News 02/21/2012
The US commander of Nato troops in Afghanistan apologises over reports that foreign troops have "improperly disposed" of copies of the Koran ... (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's fourth-quarter profit came in just short of Wall Street's expectations, sending its shares down 2.6 percent, as it cut prices to win over U.S. shoppers during the ... The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas ... A prison fire in Honduras that killed 360 inmates was accidental and may have been started by a discarded cigarette, officials say ... Philosophical differences between the top two Republican presidential candidates are becoming starker as Rick Santorum drives harder on religious and social issues that Mitt Romney rarely discusses ... The jury pool for the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man was cut Tuesday after the judge reviewed ... Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich dangled the prospect Monday of gas as low as $2 a gallon if he's elected ... Ed Sheeran and Florence and the Machine are among the artists on the red carpet ahead of the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena in London ... Singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran has predicted that Adele will "clean up" at Tuesday night's Brit Awards, following on from her success at the Grammys ... Rebel-held areas of the central Syrian city of Homs are coming under intense bombardment from the Syrian army ... | 
