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• Mubarak pledge to step down dismissed as too slow (Reuters)
• Jordan's king appoints new PM after protests (Reuters)
• Australians flee, jam shelters ahead of "catastrophic" cyclone (Reuters)
• Foreign countries step up Egypt evacuations (Reuters)
• Tunisian minister talks of "conspiracy" after attacks (Reuters)
• Egypt's Uprising Attracts New Activists to Tahrir Square in Cairo (Time.com)
• Torres creates striking problem for Chelsea (AFP)
• Egypt crowds unmoved by Mubarak's vow not to run (AP)
• Mexico: Botox behind bars for reputed drug 'queen' (AP)
• Egypt's Mubarak digs in heels, protests continue (AFP)
• U.S. general "militarily uncomfortable" with Afghan date (Reuters)
• U.S. security on Canada border lacking: watchdog (Reuters)
• Strong cyclone bears down on north Australia coast (AP)
• South Korea's Lee inches closer to high-level talks with North Korea (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Mubarak Says He'll Step Down but Not Yet: What Next? (Time.com)
• Report: Secret prison in Iraq raises fresh concerns over torture (The Christian Science Monitor)

Mubarak pledge to step down dismissed as too slow (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:07 PM PST Reuters - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday he would surrender power in September, angering protesters who want an immediate end to his 30-year-rule.

Jordan's king appoints new PM after protests (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:35 AM PST Reuters - King Abdullah of Jordan, a close U.S. ally, replaced his prime minister on Tuesday following protests inspired by mass demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt, but the opposition dismissed the move as insufficient.

Australians flee, jam shelters ahead of "catastrophic" cyclone (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:14 PM PST Reuters - Thousands of residents fled their homes and crammed into shelters in northeastern Australia as a cyclone described as the most powerful in the country's history and with a 650 km (400 mile) wide front barreled toward the coastline on Wednesday.

Foreign countries step up Egypt evacuations (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:25 AM PST Reuters - Foreign countries stepped up attempts to evacuate their nationals from Egypt on Tuesday as at least one million anti-government protesters rallied across the country calling for President Hosni Mubarak step down.

Tunisian minister talks of "conspiracy" after attacks (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:28 PM PST Reuters - Tunisia's new interior minister said some members of the security forces were in a "conspiracy" to undermine the state, after a wave of violence including the burning of a synagogue and an attack on the ministry itself.

Egypt's Uprising Attracts New Activists to Tahrir Square in Cairo (Time.com) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST Time.com - A U.S.-educated dental student, once apolitical, is inspired to join the protests and help organize the turnout

Torres creates striking problem for Chelsea (AFP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:25 PM PST AFP - Fernando Torres is set to make his debut for Chelsea against Liverpool -- the club who sold him for a British transfer record 50 million pounds -- on Sunday despite the English champions winning 4-2 against Sunderland without him.

Egypt crowds unmoved by Mubarak's vow not to run (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:38 PM PST AP - President Hosni Mubarak defied a quarter-million protesters demanding he step down immediately, announcing Tuesday he would serve out the last months of his term and "die on Egyptian soil." He promised not to seek re-election, but that did not calm public fury as clashes erupted between his opponents and supporters.

Mexico: Botox behind bars for reputed drug 'queen' (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:13 PM PST AP - Bars and barbed wire couldn't keep a reputed drug cartel "queen" from getting Botox in prison, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.

Egypt's Mubarak digs in heels, protests continue (AFP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:12 PM PST AFP - Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was digging in his heels on Wednesday after defying a week of massive protests calling for him to step down immediately and saying instead he would not run for re-election in September.

U.S. general "militarily uncomfortable" with Afghan date (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:17 PM PST Reuters - A senior U.S. military commander said on Tuesday setting a 2014 goal for halting NATO combat operations in Afghanistan weakened the Taliban's arguments although he was "militarily uncomfortable" with it.

U.S. security on Canada border lacking: watchdog (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:41 PM PST Reuters - Fewer than one in every 100 miles of the U.S. border with Canada is adequately secured, a government watchdog agency said on Tuesday.

Strong cyclone bears down on north Australia coast (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:07 PM PST AP - Authorities implored thousands of Australians to gather their loved ones Wednesday and flee a monster cyclone that strengthened overnight and threatened to produce hours of terrifying winds and torrential rain for the northeast.

South Korea's Lee inches closer to high-level talks with North Korea (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:13 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak said Tuesday he would deign to “hold a summit” with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il “if necessary” amid “high hopes for a change in attitude” after months of confrontation.

Mubarak Says He'll Step Down but Not Yet: What Next? (Time.com) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST Time.com - The demonstrators must now worry about whether they can prolong the momentum of their protests. But what will they do now that it seems likely Mubarak will not leave immediately?

Report: Secret prison in Iraq raises fresh concerns over torture (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:04 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Security forces under the control of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki are operating a secret prison filled with detainees who were transferred from a facility where widespread torture was uncovered last year, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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