Government aims to get Egyptians back to work (Reuters)

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• Government aims to get Egyptians back to work (Reuters)
• Two dead as Tunisian police fires on protesters (Reuters)
• Ivory Coast Gbagbo backers protest against African Union (Reuters)
• Sudan's Bashir vows freedoms and open government (Reuters)
• Rival Koreas gear up for talks this week to ease tension (Reuters)
• Egypt's Ruling Party Is Revamped as Mubarak Holds On (Time.com)
• Citi to call the tune on EMI future (AFP)
• Iran opens trial of 3 Americans on spy charges (AP)
• Kentucky tourist killed by car in Jamaica (AP)
• South Sudan mulls new capital after independence (Reuters)
• Spring sumo tournament cancelled over corruption (AFP)
• Canadian Pacific and union reach tentative labor deal (Reuters)
• Embattled Australia hit by fires (AFP)
• Why the Palestinian Authority Is Worried About Egypt (Time.com)

Government aims to get Egyptians back to work (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 07:06 PM PST Reuters - President Hosni Mubarak's government aimed to get people back to work on Sunday with banks and businesses reopening, in the first clear test of how far his opponents can keep up the momentum of protests to force him out.

Two dead as Tunisian police fires on protesters (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:33 PM PST Reuters - At least two people were killed and 17 others wounded in northern Tunisia on Saturday when police opened fire to quell a protest after a senior police officer slapped a woman in the face, official and media sources said.

Ivory Coast Gbagbo backers protest against African Union (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:28 AM PST Reuters - Several thousand youths loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo marched through Abidjan on Saturday to protest the presence of Burkina Faso's president on a mediation panel aiming to resolve a post-election crisis.

Sudan's Bashir vows freedoms and open government (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST Reuters - Sudan's president promised a future of freedom and open government on Saturday in a strikingly conciliatory speech following a week of small protests in Sudan and an uprising in neighboring Egypt.

Rival Koreas gear up for talks this week to ease tension (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:39 PM PST Reuters - North and South Korean military officers will meet this week at a truce village on their heavily fortified border in a test of a pledge by the North to ease tension after a major security crisis last year.

Egypt's Ruling Party Is Revamped as Mubarak Holds On (Time.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:30 AM PST Time.com - The president's son loses his job as potential heir but the crisis continues even as Egyptians realize the country must conclude it soon.

Citi to call the tune on EMI future (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2011 12:28 AM PST AFP - British music label EMI, home to a galaxy of stars including The Beatles, Coldplay and US pop starlet Katy Perry, faces an uncertain future after Citigroup seized control from its private equity owners.

Iran opens trial of 3 Americans on spy charges (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:51 PM PST AP - An Iranian court is holding a closed-door session to begin proceedings against three Americans detained 18 months ago and accused of spying.

Kentucky tourist killed by car in Jamaica (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST AP - Authorities in Jamaica say a car has hit and killed a tourist from Lexington, Kentucky, and injured his girlfriend as they were walking in the resort area of Negril.

South Sudan mulls new capital after independence (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2011 12:40 AM PST Reuters - South Sudanese leaders said on Sunday they were considering building a new capital after their expected independence as the current hub Juba lacked infrastructure and space for new business.

Spring sumo tournament cancelled over corruption (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2011 01:18 AM PST AFP - Japan's sumo authority called off its spring tournament Sunday over a match-fixing scandal, in the first such cancellation in over half a century as the ancient and tainted sport reaches a new low.

Canadian Pacific and union reach tentative labor deal (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:57 AM PST Reuters - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd and a union representing 2,100 staff said on Saturday they have reached a tentative labor deal, averting a strike at the country's second-biggest rail carrier.

Embattled Australia hit by fires (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2011 12:46 AM PST AFP - Wildfires destroyed homes and flooding claimed the life of a man in embattled Australia, as officials warned that last week's monster cyclone would compound economic woes.

Why the Palestinian Authority Is Worried About Egypt (Time.com) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:00 PM PST Time.com - It isn't quite a nation, but the P.A. is nevertheless very much like the regimes that are quaking in the midst of the Middle East's revolution

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