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1 February 2006 (Wednesday)
- Governor of West Virginia Joe Manchin asks for a stoppage in coal mining following two more coal mining deaths in the state that saw fourteen people die in coal mining disasters in January. (CNN).
- The controversy surrounding the Muhammad cartoons escalates as newspapers in Germany, Italy and Spain republish the controversial pictures in defiance of widespread Muslim protests in the Middle East and elsewhere.
- The Latin American TV station Telesur, backed by the Venezuelan government, has signed a co-operation agreement with the Arabic channel al-Jazeera. (BBC News)
- Shares in Google fall dramatically after the company reported profits below Wall Street estimates. $12 billion in market value was lost. (AP)