• Euromaidan:
  • Violent clashes occur for a second day between protesters and police in Kiev, Ukraine. (BBC News)
• Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon:
  • A bomb detonates at a Hezbollah building in Beirut, Lebanon killing four people and wounding 35. (AP via USA Today)
• War in North-West Pakistan:
  • Pakistani military aircraft bomb suspected Taliban hideouts killing 25 militants in North Waziristan. (India Today)
  • A bomb rips through a bus full of Shi'ite pilgrims in western Pakistan killing at least 22 people. (Reuters)

• For the first time in the history of digital currency, two Las Vegas casinos begin to accept Bitcoin. (Forbes)

• A polar vortex bears down on the east coast of the United States cancelling thousands of flights and creating dangerously cold conditions. (USA Today) (USA Today²)

• Twenty-six people convicted of terrorism charges are hanged in Iraq. (AP via USA Today)
• A man is killed in a shooting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. A suspect is in custody. (CNN)
• One of the founders of Los Zetas drug cartel, Rogelio González Pizaña, is sentenced to 16 years in prison. (La Jornada)
• Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife are indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly receiving various financial benefits from a businessman seeking favors from the state government. (Fox News)

• The Government of Thailand declares 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding provinces from tomorrow as anti-government protests continue. (BBC News)

• The US National Academy of Sciences found that pollution from China’s manufacturing industry drifts across the Pacific Ocean and affects US cities. (ABC Online)