Al Jazeera Greece faces 'deadline to clinch bailout' | Greece has only one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, its finance minister has said, warning that talks were "on a knife ed... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) Debt Finance Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government debt crisis my SA Bison slaughter planned if migration occurs | BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park administrators plan to capture and ship to slaughter potentially hundreds of wild bison if they migrate into Montana this winter in a bid to reduce... (photo: WN / Marzena) Montana Photos Weather Wikipedia: Bison Wild Winter Top Stories The New York Times Record Number of Afghan Civilians Died in 2011, Mostly in Insurgent Attacks, U.N. Says | KABUL, Afghanistan — A record number of Afghan civilians were killed in the conflict here last year, the majority at the hands of the Taliban and other insurgent ... (photo: USMC / Cpl. Bryan Nygaard) Afghanistan Nato Photos War Wikipedia: Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001present) Jakarta Globe More than 220 dead as big freeze grips Europe Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten it... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Europe Photos Snow Weather Wikipedia: Snow France24 Deadly clashes as anger with Egypt military boils over | AFP - A second day of clashes with Egyptian police left five more people dead as anger against the ruling military boiled over amid fury at the recent deaths of 74 peop... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) Egypt Photos Police Protests Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution The Guardian UN council meeting Saturday to consider Syria | ANITA SNOW | Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will meet Saturday morning to take up a much-negotiated resolution on Syria, said a dip... (photo: UN / John McIlwaine) Diplomats Photos Syria UN Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising BBC News Freezing Europe hit by Russian gas shortage Freezing weather sweeping across Europe has led to a shortage of vital Russian gas supplies to several countries, officials say. | An EU energy spokeswoman said eight cou... (photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca) Energy Europe Photos Weather Wikipedia: Cold wave BBC News Vote rigging fears ahead of Russian poll Thousands are set to protest in Moscow against fraud in Russia's recent parliamentary election. With a month to go before a presidential poll in which Vladimir Putin trie... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze) Election Photos Protest Russia Wikipedia: 2011 Russian protests The Guardian Filipino troops still searching for terrorist | JIM GOMEZ | Associated Press= MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A day after proclaiming the death of a top regional terrorist suspect in a U.S.-backed airstrike, the Philipp... (photo: AP / Nickee Butlangan) Death Philippines Photos Troops Wikipedia: Abu Sayyaf The Guardian Syria: over 200 dead after 'massacre' in Homs | Observers claim deaths came after shelling by security forces on eve of UN vote on removal of Bashar al-Assad Houses apparently damaged during a military crackdown on p... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Deaths Photos Protests Syria Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising BBC News Obama urges Congress to 'keep recovery going' US President Barack Obama challenged Congress to keep the economic recovery going as new data showed unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years. | The unemployme... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Congress Economy Photos US Wikipedia: Barack Obama BBC News Hubble snaps stunning barred spiral galaxy image The Hubble space telescope has captured an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way. | Most of the known spiral galaxies f... (photo: NASA / ESA /Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration) Galaxy Photos Science Space Wikipedia: Spiral galaxy BBC News Cold weather death toll passes 100 in Ukraine More than 100 people have now died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government has announced in Kiev. | Most of the 101 who died were hom... (photo: AP / Photomig) Europe Photos Ukraine Weather Wikipedia: Winter storm
