23rd Feb 2012 Romney jabs at Santorum's record
Rick Santorum, left, finds that his position on top of the polls makes him the biggest target in the CNN U.S. Republican presidential debate....

22nd Feb 2012 World seeks to stem Syria killing
Thirty five people are reported killed in Syria, including two Western journalists, as world leaders try to put pressure on Bashar al-Assad's regime to halt the brutal crackdown....

23rd Feb 2012 Dozens killed in wave of attacks in Iraq
At least 20 people were killed and 68 wounded in a number of explosions and shootings across Baghdad Thursday morning, Iraqi police said....

23rd Feb 2012 Pakistan bus stand blast kills 12
An explosion at a bus stand killed 12 people and injured more than 30 others Thursday in northwest Pakistan, police said...

22nd Feb 2012 Obama signs payroll tax cut deal into law
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the agreement passed by Congress last week to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while preventing a cut in payments to Medicare doctors....

22nd Feb 2012 Dozens killed in Argentina train crash
At least 49 people were killed and more than 600 people injured when a train plowed into a platform at a Buenos Aires station, state media reports....

23rd Feb 2012 Australian PM calls for leadership vote
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will put her future in the hands of her Labor Party parliamentary colleagues next Monday, she told reporters Thursday in Adelaide....

22nd Feb 2012 U.S. envoy meets N. Korean officials
A U.S. envoy is meeting with North Korean officials in Beijing on Thursday to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear program, the first such talks since the death of the longtime leader Kim Jong Il....

22nd Feb 2012 5 dead in Afghan Quran burning protest
Demonstrators burned tires and threw rocks outside a NATO military base in Kabul on Wednesday, as protests continued for a second day after troops burned copies of the Quran....

22nd Feb 2012 Chavez 'to go to Cuba' for surgery
Speculation and messages of support surged in Venezuela Wednesday, a day after President Hugo Chavez announced he would travel to Cuba for surgery....