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• Tunisia purges government, wins union endorsement (Reuters)
• Thousands march in Yemen to demand change of government (Reuters)
• Car bomb at Iraq funeral wake kills at least 35 (Reuters)
• Nelson Mandela recovering from collapsed lung (Reuters)
• The Moscow Airport Attack: Were Early Clues Ignored? (Time.com)
• Dutch government wins over Afghan doubters (AP)
• Provider: Egypt's Internet suffers severe outages (AP)
• Mexican authorities discover 219 migrants in truck (AP)
• Egypt: Internet down, police counterterror unit up (AP)
• Head-on train crash in Indonesia kills at least 3 (AP)
• BoC's Carney losing sleep over current account gap (Reuters)
• Inquest says explosion killed NZ miners (AP)
• Alberto Contador may be stripped of Tour de France title. Is he a scapegoat? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Did Police Ignore Evidence in Britain's Phone-Hacking Scandal? (Time.com)
• Murder of gay activist David Kato sends chill in Uganda (The Christian Science Monitor)

Tunisia purges government, wins union endorsement (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:58 PM PST Reuters - The Tunisian government ditched loyalists to its ousted president on Thursday -- a move which won backing from the powerful labor union and could help defuse protests which have inspired people across the Middle East.

Thousands march in Yemen to demand change of government (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 05:27 AM PST Reuters - Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of Sanaa Thursday to demand a change of government, inspired by the unrest that has ousted Tunisia's leader and spread to Egypt this week.

Car bomb at Iraq funeral wake kills at least 35 (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 08:08 AM PST Reuters - A car bomb exploded at a funeral wake in a Shi'ite area of Iraq's capital on Thursday, killing at least 35 people, wounding dozens and triggering clashes between angry residents and police, health and security sources said.

Nelson Mandela recovering from collapsed lung (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:46 AM PST Reuters - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is recovering from a collapsed lung and could be released from hospital as early as Friday, a source close to Mandela told Reuters on Thursday.

The Moscow Airport Attack: Were Early Clues Ignored? (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 03:45 PM PST Time.com - An accidental blast that occured 24 days before the airport suicide bombing might have provided police with an idea that something bigger was coming. Was anything done with the information?

Dutch government wins over Afghan doubters (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:22 PM PST AP - The Dutch government won the support early Friday of a narrow majority of lawmakers for its proposal to send troops and police to northern Afghanistan to train police recruits.

Provider: Egypt's Internet suffers severe outages (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 03:52 PM PST AP - Egypt's Internet suffers a severe disruption, as a grass-roots protest movement prepares for major rallies after Friday prayers demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years in power.

Mexican authorities discover 219 migrants in truck (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:20 PM PST AP - Mexican authorities have discovered 219 migrants squeezed into a trailer truck in the southern state of Chiapas.

Egypt: Internet down, police counterterror unit up (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:37 PM PST AP - Internet service in Egypt was disrupted and the government deployed an elite special operations force in Cairo on Friday, hours before an anticipated new wave of anti-government protests.

Head-on train crash in Indonesia kills at least 3 (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:34 PM PST AP - Two passenger trains crashed head-on in Indonesia early Friday, killing at least three people and leaving many others injured, a railway official said.

BoC's Carney losing sleep over current account gap (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 02:22 PM PST Reuters - Canada's central bank chief is unfazed by rising global food inflation, losing sleep instead over his country's gaping current account deficit, which he has blamed partly on the strong currency.

Inquest says explosion killed NZ miners (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:16 AM PST AP - All 29 miners in a southern New Zealand coal mine died within minutes of an initial explosion that rocked the mine in November, an inquest heard Thursday.

Alberto Contador may be stripped of Tour de France title. Is he a scapegoat? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:10 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Spaniards on Thursday debated whether to condemn or defend their three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador after news filtered in that the country’s cycling federation would likely suspend the cyclist for one year. It is a decision that would cost him his 2010 title.

Did Police Ignore Evidence in Britain's Phone-Hacking Scandal? (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 03:45 PM PST Time.com - As police launch a second investigation into allegations of phone hacking by British tabloids, the Met is accused ofnot looking closely enough the first time

Murder of gay activist David Kato sends chill in Uganda (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:02 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - John Malumba Wasswa says it suddenly feels very lonely without his twin brother around.

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