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A homeless man sleeps near a shuttered store as a pedestrian looks on, near Athens' main Syntagma Square, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.
Economy   Greece   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Greek government debt crisis   		 Al Jazeera 
Greek workers strike over public job cuts
| Workers in Greece are staging a 24-hour general strike in protest over new government austerity measures which would see 15,000 civil service employees lose their jobs this year. | Tuesday's strike ... (photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis)
In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo, the Maldives Police special force officers detain an opposition supporter during a protest in Male, Maldives.
Democracy   Maldives   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Mohamed Nasheed   		 The Guardian 
Maldives president quits after weeks of protest
| MALE, Maldives (AP) — The president of the island nation of Maldives, who became the country's first democratically elected leader in three decades, resigned Tuesday following weeks of sometimes v... (photo: AP / Sinan Hussain)
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All eyes on Russian minister's Syria trip
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov heads to Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford assesses what he might hope to achieve from his visit. | Tue... (photo: Creative Commons / Sebastian Zwez)
Photos   Russia   Syria   Talks   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, chats to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint press conference at the G20 in Cannes, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011.  BBC News 
Germany's Angela Merkel vows support for Sarkozy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged her support for President Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election bid, 80 days before French voters go to the polls. | In a joint TV interview, Mrs Merkel said it was... (photo: AP / Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Phoenix rejects utility regulator's gas price plans BBC News
Phoenix rejects utility regulator's gas price plans
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 reg... (photo: WN / Marzena )
Business   Gas   Photos   Price   Utility   Wikipedia: Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing  
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) throws a pass in front of New England Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich (50) during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. San Francisco Chronicle
Giants, Manning win 'wild game' in Super Bowl
| 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. | Sun... (photo: AP / Eric Gay)
American Football   Photos   Sport   US   Wikipedia: Super Bowl XLVI  
Egyptian anti-government activists run for a cover from the tear gaz during clashes with the riot- police in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Al Jazeera
Protesters continue to battle police in Egypt
| 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 ... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Egypt   Photos   Police   Protesters   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
Priyanka Vadra, right, waves to the crowd as she campaigns for her brother and Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, April 11, 2009. India will hold general elections in five phases starting on April 16. BBC News
Priyanka Gandhi: Rahul Gandhi 'not focussed' on PM job
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 ... (photo: AP)
Election   Parliament   Photos   Uttar Pradesh   Wikipedia: Government of Uttar Pradesh  
File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Al Jazeera
Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
| 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... (photo: AP)
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Local residents move to higher ground as the Brisbane river burst its banks to cause widespread flooding in Brisbane, Australia, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Queensland has been in the grip of its worst flooding for more than two weeks, after tropical downpours across a vast area of the state covered an area the size of France and Germany combined. Residents in low-lying regions of the state capital of Brisbane were urged to sandbag their homes and later told to move to higher ground. The Guardian
Australian floods force thousands from their homes
* One dead in flooding, thousands evacuated * Coal industry largely unaffected by floods * Flooding causes damage to agriculture, property By Rebekah Kebede PERTH, Feb 6 ... (photo: AP / Tertius Pickard)
Australia   Coal   Floods   Photos   Wikipedia: Floods in Australia  
Li Baodong, Permanent Representative of the Peoples Republic of China to the UN and President of the Security Council for March, briefs reporters following the Councils consultations The Guardian
China defends Syria veto in People's Daily article
| 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 secu... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
China   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
President Obama interview The Guardian
Obama says he deserves re-election, job's not done
| WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he deserves re-election, despite the nation's economic troubles. | Obama said in a pre-Super Bowl interview on NBC that ... (photo: Public Domain / White House)
Economy   Election   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012  
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from left to right: Emil Boc, Romanian Prime Minister, fTraian Basescu, President of Romania and Jos Manuel Barroso, President of the EC Crippling cutbacks force Romanian premier to quit The Independent
A child eating apple fruit. Fruits we eat are loaded with chemicals The Times Of India
A blood glucose test device is use to measure glucose level in a patient suffering from diabetes and blood pressure. Home remedies for diabetes The Times Of India
Human Rights
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba Petty Officer 2nd Class Derek Weatherly, a machinery technician, talks to President Barack Obama on the phone, Dec. 25, 2011. President Obama called two Coast Guardsmen deployed overseas to thank them for their service and wish them a merry Christmas. U.S. Coast Guard photo. (1483808) ( Coast Guardsmen get holiday call from President Obama ) Obama authorizes US sanctions waiver for Myanmar to ease restrictions on multilateral aid The Washington Post
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn) Co-operation in a world of scarce resources Al Jazeera
File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive' Al Jazeera
Science
Making Over the Mall in Rough Economic Times Making Over the Mall in Rough Economic Times The New York Times
Neurocinematic comparison of monkeys and humans Neurocinematic comparison of monkeys and humans The Guardian
Jellyfish in sea life Helsinki. Jellyfish still the same - it's interaction that's different Sydney Morning Herald
Weather
London, Heathrow Airport. Heavy snow sees travel disruption across much of Britain BBC News
Snow in Sheffield UK 1 December 2010 Britain braced for widespread snow The Guardian
Ice-covered limbs of trees are seen on this February 3,2011 file photo during a ice storm in Pocahontas, Illinois, USA. More than 220 dead as big freeze grips Europe Jakarta Globe
Politics
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