2011年2月16日星期三

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Egypt-inspired protests gain pace across region (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:10 PM PST

Government backers try to storm the gate of Sanaa University during clashes with anti-government protesters in Sanaa February 16, 2011. Government loyalists wielding batons and daggers clashed with anti-government protesters in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday as unrest inspired by Egypt's uprising spiralled out of police control. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Anti-government protests inspired by popular revolts that toppled rulers in Tunisia and Egypt are gaining pace around the Middle East and North Africa despite political and economic concessions by nervous governments.

Two dead as Bahrain police break up protest camp (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:45 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 - Bahraini police broke up a protest camp in a central Manama square on Thursday, killing at least two people, as they tried to end three days of demonstrations inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, witnesses and the opposition said.

Israel says Iran warships to transit Suez for Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:06 PM PST

Reuters - Two Iranian warships planned to sail through the Suez Canal en route to Syria on Wednesday, Israel's foreign minister said, calling it a "provocation," but the vessels were seen as posing no serious military threat.

Egypt military rulers face Iran warship passage (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:57 PM PST

People ride camels near the Giza pyramids February 15, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - Egypt's new military rulers faced their first unwelcome diplomatic exposure on Wednesday as Israel reported that two Iranian warships were approaching the Suez Canal to pass through for the first time since 1979.

North Korea nears completion of second missile site: reports (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:10 PM PST

Reuters - North Korea appears close to finishing a second launch site for long-range missiles, media reports said on Thursday, underscoring U.S. concerns that Pyongyang's ballistic missile programme is fast becoming a direct threat.

After Mubarak: Rebels with Too Many Causes (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:35 PM PST

Time.com - A visit to one of the many fluid youth groups trying to make a difference, while airing a myriad of different agendas

William and Kate to tour Canada after wedding (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:15 PM PST

Prince William and Kate Middleton will visit Canada in their first overseas royal tour as a married couple, palace officials announced.(AFP/HO/File/Mario Testino)AFP - Prince William and Kate Middleton will visit Canada in their first overseas royal tour as a married couple, palace officials announced.

Riot police storm Bahrain camp; 2 reported dead (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:41 PM PST

** ADDS BYLINE **Bahrainis shout slogans in Pearl Square, Manama, Bahrain Tuesday, Feb.15, 2011. Protesters demanding sweeping political reforms from Bahrain's rulers held their ground Wednesday in an Egypt-style occupation of the capital's landmark square. (AP Photo/James Lawler Duggan)AP - Riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed a landmark square occupied by anti-government protesters Thursday, driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom.

Mexico arrests 2 cops in senior officer's killing (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 07:15 PM PST

This undated photo released on Monday Feb. 7, 2011 by the Cathedral High School in El Paso, Texas, shows Juan Carlos Echeverri, 15, a former student at Cathedral High School. Echeverri and another student from from the same school, both U.S. citizens, along with another Mexican teenager were killed by unknown gunmen on Saturday Feb. 5, 2011 outside of a car dealership across the border in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Cathedral High School)AP - Two police officers were arrested Wednesday in the killing of the top intelligence officer in Mexico's northern Nuevo Leon state, including one who acted as his bodyguard.

Clashes erupt as Libya braces for 'Day of Anger' (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:56 PM PST

A Libyan pro-government supporter holds a portrait of leader Moamer Kadhafi during a gathering in Tripoli. Dozens of people were injured in clashes in Benghazi, a hospital in the eastern city said Wednesday, as Libya braced for a AFP - Dozens of people were injured in clashes in Benghazi, a hospital in Libya's second city said, on the eve of a nationwide "Day of Anger" called by cyber-activists in a bid to emulate revolts in neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia.

Indian comic books fight back (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:59 PM PST

An Indian man passes a mural depicting Conan the Barbarian on a wall in the Indian city of Bangalore. The country's first comic book convention opens in the capital New Delhi on Saturday, with organisers expecting thousands of fans to prove the art form is thriving in the Internet age.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - India's first comic book convention opens in the capital New Delhi on Saturday, with organisers expecting thousands of fans to prove the art form is thriving in the Internet age.

Prince William, Kate to visit Canada post-wedding (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:18 PM PST

Reuters - Prince William and Kate Middleton will visit Canada from June 30 to July 8 on their first official foreign trip as a married couple, British and Canadian officials said Wednesday.

BHP profit up 72% on emerging market demand (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:56 AM PST

Marius Kloppers, chief executive of Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, announces record profits in Sydney on February 16, 2011. The world's top miner 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/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - The world's top miner BHP Billiton Wednesday said half-year net profits surged 72 percent to $10.52 billion as emerging markets snap up raw materials and the West edges out of its economic slump.

Alberto Contador returns to cycling circuit, but showdown looms over doping claims (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:49 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A day after the Spanish cycling federation unexpectedly cleared him of doping allegations, triggering a wave of global criticism, an ecstatic Alberto Contador returned to competitive racing Thursday.

Forget Gold: Why Investors Are Targeting Guns (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:35 PM PST

Time.com - Useful, beautiful and always increasing in value, English shotguns are becoming more popular with cautious investors

Yemeni president tries to avert revolution as antigovernment voices grow louder (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:22 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As leaders across the Middle East feel the tremors of Egypt and Tunisia's uprisings, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has launched a campaign to stave off revolution in his country.

Indonesia Forest Protection Pledge Welcomed (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:53 AM PST

OneWorld.net - JAKARTA, Feb 16 (IRIN) - Environmentalists and the government have welcomed a pledge by Indonesia's largest palm oil producer to follow new standards to protect carbon-rich forests and peat land.

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