Portal:Current events/2011 February 1

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy
  • The owner of China's fourth-most visited website, Sohu.com Inc, posted a better-than-estimated 41 percent gain in profit after the company raised prices and boosted services such as video sharing. (China Daily)
  • A court in London bars the oil company BP from entering into a planned joint venture and share swap with Rosneft, a state-controlled Russian company. (Reuters)

Disasters

International relations

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Science