Cairo: Arabs will end their observer mission to Syria and will ask the UN Security Council to send an international peacekeeping force to end the bloodshed there, according to a draft resolution obtained on Sunday. Arab ministers met in Cairo to revive diplomatic efforts after Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution that called for President Bashar al-Assad to step aside.

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press Sunday, February 12, 2012 '); Comment(s)RecommendTwitterLinkedinRead LaterEmailPrintText Size: +| -Share ROME (AP) - Underwater pumping operations began Sunday to remove some of the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the Costa Concordia, officials said, nearly a month after the cruise ship ran aground off Tuscany. After nearly two weeks of delays because of rough seas and bad weather, the

CARDIFF (Reuters) - Wales overcame a sluggish start to crush an error-prone and ill-disciplined Scotland 27-13 in the Six Nations on Sunday and make it two wins from two. Fullback Leigh Halfpenny scored two tries and kicked 12 points and wing Alex Cuthbert also touched down for the hosts as the Scots, who had more than held their own in the first 40 minutes, paid the price for having two players sin-binned at the Millennium Stadium.

There have been fears of a fuel leak from the stricken liner Pumping to remove more than 2,300 tonnes of diesel from the grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship has started, Italian officials have said. It began on Sunday afternoon, nearly a month after the ship hit a reef and capsized off the island of Giglio. The process had been delayed by both the search and rescue operation and bad weather, prompting fears of a leak into the protected waters off the island.

Image Caption: Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby attends the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo (reuters_tickers) By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Angus MacSwan CAIRO/AMMAN (Reuters) - Arab ministers stepped up diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria on Sunday and Saudi Arabia advocated giving all forms of support to opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. At a Arab League meeting in Cairo, Tunisia said it would host the first

Article | February 12, 2012 - 6:41pm A compressor station of the Jamal-Europe gas pipeline in Nesvisg, Minsk region, Belarus. | |EPA/MAXIM MALINOVSKY Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Montenegro have launched feasibility studies for the South Stream gas pipeline project.

Arab League calls on UN security council to send monitors to Syria as it decides to scrap its own mission to country Tweet this Share reddit this Reuters guardian.co.uk, Sunday 12 February 2012 17.20 GMT Article history About this article Close Syria unrest: Arab League urges joint UN-Arab peacekeeping mission This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 17.20 GMT on Sunday 12 February 2012.

Jennifer Buley February 12, 2012 - 17:55 Three years after call for ban, doctors continue to profit by performing 'virginity restoration' procedure on young Danish women Doctors can earn as much as 12,000 kroner from performing the controversial procedure (Photo: Colourbox) Young Danish women with immigrant backgrounds - most of them Muslim - continue to flock to private clinics across the country to have their 'virginity' restored for a few thousand kroner.

(CNN) - Wales went to the top of rugby union's Six Nations Championship with a 27-13 win over Scotland Sunday at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. It was the second straight victory for the Welsh, who beat Ireland 23-21 in their opener in Dublin. They next face England, who have also won their first two matches, at Twickenham where a victory will give them the Triple Crown. Scotland, beaten by England at Murrayfield last weekend, battled to hold Wales to 3-3 at halftime.

By Malcolm Kelly, CBC Sports Canada's Amelie Lacoste smiles through her free skate on Saturday at the Four Continents meet in Colorado Springs.