## [2012-02-3](/feed/2012/02/3/index.md)

##### Bahrain
### [Thousands of Bahrainis hold a peaceful protest in Manama calling for political reform and release of political prisoners. ](/feed/2012/02/3/thousands-of-bahrainis-hold-a-peaceful-protest-in-manama-calling-for-political-reform-and-release-of-political-prisoners.md)
##### Chris Huhne
### [Chris Huhne, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, resigns after the Crown Prosecution Service announces it will bring charges against him and his wife over claims she accepted penalty points on her driving licence for speeding on his behalf. ](/feed/2012/02/3/chris-huhne-the-united-kingdom-s-secretary-of-state-for-energy-and-climate-change-resigns-after-the-crown-prosecution.md)
##### Sexual abuse crisis
### [The Archdiocese of Milwaukee faces 550 abuse claims in bankruptcy proceeding. The archdiocese has asked the court to dismiss up to 95% of the claims, saying that they are excluded by the statute of limitations or because the alleged molesters were not priests. ](/feed/2012/02/3/the-archdiocese-of-milwaukee-faces-550-abuse-claims-in-bankruptcy-proceeding-the-archdiocese-has-asked-the-court-to-dis.md)
##### Lance Armstrong
### [US Federal prosecutors drop an investigation of cycling champion Lance Armstrong for alleged use of performance enhancing substances. ](/feed/2012/02/3/us-federal-prosecutors-drop-an-investigation-of-cycling-champion-lance-armstrong-for-alleged-use-of-performance-enhancin.md)
##### Major general
### [Major General Michael Linnington orders a court martial for US Private Bradley Manning responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to Wikileaks. ](/feed/2012/02/3/major-general-michael-linnington-orders-a-court-martial-for-us-private-bradley-manning-responsible-for-leaking-hundreds.md)
##### Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
### [The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia increases the sentence of Kang Kek Iew, or Duch, to life for running the Tuol Sleng prison camp under the Khmer Rouge. ](/feed/2012/02/3/the-extraordinary-chambers-in-the-courts-of-cambodia-increases-the-sentence-of-kang-kek-iew-or-duch-to-life-for-runnin.md)
##### Passenger train
### [At least three people die and 50 are injured after a passenger train derails in the Kamrup district in India's Assam state. ](/feed/2012/02/3/at-least-three-people-die-and-50-are-injured-after-a-passenger-train-derails-in-the-kamrup-district-in-india-s-assam-sta.md)
##### Australian
### [Thousands of Australians are evacuated in northern New South Wales and Queensland due to rising floodwaters with parts of Queensland declared as a disaster area. ](/feed/2012/02/3/thousands-of-australians-are-evacuated-in-northern-new-south-wales-and-queensland-due-to-rising-floodwaters-with-parts-o.md)
##### Papua New Guinea
### [An official from Papua New Guinea's maritime safety authority estimates that 100 people were trapped aboard the ferry Rabaul Queen which sank off the northeast coast yesterday. ](/feed/2012/02/3/an-official-from-papua-new-guinea-s-maritime-safety-authority-estimates-that-100-people-were-trapped-aboard-the-ferry-ra.md)
##### U.S.
### [In the United States, employers added over 240,000 jobs in the month of January and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3%, the lowest percent in three years. ](/feed/2012/02/3/in-the-united-states-employers-added-over-240000-jobs-in-the-month-of-january-and-the-unemployment-rate-dropped-to-83.md)
### [Stocks rise sharply in the United States following positive jobs information with the Nasdaq Composite reaching its highest level since 2000 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearing levels last reached in 2008. ](/feed/2012/02/3/stocks-rise-sharply-in-the-united-states-following-positive-jobs-information-with-the-nasdaq-composite-reaching-its-high.md)
##### Hungarian
### [Hungarian airline Malév ceases operation as its aircraft are grounded due to unpaid debts. ](/feed/2012/02/3/hungarian-airline-malev-ceases-operation-as-its-aircraft-are-grounded-due-to-unpaid-debts.md)
##### Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
### [The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights claims that more than 100 people have been killed in shelling in the city of Homs. ](/feed/2012/02/3/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-claims-that-more-than-100-people-have-been-killed-in-shelling-in-the-city-of-hom.md)
##### Pakistani troops
### [Seven Pakistan Army soldiers are killed and three others wounded following a Taliban attack in the Kurram Agency. ](/feed/2012/02/3/seven-pakistan-army-soldiers-are-killed-and-three-others-wounded-following-a-taliban-attack-in-the-kurram-agency.md)
##### Egypt
### [Five people are killed and 1,700 injured in clashes resulting from the incident in Port Said. ](/feed/2012/02/3/five-people-are-killed-and-1700-injured-in-clashes-resulting-from-the-incident-in-port-said.md)
### [Nearly 400 people are injured in similar protests in Cairo. ](/feed/2012/02/3/nearly-400-people-are-injured-in-similar-protests-in-cairo.md)
##### Insurgency in the North Caucasus
### [Insurgency in the North Caucasus: The Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov orders his subordinates to halt attacks on the civilian population of Russia, while leaving military and security personnel as legitimate targets.](/feed/2012/02/3/insurgency-in-the-north-caucasus-the-chechen-rebel-leader-doku-umarov-orders-his-subordinates-to-halt-attacks-on-the-ci.md)
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