Thursday, February 3, 2011

Five killed as Egypt protesters come under fire (Reuters)

Five killed as Egypt protesters come under fire (Reuters)

Five killed as Egypt protesters come under fire (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:45 AM PST

Demonstrators take cover during rioting between pro and anti Mubarak supporters in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 2 , 2011. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak opened fire on protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday, killing at least five, in a fresh spike in violence over an unprecedented challenge to his 30-year-old rule.

Relief as Australia mops up from giant cyclone (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:20 PM PST

A satellite image obtained from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory shows Cyclone Yasi approaching the coast of Australia on February 2, 2011. REUTERS/U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Marine Meteorological Division/HandoutReuters - Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world's most powerful cyclones spared the nation's northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and toppling trees.

Pakistan court extends detention of U.S. diplomat (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:32 PM PST

Reuters - An American who killed two Pakistani men in Lahore last week will be held for eight more days to allow for further investigation, a prosecutor said on Thursday, despite U.S. statements that he enjoys diplomatic immunity.

Yemenis square off in rival "Day of Rage" protests (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:51 AM PST

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Yemenis squared off in street protests for and against the government on Thursday during an opposition-led "Day of Rage," a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to step down in 2013.

Bad weather set to push record food prices higher (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:13 AM PST

South Korean housewives buy vegetables at a market in Seoul February 1, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-WonReuters - The U.N.'s food price index likely hit a new high in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could push even higher the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East.

Egypt's Revolution: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:10 AM PST

Time.com - Even with counterrevolutionary forces challenging change in Egypt, democracy can still work. Here's how

Shell Q4 profits tripled on higher prices, output (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:54 AM PST

AP - Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Thursday reported that fourth quarter profit more than tripled from a year earlier as oil prices rose and the company boosted production.

Gunfire pounds anti-Mubarak protest camp in Cairo (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:33 AM PST

Pro-government demonstrators, bottom, clash with anti-government demonstrators, top right, as a palm tree burns from a firebomb, in Tahrir Square, the center of anti-government demonstrations, in Cairo, Egypt, early Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak battled in Cairo's main square all day Wednesday, raining stones, bottles and firebombs on each other in scenes of uncontrolled violence as soldiers stood by without intervening. Government backers galloped in on horses and camels, only to be dragged to the ground and beaten bloody. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Automatic weapons fire pounded the anti-government protest camp in Cairo's Tahrir Square before dawn on Thursday in a dramatic escalation of what appeared to be a well-orchestrated series of assaults on the demonstrators. At least three protesters were killed by gunfire, according to one of the activists.

Haitians await election results long into night (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:42 AM PST

Demonstrators hold pictures of Haiti's ousted President Jean Bertrand Aristide during a protest demanding his return in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011. Aristide is a former priest and liberation theologist who rose to become Haiti's first democratically elected president. He was overthrown in a coup, restored to power, then ousted again in 2004. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Haiti waited nervously into the early Thursday hours for election officials to announce who will compete in March's presidential runoff vote with many fearing the result could spark widespread protests and rioting.

Police arrest suspect in Ugandan activist killing (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:53 AM PST

AP - A Ugandan police spokesman says authorities have arrested a key suspect in the killing of a prominent gay rights activist who was bludgeoned to death last week.

UN: Reputation of Afghan police worsening in south (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:48 AM PST

REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai attends the 11th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2011 organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi February 3, 2011. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA - Tags: HEADSHOT ENERGY POLITICS)AP - The reputation of the Afghan police has deteriorated in the south of the country in the past year, according to a U.N. survey released Thursday, despite a campaign by NATO and U.S. troops to strengthen Afghan security forces in a region seen as key to defeating the Taliban insurgency.

Australia reels from once-in-a-century cyclone (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:28 PM PST

Boats are seen in the Hinchenbrook Marina having been blown from their morrings in the town of Cardwell on February 3, 2011. No deaths or serious injuries have been immediately reported, due to what officials said was good planning, strong public warnings and the fact that the storm veered suddenly southwards, away from Cairns, home to 122,000 people.(AFP/Paul Crock)AFP - Australia's biggest cyclone in a century shattered entire towns after pummelling the coast and churning across the country Thursday, terrifying locals but remarkably causing no fatalities.

After Egypt's protests, Jordan's king faces more assertive public (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:07 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - One day after Jordan's King Abdullah dismissed his cabinet and appointed a new prime minister to oversee political and economic reform, a few dozen protesters at a traffic circle near Amman's prime ministry building chanted “no Bakhit, no Samir,” in reference to the outgoing as well as the incoming leaders. The red flags of the leftist Popular Unity Party flew side-by-side with green Muslim Brotherhood flags.

The Revolutionaries (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:10 AM PST

Time.com - How a loose coalition of veteran activists and rookie protesters combined to create the Middle East's most unusual uprising

Japan's economy in deep trouble? Look again. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - With sky-high public debt, near-zero interest rates, and an economy that is reportedly a basket case after two decades of stagnation, Japan's currency should be falling through the floor. Instead, the yen’s strength is a challenge to those who seem to believe Japan is sliding into oblivion.
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