http://edition.cnn.com/?eref=edition CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. en-us © 2012 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:57 EST 10 http://edition.cnn.com/?eref=edition http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif 144 33 CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?eref=edition Attacks in Homs, Syria's third-largest day, continue for the fifth straight day, as President Bashar al-Assad escalates a brutal assault against opposition forces. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:04 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/meast/syria-homs-scene/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/meast/syria-homs-scene/index.html?eref=edition Bodies begin coming in before the sun has risen, and there is no surgical equipment to treat the wounded. A Syrian doctor tells of the daily ordeal of being unable to fix broken people. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:58:21 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/africa/libya-syria/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/africa/libya-syria/index.html?eref=edition Libya is expelling Syria's diplomats because of the escalation of the government's crackdown on its people, Libya's Foreign Ministry announced Thursday. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:37:18 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/syria-germany-expulsion/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/syria-germany-expulsion/index.html?eref=edition Germany is expelling four members of the Syrian Embassy, citing the arrest this week of two men suspected of spying on Syrian opposition groups in Germany, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a statement released Thursday. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:06:09 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/asia/china-parenting-video/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/asia/china-parenting-video/index.html?eref=edition A video of a toddler crying while running in the snow nearly naked has sparked a firestorm in China, but the boy's father says the exercise was meant to strengthen his son. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:09:27 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/americas/venezuela-chavez-challengers/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/americas/venezuela-chavez-challengers/index.html?eref=edition When an opposition candidate challenged Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to a debate last month, his reply was "aguila no caza mosca" -- "the eagle doesn't hunt the fly." Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:05:19 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/asia/maldives-unrest/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/asia/maldives-unrest/index.html?eref=edition A tense calm reigned Thursday morning in the streets of Male, the capital of the Maldives, a day after the country's former president and his supporters clashed with the police. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:52 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/europe-cold-snap/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/europe-cold-snap/index.html?eref=edition As Ukraine suffers in the grip of a brutal winter, the country's ambulance service is inundated with calls for help. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:19:58 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/uk-phone-hacking/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/uk-phone-hacking/index.html?eref=edition Voice mails left by Paul McCartney for his then-girlfriend Heather Mills were illegally accessed and heard by a former employee of a major British newspaper group, Mills told an independent investigation into press ethics Thursday. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:18:11 EST http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/spain-judge-convicted/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/europe/spain-judge-convicted/index.html?eref=edition Spain's best-known judge will be suspended for 11 years from the bench after his conviction Thursday for improperly ordering wiretaps while investigating a financial corruption case, the nation's Supreme Court ruled. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:47:06 EST