2011年2月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Iran MPs want death penalty for opposition leaders (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:55 PM PST

A dumpster burns on a street during clashes between protestors and police near Azadi Square in Tehran February 14, 2011. REUTERS/Your ViewReuters - Iranian lawmakers urged judiciary on Tuesday to hand out death penalties to opposition leaders for fomenting unrest in the Islamic state after a rally in which one person was killed and dozens were wounded, state media said.

Bahrain protesters camp overnight to demand change (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:54 PM PST

Protesters serve coffee and tea at the Pearl Roundabout, a famous landmark of Bahrain, in the heart of its capital Manama February 15, 2011. Shi'ite protesters camped out in Bahrain's capital on Tuesday after a day of protests in which a man was shot dead in clashes with police at a funeral for a demonstrator shot the day before. REUTERS/Hamad I MohammedReuters - Shi'ite protesters camped out in Bahrain's capital to press their demands for political change after a day of unrest inspired by popular revolts that toppled rulers in Tunisia and Egypt.

Food prices hit "dangerous levels": World Bank chief (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:43 PM PST

Women labourers work in an onion field in Pimpalgaon, about 215 km (133 miles) north of Mumbai January 23, 2011. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Tuesday said global food prices have reached "dangerous levels," and warned that their impact could complicate fragile political and social conditions in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Special report: Has Mohamed ElBaradei's time arrived? (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST

Reuters - For a man who describes himself as a potential "agent of change" in Egypt, Mohamed ElBaradei draws decidedly mixed reviews.

Berlusconi Faces Trial and the Wrath of Italy's Women (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST

Time.com - Just days after Italian women took to the streets to protest the Prime Minister's misogyny, Silvio Berlusconi is indicted on charges of paying to sleep with a minor

Rapper Tinie Tempah is big winner at Brit Awards (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:34 PM PST

British rapper Tinie Tempah arrives at the 02 arena in east London ahead of the Brit Awards. Rapper Tinie Tempah confirmed his rise to the top of the British music industry by winning two Brit Awards at London's O2 Arena late Tuesday.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Rapper Tinie Tempah confirmed his rise to the top of the British music industry by winning two Brit Awards at London's O2 Arena late Tuesday.

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood plans political party (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:45 PM PST

An Egyptian youth reads a newspaper in a cafe in Cairo February 14, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemAP - The long banned Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday it will form a political party once democracy is established in Egypt but promised not to field a candidate for president, trying to allay fears at home and abroad that it seeks power. Still, the fundamentalist movement is poised to be a significant player in the new order.

Clinton, candidates discuss Haiti reconstruction (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:02 PM PST

Former President and special U.N. envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, center, walks with presidential candidate Michel Martelly, second from right, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011. Clinton is on a one-day visit to Haiti to discuss the future of reconstruction efforts with two presidential candidates who will compete in a March 20 runoff. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Tuesday discussed the future of efforts to rebuild earthquake-torn Haiti with the two candidates who meet next month in a presidential runoff delayed by a political crisis.

Church attacked in northern Nigeria: police (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:09 PM PST

Motorists pass through a gate that leads to northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri in January 2011. Gunmen attacked a church Tuesday in northern Nigeria, but it was unclear if there were casualties in the latest such incident in the region where dozens have been killed in recent months.(AFP/File/Aminu Abubakar)AFP - Gunmen attacked a church Tuesday in northern Nigeria, but it was unclear if there were casualties in the latest such incident in the region where dozens have been killed in recent months.

Japan, India sign free trade pact (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:04 PM PST

Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara. Japan and India signed a free trade pact Wednesday under which the high-tech nation and the South Asian population giant pledged to scrap tariffs on 94 percent of goods within a decade.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Japan and India signed a free trade pact Wednesday under which the high-tech nation and the South Asian population giant pledged to scrap tariffs on 94 percent of goods within a decade.

Harper plays down chances of tax cuts in budget (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:31 AM PST

Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper played down the chances that next month's budget would contain tax cuts, saying in an interview broadcast on Tuesday that people were not going "to have a lot of goodies".

BHP Billiton profits up 72% on surging demand (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:51 PM PST

The world's top miner BHP Billiton Wednesday said half-year profits surged 72 percent to US$10.52 billion as emerging markets snap up raw materials and the West edges out of its economic slump.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - The world's top miner BHP Billiton Wednesday said half-year profits surged 72 percent to US$10.52 billion as emerging markets snap up raw materials and the West edges out of its economic slump.

In Bahrain, protesters bridge Sunni-Shiite divide to challenge monarchy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:38 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The unrest sweeping across the Middle East has killed two in Bahrain, as police clash with antigovernment protesters calling for political reform in the diminutive Persian Gulf kingdom.

Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST

Time.com - A twentysomething dynamo is not only curating the soundtrack of the Middle East revolution but giving young people the tools to pursue social and political change

Alberto Contador, 2010 Tour de France winner, cleared of doping allegations (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:59 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been completely cleared of doping allegations against him and his license to compete has been reinstated, his lawyer said Tuesday.

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