February 04 News International

Saturday 04 February, 2012.

TOP STORY US economy growing strong, recovery speeding up: Obama US President Barack Obama has said country's economy is growing strong and recovery is speeding up. HEADLINES Dozens hurt in clashes over Yemen vote: activists Armed clashes between supporters and opponents of a presidential election in Yemen left dozens of people wounded in the main southern city of Aden, activists from both sides said today. Rajapaksa says 'imported solutions' won't work in Sri Lanka  With differences over a political solution hampering Sri Lanka's efforts to resolve the Tamil issue, President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said participation in a parliamentary panel and not an "imported solution" was the way to heal the ethnic woes. Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault  Syrian forces unleashed a barrage of mortars and artillery on the battered city of Homs on Saturday, killing more than 200 people in what appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said. Clinton had constructive talks with Lavrov onSyria  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the contentious issue of the Syria unrest, after Moscow rejected a fresh UNSC bid to seek an end to the political crisis under the Bashar al-Assad regime. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES 13 killed in coal mine explosion inChina  US asks citizens to avoid gatherings in Pakistan