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• Mubarak backers assault Cairo protesters (Reuters)
• Giant cyclone pounds Australia coast; no deaths (Reuters)
• Yemeni president signals he won't stay beyond 2013 (Reuters)
• Haiti awaits vote results, Aristide backers protest (Reuters)
• Al Qaeda suspects killed in Mauritania car blast (Reuters)
• Mexico: Year of Tourism Aims to Counter Drug-War Publicity (Time.com)
• Veteran BBC anchorman in email rant (AFP)
• Blood in Cairo square: Mubarak backers, foes clash (AP)
• Venezuelan court grants jailed judge house arrest (AP)
• Risks in Egypt were on Obama's radar early on (Reuters)
• Australia reels from once-in-a-century cyclone (AFP)
• Australian soldier killed by IED in Afghanistan (AP)
• Japan's economy in deep trouble? Look again. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Why Yemenis Doubt President Saleh's Offer to Step Down (Time.com)
• Egypt's Mubarak, protesters dig in heels (The Christian Science Monitor)

Mubarak backers assault Cairo protesters (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:34 PM PST Reuters - Backers of President Hosni Mubarak skirmished into the night on Thursday with protesters demanding he quit, after what many saw as an attempted government-backed crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations.

Giant cyclone pounds Australia coast; no deaths (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Reuters - One of the most powerful cyclones on record tore off roofs, toppled power lines and terrified tens of thousands of people hunkered down in their homes in northeastern Australia on Thursday but there were no reports of deaths.

Yemeni president signals he won't stay beyond 2013 (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:54 PM PST Reuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, eyeing protests that threaten to topple Egypt's long-serving president, indicated on Wednesday he would leave office when his term ends in 2013, after three decades in power.

Haiti awaits vote results, Aristide backers protest (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:39 PM PST Reuters - Supporters in Haiti of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrated on Wednesday for his return as the country waited nervously to hear who would contest the presidency in a March runoff.

Al Qaeda suspects killed in Mauritania car blast (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST Reuters - Three suspected al Qaeda militants killed when their vehicle exploded during a gunfight with Mauritanian soldiers Wednesday were planning to attack the French embassy and an army base, the government said.

Mexico: Year of Tourism Aims to Counter Drug-War Publicity (Time.com) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:35 PM PST Time.com - With so many tales of drug killings, the joke motto "See Mexico and die" isn't funny. Now President Felipe CalderÓn is taking Mexico's image problems seriously

Veteran BBC anchorman in email rant (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:41 PM PST AFP - A veteran BBC journalist launched a sarcastic broadside against new media and senior management Wednesday, dismissing his flagship news show's daily email bulletin as an "exercise in fatuousness".

Blood in Cairo square: Mubarak backers, foes clash (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:41 PM PST AP - Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo's central square on horses and camels brandishing whips while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appeared to be an orchestrated assault against protesters trying to topple Egypt's leader of 30 years. Three people died and 600 were injured.

Venezuelan court grants jailed judge house arrest (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:12 PM PST AP - A Venezuelan court on Wednesday granted house arrest to a judge who has been jailed for more than a year in a case criticized by human rights groups.

Risks in Egypt were on Obama's radar early on (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:40 PM PST Reuters - When a public uprising ousted Tunisia's leader after two decades in power, U.S. policymakers and intelligence analysts immediately wondered what this might mean for Egypt, the most populous Arab nation and a staunch American ally.

Australia reels from once-in-a-century cyclone (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:22 PM PST AFP - Australia's biggest cyclone in a century devastated several towns and cut power to 175,000 people Thursday, terrifying Queenslanders already reeling from months of catastrophic flooding.

Australian soldier killed by IED in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:27 PM PST AP - An Australian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device during a patrol in southern Afghanistan, bringing the Australian death toll to 22.

Japan's economy in deep trouble? Look again. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - With sky-high public debt, near-zero interest rates, and an economy that is reportedly a basket case after two decades of stagnation, Japan's currency should be falling through the floor. Instead, the yen’s strength is a challenge to those who seem to believe Japan is sliding into oblivion.

Why Yemenis Doubt President Saleh's Offer to Step Down (Time.com) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:35 PM PST Time.com - Inspired by Tunisia and Egypt, the Yemeni people are demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down. But is it too late for the leader to convince his people that he's changed?

Egypt's Mubarak, protesters dig in heels (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:45 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Egypt's Hosni Mubarak appeared to unleash his thugs on peaceful protesters gathered in Tahrir Square today, turning streets near the square into a frenzied and chaotic battle zone. It marked a darker turn in the eight days of demonstrations as protesters and the government appear to be digging in their heels.

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