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12 February 2012 - 10:48 am NZ time
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- More Sun staff arrested in corruption probe
- Eight people have been arrested in Britain as part of an investigation into corrupt payments made to police and public officials.
- Military hospital boss shot in Damascus
- The head of a Syrian military hospital has been killed in the capital Damascus in an attack by armed terrorist groups, according to the state news agency.
- Greece warns rebel lawmakers to back bailout
- The Greek government has told rebellious lawmakers that failure to back a deeply unpopular European rescue package in parliament will send the nation down an unknown, dangerous path to default and international economic isolation.
- Iran set to announce nuclear progress
- Iran's leader says important and major nuclear achievements will be announced in the next few days.
- Egypt marks one year since Mubarak overthrown
- Egypt has marked the first anniversary of the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak with rallies and speeches.
- Crowds cheer return of Aung San Suu Kyi
- Crowds of cheering supporters in rural Myanmar have turned out to welcome opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she campaigns in by-elections scheduled for later this year.
- Myanmar monk released again
- A monk in Myanmar, also known as Burma, who was one of the leaders of anti-government protests in 2007, has been released after briefly being detained again by the authorities.
- Argentina accuses UK of militarising Falklands region
- Argentina has accused the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, amid rising tension over British activity near the Falkland Islands.
- Hacker group says it disabled CIA website
- The website of the Central Intelligence Agency is inaccessible after the hacker group Anonymous claims to have knocked it offline.
- Security compounds targeted in Syria's second city
- Rebels and government forces are blaming each other for two bombings of Syria's second city of Aleppo that killed 28 people and injured at least 235.
- Greek cabinet approves draft austerity bill
- The Greek cabinet has finally approved a draft bill committing the country to economic reforms amid resignations from the coalition government.
- Luther King memorial repair will "scar it for life"
- The executive architect for the newly-opened Martin Luther King memorial in Washington says repairs to correct a quotation on the monument will end up "scarring it for life".
- Atheist wins lawsuit against council prayers
- An atheist in Britain who objected to his town council holding religious prayers as part of its meetings has won a lawsuit against the practice.
- Gaddafi son threatens to lead uprising
- One of the sons of former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has threatened to lead an uprising against the north African country's transitional authorities.
- Italian banks downgraded
- International agency Standard and Poor's has lowered its credit rating for 34 Italian banks.
- Ferry survivors suffer stomach pain after swallowing oil
- A church worker looking after survivors of a ferry disaster in Papua New Guinea says many are dealing with stomach pain after swallowing oily seawater.
- Greece must cut further to earn bailout billions
- Eurozone finance ministers have set out three conditions which they say need to be met before they can give Greece €130 billion in bailout funds.
- UK bomb plotters jailed
- Nine men who plotted to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp have been sentenced to prison in Britain.
- 1942 US mutiny documents uncovered in Queensland
- An Australian historian has uncovered hidden archive documents which reveal that African American troops used machine guns to attack their white officers in a siege on a US base in north Queensland in 1942.
- 300 now feared dead in PNG ferry sinking
- It is now feared that more than 300 people lost their lives in the ferry sinking in Papua New Guinea.
- NASA to cut exploration programme
- Scientists say US space agency NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars.
- Chinese mayor urges brevity in one-hour speech
- The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is considering banning officials from giving long speeches at meetings.
- Lawyer advises against liner offer
- An American lawyer says Costa Concordia passengers should not accept anything less than $US100,000 in compensation from the owner of the liner.
- Embassy employees expelled
- Germany is expelling four employees of the Syrian embassy.
- Drugs seized by troops
- The Mexican army has seized 15 tonnes of methamphetamines on a ranch in the western state of Jalisco. Production equipment was also seized.
- Drugs found in juice cartons
- Police in New South Wales have seized more than $A25 million worth of drugs hidden inside juice cartons and $A300,000 in cash in north Sydney.
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