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open new window Syria artillery onslaught on Homs 02/06/2012 11:07 AM
The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns.
open new window Abbas to head interim government 02/06/2012 08:26 AM
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will head a unity government between Hamas and Fatah ahead of elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
open new window Blasts rock north Nigeria cities 02/06/2012 02:52 PM
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.
open new window Obama: 'I deserve a second term' 02/06/2012 02:28 PM
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%.
open new window Mars co-operation near collapse 02/06/2012 07:56 AM
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.
open new window Romania spy chief 'to be new PM' 02/06/2012 12:10 PM
Romania's intelligence service chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is nominated as prime minister after Emil Bloc resigns amid widespread austerity protests.
open new window Contador given two-year drug ban 02/06/2012 08:20 AM
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence, and loses his 2010 Tour de France title.
open new window Troops and police clash in Brazil 02/06/2012 03:14 PM
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.
open new window Europe's big freeze tightens grip 02/06/2012 07:40 AM
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe tighten their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.
open new window Queen commemorates 60-year reign 02/06/2012 09:21 AM
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.

CNN


open new window Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city 02/06/2012 01:08 PM
Intense blasts echoed through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs on Monday after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there, local activists said.
open new window One dead, dozens injured in fifth day of Egypt clashes 02/06/2012 12:16 PM
Violent clashes near Egypt's Interior Ministry on Monday left at least one person dead and 72 injured, a health ministry official said.
open new window Australians urged to flee flooding 02/06/2012 09:08 AM
Australian authorities on Monday pleaded with hundreds of people who had chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters to vacate their homes.
open new window Aftershocks rattle Philippines; quake death toll climbs 02/06/2012 05:39 AM
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, killing at least 12 people, an official said.
open new window President: Tuareg fighters from Libya stoke violence in Mali 02/06/2012 04:05 AM
Tuareg tribesman who reportedly fought for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya have returned to Mali with weapons, stoking violence and forcing thousands to flee, Mali's president said.
open new window Official: Libya's Saif Gadhafi could be tried within weeks 02/05/2012 09:55 AM
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's deposed leader Moammar Gadhafi, could go on trial "within weeks or months," Libya's interior minister said Sunday.
open new window Hearing set for Italian cruise ship captain 02/06/2012 08:39 AM
A closed-door hearing to determine whether the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship should remain under house arrest is set for Monday.
open new window Mexico's ruling party picks woman as presidential candidate 02/06/2012 01:39 PM
Mexico's conservative ruling party has picked a former education secretary as its nominee for the nation's top job. If she wins, she will become Mexico's first female president.
open new window Elizabeth celebrates 60 years as queen 02/06/2012 08:59 AM
Sixty years ago Monday, a 25-year-old woman got a message that her father had died -- and that she was now Queen Elizabeth II.
open new window Foxconn story shrouded in secrecy 02/06/2012 06:40 AM
We meet her by chance on the side of a road. She looks the very model of a Chinese factory worker: young, vibrant, dressed in the cheap brand-name knockoff fashions so common of poor rural villages.

WN


open new window Phoenix rejects utility regulator's gas price plans 02/06/2012 04:32 AM
Phoenix Natural Gas has rejected proposed controls by the utility regulator which would have slashed the price of gas for big business in Northern Ireland. It means regulator Shane Lynch is likely to refer the matter to the Competition Commission. The proposals would slash how much money Phoenix is allowed to invest and spend on running its network. The savings...
open new window Giants, Manning win 'wild game' in Super Bowl 02/06/2012 01:57 AM
INDIANAPOLIS -- Despite winning a second Super Bowl in five seasons, the New York Giants should not be recognized as one of the greatest champions in NFL history. Sunday's 21-17 victory over New England at Lucas Oil Stadium made the Giants the first 9-7 team in NFL history to win a Super Bowl. The Giants are the first champion to be outscored in the regular season, the first to surrender at least 400 points and the first to survive a four-game losing streak. So how will history judge the Super ...
open new window Protesters continue to battle police in Egypt 02/06/2012 12:21 AM
Clashes have continued in Egypt with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles, as the protesters demanded swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the ruling military. Thousands of people protested outside the interior ministry in Cairo, the capital, accusing the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) of failing to prevent the deaths of 72 people during last week’s football violence. At least 12 people have been killed in clashes ...
open new window Sauli Niinisto wins Finnish Presidential Elections 02/05/2012 11:30 PM
Helsinki: A former finance minister won Finland’s Presidential Election on Sunday and will become the country’s first conservative head of state in five decades. Sauli Niinisto took 63 percent of the votes, compared to 37 percent for his rival, Greens candidate Pekka Haavisto, official results showed with 100 percent of ballots counted. The 63-year-old Niinisto will be the first president from the conservative National Coalition Party since 1956, and the first in 30 years from a party ...
open new window Priyanka Gandhi: Rahul Gandhi 'not focussed' on PM job 02/05/2012 10:29 PM
Priyanka Gandhi, Congress party's star campaigner in Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, says brother Rahul is not focussed on becoming PM. He is working to "bring in positive change in the state and not for his reputation", she told reporters. The country had an "extremely good prime minister" and the...
open new window Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive' 02/05/2012 09:59 PM
The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria was blocked by Russia and China. Video received by Al Jazeera from opposition activists on Sunday showed the apparent devastation caused by a military offensive in the Bab Amr neighbourhood of Homs. Activists and witnesses said the army has been shelling the neighbourhood "indiscriminately" since Sunday ...
open new window Australian floods force thousands from their homes 02/05/2012 09:53 PM
* One dead in flooding, thousands evacuated * Coal industry largely unaffected by floods * Flooding causes damage to agriculture, property By Rebekah Kebede PERTH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Thousands of Australians were forced from their homes on Monday because of floods that have risen to record levels in some areas and killed one person, and authorities issued warnings for more than a dozen rivers in Queensland and New South Wales states. Australia's coal industry, which is concentrated in Queensland ...
open new window China defends Syria veto in People's Daily article 02/05/2012 09:53 PM
State paper denies giving 'free rein' to Bashar al-Assad's crackdown and points to UN mandate 'abused' in Libya by Nato Chinese UN ambassador Li Baodong vetoes the security council resolution calling for Bashar al-Assad to resign as president of Syria. Photograph: Xinhua China's top Communist party newspaper has defended Beijing's rejection of a UN resolution calling for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to resign. The People's Daily said western campaigns in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq showed ...
open new window New York Giants win Super Bowl over New England Patriots 02/05/2012 09:31 PM
FOR the second time in five seasons, Eli Manning led the New York Giants to Super Bowl success over the New England Patriots, nabbing a second MVP award in the process. Manning directed a nine-play, 88-yard drive that set up running back Ahmad Bradshaw for the game-winning touchdown with a minute to go, as the Giants triumphed 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI. In strange scenes, New England, who led 17-15 at the time, seemingly allowed Bradshaw to rush untouched for a six-yard score. It left 1:04 on ...
open new window It’s risky to attack Iran: Obama 02/05/2012 08:08 PM
Washington: US President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region. In a television interview, Obama also said he did not believe Tehran had the "intentions or capabilities" to attack the United States, playing down the threats from Tehran and saying he wanted a diplomatic end to the nuclear standoff. "Any kind of additional military activity ...

Epoch Times


open new window WTO Rules for EU Against China’s Hoarding Raw Materials 02/05/2012 02:45 PM
The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) confirmed this week the findings made by a Panel in July 2011, that China's export restrictions on several industrial [...]
open new window Nazi War Crime Decision Panned by Rights Group 02/05/2012 02:44 PM
A recent decision by the highest United Nations court to uphold Germany’s immunity from being sued in Italian courts for war crimes committed by Nazis during World War II [...]
open new window Car Bomb Kills 9 in Afghanistan 02/05/2012 02:39 PM
A car bombing just outside of police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least nine people on Sunday.
open new window China, Russia Block Security Council Vote on Syria 02/05/2012 01:06 PM
Western and Arab League countries condemned Russia and China for vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria.
open new window Burma’s Democratic Party to Open Mandalay Offices 02/05/2012 11:26 AM
Burmese Democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) will reopen two offices in Mandalay, the second largest city in the country.
open new window TIMELINES: What country ratified a new constitution Feb. 5, 1917 after overthrowing dictator Porfirio Diaz? 02/05/2012 09:45 AM
What country ratified a new constitution Feb. 4, 1917 after overthrowing dictator Porfirio Diaz?
open new window TIMELINES: What two former Yugoslavian republics formed a union Feb. 4, 2003? 02/05/2012 12:27 AM
What two former Yugoslavian republics formed a union Feb. 4, 2003?
open new window UK Minister Huhne Resigns Over Criminal Charge 02/04/2012 01:50 AM
U.K. Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has resigned after being charged with perverting the cause of justice.
open new window Welcoming the Lunar New Year (Photos) 02/03/2012 11:06 PM
The Epoch Times selection of photos of Lunar New Year celebrations from around the world.
open new window China Denies Visa to Reporter Travelling with Canadian PM 02/03/2012 07:07 PM
The Chinese embassy has denied a visa to Epoch Times reporter Matthew Little who was scheduled to travel with the Canadian Prime Minister on his trip to China next week.
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