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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Lebanon - uncovers Syrian 'plot' to kill journalists. Syrian army chiefs could be tried by War Crimes Court

Published on Feb 23, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ The Syrian city of Homs remained under fire for a 20th consecutive day on Thursday as Lebanese intelligence reports show the Assad regime is deliberately trying to kill Western journalists.

Officials in Lebanon said they interecepted calls in which Syrian army chiefs allegedly discussed how they would claim reporters had been killed in crossfire.

The reports said there were direct orders to attack a makeshift media centre in Homs in which two western journalists were killed and three others wounded.

Europe - Greek growth targeted by European Investment Bank

Published on Feb 23, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ The European Investment Bank has started an effort to help Greece's economy to grow by channelling one billion euros of European funds to the country

The money, in the form of new loans, will go to infrastructure projects focused on the energy and transport sectors.

At a conference in Athens, the head of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer said Greece's road to recovery will be long and difficult.

Russia - Thousands turn out for Putin in Moscow

Published on Feb 23, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Moscow's vast Lushniki stadium was packed to the rafters on Thursday as outgoing prime minister Vladimir Putin held one of his biggest presidential election rallies.

With the vote on the horizon on March 4th the polls say he is on course to win, despite the strong opposition to another Putin reign in the Kremlin.

Putin said the meaning of the rally was clear and simple:

Russia - Tougher laws for 2012 election law requiring two webcams, a computer, modem & UPS for online monitoring

Published on Feb 23, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ March's presidential elections will have much stronger checks and balances at polling stations than before, with a law requiring two webcams, a computer, modem and UPS for online monitoring of the vote at each polling station.

Some are calling it the 'virtualisation' of the election, with officials reading out results to camera in order to minimise disputes in an operation that is costing nearly half a billion euros.

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RTVE.es lanza su aplicación optimizada para 'tablets' Android

Uploaded by rtve on Feb 22, 2012

La aplicación para Android de RTVE.es la tienes en : https://market.android.com/details?id=rtve.tablet.android

Cada segundo se descargan en España unas 16 aplicaciones para móviles y tabletas. Es un sector en auge y calculan que en los próximos 4 años el tráfico en Internet a través del teléfono será 18 veces mayor que el actual. Eso sí, dicen los expertos que seremos más selectivos y buscaremos programas que faciliten la vida diaria.

USA - ABC World News Now: Webcast: George Huguely Sentenced to Prison

Uploaded by ABCNews on Feb 23, 2012

Thursday's top stories: including George Huguely's conviction for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love.