Red Cross negotiating in besieged HomsVideo image of injured Edith Bouvier, 23 Feb 2012

The Red Cross starts evacuating women and children from part of the besieged Syrian city of Homs after talks with authorities, officials say.


Afghan demonstrators shout anti-US slogans during a protest against Koran desecration in KabulAfghan Koran protests reach deadly peak

At least 12 people are killed as protests continue for a fourth day across Afghanistan over the burning of Korans at a US air base.

Dutch Prince Constantijn, Queen Beatrix, Prince Johan Friso's wife Mabel and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander (L-R) arrive at the University Hospital in Innsbruck, 24 FebruaryDutch prince 'may never wake up'

Dutch Prince Johan Friso, injured in an avalanche last week, is in a coma and may never regain consciousness, doctors treating him in Austria say.

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