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 diplomat for a Western nation tha... (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 countries had seen a reduction in... (photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca) Energy Europe Photos Weather Wikipedia: Cold wave Top Stories 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 The Guardian Police kill two in Egypt clashes | Egyptian police have shot and killed two protesters in Suez, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a socce... (photo: AP) Egypt Photos Police Protesters Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution The Guardian Khmer Rouge chief jailer gets life in prison | PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Khmer Rouge tribunal's Supreme Court has ordered the regime's chief jailer to serve life imprisonment, a surprise ruling that stiffens... (photo: AP / Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) Cambodia Court Crimes Photos Wikipedia: Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia
