2011年2月3日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


Yemen "Day of Rage" draws tens of thousands (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:50 PM PST

An opposition supporter waves Yemen's national flags while on sitting on a lamppost during an anti-government protest in Sanaa February 3, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Tens of thousands of Yemenis squared off in peaceful protests for and against the government on Thursday during an opposition-led "Day of Rage," a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to step down in 2013.


Haiti sets revised presidency runoff (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:27 PM PST

A Haitian man carries a fighting cock while he walks next to poster of Haiti's presidential candidate Jude Celestin in Port-au-Prince January 9, 2011. REUTERS/Eduardo MunozReuters - Haiti on Thursday heeded foreign pressure and amended the results of its November first-round election, setting up a presidential runoff that excludes a government-backed candidate hit by fraud allegations.


Berlusconi passes tax changes, ignoring parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures before the taping of the Canale 5 television show Reuters - Italy's cabinet on Thursday approved tax reforms that had been rejected by a special parliamentary panel, sparking outrage from the opposition who accused Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of riding roughshod over parliament.


Algeria promises more freedoms to avert protests (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:12 PM PST

Protesters are pushed back by riot police during a demonstration in downtown Algiers, January 22, 2011. REUTERS/Farouk BaticheReuters - Algeria promised to end a 19-year-old state of emergency and provide more political freedoms on Thursday, concessions designed to keep out a wave of uprisings sweeping the Arab world.


Suleiman: President Mubarak Will Not Immediately Step Down (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

Time.com - Vice President Suleiman says on state TV that President Mubarak will not immediately step down and that the regime plans to reclaim the streets from the protesters

Europe aims to boost innovation (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:39 PM PST

AP - Remi Caron, a computer programmer and entrepreneur in Amsterdam, thought he had the perfect idea. One of his clients, a researcher, had been collecting the blood pressure, temperature and other vital signs of thousands of livestock across Europe.

Journalists attacked by mobs, detained in Cairo (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:53 PM PST

Two foreign photographers take cover as they follow stone throwing clashes between pro- and anti- government protesters in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. New clashes are heating up again and shots are being fired in the air around Cairo's central Tahrir Square as anti-government protesters push back regime supporters. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Foreign journalists were beaten with sticks and fists by pro-government mobs on Thursday, and two dozen were detained by security forces. The U.S. condemned what it called the "systematic targeting" of the reporters, photographers and film crews who have brought searing images of Egyptian protests to the world.


Afghan detainee dies after exercise at Guantanamo (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST

Gautanamo Bay Camp VI in Guantanamo. The US military said on Thursday an Afghan inmate at the American prison has collapsed and died after exercising on an elliptical machine.(AFP/File/Virginie Montet)AP - A 48-year-old Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo Bay collapsed and died, apparently from natural causes, after exercising inside the jail, the U.S. military said Thursday.


US warns of violence to come in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST

An anti-government protester swings an Egyptian flag, while smoking a cigarette, to beckon others to reinforce those at the frontline of clashes with pro-government supporters, near the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Protesters and regime supporters skirmished in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - The United States on Thursday severely criticized what it called systematic attacks on journalists in Egypt and said they appeared to be an attempt to shut out reporting of even bigger anti-government demonstrations to come.


First death reported in Australia cyclone (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:59 PM PST

A man stands near his friend's ruined house after Cyclone Yasi passed the northern Australian town of Tully February 3, 2011. Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world's most powerful cyclones spared the nation's northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and toppling trees.   REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Authorities say a man who asphyxiated while sheltering inside during the massive cyclone that struck Australia this week has become the storm's first fatality.


Canada eases flight restrictions on some items (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:50 AM PST

Reuters - Canada has eased restrictions on items that can be brought aboard airline flights in an effort to improve security and speed up passenger screening times, the transport department said on Thursday.

For many foreigners fleeing Egypt, a chaotic and tense exit (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:20 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - With violence erupting in Cairo’s streets, many foreigners are clamoring to get out of Egypt. Some are being evacuated by their home governments while others, frustrated by responses from embassies, are booking their own flights or opting to stay.

Why Yemen's Revolution Has Failed So Far (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

Time.com - Protesters promised a Day of Rage, but the demonstration in Yemen on Thursday was calm, short and ineffective. And that suits Washington just fine

Could Syria see an uprising like Egypt's? Not likely. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:53 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Syrian opposition activists hope that the shockwave of Egypt and Tunisia's mass uprisings, which have shaken the Arab world, will begin to reverberate in Syria, with calls for a “day of rage” Friday throughout the country.

Sachs defends Pachauri against Murdoch propaganda (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:18 AM PST

OneWorld.net - NEW DELHI, Feb 3 (OneWorld.net) - Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the outspoken Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, has accused the News Corporation media empire of conducting a year-long campaign of vilification against the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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