| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Doctor in Homs: We're all waiting to die | | The bodies begin coming in before the sun rises to the sky. Some arrive with heads decapitated or their torsos split open like animals after slaughter. Or their limbs are mangled under the crush of rubble. |
| Deep freeze overloads Ukraine EMS | | Suffering in the grip of a brutal winter where temperatures have not risen above freezing in nearly a month, Ukraine has seen a wave of deaths related to the cold, and the country's ambulance service is inundated with calls for help. |
| 126 reported killed as attacks escalate | | A Syrian opposition group reported as many as 126 deaths at the hands of government forces Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad escalated a brutal assault against an opposition that wants an end to his regime. |
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