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An anti-government protester carries rocks during clashes in Tahrir, or Liberation square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill
As Violence Rages in Egypt is the United States a Democracy Hypocrite?
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With the uprising in Egypt worsening this week, we should be reminded that the U.S. has been a proud sponsor of President Hosni Mubarak for the last 30 years. When the protests for more democratic input started last week, the White House and U.S. State Department sat quietly on the fence and wouldn’t support either side in the battle for democracy....
Satellite image of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi approaching Queensland, Australia on 2 February 2011
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'Worst ever' cyclone slams into Australia
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INNISFAIL, Australia (AFP) – A terrifying top-strength cyclone slammed into Australia's populous northeast coast Thursday, with officials warning it could be one of the most lethal storms in the nation's history. Howling winds whipped up by Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi with speeds of up to 290 kilometres (181 miles) per hour ripped...
FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2010 file picture U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay gestures during a press conference at the United Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
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UN says Iran has executed at least 66 this year
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GENEVA - Iran has executed at least 66 people this year, an alarming surge that has defied outside pressure, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Wednesday. Navi Pillay, the U.N.'s high commissioner for human rights, said she based her tally on a review of Iranian press reports. Tehran does not officially publish the number of its executions....
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, center, looks at Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, left, while heading a meeting with members of Yemen's parliament in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
photo: AP / Hani Mohammed
Yemeni president pledges not to seek another term
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AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press= SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's U.S.-backed president, in power for more than three decades, pledged Wednesday not to seek another term in office in an apparent attempt to defuse protests inspired by Tunisia's revolt and the turmoil in Egypt. The concession by Ali Abdullah Saleh signaled that another autocratic Arab...
Pro-government demonstrators, below, and anti-government demonstrators, above, clash in Tahrir Square, the center of anti-government demonstrations, in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
photo: AP / Ben Curtis
Clashes erupt between protesters, Mubarak supporters
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* Army tells protesters to clear streets * Mubarak says will step down in September * International pressure growing for speedy transition * Obama says transition "must begin now" (Updates with clashes, adds background) By Shaimaa Fayed and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Clashes broke out between opponents and supporters of President Hosni...
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez, right, the commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, and Afghan National Army (ANA) Brig. Gen. Zalmay Wesa, the commander of the ANA 209th Corps, make their way to attend a press conference Jan. 2, 2011, following a conference at Camp Shaheen, Afghanistan.
photo: US Navy / MCS2 Jason Johnston
US General Predicts Taliban 'assassination Teams'
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(AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - The Afghanistan war can be won without Pakistan's army moving against militants in North Waziristan, the No. 2 American general for the war effort said Tuesday, publicly signaling that the U.S. is resigned to the idea that Islamabad won't take on that terrorist safe haven. Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez' stopped short of calling...
Million man march, Washington DC, 1995 - great manifestation organised by Nation of Islam
photo: Creative Commons / Yoke Mc / Joacim Osterstam
What Happened to the 'Other' Million Man March?
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "The men and boys communed, shared, laughed, cried, introduced themselves to strangers, formed new relationships, testified to sons, grandsons, confessed, rejoiced, wrote notes and letters to their wives, girlfriends, and mates." -Haki Madhubuti, October 16, 1995 When Egyptian demonstrators announced...
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
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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
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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...
 
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Pro-government demonstrators, bottom, clash with anti-government demonstrators, top, in Tahrir Square, the center of anti-government demonstrations, in Cairo, Egypt, early Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011.
CAIRO — The future of the Arab world, perched between revolt and the contempt of a crumbling order, was fought in the streets of downtown Cairo on Wednesday. Multimedia Photographs Protests in Egypt Related Clashes Erupt in Cairo Between...
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In this image released by the Lebanese parliament's media office, Syrian-backed Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri gestures during a press conference after he postponed the session to elect a new Lebanese President, at the Lebanese parliament building, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday April 22, 2008.
By Mirella Hodeib Daily Star staff Thursday, February 03, 2011 - Powered by --> BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri called for a swift formation of the new government Wednesday but political sources ruled out the possibility of most March 14 factions...
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Entrepreneur Angelito Araneta Jr. prepares to bake a rabbit-shaped sweet rice cake, locally known as Tikoy, before encrusting it with a 24-carat edible gold leaf and 0.2-carat diamond Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 at his home in Manila, Philippines.
Entrepreneur Angelito Araneta Jr., puts a 0.2-carat diamond on a rabbit-sha... Entrepreneur Angelito Araneta Jr. wraps a rabbit-shaped sweet rice cake,... Entrepreneur Angelito...
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 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti, addressing the Special Session on Children on May 10.
The Government of Haiti has agreed to issue its exiled former President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, with a diplomatic passport, paving the way for a return which promises to further cloud the country's political waters. Lawyers for Aristide, who has...
photo: UN/DPI file/M Garten
European Commission proposes strategy to secure raw materials
   LONDON (ICIS)--The European Commission has proposed a series of measures to protect the EU against the volatility in commodity prices and to secure the access of raw materials, the EU executive body said on Wednesday....
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard  speaks at a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. A Greens lawmaker agreed Wednesday to help the center-left Labor Party form a minority Australian government in a climate-focused alliance while other kingmaker legislators said they are close to deciding whether to back Labor or a conservative coalition.
A LEADING economist has warned that Julia Gillard faces tough and unpopular policy choices if she pushes ahead with her ambition to encourage two million Australians, including...
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A British Airways Jumbo jet takes off over a row of houses near London's Heathrow airport, Wednesday Aug. 16, 2006, as air services nudged closer to normal, with British Airways saying it planned to operate 90 percent of scheduled services from Heathrow airport on Wednesday, and to resume a full schedule on Friday. British investigators were scheduled to explain to a judge in a closed-door hearing, why suspects arrested in a foiled plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jetliners should be kept in custody without
London - An Islamist extremist who worked as a British Airways computer expert conspired with a radical preacher to blow up a plane bound for the United States, a court was told on Tuesday. Rajib Karim, 31, moved to Britain from Bangladesh in 2006...
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrives for his inauguration ceremony in Minsk, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. The authoritarian president of Belarus has taken the oath of office for a fourth term with a warning that no dissent will be tolerated. Partially visible banner in background reads, "Together for strong and prosperous Belarus."
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England's Jonathan Trott acknowledges the crowd after his innings of 137 against Australia during their one day international cricket match in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
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Abdul Malik, center, an American Muslim from Philadelphia, and Matt Sky, right, a Web developer from Manhattan, N.Y., stand in front of a proposed site for an Islamic cultural center as they explain their support for its construction to passers-by in New York, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. In a nod to the post-crisis atmosphere, the World Economic Forum shifts its attention on Friday to austerity measures and priorities for improving the economy.
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010.
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Professional golfer Greg Norman drives a golf ball off the flight deck during his visit to the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).
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The sign on the EMI office in London, Wednesday Aug. 1, 2007. Terra Firma has succeeded in its US$4.9 billion, euro3.57 billion takeover of music company EMI, the private equity firm said Wednesday. Terra Firma Capital Partners said it had accumulated acceptances representing 90.27 percent of EMI Group PLC, home to artists such as The Beatles and Coldplay.
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