Sunday, January 30, 2011

Egyptian reform leader calls on Mubarak to go (AP)

Egyptian reform leader calls on Mubarak to go (AP)

Egyptian reform leader calls on Mubarak to go (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST

Egyptian Nobel Peace laureate and democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei addresses the crowd at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Sunday Jan.30, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Egypt's most prominent democracy advocate took up a bullhorn Sunday to call for President Hosni Mubarak to go, speaking to thousands of protesters who defied a third night of curfew to mass in the capital's main square. Fighter jets streaked low overhead and police returned to the streets as Egypt's government tried to show its authority over a situation spiraling out of control.

As chaos reigns, foreigners advised to leave Egypt (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:17 PM PST

Passengers stranded by the curfew and thus prevented from entering the Egyptian capital sleep at Cairo airport, early Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Bertrand Combaldieu)AP - Foreign governments stepped up their warnings about travel to Egypt, with several urging their nationals to evacuate as soon as possible, further fueling uncertainty over where the Arab nation is headed after nearly a week of mass protests.

Clinton: US has no plans to suspend aid to Haiti (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:15 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to embassy staff after she arrives at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)AP - The United States has no plans to halt aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti in spite of a crisis over who will be the nation's next leader but does insist that the president's chosen successor be dropped from the race, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

AP Interview: Islamist leader returns to Tunisia (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:24 PM PST

Tunisian Islamist party leader Rachid Ghanouchi, center, is surrounded by supporters shortly after arriving at the international airport in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. The leader of a Tunisian Islamist party that was long outlawed by authorities has returned to his homeland after two decades in exile. (AP Photo/Hassene Didri)AP - The leader of a long-outlawed Tunisian Islamist party returned home Sunday after two decades in exile, telling The Associated Press in his first interview on arrival that his views are moderate and that his Westward-looking country has nothing to fear.

Civilians watch over neighborhoods in Egypt chaos (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 09:09 AM PST

Egyptians grapple with an alleged looter, right, as soldiers look on, in Cairo, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. The Arab world's most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence and control of the streets. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - When Egypt's police melted from the streets of Cairo this weekend, the people stepped in.

Face of Mideast unrest: young and hungry for jobs (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:04 PM PST

Three women gesture for victory as they attend a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday Jan.30, 2011. Minutes before the start of a 4 p.m. curfew, at least two jets appeared and made multiple passes over downtown, including a central square where thousands of protesters were calling for the departure of President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Just days before fleeing Tunisia, the embattled leader went on national television to promise 300,000 new jobs over two years.

Over 99 pct in Southern Sudan vote for secession (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 07:09 AM PST

Southern Sudanese celebrate the announcement of preliminary referendum results in the southern capital of Juba on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. Referendum officials indicated that nearly 99 percent of all voters cast ballots in favor of southern independence. Southern Sudan will remained united with the north until the expiration of Comprehensive Peace Agreement in July 2011 at which point it is set to emerge as a separate state. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)AP - Southern Sudan's referendum commission said Sunday that more than 99 percent of voters in the south opted to secede from the country's north in a vote held earlier this month.

Man arrested with explosives at Michigan mosque (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:30 PM PST

AP - A 63-year-old Southern California man who had explosives in his vehicle was arrested outside one of the nation's largest mosques in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, authorities in Michigan said.

Ivy League case tests Rockefeller drug law change (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:44 AM PST

FILE- In this Dec. 7, 2010 file photo, Columbia University student Michael Wymbs, left, is escorted from the New York Police Department's 25th Precinct in Manhattan after he and four other students were arrested on drug charges in New York. According to their attorneys, the five Colombia University students who ran the campus drug ring are wrestling with their own drug habits and would be better served by entering treatment rather than going to prison. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)AP - They were students who juggled an elite education with criminal extracurriculars, dealing an array of drugs from Ivy League dorm rooms and frat houses, prosecutors say.

Firth, Portman, Bening lead SAG Awards lineup (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 06:35 AM PST

Lighting and tables are set up during preparations for the SAG Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP - Colin Firth and Christian Bale are expected to take home Screen Actors Guild Awards prizes in a ceremony that looks to be a prelude for acting honors at the Academy Awards.

Egyptians face lawlessness, Mubarak hangs on (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:15 AM PST

A protester waves an Egyptian flag atop a military vehicle in Cairo January 29, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - Egyptians faced lawlessness on their streets on Sunday with security forces and ordinary people trying to stop looters after days of popular protest demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian 30-year rule.

House Speaker Boehner warns against debt default (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:26 AM PST

Reuters - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Sunday said that the United States must continue meeting its obligations to fund government debt or risk a global financial disaster.

Alpha agrees to buy Massey Energy for about $7.1 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 06:15 PM PST

Reuters - Alpha Natural Resources said on Saturday it agreed to a $7.1 billion deal to buy Massey Energy Co, which was rocked by a deadly coal mining accident last year.

Major winter storm expected to hit Great Plains, eastern states (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 09:28 AM PST

Pedestrians walk past a large mound of snow in New York's Times Square, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. A long-predicted storm caught much of the East Coast off guard with its unexpected ferocity, tearing through with lightning, thunder and mounds of wet snow. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Reuters - A massive storm system bringing heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain could potentially impact 100 million people as it slams the Rockies, Plains, and Midwest regions early this week before traveling to the eastern seaboard Wednesday, according to forecasts on Sunday.

BP seeks fast track arbitration with TNK-BP (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST

Reuters - BP wants to enter "fast track arbitration" to settle a dispute with Russian shareholders in its TNK-BP joint venture over the British company's shares and exploration deal with Rosneft.

Tunisian Islamists show strength at chief's return (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:36 AM PST

A supporter of Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi, head of the Ennahda movement, holds a copy of the Koran as he waits to welcome home Ghannouchi at the airport in Tunis January 30, 2011. REUTERS/Louafi LarbiReuters - Thousands of Tunisians turned out on Sunday to welcome home an Islamist leader whose return from 22 years of exile indicated that his party would emerge as a major force in Tunisia after the ousting of its president.

U.S. presses Mubarak for transition to democracy (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:30 AM PST

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged an orderly transition to democracy in Egypt to avoid creating a power vacuum but stopped short of calling on embattled President Hosni Mubarak to step down.

ElBaradei hails new era on Day Six of Egypt fury (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:59 PM PST

Egyptian demonstrators clash with riot police in Alexandria. Top dissident Mohamed ElBaradei told a sea of angry protesters in Cairo on Sunday that they were beginning a new era after six days of a deadly revolt against embattled President Hosni Mubarak.(AFP)AFP - Top dissident Mohamed ElBaradei told a sea of angry protesters in Cairo on Sunday that they were beginning a new era after six days of a deadly revolt against embattled President Hosni Mubarak.

Leader eyes political role for Tunisian Islamists (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 11:58 AM PST

Rached Ghannouchi (C), the leader of Tunisia's Islamist movement Ennahdha, waves upon arrival at the Tunis-Carthage airport in Tunis. Ghannouchi told AFP Sunday his movement wanted to play a political role in Tunisia, upon returning to his homeland from more than 20 years in exile after the fall of the old regime.(AFP/Fethi Belaid)AFP - Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi told AFP Sunday his movement wanted to play a political role in Tunisia, upon returning to his homeland from more than 20 years in exile after the fall of the old regime.
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