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At midday today Benedict XVI appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square.

“The Great Game” was the euphemism the British used when referring to their strategic rivalry with the Russian empire that played out in Afghanistan in the 19th century.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota of Brazil at the Security Council

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt

During a coup d'etat led by General Muhammed Naguib, Egyptian army tanks and field guns are drawn up in front of the royal Abdin Palace, in Cairo, on July 26, 1952. Appointed Premier Ali Maher Pasha issued an ultimatum to King Farouk I, forcing the Egyptian monarch to abdicate.

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby addresses the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, 10 February 2011

United States Marshal Cathy J. Jones announces the 100th homicide arrest since the inception of the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) in May of 2006. SOFAST arrested 33 year-old Anton Denson of Cincinnati, Ohio. Denson is accused in the shooting death of Devon Heard during a home invasion robbery in the 3000 block area of Park Avenue on December 14 of 2010. Denson was arrested during a felony traffic stop near the intersection of Montgomery Road and Woodward Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Denson was booked into the Hamilton County Justice Center.

Iranian opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, has said that a planned demonstration in favour of the protests in Egypt and Tunisia in Tehran next week would be a test for both the Iranian government and its opponents.