Argentina train crash: 50 killed, nearly 700 injured

Agence France Presse, Thursday February 23, 2012, Buenos Aires

Desperate families were searching for loved ones on Thursday after a massive train crash in Buenos Aires killed 50 people, injured nearly 700 and left dozens trapped for hours in the wreckage.

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Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to electoral fraud

Associated Press, Thursday February 23, 2012, Manila

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge on Thursday at the opening of a landmark trial.

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Quran burning: Taliban urge Afghans to attack Westerners

Reuters, Thursday February 23, 2012, Kabul

The Taliban urged Afghans on Thursday to target foreign military bases, and beat and kill Westerners in retaliation for burnings of copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.

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Car bomb kills 12 at Pakistani bus station: police

Agence France Presse, Thursday February 23, 2012, Peshawar

A car bomb ripped through a Pakistani bus station on Thursday, killing 12 people and wounding another 32 on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar, a hospital doctor said.

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Santorum takes heavy fire in Arizona Republican debate

Reuters, Thursday February 23, 2012, Mesa

Rivals piled criticism on U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a testy debate on Wednesday, attempting to blunt his surprise surge at a pivotal period in the Republican race.

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49 killed, 550 injured as train slams into station in Argentina

Associated Press, Wednesday February 22, 2012, Buenos Aires

A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades. Federal Police Commissioner Nestor Rodriguez says the dead include 48 adults and one child.

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Was Einstein wrong- or was the cable loose?

Reuters, Thursday February 23, 2012, Geneva/ Chicago

The world of science was upended last year when an experiment appeared to show one of Einstein's fundamental theories was wrong - but now the lab behind it says the result could have been caused by a loose cable.

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Protests erupt over journalists' killing in Syria

Associated Press, Thursday February 23, 2012, Beirut

Syrian activists and Lebanese journalists burned the Russian flag at a rally in downtown Beirut on Wednesday evening, in protest over the deaths earlier in the day of two foreign journalists in the besieged Syrian city of Homs.

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Tony Blair's wife sues Rupert Murdoch over UK phone hacking

Associated Press, Thursday February 23, 2012, London

The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair is suing Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company over phone hacking, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

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West slams Syria over killing of journalists

Agence France-Presse, Thursday February 23, 2012, Paris

Western powers condemned Syria on Wednesday for the killing of two foreign journalists, with Washington slamming the regime's "shameless brutality" and Paris demanding an immediate end to attacks. American war correspondent Marie Colvin of Britain's Sunday Times and freelance French photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in the city of Homs in what activists said was shelling by President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

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