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President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Egypt in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo: AP / Evan Vucci

Obama Urges Quick Transition in Egypt
read more The New York Times

WASHINGTON – President Obama declared on Tuesday night that an “orderly transition” in Egypt “must begin now,” but he stopped short of demanding that President Hosni Mubarak leave office immediately. Doug Mills/The New York Times “We’ve born witness to the beginning of a new chapter in the history of a great country,”...

Emergency workers and Australian Air Force personnel load a patient from local hospital onto an evacuation flight in Cairns Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, in an effort to flee from the path of a monster storm bearing down on northeastern Australia. Cyclone Yasi is forecast to hit the coast late Wednesday or early Thursday with wind gusts of around 155 miles per hour (250 kilometers per hour).

photo: AP / Rick Rycroft

Australia evacuates coastal cities as cyclone nears
read more The Jordan Times

Tweet - Australia evacuated thousands of people from its northeast coast on Tuesday as a cyclone rivalling Hurricane Katrina bore down on tourism towns and rural communities, with officials saying it could even threaten areas deep inland that were ruined by floods last month. Mines, rail lines and coal...

A supporter of Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier holds up an image of Duvalier outside the rented guest house where Duvalier is staying in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday Jan. 21, 2011. Duvalier returned Sunday to Haiti after nearly 25 years in exile, a move that comes as his country struggles with a political crisis and the stalled effort to recover from last year's devastating earthquake. Duvalier said Friday it was the earthquake that brought him back to Haiti and that he wants to help with the reconstruction.

photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa

Swiss law takes effect, blocks Duvalier's assets
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(CNN) -- A Swiss law that took effect Tuesday blocked millions of dollars held in bank accounts belonging to former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who made a stunning return to his homeland last month. The United Nations human rights chief, meanwhile, offered to help Haitian authorities prosecute Duvalier for alleged crimes...

In this image from Egyptian state television aired Tuesday evening Feb 1 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak makes what has been billed as an important speech. Mubarak has faced a week of public and international pressure to step down from the role he has held for 30 years, culminating in a day when a quarter-million people turned in the largest protest yet to demand his ouster.

photo: AP / Egyptian state television via APTN

Egypt's President Mubarak to quit
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to step down after nearly 30 years in power following eight days of protests by demonstrators demanding his resignation. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation today after a huge protest by a quarter of a million people in downtown Cairo. "I do not intend to run in the next election", he...

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, right, and Irish President Mary Mc Aleese sign the Proclamation of Dissolution of the Irish Parliament at Aras an Uachtarain, Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

photo: AP / Peter Morrison

Debt-burdened Ireland faces Feb. 25 election date
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Quick ReadIreland faces Feb. 25 election; prime minister bows out defending record on debt crisis Photos (AP) âEuro" Ireland's parliament was dissolved Tuesday for a long-awaited Feb. 25 election as Prime Minister Brian Cowen exited the political stage defending his management of the nation's plunge toward bankruptcy....

This is a Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006 file photo of the then Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit as he speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan. Jordan's King Abdullah has asked Tuesday Feb. 1, 2011 Marouf al-Bakhit to form a new Cabinet. The nomination of Marouf al-Bakhit follows street protests calling on the resignation of Prime Minister Samir Rifai, blamed for a rise in fuel and

photo: AP / Nader Daoud, File

King of Jordan fires Cabinet
read more The Los Angeles Times

King Abdullah II of Jordan has named Marouf Bakhit as the new prime minister and instructed him to 'correct the mistakes of the past.' Jordanians recently have taken to the streets, but their demands have been more modest than those of demonstrators in Egypt and Tunisia. Share By Meris Lutz, Special to the Los Angeles Times...

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Ireland calls February election
read more The Daily Telegraph Australia

IRELAND'S government has called a general election for February 25, expecting to see it become the first administration ousted as a result of the eurozone debt crisis. Prime Minister Brian Cowen and President Mary McAleese today signed the proclamation dissolving parliament, and the election was called to take place two weeks earlier than...

An Egyptian army soldier gestures in front of the crowd gathering in Tahrir or Liberation Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. More than a quarter-million people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square in by far the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power.

photo: AP / Amr Nabil

Massive crowds across Egypt demand Mubarak ouster
read more The Guardian

SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) — More than 200,000 people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. Protesters streamed into...

Myanmar junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe along with others offers prayers during ceremonies Sunday, March 8, 2009, at Uppatasanti Pagoda in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. Thousands gathered to attend a religious ceremony for the new pagoda, a replica of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.

photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

Myanmar paramount leader not nominated for president: MPs
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NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar's reclusive paramount leader Than Shwe is not among a list of presidential candidates to be nominated by parliament, lawmakers said on Tuesday, signaling an end to his 18 years of direct rule. The country's new parliament is expected to vote on Thursday to elect the country's first civilian...

Palestinians fill bottles and containers with water at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Khan Yunis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 27, 2010. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)

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Baptizing the Palestinian and Israeli Crisis
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Recently, news filtered out of Israel that one of Christianity's holiest sites is planning to be officially opened. The site is where John the Baptizer baptized Jesus. However, in preparations for an influx of tens of thousands of tourists and religious pilgrims, there remains a major problem....