Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Egypt protesters call for push to eject Mubarak (Reuters)

Egypt protesters call for push to eject Mubarak (Reuters)

Egypt protesters call for push to eject Mubarak (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:45 AM PST

A protester gestures as others gather around army vehicles at Tahrir Square in Cairo February 6, 2011, to prevent the army from moving towards the square and placing barbed wires. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - Protesters called for a push on Tuesday to eject President Hosni Mubarak from power after the government conceded little ground in talks with the opposition and tried to squeeze demonstrators out of central Cairo.

U.S official's fate may threaten U.S., Pakistan ties: diplomat (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:21 PM PST

Pakistani police officers and others offer funeral prayers of their colleague was killed in a roadside bomb blast, in Peshawar, Pakistan Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle has killed an officer and wounded others, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)Reuters - Pakistan is working feverishly to defray tensions over the fate of a U.S. official who killed two men in Pakistan in a case that threatens billions of dollars in U.S. aid and could further damage an already strained alliance, a Pakistani diplomatic source said.

South Sudan votes for independence by a landslide (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:24 PM PST

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks during an address on state TV in Khartoum in this video frame grab taken February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sudan television via Reuters TVReuters - South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to declare independence in final results of a referendum announced on Monday, opening the door to Africa's newest state and a fresh period of uncertainty for the fractured region.

Skepticism abounds as rival Koreas meet for talks (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:50 PM PST

South Korean Colonel Moon Sang-gyun (C) refuses reporters' questions as he leaves for the Inter-Korean working level military talks, at the office of South-North Korean talks in Seoul February 8, 2011. Military officers from rivals North and South Korea will meet at their heavily fortified border on Tuesday for the first inter-Korean talks since tension peaked on the peninsula late last year. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - Military officers from the rival Koreas met at their heavily armed border on Tuesday for their first talks since North Korea attacked a southern island in November, with analysts skeptical about the North's motives.

Islamist rebel says he ordered Russian bombing (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:05 PM PST

Reuters - Islamist rebel leader Doku Umarov said on Monday he had ordered a suicide bombing that killed 36 people at Russia's busiest airport last month.

Thailand's Case Against Webmaster Tests Freedom of Speech (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:55 AM PST

Time.com - The webmaster of a popular Thai news site faces up to 50 years in prison for allegedly violating Thailand's strict lÈse-majestÉ rules

Paris exhibit honors AP Vietnam War photographer (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:12 AM PST

Associated Press photographer Nick Ut, right, speaks as photographer Christian Simonpietri, left, looks on during a news conference at the Grand Palais CAPE, on the eve of the opening of an exhibition of Vietnam war photographs by Henri Huet, Paris, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Images from the Vietnam War are going on show in a new exhibit at a leading Paris photography museum focusing on Associated Press photojournalist Henri Huet.

Egyptian protesters rally around Google Inc. exec (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:13 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by Google Inc., Wael Ghonim, a Google Inc. marketing manager, is shown. An Egyptian businessman says Ghonim, held in anti-government protests, will go free Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Google Inc.) NO SALESAP - Egyptian protesters are rallying around a recently released Google Inc. executive as they try to maintain the momentum of a mass protest calling for President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.

3 teens killed in Mexico, 2 of them US citizens (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:50 PM PST

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT - The bodies of two young boys lie next to cars at the site where three teenage boys were shot to death outside of a car dealership in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Saturday Feb. 5, 2011. At least two of them were U.S. citizens and high school students in Texas, authorities said. (AP Photo)AP - Three teenage boys were shot to death in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, at least two of them U.S. citizens and high school students in Texas, authorities said Monday.

Egypt protests enter third week (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:55 AM PST

An anti-government demonstrator and a member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement prays in front of Egyptian soldiers at Cairo's Tahrir square. Egyptian protesters massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday amid calls for renewed nationwide street action to mark two weeks of anti-government rallies that have rattled the regime.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - Egyptian protesters massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday amid calls for renewed nationwide street action to mark two weeks of anti-government rallies that have rattled the regime.

Debt rating agencies sending right message... at wrong time (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:09 AM PST

Reuters - The heightened sense of scrutiny surrounding many heavily-indebted rich nations is sending the right message about fiscal discipline but is coming at the wrong point in the recovery cycle for many countries, and could do more harm than it's worth to the global economy.

Canada-U.S. border deal seen far from certain (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:18 AM PST

Reuters - Swift action is needed to put meat on the bones of a framework border-security agreement announced by President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canadian business analysts said on Monday.

Disasters could reverse growth: Australia (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:34 PM PST

An aerial photo shows mining trucks and excavators submerged in flood waters in Queensland. A drop in coal and agricultural exports forced by Australia's flood and cyclone disasters could AFP - A drop in coal and agricultural exports forced by Australia's flood and cyclone disasters could "thump" its economy in the first quarter, forcing growth into reverse, Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned.

Border dispute with Nicaragua has Costa Rica rethinking its lack of army (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:45 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - An ongoing border dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica has pushed the “Switzerland of Central America” to the brink of a national identity crisis.

In China, Egypt's Revolution Gets Limited Media Coverage (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:55 AM PST

Time.com - Unlike in 1989, when the turmoil in Eastern Europe may have helped spur the Tiananmen Square uprising, Chinese have been convinced that Egypt is very far away from their own experience

South Sudan's next task: build a nation from scratch (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:53 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - South Sudanese have waited a long time for their freedom.

UN Year of Forests stumbles in first week (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:24 AM PST

OneWorld.net - Feb 7 (OneWorld.net) - Last Wednesday's UN launch of the International Year of Forests has been tempered by disagreement over global plans for their protection. The flames of criticism have been fanned by reports of irregularities in pilot projects to reduce deforestation in Guyana and Indonesia.
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