKINNEY, Texas, Feb 9 — Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum, a day after his stunning sweep of nominating contests in three states, scrambled in Texas yesterday to ... Read More
Greek minister heads to Brussels with incomplete bailout deal
ATHENS, Feb 9 — Greek leaders failed today to agree on a reform and austerity programme, the price of a financial bailout to avoid a messy default, forcing Finance Minister ... Read More
Gay marriage wins final legislative passage in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb 9 — A bill to legalise gay marriage in Washington state won final legislative approval yesterday in a vote that moved the state one step closer to ... Read More
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- Turks seek world action as Syria’s Homs bleeds
- Egypt to deploy soldiers, tanks ahead of strike
- European freeze may last to end of February
- PM designate unveils new Romanian government
- Giant dust cloud chokes West Africa
- News Corp reaches more phone hacking settlements
- Russia’s Putin warns against outside interference
- India ministers quit after caught watching porn in parliament
- Assad militia kills 3 families in Homs, says group
- Ex-Maldives leader said forced out ‘at gunpoint’
- China’s leader-in-waiting carries heavy political baggage to US
- Attacks in Syria’s Homs resume after Russian peace foray
- Three-state sweep revives Santorum’s White House hopes
- US drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan
- Snow cuts off hundreds of villages in eastern Europe
- Arizona court rules candidate with weak English can be barred
- Syria’s Assad open to bigger Arab mission
- Kremlin tells security force to stop attacks before poll
- Gulf states recalling ambassadors in Syria
- India’s reluctant young emperor, Rahul Gandhi
- Italy court extends house arrest for cruise ship captain
- Scandal blow puts Indian government in danger
- Iran shrugs off latest US sanctions, trade suffers
- Italy’s Berlusconi to face yet another trial
- Indonesia pilot grounded in pre-takeoff crystal meth check
- Maldives president quits after mutiny on paradise islands
- China says may send envoy to discuss Syria crisis
- Kidnapped Chinese workers in Sudan freed
- Maldives in state of confusion
- 5 workers missing in flooded tunnel at Japan refinery
- China fines parents of HK-born second child, says report
- Santorum aims for a victory in US Republican contests
- Bombardment of Syria’s Homs city resumes, say activists
- Greek leaders face crunch talks; unions strike
- Obama campaign shifts to support Super Pac fundraiser
- Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy
- Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp, say hospital staff
- Cold kills 33 more in Europe, dam breaks in Bulgaria
- Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government
- Pakistan factory collapses in gas blast, five dead, many trapped
- Romania PM Boc quits after protests
- Children among seven dead as quake hits Philippines
