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Friday, 3rd February, 2012
Rights group: Syrian security forces have tortured children
Syrian army and security officers have detained and tortured children with impunity during the past year, a rights group claimed in a report Friday, as it urged the U.N. Security Council to act on Syria.
Friday, 3rd February, 2012
U.S. accuses Sudan of bombing civillians
The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school in South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly-created independent country of South Sudan.
Friday, 3rd February, 2012
Philippine military: Airstrikes kill top terrorists, including one on FBI list
The Philippine military said it killed a man who is on the FBI most-wanted terror list and two other senior militants Thursday in a predawn airstrike on a remote southern island.
Friday, 3rd February, 2012
U.S. charges oldest Swiss bank in tax fraud case
The Justice Department charged Switzerland's oldest bank Thursday with helping American taxpayers hide more than $1.2 billion from the Internal Revenue Service.
Friday, 3rd February, 2012
Egypt unrest: Two shot dead in clashes after football deaths
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes: "There are thousands of people in Cairo who are enraged by what has happened"
Friday, 3rd February, 2012
Towns cut off in eastern Australia flooding
Severe flooding is threatening parts of New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia, with towns cut off and thousands of residents evacuated.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
Indian top court scraps scandal-hit telecom licenses
India's supreme court Thursday ordered the cancellation of 122 cellular permits that have been at the center of a multibillion-dollar scandal involving the country's booming telecommunication sector, attorneys said.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
N.C. teacher accused of being part of beheading-for-hire plot
A North Carolina teacher is scheduled to appear Friday in federal court after being accused in an alleged plot to behead witnesses who testified against a would-be terrorist.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
Famed boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies
Legendary cornerman Angelo Dundee, the man who helped motivate Muhammad Ali and many other boxing champs, died Wednesday, a source close to Ali said.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
Hariri assassination suspects to be tried in absentia
The special court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced Wednesday it will try the four accused killers in absentia.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
Iranians feel sanctions bite
As the European Union introduces a ban on crude oil imports from Iran and tightens sanctions on the country's banks, BBC Persian has been talking to Iranians at home and abroad about the impact on their lives, as Mehrzad Kohanrouz reports.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
Authorities: 'Soul Train' founder dead of gunshot wound
Don Cornelius, the founder of the "Soul Train" television show, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head Wednesday, authorities said. He was 75.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
American Airlines plans to cut 13,000 jobs
 American Airlines told its unions Wednesday it plans to cut 13,000 jobs from the staff of 88,000 at the nation's No. 3 airline.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
Tokyo exchange halts trading of scores of stocks
The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday temporarily halted the trading of scores of stocks, including the electronics giant Sony, after problems with its market data systems.
Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
Egypt football violence leaves many dead in Port Said
At least 74 people have been killed in clashes between rival fans following a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said.
Wednesday, 1st February, 2012
Anger mounts in Senegal as election nears; at least 1 killed
Senegal remained tense Wednesday following days of violent protests over a court decision that allows the incumbent president to run for a third term.
Wednesday, 1st February, 2012
Freezing weather in Europe kills at least 60 people
This week's cold snap in eastern and central Europe has now killed at least 60 people.
Wednesday, 1st February, 2012
Four men admit London Stock Exchange bomb plot
Four men inspired by al-Qaeda have admitted planning to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange.
  
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