Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Mubarak says he won't run; protesters say it's not enough

Mubarak says he won't run; protesters say it's not enough


Mubarak says he won't run; protesters say it's not enough

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:09 PM PST

• Mubarak: I'll leave "in a constitutional way" • In power since 1981, term ends in September • Obama: Egypt transition "must begin now" • Protesters want Mubarak out

Jordan's king dismisses government

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:05 PM PST

The king of Jordan dismissed his government Tuesday and appointed a new prime minister, a move follows protests calling for political reform.

World's oldest person dies at 114

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:10 PM PST

The world's oldest person, as verified by the Guinness Book of World Records, is dead at the age of 114, according to the Gerontology Research Group.

Senate to vote on health care repeal

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 02:02 PM PST

Top Senate Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday that would allow states to opt out of key provisions of the new health care law -- part of a broader GOP effort to repeal the measure.

Australia braces for Category 5 cyclone

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:55 PM PST

The Australian state of Queensland, where 3 million people have been hit by flooding in recent weeks, is bracing for more devastation as a huge tropical cyclone rages towards its far north coast.

Boy's body found in California canal

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:28 PM PST

A child's body has been found in a California canal, Stanislaus County Sheriff's Deputy Royjindar Singh said Tuesday.

Seven teens held in boy's beating

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:05 PM PST

Seven teenagers were in custody Tuesday in connection with the beating of a 13-year-old boy, attacked while he was walking home from school earlier this month in a Philadelphia suburb, authorities said.

Friend: WikiLeaks suspect deteriorating

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:25 PM PST

After more than six months in maximum confinement in the U.S. Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia, the prime suspect in the WikiLeaks case "seems frazzled," says one of the few people to visit Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.

Photos of uncontacted tribe released

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:59 PM PST

In an effort to ramp up pressure for Peru to crack down on illegal loggers in its region of the Amazon, an indigenous rights organization has released what it says are photos of an uncontacted tribe in Brazil that is threatened by the logging across the border.

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