Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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Day of uncertainty begins with gunfire in Egypt

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:03 PM PST

In a way, the events of the past week may have been a prelude to what could happen in Egypt on Thursday.

Powerful cyclone slams into flood-hit Queensland

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:00 PM PST

More than 170,000 homes are without power in Queensland after a massive cyclone slammed into the already flood-ravaged northern Australian state, according to the emergency services minister. Some areas could be without power for weeks.

Protests start in Yemen, despite concession from president

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:51 PM PST

What seemed like hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered near Sanaa University in Yemen's capital early Thursday morning, a clear indication that many in the country were not satisfied with President Ali Abdullah Saleh's recent announcement that he would not seek re-election.

Singapore PM: Reproduce in Year of Rabbit

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:49 PM PST

As Singaporeans usher in the Year of the Rabbit, Singapore's prime minister hopes citizens will follow the fertile animal's example and reproduce.

Asia welcomes Year of the Rabbit

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:46 PM PST

The Year of the Rabbit began Thursday -- the first day of the lunar new year -- with most stock markets and businesses across Asia closed.

Travel headaches ease, but some passengers still stranded

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:30 PM PST

Chicago airports expect to return to a more normal schedule Thursday as the massive storm that dumped about two feet of snow across the region exited the United States.

As protestors clash, Egyptian military's idleness raises questions

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:08 PM PST

The fiery, bloody clashes between demonstrators in Cairo -- with soldiers watching with seeming indifference -- is an apparent maneuver by the Egyptian military to raise popular support for their intervention and the old guard police state, analysts say.

Who are the pro-Mubarak demonstrators?

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:53 PM PST

For more than a week, opponents of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak had the upper hand in Cairo, protesting with near impunity in the face of police and an army that did little to stop them.

'The Daily' and iPad: A revolution in reading?

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:37 PM PST

With its glossy touch screen and adaptable content, Apple's iPad is reviving longer-form reading, according to a recent report.

Inside the numbers: The frustrations of a generation

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:30 PM PST

Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old unemployed college graduate from Tunisia, began a fruit and vegetable stand to earn a living. But he did not have a permit.

Ex-official: FBI hunting for 3 men who may have links to 9/11 attacks

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:18 PM PST

The FBI is hunting for three mysterious Qatari men who might have ties to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a former law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation said.

Foreigners scramble to get out of Egypt as protests turn violent

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:08 PM PST

American citizens who want to leave Egypt on a U.S. government flight should report to the airport as soon as the nightly curfew ends, according to official Twitter messages from the Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs.

Bitter cold, power outages follow in wake of massive winter storm

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:55 PM PST

While snow from a massive winter storm system continued to fall Wednesday night in parts of the Northeast, millions in the Midwest were left to dig themselves out, brave dangerously frigid temperatures and cope with sporadic power outages.

New York City Council votes to ban smoking in parks, on beaches

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:53 PM PST

The city that never sleeps is moving closer to becoming the city that never smokes, or at least the city that highly restricts it.

U.S. Army probing its mistakes with Manning

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:03 PM PST

Even as the U.S. military investigates Pfc. Bradley Manning, it's also been looking at its own department.

Obama signs documents for new nuclear arms treaty with Russia

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:46 PM PST

President Barack Obama signed ratification documents for America's new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia on Wednesday, clearing the way for the two powers to put the landmark accord into effect.

Senate Democrats block GOP bid to repeal health care law

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:31 PM PST

Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a Republican effort to repeal the health care law passed last year.

Vision test offers rare, early glimpse of concussion

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:31 PM PST

For an injury that is largely invisible, it is no small irony that a new test to detect concussion involves the eyes.

U.S. hopes for quick end to violence in Egypt protests

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:23 PM PST

President Barack Obama and his administration "strongly condemn the outrageous and deplorable violence that's taken place on the streets of Cairo today" and want it to end quickly, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.
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