Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Egyptians stage massive anti-Mubarak protest (Reuters)

Egyptians stage massive anti-Mubarak protest (Reuters)

Egyptians stage massive anti-Mubarak protest (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:18 PM PST

A young protester chants anti-government slogans during demonstrations inside Tahrir Square in Cairo February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - Egyptians have staged one of their biggest protests yet insisting President Hosni Mubarak step down immediately and ignoring a government plan to transfer power.

Korea military talks "collapse": South official (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:07 AM PST

South Korean Colonel Moon Sang-gyun (R) and his North Korean counterpart Ri Son-kwon pose before their talks at the truce village of Panmunjom in Paju, north of Seoul, February 8, 2011. Military officers from North and South Korea met at their heavily fortified border on Tuesday for the first inter-Korean talks since tension peaked on the peninsula late last year. REUTERS/Defence Ministry/HandoutReuters - Military talks between the rival Koreas have "collapsed," a unification ministry official in Seoul said on Wednesday, dealing a setback to efforts to defuse tension after the North attacked a southern island in November.

Thailand and Cambodia face diplomatic pressure to end dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:39 PM PST

A man looks at a damaged school in Si Sa Ket province near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangReuters - Thailand and Cambodia faced growing diplomatic pressure on Wednesday to end an armed standoff on a stretch of border surrounding a 900-year-old clifftop temple as guns held silent for a second day.

India arrests first executive as graft scandal bites (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:20 PM PST

Reuters - Indian police arrested on Wednesday the first company executive in a multi-billion dollar telecoms corruption scandal that has rocked the Congress-led government and undermined Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Afghan war killed 2 children daily in 2010: report (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:16 AM PST

Reuters - An average of two children per day were killed in Afghanistan last year, with areas of the once peaceful north now among the most dangerous, an independent Afghan rights watchdog said on Wednesday.

Bangladesh: Strike Divides Dhaka as Unrest Deepens (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:45 PM PST

Time.com - Life in the capital city ground a halt this week as protests and counter-protests put everyday life on hold. That's bad news for Bangladesh, particularly the country's poor

Charles Taylor's boycotts war crimes trial again (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:55 AM PST

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor argues with a photographer as he awaits the start of the prosecution's closing arguments during his trial at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam February 8, 2011. Taylor's lawyer stormed out of court Tuesday after judges refused to accept a written summary of the former Liberian president's defense case at the end of his war crimes trial. British attorney Courtenay Griffiths ignored judges at the Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone who ordered him to stay in court after unprecedented angry exchanges erupted before closing arguments in the three-year case. 'How will posterity judge the credibility of this court if, at this 11th hour, they prevented Mr. Taylor from presenting ... 90 percent of his closing arguments?' Griffiths said outside court. He said he refused to 'lend legitimacy to proceedings' by staying. (AP Photo/Jerry Lampen, Pool)AP - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has again boycotted his war crimes trial and his lawyer has asked for permission to appeal judges' decision to reject his final written summary of the defense case.

Egyptian opposition defiant over VP's warning (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:50 AM PST

Google Inc executive Wael Ghonim addresses a mass crowd inside Tahrir Square in Cairo February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezAP - Egyptian opposition groups are infuriated over a vague ultimatum by Vice President Omar Suleiman that protesters have two options — "dialogue" or "coup."

Bomber names ex-CIA operative in Cuba bombings (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:00 PM PST

Otto Rene Rodriguez speaks during an an interview with The Associated Press in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011. The Salvadoran jailed in Cuba in connection with a string of 1990's hotel bombings says he told a U.S. prosecutor that he got explosives and money directly from former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles to carry out an Aug. 3, 1997 bombing at Havana's Melia Cohiba hotel. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - A Salvadoran man jailed in Cuba in connection with a string of 1990s hotel bombings says he told a U.S. prosecutor that he got explosives and money directly from a former CIA operative now on trial in Texas, and that he is willing to testify against him.

US tries to end conflicting messages on Egypt (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:13 AM PST

Anti-government protesters demonstrate in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Protesters appear to have settled in for a long standoff, turning Tahrir Square into a makeshift village with tens of thousands coming every day, with some sleeping in tents made of blankets and plastic sheeting. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - The White House is working aggressively to erase conflicting messages on Egypt that have frustrated even President Barack Obama.

China to stick to gradual tightening despite risk: Reuters poll (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:47 AM PST

Reuters - China's central bank is poised to raise benchmark interest rates twice more in the first half of 2011 for a total tightening of 50 basis points, before keeping them steady for the remainder of the year, a Reuters poll on Wednesday showed.

Britain's LSE in deal to buy Toronto exchange (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:32 AM PST

Reuters - The London Stock Exchange is to buy the owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange in an all share deal to create a major center for trading in mining shares if likely political opposition in Canada can be overcome.

Australian PM tells Aboriginals to help themselves (AFP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:11 AM PST

An indigenous Australian child, Leam Robertson, is seen in an impoverished Aboriginal community in Alice Springs. Huge social problems remain among many first-nation people living with high rates of alcohol abuse and domestic violence.(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday urged Aboriginals to take more responsibility for improving their notoriously poor living standards, warning government progress had been slow.

US teen killed in Juárez puts spotlight on Mexico's unsolved murders (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:56 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - At least one US citizen was among three teenagers fatally shot this weekend in the violent border city of Juárez, Mexican authorities confirmed today, in the latest case of Americans caught up in Mexico's drug war.

Egypt's Military-Industrial Complex: Why the Generals Wield Such Power (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:45 PM PST

Time.com - The country's military not only secures its borders but runs a large section of the economy. It is emerging even more powerful in politics after the uprising, even though its actual might may be decaying

In Julian Assange extradition case, spotlight turns on Swedish law (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:12 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Swedish legal system found itself under the microscope this week as defense lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, called the judiciary’s investigation into the famed whistleblower flawed and politically motivated.
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