Sunday, January 30, 2011

Lawlessness on Egypt's streets, Mubarak clings on (Reuters)

Lawlessness on Egypt's streets, Mubarak clings on (Reuters)


Lawlessness on Egypt's streets, Mubarak clings on (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:07 AM PST

Egyptian soldiers sit on top of an armoured vehicle in Cairo January 29, 2011.REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - Looted stores, burned out cars and the stench of blazing tyres filled the streets of Cairo as day broke on Sunday, with President Hosni Mubarak clinging to office and security forces struggling to contain looters.


Tunis shopkeepers turn against protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 10:04 AM PST

Tunisian riot police gestures at his comrades during clashes after they stormed a protest camp outside the prime minister's office in Tunis January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Desperate to return to work after weeks of protests brought Tunis to a standstill, shopkeepers armed with sticks and knives guarded the entrance to the covered market on Saturday and pushed back a small gang of protesters.


At least 8 dead in head-on German train collision (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:34 PM PST

Reuters - At least eight people have died in a head-on train collision in eastern Germany, with some 35 injured, authorities said Sunday.

Jordanians rally against corruption and poverty (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:16 AM PST

Reuters - Jordanian activists rallied outside government offices Saturday as they tried to step up their campaign to force Prime Minister Samir Rifai to step down.

Scandals Shake Germany's Faith in its Military (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST

Time.com - A series of scandals involving Germany's military has prompted aninquiry into leadership structures and training practices. But is theBundeswehr's reputation tarnished beyond repair?

Train crash in Germany kills 10, injures 33 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:32 AM PST

Rescue workers stand in front of an overturned train after a train crash in Hordorf near Oschersleben, eastern Germany, Sunday morning, Jan 30, 2011.  The head-on train crash killed several people and injured more than 30 people.  A passenger and a cargo train crashed head-on near Hordorf village, close to Saxony-Anhalt's state capital Magdeburg, and several train cars derailed and overturned, a spokesman for the district's firefighters said. (AP Photo/dapd, Ronny Hartmann)AP - A head-on train crash in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely, local firefighters said Sunday, and police feared the death toll could rise.


Iraqis watch Egypt unrest with sense of irony (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:02 AM PST

Iraqi men watch Egyptian anti-government protesters on TV in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Iraqis who have long suffered from the high unemployment, poverty and endemic corruption at the core of the unrest spreading in the Arab world said Saturday that their own government should take notice. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqis who have long suffered from high unemployment, poverty and endemic corruption — the catalysts of unrest spreading in the Arab world — called on their own government to take notice.


Violence, scandal mar governor's race in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:06 AM PST

A woman walks at the Papagayo's beach in Acapulco, Mexico,  Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Voters in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located, will pick a new governor next Sunday. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Corruption scandals, political violence and the drug war shadow Sunday's gubernatorial election in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, home to the resort city of Acapulco and a cartel battleground.


Netanyahu urges restraint over Egypt unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:08 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel must exercise responsibility and restraint in the face of unrest in Egypt and hoped that stability and peaceful ties with Cairo would last.

Nepalese gamblers arrested in casino raids (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:29 AM PST

Nepalese police stand guard in Kathmandu in November, 2010. Police in Kathmandu said Sunday they had arrested five Nepalese men during evening raids on casinos reserved for foreign tourists.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)AFP - Police in Kathmandu said Sunday they had arrested five Nepalese men during evening raids on casinos reserved for foreign tourists.


Cyclones to hit flood-weary Australia (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:01 AM PST

Water from recent flooding is seen submerging a town in Australia. The flood-shattered nation is bracing for further downpours as two tropical cyclones hammered toward the devastated northeast, threatening further misery for already inundated towns.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Flood-shattered Australia braced for further downpours on Sunday as two tropical cyclones hammered toward the devastated northeast, threatening further misery for already submerged towns.


Cairo protesters: 'We’re staying here until Mubarak leaves.' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:09 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A day after massive demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak turned into raging battles with police, protesters remained on the streets of Cairo Saturday, confident that they could force the ouster of the president even as he sought to pacify them by appointing a new government.

Egypt's Turmoil: The Army's OK with the Protesters, for Now (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST

Time.com - But the military can't quite do all the work of the despised and now dispersed police force -- and will the Army always refrain from firing on the people?

Egypt's crackdown on protesters evokes Iran's heavy hand in 2009 unrest (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:12 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Egyptians say their growing protest against the 30-year-rule of President Hosni Mubarak was sparked by the Tunisia uprising that toppled another veteran authoritarian leader two weeks ago.

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