2011年2月13日星期日

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Abbas' cabinet to resign on Monday: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 12:07 PM PST

Reuters - The Palestinian cabinet will tender resignations Monday after which Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will select new ministers at the request of President Mahmoud Abbas, political sources said.

Yemeni police block protesters' march on palace (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 10:44 AM PST

Pro-government protesters confront anti-government protesters outside Sanaa University in Sanaa February 13, 2011. Anti-government protesters clashed with police trying to prevent them from marching towards Yemen's presidential palace in Sanaa on Sunday, witnesses said. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Hundreds of anti-government protesters, inspired by the mass uprising in Egypt, clashed with police blocking them from marching to Yemen's presidential palace in Sanaa on Sunday, witnesses said.


Algeria opposition says to hold weekly rallies (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 09:42 AM PST

A woman talks on the phone as she walks past riot police standing guard during a demonstration in Algiers February 12, 2011.  REUTERS/Louafi LarbiReuters - Algerian opposition groups said on Sunday they would follow up the protest they held this weekend by calling a demonstration in the capital every Saturday until the government is changed.


Death toll rises to 48 in Iraq suicide bombing (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:34 AM PST

Reuters - The toll from a suicide bombing that targeted Shi'ite pilgrims near the city of Samarra, one of Iraq's worst in recent weeks, rose to 48 dead and 80 wounded, police and officials said on Sunday.

What the Halal? For French Muslims, Confusion Over What's Forbidden (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:35 PM PST

Time.com - Claims of hidden pork in a popular brand of halal sausages have sparked a debate in France over what's okay for Muslims to eat -- and who decides

Europe set for landmark launch with robot freighter (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:25 PM PST

An Ariane 5 rocket taking off from Kourou in 2010. A robot freighter is poised to blast into the skies on Tuesday in the heftiest liftoff in Europe's space programme that will also bring its tally of launches to a historic 200.(AFP/ARIANE ESPACE/File/Jody Amiet)AFP - A robot freighter is poised to blast into the skies on Tuesday in the heftiest liftoff in Europe's space programme that will also bring its tally of launches to a historic 200.


Egypt's military rulers dissolve parliament (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:56 PM PST

Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate at Tahrir Square in Cairo, on February 11, after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after three decades of autocratic rule and handed power to a group of senior military commanders.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AP - Egypt's military rulers took sweeping action to dismantle the autocratic legacy of former President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday, dissolving parliament, suspending the constitution and promising elections in moves cautiously welcomed by pro-democracy protesters.


4th captive freed in Colombia (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST

AP - The International Red Cross says Colombian rebels have released a fourth captive, a 30-year-old police officer held since December.

Clinton phones regional leaders on Egypt (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST

An Egytpian woman takes pictures of people celebrating as she drives with her family through Cairo's Tahrir Square. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarked on a round of telephone diplomacy on Sunday, calling several top officials including India's foreign minister to discuss Egypt's transition away from authoritarian rule.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarked on a round of telephone diplomacy Sunday, calling several top officials including India's foreign minister to discuss Egypt's transition away from authoritarian rule.


Japan's economy shrinks in Q4 as China moves ahead (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:41 PM PST

Pedestrians walk on a street at Tokyo's shopping district Ginza in January 2011. Japan ceded its spot as the world's second-biggest economy to China in 2010, as gross domestic product contracted in the fourth quarter on sliding consumer consumption and demand, data showed.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Japan ceded its spot as the world's second-biggest economy to China in 2010, as gross domestic product contracted in the fourth quarter on sliding consumer consumption and demand, data showed.


Rio CEO targets iron ore as demand booms (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 11:00 PM PST

Rio Tinto Chairman Jan du Plessis (left) and CEO Tom Albanese face the media following the company's annual general meeting in Melbourne, in 2010. Albanese on Sunday said Australian iron ore was the firm's top growth priority, with demand set to outstrip supply of the precious steelmaking metal until at least 2013.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese said Australian iron ore was the firm's top growth priority, with demand set to outstrip supply of the precious steelmaking metal until at least 2013.


As Egypt tumult spreads, top Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, resigns (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Top Palestinian peace negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has resigned after embarrassing depictions in media leaks of his posture towards Israel, saying he hopes his stepping down will set a model of transparency for the young Palestinian state-in-the-making.

A Brief History of Military Takeover (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:35 PM PST

Time.com - While generals do not have a good track record of delivering democracy, some of them have managed to do it

Why a Northern Irishman is running for office in Uganda's Feb. 18 election (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 09:38 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Standing on the back of a pickup truck in garbage-strewn Kisugu marketplace, Ian Clarke tried to explain to a crowd of potential voters why a Northern Irish physician would want to get involved in the minefield of local Ugandan politics.

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