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• ElBaradei warns that Egypt protests could turn more violent (Reuters)
• Two dead as Tunisian police fires on protesters (Reuters)
• Ivory Coast Gbagbo backers protest against African Union (Reuters)
• Sudan's Bashir vows freedoms and open government (Reuters)
• Chechen rebel threatens Russia with more attacks (Reuters)
• Egypt's Ruling Party Is Revamped as Mubarak Holds On (Time.com)
• UK weighs special unit to combat Olympics bad news (Reuters)
• Egypt ruling party leaders resign but regime holds (AP)
• Kentucky tourist killed by car in Jamaica (AP)
• ElBaradei: Egypt protests could get "more vicious" (Reuters)
• Japanese judo champs thrive in Paris (AFP)
• Canadian Pacific and union reach tentative labor deal (Reuters)
• Torrential downpours pile misery on Australia (AFP)
• Kenya's Permanent Refugees: The Camps that Became Cities (Time.com)

ElBaradei warns that Egypt protests could turn more violent (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:51 PM PST Reuters - Unrest in Egypt could turn increasingly vicious, leading opposition activist Mohamed ElBaradei warned on Saturday, as President Hosni Mubarak clung to power after 12 days of demonstrations.

Two dead as Tunisian police fires on protesters (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:33 PM PST Reuters - At least two people were killed and 17 others wounded in northern Tunisia on Saturday when police opened fire to quell a protest after a senior police officer slapped a woman in the face, official and media sources said.

Ivory Coast Gbagbo backers protest against African Union (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:28 AM PST Reuters - Several thousand youths loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo marched through Abidjan on Saturday to protest the presence of Burkina Faso's president on a mediation panel aiming to resolve a post-election crisis.

Sudan's Bashir vows freedoms and open government (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST Reuters - Sudan's president promised a future of freedom and open government on Saturday in a strikingly conciliatory speech following a week of small protests in Sudan and an uprising in neighboring Egypt.

Chechen rebel threatens Russia with more attacks (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 07:29 AM PST Reuters - Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has said his forces will carry out more attacks and that Russia faces a year of "blood and tears" if it refuses to abandon its North Caucasus territories.

Egypt's Ruling Party Is Revamped as Mubarak Holds On (Time.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:30 AM PST Time.com - The president's son loses his job as potential heir but the crisis continues even as Egyptians realize the country must conclude it soon.

UK weighs special unit to combat Olympics bad news (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:32 PM PST Reuters - Britain's Foreign Office should set up a "rapid response unit" ahead of the 2012 Olympics to rebuff or correct negative stories which could damage the country's reputation, lawmakers said on Sunday.

Egypt ruling party leaders resign but regime holds (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:41 PM PST AP - The leadership of Egypt's ruling party stepped down Saturday as the military figures spearheading the transition tried to placate protesters without giving them the one resignation they demand, President Hosni Mubarak's. The United States gave key backing to the regime's gradual changes, warning of the dangers if Mubarak goes too quickly.

Kentucky tourist killed by car in Jamaica (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST AP - Authorities in Jamaica say a car has hit and killed a tourist from Lexington, Kentucky, and injured his girlfriend as they were walking in the resort area of Negril.

ElBaradei: Egypt protests could get "more vicious" (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:46 PM PST Reuters - Mohamed ElBaradei said on Saturday it would be a "major setback" if Washington backed Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak or his deputy to lead a new government and warned that protests could grow "more vicious."

Japanese judo champs thrive in Paris (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 02:10 PM PST AFP - Reigning Japanese world champions Haruna Asami (-48 kg), Junpei Morishita (-66 kg) and Uzbek counterpart Rishod Sobirov (-60 kg) were still in with a chance of adding Tournoi de Paris glory to their trophy cabinet's after Saturday's action.

Canadian Pacific and union reach tentative labor deal (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:57 AM PST Reuters - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd and a union representing 2,100 staff said on Saturday they have reached a tentative labor deal, averting a strike at the country's second-biggest rail carrier.

Torrential downpours pile misery on Australia (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:24 AM PST AFP - Torrential rains and flash floods trapped scores of people in homes and cars following a massive cyclone, piling more misery on Australia Saturday after weeks of record inundations.

Kenya's Permanent Refugees: The Camps that Became Cities (Time.com) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:55 PM PST Time.com - The original refugees of Dadaab now have a whole generation of grandchildren but they have nowhere to go and Kenya doesn't really want to integrate them

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