http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news Scottish News | World News | Herald Scotland Copyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reserved 2012-02-10T07:40:04Z http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/carnage-in-homs.16670704 THE shells started raining down around 8pm on Friday night. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/syrian-embassies-under-attack.16670745 As news of the bloodshed in Homs reverberated around the world yesterday, angry scenes erupted outside Syrian embassies and diplomatic missions. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/new-sense-of-unease-three-decades-after-island-conflict.16666596 WITH just weeks to go until the 30th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands islands (or Malvinas) on April 2, 1982, the run-up is being greeted not with historical curiosity but with the sound of sabres being rattled. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/thousands-gather-at-putin-protests.16666608 Tens of thousands of Russians braved the bitter cold in Moscow yesterday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while thousands of others staged a rally supporting the prime minister. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/rebels-close-in-on-major-target.16666614 Heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal yesterday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two weeks of clashes. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/anc-ruling-to-end-malema-career.16666627 ARULING South African African National Congress appeals panel yesterday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into disrepute. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/130bn-bailout-hangs-in-balance.16666659 THE government in Athens made another push yesterday to make a deal with foreign lenders on a €130 billion bailout. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/stage-and-screen-star-dies-aged-81-x.16670687 ACTOR Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions, died of pancreatic cancer in a Manhattan hospital on Friday, his lawyer said yesterday. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/insurgent-convoy-struck-in-somalia.16670699 KENYA'S military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October, a Kenyan army officer said yesterday. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/cairo-riots-death-toll-rises-to-eight.16670702 THE number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight yesterday, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in the capital Cairo. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/civilian-death-toll-continues-to-rise.16666604 More than 3000 civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2011, the fifth year in a row the figure has risen, the UN said yesterday. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/minister-evades-corruption-trial.16666606 India's beleaguered government won some relief yesterday when a court threw out a corruption case against one of its top ministers ahead of crucial state elections next week. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/duke-in-falklands-tour-row.16654729 The Duke of Cambridge last night arrived in the Falklands amid simmering tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/clashes-in-cairo-at-soccer-tragedy-protest.16658766 Egyptians incensed by the deaths of 74 people in soccer violence clashed with the country's security forces yesterday, as a state of emergency was declared by the Government. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/diplomatic-shift-offers-real-hope-for-somalia.16655047 BEING appointed Britain's new ambassador to Somalia could easily feel like the diplomatic equivalent of being a Second World War soldier sent to the Russian front. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/74-killed-in-riot-at-egyptian-football-match.16649301 SEVENTY-FOUR people were killed and at least 1000 injured in clashes after a football match in the worst disaster of its kind in Egypt. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/republicans-search-for-anyone-but-romney-or-gingrich.16607104 Fidel Castro called it "the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been," and as the Republican nomination contest rolls into Florida, it is surprising how many conservatives agree with him. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/imf-warns-of-cuts-risk-to-growth.16610183 THE head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that inappropriate spending cuts could "strangle" growth prospects. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/riots-over-wades-third-term-bid.16610226 VIOLENCE has erupted in Senegal after the country's top court let President Abdoulaye Wade run for a third term in office. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/rebels-shoot-14-at-polling-station.16610228 REBELS in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur are believed to have shot and killed at least four people in an attack on a polling station. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/greek-budget-takeover-planned.16610230 A PLAN leaked from the German government proposes that an EU "budget commissioner" should take control of Greece's finances. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/fire-at-centre-for-addicts-kills-26-x.16610245 AFIRE at a drug rehabilitation centre in the Peruvian capital, Lima, has killed at least 26 people. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/writers-defend-journalists-rights.16610288 A GROUP of Nobel laureates have taken out an advert in a Mexican newspaper calling for an end to attacks on journalists in the country. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/islamist-sect-claims-responsibility-for-bombings.16547963 THE Islamist sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for co-ordinated bomb attacks on security forces and ensuing gun battles in the north Nigerian city of Kano that killed at least 160 people on Friday. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/another-body-found-as-costa-concordia-death-toll-rises-to-12-x.16548125 ANOTHER body has been found in the partially submerged Costa Concordia which capsized off the coast of Italy last week, bringing the known death toll to 12. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/bid-to-extend-arab-leagues-syria-mission.16547864 ALMOST a year after Syria was plunged into violent and almost incomprehensible internecine conflict the world seems to have washed its hands of the problem after the Arab League observer mission admitted it had failed to make any headway. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/occupy-gets-organised.16547874 WHEN New York's Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, ordered the eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from their camp in November, he framed it as a public safety issue. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/gingrich-goes-on-offensive-against-romney.16547878 TO stand a chance of being the Republican nominee to take on Barack Obama in this year's presidential election, Newt Gingrich had to win the South Carolina primary. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/westerner-taken-by-pirate-gang.16547961 Gunmen kidnapped a Western foreigner in central Somalia's Galmudug region yesterday. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/taliban-recruits-afghan-soldier.16547900 THE Taliban said yesterday it had recruited an Afghan soldier who shot dead four French soldiers a day earlier, raising fears the militant group had managed to deepen its infiltration of the country's struggling security forces.