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News and Media RSS FeedsWest deplores UN Syria vote veto - Western nations deplore the vetoing by Russia and China of a UN resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria, as dozens are killed in Homs....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Seven dead in Kandahar car bomb - At least five police officers and two civilians have died in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.... Transport hit as snow sweeps in - Snowfalls of up to 16cm (6in) cause disruption to transport, with motorists warned to be aware of ice across much of Britain.... Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses - Front-runner Mitt Romney looks set to convincingly win the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win his party's presidential nomination.... Fidel Castro launches his memoirs - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appears in public for the first time since April 2011 to launch a two-volume book of memoirs.... Thousands in rival Moscow marches - Tens of thousands of people march in Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while his supporters hold a rally elsewhere in Russia's capital.... Europe 'at risk of early grave' - Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warns Europe faces an "early grave" if it continues to ignore Asia's rise.... William starts Falklands duties - Prince William starts work as an RAF search and rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, having arrived in the territory on a six-week routine deployment.... 'Wall-E'-style robot cleans tower - A water tower in Devon is cleaned by a robot which is said to resemble the children's movie character Wall-E.... VIDEO: BBC team smuggled into Homs - Syrian government forces have bombarded the city of Homs with artillery shells and mortars, killing at least 55 people, according to opposition groups.... VIDEO: Fidel Castro launches memoirs - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs.... VIDEO: Tourists staying away from Egypt - Twelve months on from the revolution in Egypt, the country's tourism industry is continuing to struggle.... VIDEO: One-minute World News - Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.... VIDEO: Australian summer floods swamp homes - Flooding in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales has forced thousands of families from their homes.... VIDEO: Rival rallies on streets of Moscow - Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power.... VIDEO: Afghan civilian deaths rise again - The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.... VIDEO: Finland's internet-controlled cafe - Finnish cafe offers internet controlled design experience as part of a festival.... Obama urges 'keep recovery going' - Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years.... US job numbers show strong growth - The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.... Apple overturns Motorola's ban - Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.... FBI probes Anonymous phone hack - The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.... Acting veteran Ben Gazzara dies - US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81.... Poster 'threat' to Dujardin Oscar - Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might affect his chances of winning an Academy Award, according to French press.... PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy - More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.... Prince optimistic for fisheries - Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.... Malaria toll 'is twice as high' - The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.... Brains may be wired for addiction - Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.... Triesman welcomes Terry decision - Former Football Association chief Lord Triesman tells the BBC it was right to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.... Artist set for Facebook windfall - A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.... Monkeys fed wine 'to fight flu' - A zoo in Kazakhstan, where overnight temperatures have dipped to nearly -40C, is giving monkeys a wine concoction as a remedy against flu.... ANC youth leader appeal dismissed - South African youth leader Julius Malema loses his appeals against the ruling ANC's decision to suspend him for bringing the party into disrepute.... England players go unsold at IPL - Seven England players and Ireland batsman Kevin O'Brien fail to attract bids at the Indian Premier League auction.... Europe freeze hits transport hubs - Freezing weather hits transport hubs across Europe, as a cold spell that has now claimed more than 200 lives continues.... Mexico 'cartel enforcer' detained - Police in Mexico say they have arrested the suspected leader of the Gente Nueva gang, the armed wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel.... Cairo clashes over football anger - At least four people are killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and police, amid ongoing anger over deaths after a football match.... Lance Armstrong team probe closed - US prosecutors close an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct over doping claims in a cycle team partly owned by Lance Armstrong.... 'A little too much drink' warning - Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.... Police officer slashed with knife - A police officer is stabbed while responding to an emergency call in the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan.... Anti-social tenant moves planned - The process of evicting anti-social tenants could be simplified under plans being put forward by the Scottish government.... Work contacts 'cut dropout rate' - The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.... Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February - News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February... The Queen: 60 photographs for 60 years - Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne... In pictures: Venice in Solitude - Haunting views of Venice's waterways... Where the Titanic was born - Drawing offices where Titanic was designed... Day in pictures: 3 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012... Day in pictures: 2 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 2 February 2012... In pictures: Egypt football clash - Many die in clashes after match between rivals... In pictures: Sony World Photography Awards shortlist - Shortlist for Sony World Photography Awards... A Point of View: Mourning the loss of the written word - Moving towards a world without handwritten letters... Close encounters with Philippine witches - Searching for witches on a tropical island... Your pictures: Hunger - Readers pictures on the theme of hunger... VIDEO: Churchill and protege reunited - Famous Moroccan artist owes his career to Churchill... In pictures: Venezuela parade - Venezuela's President Chavez marks 20 years since failed coup... Italy's young generation 'forced to leave' - Country's beauty not enough to keep jobless from leaving... 'Cycling gave me my freedom back' - 'How riding helps me fight my brain tumours'... Russia, China veto U.N. resolution on Syria -
UNITED NATIONS ? Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a U.N. resolution condemning Syria?s violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, effectively quashing efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad?s government as it intensifies a nearly year-long crackdown.
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... Car bomb kills seven outside police headquarters in Kandahar -
KABUL ? At least five Afghan police officers and two civilians were killed Sunday when a car bomb was detonated outside the main police headquarters in Kandahar, officials said.
Another 19 people, six of them police officers, were wounded in the blast, provincial officials said. Children were also among the victims.
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... In Afghanistan, a new approach to teaching history: Leave out the wars -
KABUL ? In a country where the recent past has unfolded like a war epic, officials think they have found a way to teach Afghan history without widening the fractures between long-quarreling ethnic and political groups: leave out the past four decades.
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... Afghan civilian deaths hit record high in 2011, U.N. report says -
KABUL ? Last year was the deadliest for civilians in the decade-long U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, according to a U.N. report released Saturday.
The report said 3,021 civilians were killed in 2011, an 8 percent increase from 2010. It was the fifth consecutive year that the number of deaths has increased.
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... Their vigor unflagging, Russians protest -
MOSCOW ? Tens of thousands of Russians embraced the numbing cold and marched to a frozen riverbank near the Kremlin on Saturday, demonstrating their determination to keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin for fair elections and honest government.
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... Egypt?s aid from U.S. in peril amid crackdown on pro-democracy groups -
For the past three decades, Egypt has received an average of $2 billion a year from the United States, making it the biggest recipient of American foreign aid besides Israel.
But with the country now at a critical stage in its transition toward democracy, that aid is in peril ? as U.S. lawmakers threaten to block assistance in response to Egypt?s crackdown on pro-democracy groups, several of them well-connected nongovernmental organizations base... 12 killed in recent clashes in Egypt, officials say -
CAIRO ? At least 12 people have been killed in clashes triggered by a deadly melee at a soccer match in Port Said on Wednesday, Egyptian authorities said Saturday.
At least seven protesters were killed in clashes with security forces that began Thursday night near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, and at least five were killed in the seaport city of Suez, according to state media.
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... Privacy concerns grow in India -
NEW DELHI ? The Indian government?s recent announcement that it taps nearly 300 new phones every day has sparked a debate about privacy in a country that traditionally views such concerns as an ugly offshoot of Western individualism.
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... Petraeus, with plenty of practice, sticks to message -
In his first extended public appearance as CIA director, David H. Petraeus this week did more than display his well-known discipline for staying on message. He did his best to bring other government voices back on message as well.
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... Hackers release call between FBI, Scotland Yard -
As the FBI and Scotland Yard conducted a conference call last month on their investigation of an international group of hackers, the discussions were being secretly monitored -- by the hackers themselves.
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... Feinstein offers peek at U.S.-Israeli talks on Iran -
Open intelligence hearings on Capitol Hill are never completely open. Lawmakers and witnesses try to stick to what?s safe to say in public, without disclosing details on espionage operations or what?s happening behind the scenes in Washington.
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... Army officer who sparked controversy with remarks on Islam pulls out of West Point address -
A retired U.S. Army general with a history of making inflammatory remarks about Islam has canceled his plans to be the featured guest at an event at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the academy said.
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... Malaria kills twice as many people as we thought ? are data-gathering and taxes to blame? -
A study released Friday has shaken up much of what we thought we knew about malaria.
The number of people who die annually of the tropical disease is roughly double the current estimate, according to the report, published in the science journal Lancet. Additionally, many of malaria?s victims are now believed to be adults, overturning the previous belief that adults almost never die of the disease.
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... Anonymous says it will leak giant cache of Iraq war e-mails -
Anonymous has struck ? and struck again.
Early Friday, the FBI said that hackers from the well-known collective had intercepted and released a confidential conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard.
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... Iran says it may ban Samsung for commercial depicting attack on nuclear plant -
As Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered an impassioned anti-Israel speech Friday, a smaller fight played out between the two countries over a tablet commercial.
In the teaser, a bored agent for Mossad, Israel?s national intelligence agency, is shown watching TV on his Samsung tablet while in Isfahan, south of Tehran. After the agent begins conversing about the features of the tablet with several Iranian ?women? (actually men f... Photo of the day: What in the world? -
Following our Friday tradition, we give you this photo. It should not be too hard to guess where it is from.
You can tweet your responses to @PostWorldNews with a hashtag #whatintheworld.
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... Gunmen kidnap two American tourists in Egypt?s Sinai peninsula -
Update, 11:51 p.m.: The two American tourists have been released The women were not immediatebly identified, but Egyptian officials said they were age 60 and 65.
Two female tourists and their Egyptian tour guide Friday were intercepted by gunmen and kidnapped in the southern part of the Sinai peninsula, The Post?s Ernesto Londono reports.
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... Cuba people-to-people tours: So nice to meet you, Havana -
Ludwig and I had the kind of relationship where I could ask him anything without fear of reproach. I questioned him about the rebellious rumblings of his youth, his wishes for the future and the state of his bathroom.
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... The GOP?s ?Europe? is a land of make-believe -
Lately it seems that not a day goes by without a Republican presidential candidate portraying Europe as a socialist nightmare. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum paint a picture of the Old World as unfree, strangulated by bureaucratic and inefficient welfare systems, and unable to reform and modernize. To these Republicans, Europe seems to be the antipode to everything America is meant to be.
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