Syria conflict: Many dead in huge Damascus bombing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21529634
A car bomb in Damascus has sent smoke billowing across the capital's skyline, with at least 35 feared dead. State media blamed "terrorists" for the blast, in a central district near the headquarters of Syria's ruling Baath Party.
Oscar Pistorius bail hearing resumes in Pretoria
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2013/02/21/woman-asks-to-address-pistorius-bail-hearing
Daniel Howden, the UK Independent newspaper's Africa correspondent tweets: "Nel argues that whether or not #Pistorius knew it was Reeva he went to kill someone.
Trial Offers Rare Look at Work of Hezbollah in Europe
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syrian-rebels-warn-hezbollah-stop-fighting-for-assad-or-be-eliminated-from-lebanon.premium-1.504872
LIMASSOL, Cyprus - In a little-noticed trial in a small courtroom here on Wednesday, a 24-year-old man provided a rare look inside a covert global war between Israel and Iran, admitting that he is an operative of the militant group Hezbollah, for which he ...
Mexican security forces murdered dozens in the name of drug wars, HRW says
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/02/201322145554112603.html
Mexican security forces abducted and murdered dozens of people over the past six years in the name of the drug wars on cartels, according to Human Rights Watch.
Bulgarian Parliament Accepts Government's Resignation
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8CGpIyPOFkRTlGLTlmw6OJ7UOAA?docId=CNG.b57546d9aa12ec969e5cf47ffb487012.501
Bulgarian Parliament Accepts Government's Resignation. By MATTHEW BRUNWASSER and DAN BILEFSKY. Published: February 21, 2013. SOFIA, Bulgaria - The Bulgarian Parliament voted on Thursday to accept the government's resignation after a week ...
Can Israel Aid Syrian Refugees?
http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-9066.aspx
With newly confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry visiting Israel next week, and President Obama due there next month, what might a Prime Minister do to defuse and distract from the frustrating impasse on the Palestinian track?
Manhunt launched in India after three sisters aged five to 11 found dead in well
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/21/india-sisters-found-dead-well-suspected-rape
Police have launched a manhunt for men suspected of the rape and killing of three sisters, aged five to 11, in the latest case of sexual violence to grip India.
3 British men convicted in terrorist bomb plot
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282251/BREAKING-NEWS-Three-men-guilty-plotting-terror-bomb-plot-bigger-July-7-atrocities.html
LONDON (AP) - Three young British Muslims were convicted Thursday of plotting terrorist bomb attacks that prosecutors said were intended to be bigger than the 2005 London transit bombings.
Spain PM demands 'definitive' break-up of ETA
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/spains-rajoy-wants-growth-but-with-austerity/article8897645/
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insisted Thursday on the "definitive disbandment" of the Basque separatist group ETA, after one of its former leaders voiced regret for victims of its attacks.
Germany's Merkel not involved in Italian election: Monti
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/germany-s-merkel-champions-eu-u-s-trade-deal-1.1165611
ROME | Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:23am EST. ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti rowed back on Thursday from comments suggesting that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had expressed opposition to his political rivals on the center-left days ...
Water tested after BC woman found in LA hotel tank
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/02/21/hotel-body-water.html
A maintenance worker at the Cecil Hotel found the body earlier in the day after guests complained of low water pressure. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (Nick Ut/Associated Press).
Blast Kills 1 in Pakistani City of Peshawar
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/21-Feb-2013/1-killed-18-injured-in-peshawar-blast
Pakistani officials say one person has died and several more were wounded when a bomb went off at a market in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
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