archive 04·02·2012

economy

• Gas grumbles heat up in bitter cold

  The European Commission has confirmed several European countries are experiencing reduced flows of… 04/02/12 14:13 CET

pictureoftheday

• Icy plunge in Siberia

  Members of a local winter swiming club warm up on the bank of the Yenisei River before going for a… 04/02/12 14:50 CET

Sport

• Terry stripped of England captaincy

  John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy for a second time in his career on Friday. The… 04/02/12 10:23 CET

world news

• Syria government denies deadly night in Homs

  Thousands of people turned out for the mass funeral for those who died in the violent crackdown in… 04/02/12 23:33 CET

• Syrian opposition target embassies worldwide

  Demonstrators opposed to the Syrian regime have targeted the country’s embassies in several cities… 04/02/12 23:03 CET

• Clinton: UN veto increases risk of civil war in Syria

  Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling on Syria’s President Bashar… 04/02/12 21:53 CET

• Major pro-Putin demo counters the opposition

  Crowds made a conspicuous show of support for the Russian Prime Minister in another part of Moscow… 04/02/12 19:29 CET

• UN finds record civilian deaths in Afghanistan in 2011

  A UN report says a record number of civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2011. The UN said… 04/02/12 18:20 CET

• Iran plans oil export ban to ‘hostile’ European countries

  Iran will cut oil exports to what it calles hostile European states to preempt an EU embargo due to… 04/02/12 18:20 CET

• Protesters turn up the heat on Putin in Moscow

  Tens of thousands of protesters chanted ‘Russia Without Putin’ as they braved severely cold weather… 04/02/12 18:04 CET

• Ukraine’s big freeze claims more lives

  Officials in Ukraine said 122 people have now died in the country’s coldest winter for six years… 04/02/12 17:23 CET

• Rallies for and against Putin brave Moscow’s cold

  Tens of thousands of demonstrators have braved severely cold weather in Moscow to voice their… 04/02/12 16:09 CET

• Still hope for UN resolution on Syria: Lavrov

  Russia wants a draft UN resolution on Syria to be amended to avoid, it says, the impression that… 04/02/12 14:33 CET

• Syrian troops in deadly attack on Homs: activists

  Syrian troops have killed more than 250 people in a day-long assault on the city of Homs… 04/02/12 13:13 CET

• Cairo protests continue after Port Said killings

  At least 12 people have been killed and more than 2,500 injured in the third day of clashes between… 04/02/12 12:23 CET

• Syria forces ‘massacre’ anti-Assad activists

  Syrian government troops have killed more than 250 people in the city of Homs, opposition activists… 04/02/12 11:03 CET

• Actor Gazzara dead at 81

  Actor Ben Gazzara has died at the age of 81 The star of the Broadway version of Cat on a Hot… 04/02/12 08:33 CET

• Big freeze tightens its grip on Europe

  The big freeze has tightened its grip on Europe. The death toll has risen as temperatures have… 04/02/12 07:03 CET

• More dead in violence on streets of Egypts

  Another night of unrest on Egypt’s streets has left six people dead in Cairo and Suez… 04/02/12 06:13 CET

• UN Security Council to vote on Syria as Homs suffers

  Yet another crackdown on the city of Homs has left at least 217 people dead, claims the Syrian… 04/02/12 05:23 CET

• Cold threatens turnout for anti-Putin gathering

  Unusually cold weather could reduce the amount of protesters expected to attend an anti-Putin march… 04/02/12 04:03 CET

• The high cost of poor insulation in Ukraine

  With temperatures falling as low as -30 at night in Ukraine during the cold spell, experts claim… 04/02/12 02:03 CET

• War between two Sudans is ‘possibility’

  The war of words between the recently-divided two Sudanese nations is escalating – with the… 04/02/12 00:03 CET

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