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US & CANADA 7:11pm

Blizzard leaves US northeast reeling

Obama declares state of emergency in Connecticut

US & CANADA 6:52pm

Obama targets jobs and growth

State of the union address to focus on middle class

The A-List US must do more than focus on deficit
Edward Luce Obama must face the rise of the robots

EUROPE 7:21pm

Horsemeat scandal reverberates across Europe

Paris to hold emergency meeting with meat industry

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 6:37pm

Venezuelan devaluation sparks panic

Shoppers rush to stock up after bolívar’s latest fall

Global Insight from US & CANADA 4:22pm

Panetta exposes Obama’s Syria dilemma

US must either turn its back on nation or arm some rebels

Features spotlight

As China celebrates lunar new year, it faces a delicate urban balancing act

Global insight

Castro & Chavez

The leaders of Cuba and Venezuela may be fading, but their charisma lets their regimes endure

EUROPE 4:51pm

Tbilisi clashes delay president’s speech

Saakashvili calls talks with opposition premier as tensions erupt

Madrid Protest

EUROPE 4:18pm

Spanish sentiment belies scandal and woe

Appetite for country’s debt returns

In depth Spain financial crisis
FT Long Short
Global Insight Rajoy scandal threatens political rupture

ASIA-PACIFIC 8:12am

China ushers in frugal year of the snake

Beijing has called for less conspicuous spending

Locals take in the view of the city of Doha

©Getty MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 4:41pm

Global deals put Qatar debt in spotlight

Financing structures are rarely made public

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 4:23pm

Tunisian PM’s cabinet hit by resignations

Three members of president’s party quit Hamadi Jebali’s government

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John Feinblatt (R) and Jonathan Mintz (L) celebrate after marrying with their daughters Maeve (BOTTOM-L) and Georgia at Gracie Mansion on July 24, 2011 in New York City. The longtime partners work at City Hall for Mayor Bloomberg who officiated the wedding; today was the first day gay couples were allowed to legally marry in New York state

Attitudes towards same-sex marriage have changed but homosexuals may find life outside the west dangerous

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Daniel Garrahan reports on Mali’s difficult path to stability

World Weekly

Gideon Rachman

The Italian elections could be the most important in 30 years

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Fireworks illuminate the skyline to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake in Beijing, China

©Getty Chinese communities welcome the ‘Year of the Snake’

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