Sunday, January 23, 2011

Shooting probe pledged as protests target Tunisia PM (Reuters)

Shooting probe pledged as protests target Tunisia PM (Reuters)

Shooting probe pledged as protests target Tunisia PM (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:54 PM PST

Tunisian protesters stand in front of the prime minister's building during a demonstration in Tunis, January 21, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Tunisian protesters demanded the departure of the embattled prime minister on Saturday, and an investigator promised to uncover the interior ministry's role in this month's shooting of scores of unarmed demonstrators.

Provisional results show South Sudan votes to secede (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:00 AM PST

Reuters - Provisional results from South Sudan's referendum show that almost 99 percent of voters have chosen independence, the referendum commission's website said on Sunday after 98.7 percent of the votes had been counted.

Cowen resigns as party leader but remains Irish PM (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 01:37 PM PST

Reuters - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen bowed to pressure from members of the Fianna Fail party on Saturday and resigned as its leader, but said he would serve as premier until a March 11 election.

Portugal to re-elect president, boost for reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 05:12 PM PST

Reuters - Portugal was poised to re-elect President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday in a vote expected to reinforce the country's determination to cut its budget deficit and avoid an international bailout.

Tunisia's Police: Old Symbols of Oppression Join the Revolution (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST

Time.com - Just days ago, many Ben Ali loyalists were leading the anti-revolution charge. Now they're switching camps and celebrating with the citizens.

New DNA experts named in Knox murder appeal (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:14 AM PST

US Amanda Knox smiles during her appeal trial in Perugia's courthouse on January 22. Knox has gone before an Italian court in her bid to overturn a conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher with new experts reviewing key forensic evidence.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - An Italian court on Saturday appointed independent experts to review key forensic evidence used to convict Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

Police: Flurry of car bombs kill 8 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:00 AM PST

Iraqi policemen guard a mobile checkpoint in central Baghdad. Car bombs killed six people and wounded 30 in and around Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi interior ministry official said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - A flurry of morning bombs killed eight people and wounded 33 across Baghdad Sunday, police said, in what one Iraqi official called an attempt to undermine security ahead of a much anticipated meeting of Arab heads of state in two months.

Soldiers kill 10 gunmen in northern Mexico clash (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:47 PM PST

File photo shows marines manning a checkpoint in Apatzingan, Michoacan State, Mexico. Ten alleged drug cartel members have been killed in a clash with Mexican soldiers in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, which borders the United States, the Mexican army has said.(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)AP - Soldiers patrolling a rural area on the border with Texas killed 10 suspected drug gang gunmen at a training camp, Mexico's Defense Department said Saturday.

Police, demonstrators clash in Algerian capital (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 11:35 AM PST

Riot police face demonstrators outside the opposition Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) party's headquarters in Algiers. Algerian police clashed with pro-democracy protesters in the capital on Saturday, leaving multiple casualties, as they blocked a march on parliament that had fuelled fears of Tunisia-style unrest.(AFP)AFP - Algerian police clashed with pro-democracy protesters in the capital on Saturday, leaving multiple casualties, as they blocked a march on parliament that had fuelled fears of Tunisia-style unrest.

China's new stealth fighter may use US technology (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:17 AM PST

FILE - In this March 28, 1999 file photo, Yugoslav army experts check the wreckage of a downed American F-117 aircraft, in the village of Budjanovci, 45 km (30 miles) northwest of Belgrade. Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter - and some of the technology it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself - in the form of a U.S. jet that was shot down over Serbia in 1999. (AP Photo/Vladimir Dimitrijevic Tanjug)AP - Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority — and some of its technology, it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself.

Union gives Canadian National strike notice (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 07:03 AM PST

Reuters - A union representing about 4,000 workers at Canadian National Railway Co, the country's biggest rail carrier, have given notice they will strike on Tuesday unless they agree on a new contract.

Australian honoured for Afghanistan battle (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:49 AM PST

This handout photo released by Australia's Department of Defence on January 23, shows Australian Corporal Mark Donaldson (L) congratulating Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith at Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne, outside Perth. Roberts-Smith, who stormed Taliban machine-gunners to save his platoon with no concern for his own safety was awarded the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.(AFP/HO/ADD)AFP - An Australian commando who stormed Taliban machine-gunners to save his platoon with no concern for his own safety was on Sunday awarded the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.

How Tunisia's Once-Suppressed Islamists Are Re-Emerging (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST

Time.com - Ben Ali pummeled them into submission but secular Tunisia's Islamists are shaking off their fears and eager to participate in politics and elections
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