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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Birmingham Star.com http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:05:23 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:05:23 -0500 30 MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Wednesday condemned the ongoing violence in Syria but cautioned against outside interference "under any circumstances". http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203335361/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:50:28 -0500 Birmingham Star.com http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203335361/cs/1/ TEHRAN - In an unprecedented move, the Iranian parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to answer questions before it on the government's handling of economic policies as well as on other http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203335181/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:44:32 -0500 Birmingham Star.com http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203335181/cs/1/ BUENOS AIRES - Simmering tensions over the Falklands Islands came into the open with Argentina saying it will lodge a formal protest with the United Nations over Britain's 'militarisation' of the Sou http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203335106/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:36:57 -0500 Birmingham Star.com http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203335106/cs/1/ DENVER, Colorado - In a stunning upset, Republican hopeful Rick Santorum won in three major state caucuses, reviving his chances in the US presidential race and clouding front-runner Mitt Romney's win http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203334946/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:22 -0500 Birmingham Star.com http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203334946/cs/1/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least 10 suspected militants were killed in a pre-dawn US drone aircraft attack in a restive Pakistani tribal town, officials said Wednesday. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203334822/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:19:23 -0500 Birmingham Star.com http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203334822/cs/1/ On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, "Saddam Hussein's regime isdeveloping weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked." http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348678/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:37:46 -0500 (Op-ed) Ramzy Baroud http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348678/cs/1/ The international community may be forced to 'militarise' the crisis in Syria unless President Bashar al-Assad stops the onslaught on his people, a senior US official has warned. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203350884/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:16 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203350884/cs/1/ Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has said the phone hacking scandal at News International has cost the group nearly 200 million dollars till date. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203350604/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:20:29 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203350604/cs/1/ Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who took 24 wickets for Pakistan in the three Test series against England, has surprised the International Cricket Council with the claim that it had given him specia http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348740/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:40:22 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348740/cs/1/ Steve Coogan and Paul Gascoigne were among a number of celebrity phone-hacking victims who settled their cases against the News of the World on Wednesday. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348736/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:40:09 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348736/cs/1/ Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has claimed Australia's bowling attack is their weakness, and his team would look to expose it in Friday's one-day international at the WACA. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348715/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:09 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348715/cs/1/ Cuban runner and world record holder in the 110-metre hurdles Dayron Robles has said his objective in the London Olympics is "nothing but to win the gold". http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348707/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348707/cs/1/ England all-rounder Stuart Broad appears to share the opinion of most Indian cricketers that the umpires decision redressal system (UDRS) requires reworking and improvement to be more effective and ac http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348691/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348691/cs/1/ The executive director of Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), Piara Powar, has been branded a racist for calling an Asian fan a "coconut". http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348663/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00:06 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348663/cs/1/ World number one Novak Djokovic has said it would be 'very cool' to match legendary Rod Laver's record of winning all Grand Slam titles in one year. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348651/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:30:24 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348651/cs/1/ Seven-times World Champion Michael Schumacher has said he can still challenge rivals for the Formula One title this season. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348632/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:20:02 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348632/cs/1/ Shane Watson's short-term international future remains uncertain as he recovers from a calf strain, but Australia's coach and selector Mickey Arthur sees the possibility of the 30-year-old making his http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348456/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:43 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348456/cs/1/ One of the world's largest mobile phone makers, Nokia, is planning to cut 4000 factory jobs in Europe as it shifts the assembly of smartphones to Asia. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203345943/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:30:16 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203345943/cs/1/ A defiant Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is defending his financially troubled nation's new constitution and related laws, saying those criticizing it are motivated by greed and want to keep Hu http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337297/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:07 -0500 VoA - Europe http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337297/cs/1/ A brutal cold front blamed for hundreds of deaths across Europe is threatening to linger even longer. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337289/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:24 -0500 VoA - News http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337289/cs/1/ A total of 14 people convicted for terrorism and criminal charges have been executed in Iraq, its justice ministry said Wednesday. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203332740/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:13 -0500 IANS http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203332740/cs/1/ India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wednesday heaved a sigh of relief after the World Champions won their first One-day International since June last year. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203329187/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:04 -0500 IANS http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203329187/cs/1/ McLaren star driver Jenson Button is looking forward to his seething rivalry with former World champion Kimi Raikkonen. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203328996/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:14 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203328996/cs/1/ Google is reportedly ready with a pair of heads-up display glasses that would let wearers see the world in a way similar to the cyborg played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 'Terminator' movies. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203328994/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:10 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203328994/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday cleared bowling action of Indian women's team fast bowler Snehal Pradhan. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203328984/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203328984/cs/1/ FIFA has ruled that the Iraq national team fielded an ineligible player in an Olympic qualifying match last November, and thus awarded a 3-0 victory to rival United Arab Emirates. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203327386/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:44 -0500 IANS http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203327386/cs/1/ The Central Intelligence Agency is expected to maintain a large clandestine presence in Iraq and Afghanistan after the withdrawal of conventional U.S. troops as part of the Obama administration plan t http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203327231/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:49 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203327231/cs/1/ Axed England captain John Terry is not retiring just yet from international football, a close source has revealed. http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203326951/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:30:34 -0500 ANI http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203326951/cs/1/ Syria's army pounded the rebel city of Homs on Wednesday as Turkey sought international action to protect civilians from former ally President Bashar al-Assad, a move that risks the wrath of ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338825/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:08:56 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338825/ Guinness World Records Guinness World Records announced that after an exhaustive search, Edith Ritchie and Evelyn "Evie" Middleton have officially been recognized as the world's ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338807/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:07:37 -0500 5 Channel Cincinnati http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338807/ Updated Feb 8, 2012 at 11:32 AM EST According to the Transportation Security Administration, a woman was arrested at a Buffalo Niagara International Airport checkpoint Tuesday morning after TSA ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340920/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:07:36 -0500 WKBW http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340920/ The fourth and final competition of the UAE leg of the regional qualifiers for the Showjumping World Cup begins today at the Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf club. As with the events in ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338854/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:03:03 -0500 The National http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338854/ DUBAI // Poor education standards in the Mena region were the main trigger for the Arab Spring, according to a World Bank official. Speaking this morning at a workshop in Dubai for Mena educators, ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338851/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:02:30 -0500 The National http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338851/ Knut Hammarskjold was a Swedish diplomat who served in Montreal for 18 years as the second executive director of the International Air Transport Association, which regulates the interests of most of ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340850/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:01:37 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340850/ It was in mid-January, 1995, that The Wall Street Journal dubbed Canada "an honorary member of the Third World" in an editorial that referred to ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338773/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:45 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338773/ PHOENIX, Arizona, February 8. THE February issue of Swimming World Magazine features a Q&A with Wayne State head coach Sean Peters. Peters led Wayne State to five NCAA DII individual and relays ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338813/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:59:04 -0500 Swimming World http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338813/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during a visit in Longjumeau, south of Paris, dedicated to housing policy, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012.(AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure/Pool) - ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340870/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:58 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340870/ SANAA, Yemen -; Security officials say five Yemeni prisoners have been killed in clashes after riots in a prison south of the capital as some tried to flee. The officials said the riots broke ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340871/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:54 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340871/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during a visit in Longjumeau, south of Paris, dedicated to housing policy, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012.(AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure/Pool) - ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340872/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:51 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340872/ TRIPOLI, Libya -; Libya has finalized a law to govern an election to choose a national assembly to draft a new constitution - a first step to setting up a new government after the ouster of ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340875/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:42 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340875/ FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 file photo, Israel's Meir Dagan, at the time Director of Mossad, the Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, takes part in a ceremony in ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340874/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:38 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340874/ PRAGUE -; Czech citizens will be able to choose their future presidents after a constitutional change approved Wednesday by Parliament that took the decision on who occupies the largely ceremonial ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340876/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:34 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340876/ A boy, right, runs alongside skaters who pass a windmill in Woudsend, northern Netherlands, Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012. Dutch troops are joining a race against time to prepare ice for a legendary ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340879/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:31 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340879/ in this undated citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, mourners gather around the bodies of people allegedly killed ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340878/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:27 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340878/ DAKAR, Senegal -; An opposition official in Senegal says police fired tear gas in a regional capital where the country's president was attempting to hold a campaign rally. Alioune Tine, the ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339679/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:22 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339679/ An Egyptian passes by a police checkpoint near the interior ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Egypt's ruling generals are playing a risky game of brinksmanship by cracking down ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339678/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:18 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339678/ BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -; Seven government officials in Kyrgyzstan are facing charges of allowing radioactive coal to be brought into the country and distributed to schools, an orphanage and a home ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340877/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:14 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340877/ BRUSSELS -; NATO has decided to extend an operation to protect the airspace of Baltic members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with fighter jets, officials said Wednesday. Carmen Romero, ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340881/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:07 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340881/ Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing at the end of a general audience he held in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI has called for prayers for the ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340880/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:04 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340880/ A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: --- ATHENS, Greece - The political leaders backing Greece's coalition government have ended ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340953/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:57 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340953/ A Maldivian army soldier, left, and policeman take cover as a supporter of Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned Tuesday from his post as Maldivian President, hurls back a tear gas canister thrown during a ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339680/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:55 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339680/ BBC News Wednesday, February 8, 2012 The EU is hurrying to develop a ';strategy for Unmanned Aircraft Systems';, which would see the existing very tough restrictions on the use of ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339116/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:52:10 -0500 Prison Planet http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339116/ As Greece pimps its ancient monuments to bring in the tourists, lovers of cultural heritage are up in arms. But the country is only doing openly what the whole of Europe is: looting historic sites ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340969/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:51:05 -0500 presseurop http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340969/ Brussels, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) The European Union plans to evacuate its citizens from Syrian territory and impose new sanctions on that Arab country, to force the government of President Bashar al ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338944/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:36 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338944/ Michelle Obama vs. Jimmy Fallon (NBC) If you’re a fan of talk shows where famous people talk to other famous people so that the second famous person can promote their latest whatever, then you ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338862/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:49:43 -0500 New York Observer http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338862/ Hamas's Gaza-based leadership challenges Palestinian unity deal Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud al-Zahar come out against key clause in Fatah-Hamas reconciliation deal in which Abbas would serve as ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337373/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:49:03 -0500 Haaretz http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337373/ Harsher IAEA report on Iran nuclear program expected next month Upcoming follow-up report apparently includes new details about efforts by Tehran to develop nuclear warheads for ground-to-ground ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337375/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:48 -0500 Haaretz http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337375/ Q: Are there websites where travelers are sharing their experiences and where I can get advice on international payment? A: There's a tremendous amount of discussion on websites and blogs from ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340864/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:42:27 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340864/ Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), the parent company of Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA), has been recognised as the leading global material handling equipment supplier for 2010-11 by ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338856/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:15 -0500 Manufacturers Monthly http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338856/ Premier-designate Najib Mikati met Caretaker Labor Minister Butros Harb on Thursday signaling the resumption of talks between the billionaire businessman and the March 14 forces.Mikati's ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338826/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:40:51 -0500 Lebanon-Today http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338826/ The international community must send a strong message of support to the Syrian people and send aid to residents of the city of Homs, under artillery attack by the Syrian military, Turkish Foreign ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338817/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:35:33 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338817/ Male - The ousted president of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean islands, said on Wednesday he had been forced out of power at gunpoint, prompting clashes between ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337382/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:56 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337382/ Atlanta - Mitt Romney acknowledged on Wednesday that his path to the Republican presidential nomination is not going to be easy after three shock losses to newly ascendant rival Rick ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337383/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:52 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337383/ Rescue workers arrive at the beach in Sabana de La Mar after retrieving more bodies from the ocean. Dominican officials are investigating the capsizing of an overloaded immigrant smuggling ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337384/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:48 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337384/ Amman - Syria's army pounded the rebel city of Homs on Wednesday as Turkey sought international action to protect civilians from former ally President Bashar al-Assad, a move that risks the ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337385/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:44 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337385/ London - Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee tour of Britain will criss-cross the kingdom over five months, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday as they released her ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337386/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:39 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337386/ Natural News February 8, 2012 (NaturalNews) The latest scam to enter the debate about so-called ';global warming'; involves spending billions of dollars to spray the atmosphere with tiny ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339828/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:37 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339828/ Baghdad - Iraq executed 14 convicted criminals on Tuesday, a Justice Ministry official said, bringing the number of executions this year to at least 65 despite objections from the United ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337387/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:34 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337387/ Ministry of Defence responded with an extraordinary degree of obstruction and obfuscation, evading questions not just for days but for weeks and months. The RAF’s own police examined the death ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340970/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:32 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340970/ The Maldives' ex-president Mohammed Nasheed (at podium) was injured Wednesday and briefly hospitalised after he was beaten by police during a ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337388/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:29 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337388/ Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday that the search for a way to end bloodshed in Syria should continue, including in the U.N. Security ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337391/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:20 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337391/ Warsaw - Hackers on Wednesday shut down Poland's Culture Ministry website, in a protest against a controversial internet anti-piracy treaty that has already sparked nationwide ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337390/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:15 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337390/ Male - The ousted president of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean island resort, said on Wednesday he was forced out of power at gunpoint and urged his successor to ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337392/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:11 -0500 IOL http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337392/ Kevin Shields (R), a Nokia senior vice president takes a video of himself with a photo of Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop during a press event last month. REUTERS photo Nokia said yesterday ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340888/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:43 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340888/ Russian Health Ministry said yesterday. Across Russia, temperatures ranged yesterday morning from minus 22 degrees Celsius in Moscow to minus 33 degrees Celsius in the Siberian region of Yakutia. ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340889/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:11 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340889/ General Motors is putting a new team in place to fix its troubled European operations, setting up the likelihood of more job cuts and even plant closings. When GM reports fourth-quarter earnings ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340947/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:00 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340947/ The Internet and mobile phones have opened up endless possibilities for free expression. But how best should we use this freedom? What limits should there be and what should be regulated by law? And ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338827/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:51 -0500 IFEX http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338827/ The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations for its 2012 Courage in Journalism Awards, which honour women reporters around the world whose work puts them in danger. ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340921/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:50 -0500 IFEX http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340921/ SAN FRANCISCO--Online retail titan Amazon will open its first real-world shop in just a few months, according to a blog devoted to news about electronic readers such as the popular ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338818/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:12 -0500 The China Post http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338818/ LONDON/HONG KONG--Markets were hopeful Wednesday that a long-awaited deal to allow Greece to claim its second bailout was near despite another delay to discussions between the country's ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338819/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:08 -0500 The China Post http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338819/ FRANKFURT, Germany -- With Europe sliding toward recession, the region's two main central banks are preparing to redouble their emergency measures aimed at softening the downturn and blunting ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338820/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:05 -0500 The China Post http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338820/ DAMASCUS: Syrian forces pressed a relentless assault on the protest city of Homs on Wednesday reportedly killing 50 civilians, hours after President Bashar al-Assad said he was committed to ending ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337349/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:03 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337349/ CAIRO: Egyptian judges probing alleged illegal foreign funding of non-governmental organisations accused domestic and foreign groups on Wednesday of illegally meddling in politics, further straining ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337350/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:59 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337350/ LONDON: A new specialist police unit tackling London gangs carried out hundreds of raids Wednesday, exactly six months on from the riots that hit the capital, arresting nearly 160 people.The 158 ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337352/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:55 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337352/ SARAJEVO: Helicopters ferried food and medicine to iced-in villagers Wednesday as Europe's 12-day-old cold snap tightened its frigid grip on the continent, where more than 400 have died as a ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337353/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:52 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337353/ MOSCOW: Russian leaders under fire for a UN veto Wednesday rejected outside interference in the Syrian conflict, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warning against behaving "like a bull in a ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337354/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:49 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337354/ MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people Wednesday in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu when he detonated an explosive-laden vehicle near the presidential palace, officials ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337355/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:46 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203337355/ Manama-Feb8-(BNA) Bahrain Art Society Honorary President and Interior Ministry Undersecretary for Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa today met Culture ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340919/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:50 -0500 Bahrain News Agency http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340919/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government intends to impose tough restrictions on private security companies to rein in what amounts to a "giant army" threatening the country's ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340856/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:02:46 -0500 The Star http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340856/ America's War in Iraq has finally ended, but the same can't be said about the United States' presence overseas. Iraqis are now outraged that the US is operating a fleet of ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338876/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:43 -0500 RT http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338876/ An American teenager who strangled and stabbed a nine-year-old neighbour because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone has been jailed for life.Alyssa Bustamante, 18, was 15 when she ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340942/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:28 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340942/ Scientists have reached Antarctica's largest icebound freshwater lake hidden for millions of years under miles of ice.A team from Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute reached ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340943/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:24 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340943/ After three days of delays Greek coalition leaders have begun crucial talks with the prime minister on steep cuts demanded in return for a vital financial bailout.Leaders of three parties backing ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338842/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:20 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203338842/ Here are a few details of the major investment deal coming soon between Canada and China, as well as a list of what CBC chief political correspondent Terry Milewski calls a "small blizzard of ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340909/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:25 -0500 CBC News http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340909/ Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, centre, at a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule Feb. 4. Nemtsov says Russia vetoed a UN resoluton against Syria to protect ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340908/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:23 -0500 CBC News http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340908/ The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports he is seeking U.S. asylum following a quarrel with one of China's most powerful local politicians. ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339659/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:19 -0500 CBC News http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203339659/ There were a total of 75 shark attacks worldwide in 2011, including 29 in the U.S. At Surf Beach, northwest of Los Angeles, warning signs were put up after a surfer was attacked. (Spencer ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340910/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:13 -0500 CBC News http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340910/ Russian researchers at the Vostok station in Antarctica pose for a picture after reaching subglacial lake Vostok. (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Press Service/Associated ... http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340911/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:11 -0500 CBC News http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203340911/