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• Yemen "Day of Rage" draws tens of thousands (Reuters)
• Haiti sets revised presidency runoff (Reuters)
• Berlusconi passes tax changes, ignoring parliament (Reuters)
• Algeria promises more freedoms to avert protests (Reuters)
• Suleiman: President Mubarak Will Not Immediately Step Down (Time.com)
• Europe aims to boost innovation (AP)
• Journalists attacked by mobs, detained in Cairo (AP)
• Afghan detainee dies after exercise at Guantanamo (AP)
• US warns of violence to come in Egypt (AP)
• First death reported in Australia cyclone (AP)
• Canada eases flight restrictions on some items (Reuters)
• For many foreigners fleeing Egypt, a chaotic and tense exit (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Why Yemen's Revolution Has Failed So Far (Time.com)
• Could Syria see an uprising like Egypt's? Not likely. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Sachs defends Pachauri against Murdoch propaganda (OneWorld.net)

Yemen "Day of Rage" draws tens of thousands (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:50 PM PST Reuters - Tens of thousands of Yemenis squared off in peaceful protests for and against the government on Thursday during an opposition-led "Day of Rage," a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to step down in 2013.

Haiti sets revised presidency runoff (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:27 PM PST Reuters - Haiti on Thursday heeded foreign pressure and amended the results of its November first-round election, setting up a presidential runoff that excludes a government-backed candidate hit by fraud allegations.

Berlusconi passes tax changes, ignoring parliament (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST Reuters - Italy's cabinet on Thursday approved tax reforms that had been rejected by a special parliamentary panel, sparking outrage from the opposition who accused Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of riding roughshod over parliament.

Algeria promises more freedoms to avert protests (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:12 PM PST Reuters - Algeria promised to end a 19-year-old state of emergency and provide more political freedoms on Thursday, concessions designed to keep out a wave of uprisings sweeping the Arab world.

Suleiman: President Mubarak Will Not Immediately Step Down (Time.com) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST Time.com - Vice President Suleiman says on state TV that President Mubarak will not immediately step down and that the regime plans to reclaim the streets from the protesters

Europe aims to boost innovation (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:39 PM PST AP - Remi Caron, a computer programmer and entrepreneur in Amsterdam, thought he had the perfect idea. One of his clients, a researcher, had been collecting the blood pressure, temperature and other vital signs of thousands of livestock across Europe.

Journalists attacked by mobs, detained in Cairo (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:53 PM PST AP - Foreign journalists were beaten with sticks and fists by pro-government mobs on Thursday, and two dozen were detained by security forces. The U.S. condemned what it called the "systematic targeting" of the reporters, photographers and film crews who have brought searing images of Egyptian protests to the world.

Afghan detainee dies after exercise at Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST AP - A 48-year-old Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo Bay collapsed and died, apparently from natural causes, after exercising inside the jail, the U.S. military said Thursday.

US warns of violence to come in Egypt (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST AP - The United States on Thursday severely criticized what it called systematic attacks on journalists in Egypt and said they appeared to be an attempt to shut out reporting of even bigger anti-government demonstrations to come.

First death reported in Australia cyclone (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:59 PM PST AP - Authorities say a man who asphyxiated while sheltering inside during the massive cyclone that struck Australia this week has become the storm's first fatality.

Canada eases flight restrictions on some items (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:50 AM PST Reuters - Canada has eased restrictions on items that can be brought aboard airline flights in an effort to improve security and speed up passenger screening times, the transport department said on Thursday.

For many foreigners fleeing Egypt, a chaotic and tense exit (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:20 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - With violence erupting in Cairo’s streets, many foreigners are clamoring to get out of Egypt. Some are being evacuated by their home governments while others, frustrated by responses from embassies, are booking their own flights or opting to stay.

Why Yemen's Revolution Has Failed So Far (Time.com) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST Time.com - Protesters promised a Day of Rage, but the demonstration in Yemen on Thursday was calm, short and ineffective. And that suits Washington just fine

Could Syria see an uprising like Egypt's? Not likely. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:53 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Syrian opposition activists hope that the shockwave of Egypt and Tunisia's mass uprisings, which have shaken the Arab world, will begin to reverberate in Syria, with calls for a “day of rage” Friday throughout the country.

Sachs defends Pachauri against Murdoch propaganda (OneWorld.net) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:18 AM PST OneWorld.net - NEW DELHI, Feb 3 (OneWorld.net) - Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the outspoken Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, has accused the News Corporation media empire of conducting a year-long campaign of vilification against the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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