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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 France, Italy and Spain republish the controversial pictures in defiance of widespread Muslim protests in the Middle East and elsewhere. (BBC News)
- 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)