2011年2月8日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Egyptians stage massive anti-Mubarak protest (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:18 PM PST

A young protester chants anti-government slogans during demonstrations inside Tahrir Square in Cairo February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - Egyptians have staged one of their biggest protests yet insisting President Hosni Mubarak step down immediately and ignoring a government plan to transfer power.

Uneasy peace holds after Thai and Cambodian troops clash (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:45 PM PST

A man looks at a damaged school in Si Sa Ket province near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangReuters - Thai and Cambodian troops stood on high alert on Tuesday after clashing in disputed jungle around an 11th-century Hindu temple as foreign governments urged them to lay down arms.

Taylor's lawyer storms out of war crimes court (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:30 AM PST

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor (bottom) awaits the start of the prosecution's closing arguments during his trial at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam February 8, 2011. The defence lawyer for Taylor walked out of the Sierra Leone war crimes court on Tuesday in protest at a decision by judges preventing him from filing a final summary of his evidence. Taylor denies all 11 charges of instigating murder, rape, mutilation, sexual slavery and conscription of child soldiers during wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone in which more than 250,000 were killed. REUTERS/Jerry LampenReuters - The defense lawyer for former Liberian president Charles Taylor defied the Sierra Leone war crimes court on Tuesday, walking out in protest ahead of closing arguments in the case and calling it a farce.

Yemen formin dismisses Arab revolt contagion fears (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:12 PM PST

Reuters - Yemen's foreign minister dismissed talk of his country falling into similar political crises as Tunisia and Egypt, saying that unlike the two Arab countries, Yemen's government has always had dialogue with the opposition.

Gas blast in southeast Turkey injures 10 (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:56 AM PST

Reuters - An explosion caused by a gas build-up injured 10 people and badly damaged a shop in the southeast Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday, security sources said.

Egypt's New Hero: Can Google Activist Wael Ghonim Overthrow Mubarak? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST

Time.com - Wael Ghonim's captivity and emotional TV appearance have stirred the protests in Cairo. Is he the leader the youthful opposition has been waiting for?

Strauss confident of cricket World Cup revival (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:54 PM PST

England captain Andrew Strauss, pictured during the One Day International cricket match in Sydney, has predicted an upturn in his side's one-day fortunes at the World Cup when he expects to finally have his first-choice attack at his disposal.(AFP/File/Krystle Wright)AFP - England captain Andrew Strauss has predicted an upturn in his side's one-day fortunes at the World Cup when he expects to finally have his first-choice attack at his disposal.

Freed young leader energizes Egyptian protests (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:06 PM PST

In this still image taken from video, Google Inc executive Wael Ghonim cries during an interview in Cairo February 7, 2011. One man's tears provided a new impetus on Tuesday to protesters in Egypt seeking to keep up momentum in their campaign, now in its third week, to topple President Hosni Mubarak. Ghonim, who was detained and blindfolded by state security for 12 days, broke down in a television interview on Monday after his release saying a system that arrested people for speaking out must be torn down. Image taken from footage dated February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Dream TV via Reuters TV (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. EGYPT OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN EGYPTAP - A young Google executive who helped ignite Egypt's uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appearance in their midst after being released from 12 days in secret detention. "We won't give up," he promised at one of the biggest protests yet in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Aristide lawyer gets ex-leader's Haiti passport (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST

A demonstrator holds up a picture of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during a protest against Haiti's President Rene Preval in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Feb. 7, 2011. Preval's term had been scheduled to end Monday but will stay in office for three more months as his country chooses a successor in a delayed election, said his chief of staff. A group protested outside the National Palace, blocking traffic with overturned trash bins and burning tires and chanting “Preval is a crook!” (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Haiti has issued a diplomatic passport for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his American lawyer said he picked it up Tuesday from government authorities.

White House scrambles to regain message on Egypt (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:05 PM PST

An anti-government protester wears facepaint in the color of the Egyptian flag and body paint in arabic directed at Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and reading 'The paper ran out. What more can I do for you (to get it)?' at the continuing protest in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Egypt's embattled regime announced Monday a 15 percent raise for government employees in an attempt to shore up its base and defuse popular anger but the gestures so far have done little to persuade the tens of thousands of protesters occupying Tahrir Square to end their two-week long protest, leaving the two sides in an uneasy stalemate. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Struggling to clear up conflicting messages that frustrated even President Barack Obama, the White House worked aggressively on Tuesday to dispel any notion it was easing pressure on President Hosni Mubarak or abandoning those protesting for freedoms.

S. Korea agrees to talks with North on reunions (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:16 PM PST

A North Korean man (C) embraces his long-lost sisters who live in South Korea during their first group meeting for decades in North Korea, close to the border which separates the two states. South Korea has agreed to hold talks with its hardline Stalinist neighbour about reunions of separated families and other humanitarian issues, an official has said.(AFP/Pool/File)AFP - South Korea has agreed to hold talks with North Korea about reunions of separated families and other humanitarian issues, an official said Wednesday.

Explorers plan first Russia-Canada voyage via North Pole (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:12 AM PST

Reuters - A Russian-led expedition aims to make the first ever crossing from Russia's Arctic shore into Canada over the North Pole, a months-long voyage over precarious shifting ice floes.

Rio Tinto in $1 bn Australia, Canada iron ore plan (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 08:47 AM PST

A photo released by Rio Tinto in 2009 shows Rio Tinto locomotives hauling a load of iron ore out of West Australia's Pilbara region. The mining has announced it will invest more than $1 bln at the group's existing iron ore operations in Australia and Canada.(AFP/RIO TINTO/Ho/File)AFP - Mining giant Rio Tinto announced Tuesday that it will invest more than one billion dollars at the group's existing iron ore operations in Australia and Canada.

South Sudanese in the US mull going home to build a nation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:51 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In celebration of South Sudan's historic independence vote last month, voters beat drums in both Juba â€" and Arlington, Mass.

Sarkozy Confronts Strike by French Judges (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST

Time.com - Accusing the government of trying to manipulate the judicial system, French judges and other court employees are staging an unprecedented protest

Guardian reporter expelled from Russia in cold war echo (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:02 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Luke Harding, the accredited Moscow correspondent of the British Guardian newspaper, has been expelled from Russia in what appears to be the first incident of its kind since the end of the cold war.

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