Saturday, 04 February 2012 16:50
Greece has only one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, its finance minister has said, warning that talks were "on a knife edge".
Europe

Greece has only one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, its finance minister has said, warning that talks were "on a knife edge".

More than 200 people have been killed across Europe and Bosnia has declared a state of emergency as temperatures plummeted to new lows amid forecasters' predictions that the week-long cold snap could intensify.

The US Defence Secretary has reassured European allies that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways for alliance members to maintain its capabilities at lower cost.

Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the Russian capital to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power, a month before he stands in presidential elections.

The death toll from the week-long freezing weather across eastern Europe has risen to 123, while at least 11,000 villagers remain trapped under heavy snow and blizzards in the Serbian mountains.

The founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has attended the second and final day of his hearing at the British supreme court, as part of his appeals against his extradition to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes.

At least 43 people have died in the past five days in Ukraine in a cold snap that has brought temperatures down to minus 33 degrees Celsius, causing chaos across swathes of southern and eastern Europe.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appealed to Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday not to extradite him to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes, a move that could push his anti-secrecy website further towards oblivion.

Argentina has accused Britain of militarising a sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands, expressing anger over a UK decision to send a warship and the country's future king to the islands.

Four British men allegedly inspired by the words of a US-born Muslim religious leader have pleaded guilty to involvement in a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange at Christmas time in 2010.
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