Friday, February 4, 2011

Tens of thousands demand change

Tens of thousands demand change

Tens of thousands demand change

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:45 PM PST

Thousands sang patriotic sangs and danced Friday in Tahrir Square, but tensions remained high. Street battles between pro- and anti-regime groups raged near the square. FULL STORY | UNREST DAY BY DAY | PICS | VIDEO

Amid Egypt-inspired unrest, Iraqi PM halves salary

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:32 PM PST

Amid growing unrest about poor public services and water shortages, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday agreed to cut his salary in half.

Iran ties uprisings to '79 revolt

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:44 AM PST

Iran's supreme leader praised the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia Friday and said they echo his country's revolution more than three decades ago, state media reported.

Man gets 9 years in attempted attack on Danish cartoonist

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

A Danish court sentenced a Somali man to nine years in prison Friday for the attempted attack on a cartoonist who drew an image of the Muslim prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb-shaped turban.

Prime minister becomes Myanmar's new president

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:52 AM PST

Myanmar's parliament elected Prime Minister Thein Sein to be the country's new president Friday.

WikiLeaks founder makes fundraising plea via Facebook

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:46 AM PST

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have set up a Facebook page asking for donations to his legal defense fund.

Police officers killed in Iraq attack

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:02 AM PST

Five police officers were killed when a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into an emergency police patrol in central Ramadi.

U.S. fugitive caught in Argentina

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:23 AM PST

Paul Merle Eischeid -- one of the U.S. Marshals Service's "15 Most Wanted" fugitives -- is no longer on the run.
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