## [2012-02-9](/feed/2012/02/9/index.md)

##### Baltasar Garzón
### [Spain's best-known judge Baltasar Garzón, who helped arrest Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and was charged with attempting to investigate Franco-era crimes against humanity, is banned from the legal profession for 11 years, without appeal, for illegal wire-tapping. ](/feed/2012/02/9/spain-s-best-known-judge-baltasar-garzon-who-helped-arrest-chilean-dictator-augusto-pinochet-and-was-charged-with-attem.md)
##### Stephen Harper
### [Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper goes on an official visit to China, meeting with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Vice-Premier Li Keqiang. The two countries sign trade deals worth over $3 billion. ](/feed/2012/02/9/canadian-prime-minister-stephen-harper-goes-on-an-official-visit-to-china-meeting-with-president-hu-jintao-premier-wen.md)
##### New Zealand
### [The New Zealand Department of Building and Housing issues a report saying that the CTV Building that collapsed during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake killing 115 people did not meet relevant building standards when it was built in 1986. ](/feed/2012/02/9/the-new-zealand-department-of-building-and-housing-issues-a-report-saying-that-the-ctv-building-that-collapsed-during-th.md)
##### Australian
### [Another 6000 Australians in northern New South Wales are expected to become isolated over the next few days as a result of flood waters including residents of Goodoga and Lightning Ridge. ](/feed/2012/02/9/another-6000-australians-in-northern-new-south-wales-are-expected-to-become-isolated-over-the-next-few-days-as-a-result.md)
##### Eastman Kodak
### [Eastman Kodak Co. announces that it will no longer make digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in an effort to save money during bankruptcy. ](/feed/2012/02/9/eastman-kodak-co-announces-that-it-will-no-longer-make-digital-cameras-pocket-video-cameras-and-digital-picture-frames.md)
##### Greek government debt crisis
### [Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the Euro Group, gives the Hellenic Parliament a deadline of Sunday to pass legislation. ](/feed/2012/02/9/jean-claude-juncker-the-president-of-the-euro-group-gives-the-hellenic-parliament-a-deadline-of-sunday-to-pass-legisla.md)
### [Talks continue in order to resolve the debt crisis with a tentative agreement made. ](/feed/2012/02/9/talks-continue-in-order-to-resolve-the-debt-crisis-with-a-tentative-agreement-made.md)
##### U.S. Department of Defense
### [The United States Department of Defense issues new guidelines removing restrictions on use of women in combat. ](/feed/2012/02/9/the-united-states-department-of-defense-issues-new-guidelines-removing-restrictions-on-use-of-women-in-combat.md)
##### Syria
### [Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, condemned the "appalling brutality" of the operation with estimates as high 110 people dead today. ](/feed/2012/02/9/ban-ki-moon-the-secretary-general-of-the-united-nations-condemned-the-appalling-brutality-of-the-operation-with-esti.md)
### [Syrian Army troops continue to pour into Homs as part of the latest offensive, with scores of civilians and anti-government protesters reported as having been killed in the past day. ](/feed/2012/02/9/syrian-army-troops-continue-to-pour-into-homs-as-part-of-the-latest-offensive-with-scores-of-civilians-and-anti-governm.md)
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