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Yahoo! News: World News

Coptics protesting bombing clash with Egypt police (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 03:01 PM PST

A Coptic protester, center-left, prepares to hurl an object at riot police during clashes between Coptic youths and riot police, who opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas, in the streets outside the Saints Church and a neighboring hospital, in Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. A powerful bomb, possibly from a suicide attacker, exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as a crowd of worshippers emerged from a New Years Mass early Saturday, killing at least 21 people and wounding nearly 80 in an attack that raised suspicions of an al-Qaida role. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Reuters - Angry Coptic Christians clashed with police on Sunday as they demanded more protection for Egypt's Christians following a New Year's Day church bombing that killed 21 of their brethren.

Strong 7.1 magnitude quake hits Chile, no injuries (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 03:20 PM PST

Map locates where a 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck near Temuco, ChileReuters - A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit central Chile on Sunday, driving panicked residents from their homes due to fears of a tsunami but causing no injuries or damage, officials said.

Pakistan's main government coalition partner quits (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 01:21 PM PST

Reuters - The second largest party in Pakistan's coalition said on Sunday it would go into opposition, depriving the government, a strategic U.S. ally, of its majority and raising the prospect of an early election.

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo resists African demands he step down (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:17 PM PST

U.N. soldiers stand guard near a tank during a patrol along a street in the Abobo area of Abidjan December 27, 2010. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo has said he will reject a demand by African heads of state on Monday that he cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara or face force.

South Korea's Lee tells North door to dialogue open (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 05:15 PM PST

Conservative anti-North Korean activists burn signs resembling North Korean flags, on which photographs of the North's leader Kim Jong-il and his youngest son Kim Jong-un are seen, during a photo call at Imjingak pavilion near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul, January 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yim Byong-sik/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREAReuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak warned on Monday any military aggression by North Korea would be met with strong and stern response but added the door to dialogue remained open.

Mourning in Alexandria: Egypt's Christians Worship and Worry (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 07:10 AM PST

Time.com - In the aftermath of the suicide attack on a Coptic church, Christians complain of government discrimination and increasing friction with Muslims

Australia safely through first hour at Ashes Test (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:45 PM PST

Australian batsman Phillip Hughes (C) drives the ball for four runs on day one of the fifth Ashes cricket Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Openers Shane Watson and Hughes gave Australia a boost by negotiating the first hour of play in the fifth and final Ashes Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - Openers Shane Watson and Phillip Hughes gave Australia a boost by negotiating the first hour of play in the fifth and final Ashes Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.

Insurgent attacks kill 4 Iraqi security officers (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 03:18 PM PST

Iraqi troops implement strict security measures on main roads in Baghdad in 2010. Bomb and gun attacks across Iraq killed at least nine people on Sunday, including six members of the Iraqi security forces, security and medical officials said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Insurgents killed four members of Iraq's security forces and a city engineer in separate incidents across the Iraqi capital Sunday evening, officials said.

Mexican cartel announces 1-month truce (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:27 PM PST

This photo taken Dec. 13, 2010 shows a graffiti-covered shell of a home in a nearly-abandoned working class neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. No one knows how many Juarez residents have left the city of 1.4 million since a brutal turf battle over border drug corridors unleashed an unprecedented wave of cartel murders and mayhem in 2008. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - A letter purportedly signed by La Familia drug cartel announcing a one-month truce circulated Sunday in the western state of Michoacan.

Egypt minister pelted, fears of sectarian unrest (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 03:38 PM PST

Egyptian Christians protest outside the Al-Qiddissine (The Saints) church in Alexandria. Angry Christian demonstrators pelted an Egyptian minister with stones on Sunday, an AFP correspondent said, as fears rose of sectarian unrest after a bombing at a church that killed 21 people.(AFP/Mohammed Abed)AFP - Angry Christian demonstrators pelted an Egyptian minister with stones on Sunday, as fears rose of sectarian unrest after a bombing at a church that killed 21 people.

South Korean president vows to boost defense (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 05:22 PM PST

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 and distributed by Korea News Service in Tokyo on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, center, watches training of Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Guards Tank Division of the KPA in North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUTAP - South Korea's president said Monday that his country has no choice but to aggressively boost its defenses after a deadly North Korean artillery attack, vowing not to let the North "covet even an inch of our territory."

Pengrowth Alberta pipeline explodes, no injuries (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:14 PM PST

Reuters - A Pengrowth Energy Corp gas pipeline in north central Alberta exploded and caught fire on Saturday, forcing it to shut-in part of its production, the company said on Sunday.

Australia braces as devastating floods set to worsen (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:51 PM PST

Resident Gary Clem attempts to restore a flood damaged road sign beside the swollen Burnett River near the town of Gin Gin. The Australian military and emergency services were Monday battling huge flooding in the country's northeast that has left at least one person dead, amid warnings the worst of the devastation is to come.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - The Australian military and emergency services were Monday battling huge flooding in the country's northeast that has left at least one person dead, amid warnings the worst of the devastation is to come.

Zug's Secrets: Switzerland's Corporate Hideaway (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 07:10 AM PST

Time.com - Zug's Secrets: Switzerland's Corporate Hideaway

Egypt Church Bombing Fuels Sectarian Rift (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:50 PM PST

OneWorld.net - CAIRO, Jan 2 (IPS) - It was a tragic year for Egypt’s minority Coptic Christian community that began with a drive-by shooting at a church in southern Egypt, and ended in deadly clashes near Cairo after authorities halted construction of a church. As 2010 came to a close, Copts ushering in the New Year with a midnight mass in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria wondered if 2011 would be any better.

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