UN general assembly backs call for Assad to quit

United Nations general assembly
Russia and China oppose resolution which backs Arab League plan to oust Syrian president

GM posts record profit of $7.6bn

GMC trucks at a General Motors dealership in Los Angeles
General Motors shrugs off European woes to post highest profits on record in the first full year since the auto bailout

US immigration agent shot dead

Police cars at the scene of the shooting in Long Beach, California
Man shot and injured fellow agent before being killed in further gunfire at Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Long Beach

Mexico's 'No More Weapons' plea

Felipe Calderón unveils the 'No More Weapons' advertising board
Billboard with letters made from crushed weapons unveiled as President Felipe Calderón urges US to stop flow of weapons

'Underwear bomber' gets life in jail

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in a courtroom drawing
Judge orders life in prison for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up plane bound for Detroit

NYT's Shadid dies in Syria

Anthony Shadid, the Pulitzer prize winning New York Times journalist
Double Pulitzer winner apparently suffered asthma attack while reporting on resistance to Syrian regime

Greece claims EU bailout deal is close

Hopes rise that fresh €130bn will be agreed to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debts

Heartland 'fights back' over file leak

Thinktank behind efforts to discredit climate change launches fundraising drive on back of row over leak

Amanda Knox agrees $4m book deal

Amanda Knox
Knox, 24, who was convicted but then acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher to give 'full and unflinching account'

Honduras victims 'burned up in cells'

Survivors accuse guards of ignoring cries for help as rescuers begin to try to identify some 358 bodies

Karzai confronts Pakistani leadership

Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan's president expresses frustration with the country he accuses of harbouring the Taliban during a visit to Islamabad

Recovery threatens Romney's appeal

Improving economic news gives Mitt Romney more problems in the Republican primaries

Best of the rest

Close encounter of the robonaut kind

Robonaut facing off with an astronaut suit in the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas
Nasa's humanoid shows a firm grip of etiquette with international space station handshake

Why not a Napoleon theme park?

Napoleon on Horseback at the St Bernard Pass by Jacques-Louis David
Agnès Poirier: Although le petit caporal was at times a monster, he did more for the world than Disney

GOP debates: posing the question

Republican debate candidates
Jay Rosen: By studying the 20 GOP presidential debates, we can better see if the questions are the ones voters want to hear

The nine quirkiest questions

Rick Perry at the GOP debate
There have been some strange moments over the last 20 debates involving the GOP candidates. Here are our favourites

On the Guardian today

Santorum strikes a populist tone

Rick Santorum in Detroit
Santorum has a working-class appeal to go with his faith – and that has made him the favourite in Michigan, reports Paul Harris

Why The Descendants should win

The cast of Alexander Payne's The Descendants
Paul MacInnes opts for heartbreak in paradise as he argues the case for Alexander Payne's The Descendants at the Oscars

The US police chief sent to Bahrain

John Timoney police chief
John Timoney gained a reputation for cracking down on protests in the US. Now he's bringing his controversial talents to Bahrain

Sports

Manchester United ease past Ajax

Manchester United's Ashley Young shoots to put his side 1-0 up at Ajax in the Europa League
Ashley Young and Javier Hernández scored for Manchester United in their 2-0 defeat of Ajax in the Europa League

NBA round-up: Linsanity, All-Stars

Fans of New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin
Hunter Felt: The Jeremy Lin phenom; just how bad are the Charlotte Bobcats; and who should play for the NBA All-Stars

US women's boxing trials underway

Claressa Shields in action at US Women's Olympic Boxing Trials in Spokane
Graham Parker:The best US boxers are in Washington state aiming for the London 2012 Olympics

What's next for Peyton Manning?

Peyton Manning
NFL: Jim Irsay says Peyton Manning can stay with the Colts, but the QB still looks likely to move. We run through his options

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