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Tue Feb 1, 12:46 am ET
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Governor Jerry Brown pressed California lawmakers in his state-of-the-state address on Monday to let voters decide on his budget plan, saying any attempt to block a special election would be irresponsible in light of protests in Egypt and Tunisia. Full Story »
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NY city councilmen among 24 arrested in school protest
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 11:49 pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twenty-four people, including two members of the New York City Council, were arrested on Monday at a protest over plans to close two dozen city schools, authorities said. Full Story »
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Judge approves moving Arizona shooting case to Tucson
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 3:04 pm ET
ReutersPHOENIX (Reuters) A federal judge has approved moving court proceedings to Tucson, Arizona from Phoenix for Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old college dropout accused in a shooting rampage there, court filings said on Monday. Full Story »
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U.S. wants TV producer to face homicide charge in Mexico
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 10:31 pm ET
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Monday filed court papers to send a former “Survivor” television producer to Mexico to stand trial for the killing of his wife. Full Story »
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Michigan report paints bleak financial picture
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 10:31 pm ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Michigan is deep in debt and has almost no financial cushion for its budget, according to a report released by Governor Rick Snyder on Monday. Full Story »
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Trial ordered for fifth U.S. soldier charged in Afghan murders
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 10:28 pm ET
ReutersSEATTLE (Reuters) – A general court-martial has been ordered for the last of five U.S. soldiers charged with murdering unarmed Afghan civilians as part of a rogue combat platoon last year, the Army said on Monday. Full Story »
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Pilot dead, 3 hurt in Arizona police helicopter crash
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 7:49 pm ET
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – A pilot was killed and three people injured, one of them critically, when a sheriff’s department helicopter slammed into a remote hillside northwest of Tucson on Monday, authorities said. Full Story »
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Governor Cuomo’s budget seeks to reverse past “shams”
Reuters – Tue Feb 1, 1:03 am ET
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveils his first budget plan on Tuesday, giving him the opportunity to alter a process he labeled as a “sham” that leads to runaway spending and deception similar to what he uncovered on Wall Street. Full Story »
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Illinois allows civil unions for same-sex couples
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 7:41 pm ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Governor Pat Quinn on Monday made Illinois the 16th U.S. state to give spousal rights to same-sex couples by signing into law a measure allowing civil unions. Full Story »
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Minnesota governor unveils $1 billion bond bill for projects
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 10:53 pm ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton unveiled on Monday a bill for $1 billion of state bonds to spur jobs by financing infrastructure projects. Full Story »
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Oregon looks for clues in “Room of Forgotten Souls”
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 7:48 pm ET
PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) – The state of Oregon is looking for relatives of Burl Cain, whose cremated remains have been sitting on a shelf in a dusty, neglected outbuilding of the Oregon State Hospital for more than six decades. Full Story »
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Three charged with being Guggenheim fraudsters
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 5:30 pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three people have been charged with posing as representatives of the wealthy Guggenheim family in an effort to defraud investors, federal prosecutors announced on Monday. Full Story »
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Parking privileges for pregnant women proposed in New York
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 5:51 pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Women having difficult pregnancies would get special parking privileges under a proposal to be introduced this week, according to a New York City Councilman sponsoring the bill. Full Story »
U.S. briefs Wall Street about al Qaeda threat
Reuters – 50 mins ago NEW YORK (Reuters) – Security officials warned major Wall Street institutions of a potential threat after an al Qaeda-linked magazine suggested financial markets could be a target of attack, the FBI said Tuesday. Full Story »
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APMore than 200,000 in Cairo demand Mubarak quit
Reuters – 15 mins ago CAIRO (Reuters) – More than 200,000 Egyptian men and women, from students and doctors to the urban poor, rallied in central Cairo on Tuesday in the biggest demonstration so far in an uprising against President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. Full Story »
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Reuters – Tue Feb 1, 1:45 am ET
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Cambodia sentences Thai activists for spying
3 minutes ago
(AP) A Cambodian court has sentenced two Thais to lengthy prison terms for illegally crossing the border and spying in a high-profile case that will likely have important ramifications for Thai domestic politics.In a one-day trial Tuesday, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court found Veera Somkwamkid, who heads a political pressure group, …
Europe and Russia
FAO to elect new chief
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Sudan protesters call for Bashir to go
UPI – Mon Jan 31, 3:01 pm ETKHARTOUM, Sudan, Jan. 31 (UPI) — Sudanese students took to the streets during the weekend calling on Sudanese President Omar Bashir to leave office after more than 20 years in power.
Arab lawyers call for support for Hariri tribunal
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(AP) Arab lawyers have called on Lebanon and the rest of the Arab world to embrace the U.N.-backed tribunal set up to prosecute the assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.Lawyers from the Arab world are meeting to discuss the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as the court prepares to publish …
Asia
Dead patient’s family go on China hospital rampage
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Africa
Thousands of Somalis brave risky sea escapes
42 minutes ago
(AP) A boat smuggling 36 migrants fleeing war-ravaged Somalia for Yemen stopped dead in the Gulf of Aden when the engine failed. Anxious passengers stood up to see what was going on, causing the vessel to capsize and pitch them into the choppy waters.By moonlight, Nasteeho Mohamud Weheliye saw her companions …
Middle East
Iran’s parliament ousts Ahmadinejad’s ally
1 hour, 11 minutes ago
(AP) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced another sharp rebuke from opponents in parliament Tuesday as lawmakers dismissed his transportation minister in the wake of several deadly plane crashes in the country.The vote highlights the growing political fissures between Ahmadinejad and former conservative allies in parliament who accuse him of overstepping his powers, …
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Australia evacuates coastal cities in path of cyclone
Reuters – 19 mins ago
ReutersTOWNSVILLE, Australia (Reuters) – Australia evacuated thousands of people from its northeast coast on Tuesday as a cyclone rivaling Hurricane Katrina bore down on tourism towns and rural communities, with officials saying it could even threaten areas deep inland that were ruined by floods last month. Full Story »
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In Myanmar’s gleaming new capital, uncertain promise
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 10:22 pm ET
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – Its name translates as “Abode of Kings,” but it is far from clear whether Myanmar’s new capital and its gleaming new parliamentary complex can return the reclusive state to its former glory. Full Story »
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Smoking: Why Isn’t China Doing More to Kick Its Habit?
Time.com – Tue Feb 1, 4:35 am ET
If China’s senior leadership does not make a more meaningful effort to combat the tobacco problem, the nation will face a serious health crisis Full Story »
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Uproar over Harare city’s expansion plans
The Herald – Mon Jan 31, 9:03 am ETTHE leadership of Mashonaland Central says it was not consulted on Harare’s expansion programme that has gobbled up 26 farms in the province.
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Leaders pick dictator Obiang to head African Union
AP via Yahoo! News – Mon Jan 31, 3:33 pm ETAfrican leaders have chosen Equatorial Guinea’s coup plotter and dictator of 31 years to serve as their ceremonial leader this year, a move critics said Monday could undermine the African Union’s attempt to confront other leaders who cling to power.
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Zimbabwe poverty line is twice average govt pay
AP via Yahoo! Finance – Mon Jan 31, 9:27 am ETZimbabwean officials on Monday said it takes nearly $500 a month for families to be above the poverty line in this economically ravaged country, where most teachers and government workers earn less than half that amount.
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Mugabe to Call Early Elections, Deploy Military
BusinessWeek – Mon Jan 31, 9:19 am ETZimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe intends to abandon talks over a new constitution and call elections in June after deploying troops to intimidate voters into supporting him, three members of his party’s decision- making body said.
By Rupakjyoti Borah | Diplomacy and Strategy
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono just concluded a landmark visit to India, where he was the guest of honor at India’s 62nd Republic Day celebrations on Jan. 26. Ties between the two countries stretch back to India’s first Republic Day celebration in 1950. However, Yudhoyono’s visit set ambitious new goals for raising bilateral trade and creating a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement.
By Richard Weitz | Diplomacy and Strategy
Many observers of the Korean Peninsula have traced the apparent relaxation of tensions there to the supporting contributions made by China and the United States. But Russia’s role in this process also deserves mention. Under Presidents Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, Russian government policy toward the Koreas has remained consistent, and represents a positive force regarding the Koreas.
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Zim poverty line 2x average govt pay
News 24 South Africa – 2 hours 27 minutes agoZimbabwean officials say it takes nearly $500 a month for families to be above the poverty line in this economically ravaged country.
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Warns of Egypt-Style Uprising
AllAfrica.com – Tue Feb 1, 12:42 am ETPRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has warned that Zimbabwe can experience the mass uprisings that have shaken dictatorships in Tunisia and Egypt. Tunisian strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was recently forced to flee the country after weeks of protests against his iron-fisted rule.
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Political violence ‘on the rise’ in Harare
Pretoria News – Sun Jan 30, 6:43 pm ETHarare – Incidents of political brutality and violent intimidation by militias under the control of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe are on the rise, an independent watchdog said on Sunday.
Public securities exchange launched in Venezuela
Washington Post – Mon Jan 31, 5:34 pm ETCARACAS, Venezuela — The Venezuelan government on Monday launched a new public securities exchange that is to be a venue for selling both government and corporate bonds.
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Poverty line rises for families in Zimbabwe
AP via Yahoo! News – Mon Jan 31, 7:07 am ETThe poverty line for maintaining a family of five in economically ravaged Zimbabwe rose last year to $467 per month — but without increased earnings to cover the 8 percent rise, Zimbabwe’s state statistics agency said Monday.
Klein: ‘Something big’
transferred to Gaza
Terrorists taking advantage
of anarchy amid Egypt riots
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Mugabe causing needless alarm: PM
New Zimbabwe – Tue Feb 1, 1:29 am ET
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Rowan Williams urges Robert Mugabe to stop persecution of Anglicans
Daily Telegraph – Mon Jan 31, 8:53 am ET Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has written an open letter to Robert Mugabe urging him to stop the persecution of Anglicans in Zimbabwe
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New online crime map exposes black spots
AFP – 5 mins ago
AFP/FileLONDON (AFP) – The government on Tuesday launched a new crime mapping website for England and Wales, giving residents information on offences in their neighbourhood and exposing areas where crime has brought misery. Full Story »
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Jordan’s king sacks Cabinet amid street protests
AP – 1 min ago
AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan’s Royal Palace says the king has sacked his government in the wake of street protests and has asked an ex-army general to form a new Cabinet. Full Story »
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Dominican crackdown on Haitian migrants sows fear
AP – 2 hrs 58 mins ago
APJIMANI, Dominican Republic – The Dominican Republic has deported thousands of illegal immigrants in recent weeks, sowing fear among Haitians living in the country and prompting accusations its government is using a cholera outbreak as a pretext for a crackdown. Full Story »
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Thousands of Somalis brave risky sea escapes
AP – 8 mins ago
APBOSSASO, Somalia – A boat smuggling 36 migrants fleeing war-ravaged Somalia for Yemen stopped dead in the Gulf of Aden when the engine failed. Anxious passengers stood up to see what was going on, causing the vessel to capsize and pitch them into the choppy waters. Full Story »
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Indian warship collision caught on camera
AFP – 21 mins ago
AFPMUMBAI (AFP) – Dramatic footage emerged on Tuesday of screaming passengers on board an Indian warship as it collided with a merchant vessel and burst into flames off the coast of Mumbai at the weekend. Full Story »
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Tories get set but say won’t induce election
Reuters – Mon Jan 31, 2:01 pm ET
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper put high-level election campaign staff in place on Monday, but his top spokesman said the Conservative government would do nothing to provoke an election. Full Story »
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Australians evacuate as cyclone aims for NE coast
AP – 1 hr 7 mins ago
APSYDNEY, Australia – Military helicopters evacuated hospital patients Tuesday as authorities ordered thousands of people to flee a powerful, “life-threatening” cyclone roaring toward waterlogged northeast Australia. Full Story »
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Sudan urges US to look beyond Darfur, restore ties
Mmegi – Mon Jan 31, 4:34 pm ETThe United States should look beyond the Darfur issue and quickly normalise ties with Sudan to build on progress from its successful secession referendum, Foreign Minister Ali Karti said.
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Sudan: Nation Officially Recognizes Referendum Outcome
AllAfrica.com – 1 hour 16 minutes agoThe Sudanese government today declared that it accepts the preliminary results of the referendum in the South Sudan which came overwhelmingly in favor of independence.
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Sudan: Sudanese Police On Alert Ahead of Referendum Results Announcement & Protests
AllAfrica.com – Sun Jan 30, 9:41 pm ETThe Sudanese police announced today that it has put its members on high alert ahead of an announcement by the South Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC) on the results of the independence vote that took place this month.
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Sudan demands end to U.S. sanctions after referendum
Reuters via Yahoo! News – Mon Jan 31, 5:53 am ETSudan called on Monday on the United States to lift sanctions, a day after provisional results showed south Sudan voted almost unanimously to secede in a referendum.
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Sudan says accepts south secession vote: Vice President
Reuters via Yahoo! News – Mon Jan 31, 2:17 pm ETSudan’s vice president said on Monday he accepted the oil-producing south’s split after the first official results showed a 99 percent vote for independence in a referendum hoping to end a bitter cycle of civil war.
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Sudan’s Split: As the South Celebrates, the North Protests
Time.com via Yahoo! News – Mon Jan 31, 10:55 am ETAfter voting for independence, south Sudan looks forward to becoming Africa’s newest country, leaving the north wracked by protests over authoritarian rule and a failing economy
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Sudan recognises independence vote
BigPond News – Mon Jan 31, 6:14 pm ETSudan’s Vice-President says Khartoum has accepted the landslide vote for southern independence.
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China says Sudan referendum a step towards peace
AFP via Yahoo! News – 1 hour 57 minutes agoChina said Tuesday that a referendum in southern Sudan, in which voters overwhelmingly chose to secede from the north, was an “important step” towards a lasting peace in the oil-rich country.
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South Sudan Votes for Independence; North Protests al-Bashir Rule
Time Magazine – Mon Jan 31, 1:13 pm ETAfter voting for independence, south Sudan looks forward to becoming Africa’s newest country, leaving the north racked by protests over authoritarian rule and a failing economy
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Sudan sees Egypt-inspired protests in the North, jubilation on referendum in the South
The Christian Science Monitor – Mon Jan 31, 11:29 am ETAntigovernment protests in North Sudan led to the death of a university student Sunday while South Sudanese celebrated an overwhelming vote for independence.
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Sudan recognises landslide vote for independent south
Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Mon Jan 31, 7:22 pm ETSudanese vice-president Ali Osman Taha said Khartoum accepted a landslide vote for southern independence, in the first official reaction from the north after preliminary results were announced.
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Sudan’s North To Accept Southerners’ Vote For Secession
INO News – Tue Feb 1, 3:33 am ET(RTTNews) – Sudan’s Second Vice-President Ali Osman Taha has confirmed that the government in Khartoum will accept the South’s overwhelming vote for secession from the North.
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Sudan recognises vote for independence
Sydney Morning Herald – Mon Jan 31, 4:18 pm ETSudanese Vice-President Ali Osman Taha says Khartoum has accepted the landslide vote for southern independence.
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Sudanese police, students clash in the capital
CNN – Sun Jan 30, 11:31 am ETSudanese police clashed with students Sunday as protests inspired by rallies in Egypt broke out in the capital.
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Sudanese gov’t responds to student protests
People’s Daily – Mon Jan 31, 7:54 pm ET
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Cairo protesters distrustful as opposition groups jockey
The Christian Science Monitor – Mon Jan 31, 5:36 pm ET
Cairo – Egypt’s notoriously fractious political opposition appeared to be uniting this week, trying to ride the wave of the popular uprising that has threatened the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. Full Story »
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How Young Egyptians Rejuvenate the Opposition Movement
Time.com – Tue Feb 1, 4:35 am ET
ReutersThrough Facebook, Twitter and other social media — and the momentum of Tunisia — a younger faction of the opposition charged up the fight against Mubarak as the “march of millions” begins Full Story »
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono just concluded a landmark visit to India, where he was the guest of honor at India’s 62nd Republic Day celebrations on Jan. 26. Ties between the two countries stretch back to India’s first Republic Day celebration in 1950. However, Yudhoyono’s visit set ambitious new goals for raising bilateral trade and creating a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement.
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Possible Mubarak replacement: ‘Peaceful’ change needed
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Cairo airport in chaos as foreigners flee
Countries around world scramble to send in planes to evacuate citizens
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Hillary Clinton presses Haiti’s René Préval to break election stalemate
The Christian Science Monitor – Mon Jan 31, 3:52 pm ET
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – After two months of electoral stalemate from Haiti’s disputed national election, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Caribbean nation on Sunday with a clear message for their president: Move out of the way. Full Story »
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Massive crowds across Egypt demand Mubarak ouster
AP – 18 mins ago
APCAIRO – More than a quarter-million people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city’s main square in by far the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. Full Story »
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BP resumes dividends despite full-year loss
AP – 13 mins ago
APLONDON – BP announced Tuesday it is resuming dividend payouts for the first time since the Gulf of Mexico well disaster, despite suffering its first full-year loss since 1992, and plans to sell off almost half of its U.S. refinery business. Full Story »
Egypt’s aura spills across the Arab world
1 hour, 46 minutes ago
(AP) There was nothing random about the White House picking Cairo for President Barack Obama’s goodwill outreach to the Muslim world in 2009. It understood what Arabs know in their bones: few places resonate so profoundly in Islam’s heartland.Egypt _ with Cairo as its centerpiece _ is so intertwined with the …
2 Gaza rockets explode in Israeli towns
1 hour, 47 minutes ago
(AP) The Israeli military says two rockets fired from Gaza have exploded in Israeli towns. No one was hurt, but there was some damage.The attacks came a few minutes apart late Monday. One rocket hit Netivot, 9 miles (14 kilometers) east of Gaza, and the second exploded in Ofakim, 15 miles …
Senate report says Iraq is at critical juncture
1 hour, 47 minutes ago
(AP) A new report by the U.S. Senate says American government employees may not be safe in Iraq after the U.S. military leaves at the end of the year as planned.The report released on Tuesday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee concluded that lingering questions about whether some U.S. troops will …
1 hour, 48 minutes ago
(AP) Egyptian vice president says president asked him to begin dialogue for constititional changes.
Latin America
Death revisits Mexico area hit by 2010 massacre
1 hour, 50 minutes ago
(AP) A teenage girl died Monday after being shot by federal police in the same border city neighborhood where gunmen massacred 15 youths at a party a year ago.The 16-year-old was shot two days earlier while riding in a car. Police said someone in the vehicle had opened fire at officers …
Europe and Russia
Germany reduces terror security measures
1 hour, 50 minutes ago
(AP) Germany’s top security official on Tuesday said he will reduce the number of police officers patrolling railway stations and other public places since a terrorism warning last year, but made clear that a threat to the country still remains.Germany is a target for Islamic extremists, but the incidents that prompted …
1 hour, 51 minutes ago
(AP) Interior minister: Germany to reduce visible security measures, although terrorism threat remains.
Asia
Oil hovers near $92 as traders eye Egypt protests
1 hour, 52 minutes ago
(AP) Oil prices hovered near $92 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a chaotic power struggle in Egypt threatened the key crude Suez Canal choke point.Benchmark crude for March delivery was down 24 cents at $91.95 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. …
Asian shares advance as Egypt worries ease
1 hour, 53 minutes ago
(AP) Asian shares moved higher Tuesday as overnight gains on Wall Street helped eased worries about political unrest in Egypt.Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average rose 0.3 percent to 10,272.69, rebounding from a sharp drop the previous day. Higher crude prices sent oil-related shares climbing.Investors also bought companies seeing solid earnings. Hitachi …
Asia
Asian shares advance as Egypt worries ease
1 hour, 57 minutes ago
(AP) Asian shares moved higher Tuesday as overnight gains on Wall Street helped eased worries about political unrest in Egypt.Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average rose 0.3 percent to 10,272.69, rebounding from a sharp drop the previous day. Higher crude prices sent oil-related shares climbing.Investors also bought companies seeing solid earnings. Hitachi …
1 hour, 57 minutes ago
(AP) US urges Pakistan to release diplomat arrested in shooting deaths, says he has immunity.
Pakistani court blocks release of American suspect
1 hour, 57 minutes ago
(AP) A Pakistani court ordered the government Tuesday not to release an American official arrested in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis despite U.S. insistence that he has diplomatic immunity and has been detained illegally.Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Chaudhry also told the government to place the American on the …
NATO service member killed in Afghanistan
1 hour, 57 minutes ago
(AP) NATO says a roadside bomb has killed a coalition service member in eastern Afghanistan.NATO says the attack took place on Monday, but did not provide the nationality of the service member or give the exact location of the blast.Thirty-one service members with the international coalition have been killed so far …
Malaysian police take custody of 7 Somali pirates
1 hour, 58 minutes ago
(AP) Police in Malaysia took custody Monday of seven Somali pirates who were captured in the Gulf of Aden and brought to the Southeast Asian country to face a possible trial for hijacking a Malaysian-operated chemical tanker.Separately, relatives of a South African couple believed kidnapped by Somali pirates last year said …
Africa
Nigeria gunmen attack police, kill officer
1 hour, 59 minutes ago
(AP) Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in restive northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing a policeman and leading police to shoot dead two of the gunmen, police said.Police commissioner Mohammed Abubakar said the gunmen attacked Sunday morning. He said police believe the attackers were members of a radical Muslim sect."One of our …
UN mission says 147 killed in Tunisia uprising
1 hour, 59 minutes ago
(AP) The head of a United Nations mission investigating the uprising that toppled Tunisia’s longtime president last month says 147 people were killed and another 510 injured in the unrest.Bakr N’diaye, who heads the mission sent by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, says the death toll does not include …
Turkish PM Tells Mubarak To Accept Change
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Casino tycoon’s family feuds over Macau fortune
2 hours, 6 minutes ago
(AP) As three "wives" and 16 children of tycoon Stanley Ho grasp for control of his casino fortune, the veneer of professionalism has peeled from his business empire, one of many family-run companies facing succession time bombs in this southern Chinese entrepot.The ailing, 89-year-old Ho is emblematic of a generation of …
Latin America
Dominican crackdown on Haitian migrants sows fear
2 hours, 30 minutes ago
(AP) The Dominican Republic has deported thousands of illegal immigrants in recent weeks, sowing fear among Haitians living in the country and prompting accusations its government is using a cholera outbreak as a pretext for a crackdown.In the largest campaign in years to target Haitians living illegally in the Dominican Republic, …
Europe and Russia
Muslim dignitaries pay their respects at Auschwitz
2 hours, 31 minutes ago
(AP) Dignitaries from the Muslim world are paying respects to the millions of Jews and others who were systematically killed in the Holocaust.About 150 people, including the Senegalese president, former heads of government and Arab world ambassadors are traveling on Tuesday to the former Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz in Poland …
Asia
Worst winter in decades threatens NKorea crops
3 hours, 8 minutes ago
(AP) A news report says that North Korea is suffering the harshest winter in decades, raising concerns about food production this year.The pro-Pyongyang, Japan-based Choson Sinbo newspaper reported Tuesday that temperatures in North Korea has stayed below zero for 40 consecutive days this winter _ the longest cold snap since 1945.It …
Study shows rapid deforestation in Malaysia
3 hours, 8 minutes ago
(AP) New satellite imagery shows Malaysia is destroying forests more than three times faster than all of Asia combined, and its carbon-rich peat soils of the Sarawak coast are being stripped even faster, according to a study released Tuesday.The report commissioned by the Netherlands-based Wetlands International says Malaysia is uprooting an …
China says more work needed for peaceful Sudan
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Bolivia fights objections to coca-leaf chewing (AP)
Bayou Buzz – Fri Jan 28, 3:45 pm ETUNITED NATIONS – Bolivia will ask the United Nations to organize a conference on coca leaf-chewing if the U.S., Britain and Sweden don’t withdraw their objections to the country’s efforts to drop the ban on the age-old practice in an international treaty, Bolivia’s U.N. ambassador said Friday. Underscoring his point by wearing a silver lapel pin shaped like a coca leaf, Ambassador Pablo Solon …
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Bolivia fights efforts to block its moves to depenalize coca leaf-chewing, to appeal to UN
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