| 1 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:07:13 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Syria artillery onslaught on Homs
The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns. | |
| 2 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:26:54 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Abbas to head interim government
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will head a unity government between Hamas and Fatah ahead of elections in the West Bank and Gaza. | |
| 3 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:52:56 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Blasts rock north Nigeria cities
Explosions have hit a police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, scene of deadly attacks last month, and a market in Maiduguri to the west. | |
| 4 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:28:41 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Obama: 'I deserve a second term'
President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%. | |
| 5 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:56:22 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Mars co-operation near collapse
US space agency officials tell Europe it is highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018. | |
| 6 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:10:58 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Romania spy chief 'to be new PM'
Romania's intelligence service chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is nominated as prime minister after Emil Bloc resigns amid widespread austerity protests. | |
| 7 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:56 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Contador given two-year drug ban
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence, and loses his 2010 Tour de France title. | |
| 8 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:14:08 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Troops and police clash in Brazil
Brazilian troops clash with police striking over pay and conditions in the state of Bahia, as they try to remove them from the state assembly. | |
| 9 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:40:07 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Europe's big freeze tightens grip
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe tighten their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200. | |
| 10 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21:09 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | Queen commemorates 60-year reign
The Queen visits a school in Norfolk and there are gun salutes around the UK as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. | |
| 11 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:26:29 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | SA 'resurrected singer' detained
A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu musician who apparently died in 2009 is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say. | |
| 12 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:27:43 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | New headphones find the right ear
Researchers develop headphones which can detect which speaker is in which ear, to provide the correct audio stream. | |
| 13 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:48:42 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | VIDEO: Factory collapse traps many in Pakistan
A factory has collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore with many people, including women and children, feared trapped. | |
| 14 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:49:02 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | VIDEO: Big freeze tightens grip on Europe
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe have tightened their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200. | |
| 15 | Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:12:39 GMT (No category) (No author) | |
| | VIDEO: Perfect weather for ice wine makers
For Czech Republics ice wine makers freezing temperature is just right for harvesting grapes. | |
