MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 7:33pm

US puts pressure on Assad to quit

Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria

Clinton vows to tighten sanctions

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 5:00pm

Iran softens line on cutting oil to Europe

Retreat influenced by need for hard currency, analysts say

Heavy overnight falls over UK From UK 6:12pm

Big freeze brings snow to Europe

Hundreds dead as temperatures plunge across eastern Europe

ASIA-PACIFIC 4:23pm

China’s police ill-equipped to combat unrest

Structural problems exposed by protests and rising crime rate

Julius Malema AFRICA 2:18pm

ANC upholds Malema suspension

Youth leader has thrown spotlight on poverty and unemployment

EUROPE 4:12pm

Spain’s new Socialist leader attacks Church

Rubalcaba threatens to reverse privileges granted to Vatican

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