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http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/
The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
Syria artillery onslaught on Homs
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-16902819
The fiercest attack yet - involving heavy artillery - rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns.

'Lone wolf' terror threat warning
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16920643
The UK could face a growing threat from "lone wolf" terrorists returning from fighting overseas in the next few years, a think tank warns.

Prince leads Dickens celebrations
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16914295
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will lead global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth later.

MPs demand law against stalking
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16915557
A new law making stalking a specific offence is needed in England and Wales to stop harassment ending in violence, MPs and peers have said.

Israel condemns Fatah-Hamas move
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-16918834
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace.

Radical cleric Qatada given bail
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16914401
Radical cleric Abu Qatada is granted bail following a hearing at the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission.

Italy acts on Russia gas shortage
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16919998
Italy activates emergency measures to conserve gas supplies as freezing weather continues to grip the country and much of Europe.

Obama: 'I deserve a second term'
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-16913174
President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%.

Accounts 'expose Treasury flaws'
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16918110
The Treasury is criticised for the way it monitors government spending and manages risk, in an MPs' report.

Ian Paisley admitted to hospital
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16911310
The former first minister and leader of the DUP, Ian Paisley, has been admitted to hospital.

Super Bowl prompts Twitter record
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-16918780
A new record for activity on Twitter during a sports event was set during the 2012 Super Bowl, with more than 10,000 messages sent per second, Twitter says.

'Invader' drives ladybird decline
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16916726
Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.

Trendnet flaw hits home net cams
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-16919664
Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including live video from children's rooms.

Skydiver planning 36km record bid
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16908004
Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year.

Jurassic cricket's song recreated
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16878292
The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists.

Capello actions dismay PFA chief
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16905818
Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers' Association, calls Fabio Capello's criticism of the FA's decision to oust John Terry as England captain "bizarre and disappointing".

Football only unsold 2012 sport
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/16915638
1.5 million football tickets remain available for London 2012 after the sport is identified as the only discipline which has not sold out its allocation

Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16784407
Luis Suarez returns after a lengthy ban but cannot inspire Liverpool to victory as they share a goalless draw with Tottenham.

Empty shop numbers 'set to rise'
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16908136
The number of empty shops on the UK's high streets is set to increase this year, a survey says, as economic conditions get tougher.

Greece says lender talks 'tough'
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16900700
Greece holds further talks with its international lenders, as the debate on more austerity measures continues.

EMA replacement 'failing young'
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-16911875
A report suggests poor young students are dropping out of college because the government's bursary scheme is "inadequate".

Contest to boost reading for fun
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-16911992
The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy.

GMC guidance on assisted suicide
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16914285
The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue.

Spoon-fed babies 'end up fatter'
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16905371
Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe.

Education 'risk factors' listed
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/education-16906435
A study suggests a quarter of today's UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development.

Dickens 'beyond' modern children
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16896661
Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.

Ofcom wants Openreach price cut
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-16905703
Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines

Transplant jaw made by 3D printer
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-16907104
An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.

Mars co-operation near collapse
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16906740
US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.

Race to drill into Antarctic lake
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16907998
Russian scientists are attempting to beat US and British rivals to be first to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake.

Fassbender scoops Standard award
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16915165
Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British film awards for his roles in sex addiction drama Shame and Jane Eyre.

Madonna 'brassy' at Super Bowl
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16904511
Madonna "rose to the occasion" to give "a shot of female brass" to the Super Bowl in her 12-minute half-time show, reviewers say.

The moment a princess became a queen
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16795006
Princess Elizabeth was enjoying a brief break from her royal duties in Kenya when she learnt that her father, George VI, had suddenly died, and she was now Queen Elizabeth II.

Living outside the hearing world
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16855655
Cochlear implants offer some deaf people the chance to have a "sensation of sound". So why would deaf teenagers choose not to have it?

Online safety fears due to cuts
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-16833527
Work to stop children falling victim to abuse and bullying could be hampered by police cuts, the Police Federation chairman says.

Bid for timber-fall deaths payout
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-16911837
Relatives seek compensation for a boy orphaned when his parents were killed by timber falling off a lorry.

Gers Whyte may have lied to court
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16912365
BBC Scotland uncovers evidence which suggests Rangers owner Craig Whyte may have lied in court.

Concern over Lockerbie report law
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16915256
A new bill which could aid publication of a secret legal report on the Lockerbie bomber may fail to work properly, it is claimed.

Man on officer murder bid charges
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16913091
A 41-year-old Lurgan man appears in court charged with attempting to murder two police officers.

'Barbaric' hunting dogs kill cat
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16910946
A Kircubbin woman has called for the hunting laws in Northern Ireland to be changed after her cat was killed by dogs from the North Down hunt.

Race suggestion in Awema attack
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-politics-16909562
Criticism of a charity facing allegations of financial irregularity is racially motivated, its chair suggests.

Suicide bombs ruled out by group
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16909307
A group of men decided against becoming suicide bombers because they wanted a "long-term future" as terrorists, a court is told.

Somalia moves to evict squatters
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-16910628
Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.

China worker found dead in Sudan
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16920970
The body of a Chinese worker who fled a camp in Sudan when rebels attacked has been found, says China, while 29 kidnapped workers are still missing.

Search on for Philippine missing
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16920797
Search and rescue efforts are continuing for survivors of a 6.7 magnitude quake that shook the central Philippines on Monday, leaving at least 15 dead and 44 missing.

Deaths in Lahore factory collapse
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16901719
An illegal medicine factory collapses in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people and leaving many trapped, officials say.

Romania spy chief 'to be new PM'
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16905151
Romania's intelligence service chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu is nominated as prime minister after Emil Bloc resigns amid widespread austerity protests.

Contador given two-year drug ban
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/16905217
Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.

Troops and police clash in Brazil
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-16918771
Brazilian troops clash with police striking over pay and conditions in the state of Bahia, as they try to remove them from the state assembly.

Brazil sells control of airports
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16914685
The Brazilian government privatises operations at three airports as part of moves to upgrade transport links ahead of the World Cup.

Syria assault enters fourth day
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-16920922
An assault by the Syrian army on the restive city of Homs enters its fourth day as Russia's foreign minister is due in Damascus for talks.

US and Israel 'in unison' on Iran
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-16900705
The US is working closely with Israel to use diplomacy to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama says.

Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-16920866
Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a court case arguing that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.

US tightens Iran bank sanctions
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-16914690
US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.

In pictures: Snowy Sunday
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16895290
Much of UK with several inches of snow

Super Bowl photos
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/american-football/16901698
New York Giants beat New England Patriots

In pictures: Making charcoal from Liberian rubber trees
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-16598389
Making make use of old rubber trees in Liberia

Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-16831662
News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February

The Queen: 60 photographs for 60 years
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-16859661
Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne

In pictures: Venice in Solitude
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-16831749
Haunting views of Venice's waterways

Where the Titanic was born
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16840275
Drawing offices where Titanic was designed

Day in pictures: 3 February 2012
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/in-pictures-16868826
24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012

VIDEO: House of Commons
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9693000/9693494.stm
Foreign Secretary William Hague has hit out at Russia and China's veto of a recent UN Security Council resolution on Syria, describing the decision as "a betrayal of the Syrian people".

VIDEO: Queen given 'time warp' performance
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16915864
The Queen has visited a school in Norfolk as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

VIDEO: Big freeze tightens grip on Europe
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16919924
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe have tightened their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.

VIDEO: The day Elizabeth became Queen
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16903196
Sixty years ago today King George VI died and his 25-year-old daughter Princess Elizabeth became Queen.

VIDEO: Northbound A1 closed in N Yorkshire
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16910101
A 25-mile stretch of the A1 northbound in North Yorkshire has been closed after a series of accidents in icy conditions early on Monday.

VIDEO: Norway gunman appears on camera
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16920035
The man accused of Norway's worst mass killing has appeared on camera for the first time since the crime.

VIDEO: Heathrow flights hit by weather
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16905643
The Independent's Simon Calder explains why Heathrow airport was so badly affected by the severe weather on Sunday.

VIDEO: Lahore factory collapses in gas blast
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16904167
A factory building has collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore, with many people including child workers feared trapped, officials say.

VIDEO: Sending news from Afghanistan
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16872252
BBC Scotland's Cameron Buttle gives a behind the scenes look at a British army base in Afghanistan.

When did the middle finger become offensive?
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16916263
When did the middle finger become offensive?

VIDEO: Dickens's London: Prison to the pub
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16800690
The prison, the pub and other landmarks that influenced author

Moving from penguins to profiles
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-16836318
How do we keep our web-savvy children safe online?

Why spend 15 hours a week cutting coupons?
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16537076
Why spend 15 hours a week cutting up newspapers?

How realistic are TV cop shows?
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16905102
How realistic are police shows on television?

Climate consensus cracking open - or not...
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16906738
Why climate sceptics claim they've cracked the consensus

Multinationals feel spurned by government
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16906556
Why biggest firms in UK feel let down by the government

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