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- Specialist prison guards and firefighters are sent into Ford Open Prison in West Sussex, United Kingdom, after 40 inmates started a riot. Part of the prison has been destroyed by fire. (BBC)
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- Investments in Facebook totaling US$500 million lead to speculation that its value could be as high as US$50 billion. (CNN)
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- Russia begins an operation to free 500 people stranded in ships by ice in the Sea of Okhotsk. (BBC)
- More evacuations take place in Queensland, Australia, as flood waters continued to rise and the Australian prime minister says damages could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. (CNN)
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- Iran and India develop a stop-gap plan to continue the flow of oil from the former to the latter, and payments in the opposite direction, days after India withdrew from the Asian Clearing Union. The new plan involves payments through the EIH Bank, in Hamburg, Germany. (Domain-b)
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- A 17-year-old student at Millard South High School, in Omaha, Nebraska, shoots an assistant principal to death and wounds the school principal before turning the gun onto himself. (CNN)
- A Malaysian coroner records an open verdict in the death of opposition aide Teoh Beng Hock, who fell from the roof of the anti-corruption commission building in July 2009. (BBC) (Malaysia Star)
- Police investigating the murder of Joanna Yeates make a fresh appeal for information, saying that when discovered, her fully clothed body was missing a sock which may hold important clues. (BBC)
- In the UK 33 people are convicted for their part in an £80m drugs and money laundering operation. They include Simon Ford, a firefighter commended for his actions during the 7 July London bombings. (BBC)
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- There were 3 fairly significant mass bird death events in Italy, Sweden and Romania. (Wiki)
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- A French market regulator approves a takeover defense adopted by the Hermès family, who own the manufacturer of Birkin and Kelly handbags. This improves the odds that Hermès will preserve its independence in the face of a bid by LVMH. (Reuters)
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- 2010–2011 Tunisian protests: At least one person is killed and others are injured in the town of Tala during the latest protests against unemployment and poor living conditions. (Al Jazeera)
- Algerian protests against food prices and unemployment:
- Government taxes and duties on sugar and cooking oil in Algeria are lowered in response to three days of unrest over increases in unemployment and the cost of living. (Al Jazeera)
- Two people are killed and hundreds of others are injured during the protests. (Yemen News Agency) (BBC)
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- An investigation by The Guardian newspaper reveals details of how Metropolitan police officer Mark Kennedy infiltrated dozens of protest groups in 22 countries using the pseudonym Mark Stone. (The Guardian)
- Prosecutors in the U.K. drop the case against members of a group who were planning to forcefully shut down the coal based Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station temporarily, after the undercover officer, an alleged provocateur in the group, offers to give evidence in support of the activists. (BBC)
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- Israel's Press Office apologises for what The Jerusalem Post dubbed "Bra-Gate" - the security screening of several international journalists forced to remove their underwear and denial of entry to Al Jazeera producer Najwan Simri Diab after she refused to remove her bra. Najwan Simri Diab says she did not wish for an apology, only to be assured that it won't happen again. (Sify) (The Jerusalem Post) (Ynetnews) (Al Jazeera)
- Veteran Irish Labour Party TD Michael D. Higgins demands that the British government explain why one of Britain's undercover policemen was operating on Republic of Ireland territory on May Day 2004, as the European Union expanded to the east. Higgins compares it to illegal activities carried out by British state agents in the same country during the 1970s. (The Guardian)
- A closed-door briefing occurs at New York City's United Nations building. Behind it around 150 non-American diplomats object to the American government about a decision by the country's banks to end services for diplomatic missions, with some diplomats suggesting the UN budget could be affected. (BBC)
- Guyana formally recognizes Palestine as an independent state as part of its "long-standing and unwavering solidarity with, and commitment to, the just and legitimate aspirations of the people of Palestine for the exercise of their right to self-determination and to achieve a homeland of their own, independent, free, prosperous and at peace", a foreign ministry statement says. (Al Jazeera)
- South Africa's chief rabbi Warren Goldstein criticises a controversial petition launched by three Jewish Capetonians calling for Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu to be axed as patron of two Holocaust centers. (IOL)
- The Obama administration in the United States eases travel and other restrictions on Cuba. (ABC News)
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- 39 people are killed in South Africa and thousands of homes are destroyed in Mozambique following widespread flooding. (Reuters)
- Hundreds of people are hospitalised after an extreme cold spell in northern Vietnam that has also killed thousands of cows and buffaloes. (Straits Times)
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- 2010 tied for the warmest year ever recorded, and the last decade was the warmest ever recorded, since records began in the 1800s.(Reuters)
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- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is permitted to leave hospital and return home, eight days after undergoing the amputation of her right leg. (BBC)
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- Hamas bans the sale of two books that it says "contradict" Islam after receiving complaints from locals. (Associated Press)
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- 2011 Egyptian protests:
- After the Egyptian government censorship of social media websites (such as Twitter, Facebook and Google), internet access and SMS networks are cut off in response to anti-government protests. The Guardian (about censoring) The Guardian (about cutting off internet) (Al Jazeera)
- Fresh protests take place across the country. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Police target protesters in Cairo with tear gas and water cannon, while tear gas is used on protesters in Alexandria. (The Guardian)
- A protester is killed in Suez, while dozens of protesters are injured in Cairo. One protester happens to video-tape a man being shot by police. (Sky News) (AP)
- The Egyptian government announces a curfew for cities nationwide starting at 6 pm local time and running through to 7 am on Saturday. (Bikya Masr)
- Mubarak orders the army into the streets as buildings and police vehicles burn. (The Daily Telegraph)
- The army is reported to be out on the streets of Cairo; protesters call for the support of the army in their battle against the Mubarak regime. (Al Jazeera)
- Mohamed ElBaradei, is held among the protesters, while journalists are beaten and arrested, including one BBC journalist and four French reporters. (The Daily Telegraph)
- Reuters reports at least 870 injuries in Cairo alone during the day, according to medical sources. (Reuters) (Al-Masry Al-Youm)
- At least eight deaths are reported. (DAWN)
- EgyptAir suspends its departures from Cairo for 12 hours, beginning at 9 pm, as a government-imposed curfew on the people of Egypt comes into effect. (AP via Google News)
- NDP headquarters are set on fire in Cairo, with Al Jazeera footage showing the building ablaze. (iloubnan.info) (The Times of India) (USA Today) (Irish Examiner)
- The same fire threatens the nearby world-famous Egyptian Museum, with concerns expressed for the safety of its contents. A powerful explosion is heard in the area. There are reports that protesters are trying to protect the museum. (RIA Novosti) (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- President Mubarak calls on the government to resign, but gives no indication that he will stand down. (CNN) (BBC),(Washington Post)
- International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
- International politicians, including William Hague and Hillary Clinton, speak out in support of the aims of the protesters and ask the Mubarak regime to listen to the people. (BBC) (The Wall Street Journal)
- Vice President of the United States Joe Biden attracts criticism for his refusal to refer to Mubarak as a "dictator", instead describing him as "an ally of ours in a number of things and he's been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interests in the region: Middle East peace efforts, the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing the relationship with Israel". (The New York Times) (The Washington Post)
- The protests leave Western governments which have supported the regime in an awkward position, both diplomatically and democratically. (Reuters)
- The latest U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks indicate that police brutality in Egypt is "routine and pervasive" and the use of torture so widespread that the Egyptian government has stopped denying it exists. (The Guardian)
- Further cables reveal the Obama administration wished to maintain its close political and military relationship with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and its belief that Mubarak would "inevitably win" yet another presidential election in 2011. (The Guardian)
- Demonstrations occur worldwide, with people expressing solidarity with the people of Egypt in international cities such as Istanbul, Tunis, Doha and London. (Al Jazeera)
- The government-imposed curfew on the people of Egypt causes European airlines, including British Airways, Lufthansa and Air France, to alter their schedules, with some cancellations and some passengers being redirected to different countries. (Reuters)
- Thousands of people take to the streets of Jordan for the third consecutive Friday of protests over inflation, unemployment and rising prices, amid demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Samir Rifai. (Al Jazeera) (The Jerusalem Post) (The Financial Times)
- Key ministers from the heavily criticised ousted government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali are replaced but interim Tunisian prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi refuses to back down in the face of public anger. (Al Jazeera)
- Around 100,000 supporters of Albania's opposition Socialist Party pay silent tribute to three men shot dead at an anti-government protest a week ago. The Socialist supporters disperse calmly after a two-hour procession. (Reuters)
- Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters in Gabon two days after opposition leader André Mba Obame declares himself president. (Reuters)
- At least four people, including Modu Fannami Gubio, a former opposition All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate for governor in Borno, Nigeria, are shot dead in Maiduguri. (BBC)
- During a clash between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the West Bank, an Israeli settler shoots and kills an 18-year-old Palestinian. (Haaretz) (BBC) (CNN)
- 8 people are killed in a suicide attack at a Finest supermarket near the British embassy in the wealthy Wazir Akbar Khan suburb of Kabul. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
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- The protests continue as Egyptian Army tanks surround Cairo's Tahrir Square. (CNN) (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Thousands of demonstrators converge on Egypt's Interior Ministry, one of the most visible signs of state authority in Egypt. Police shoot the demonstrators. Medical aid is given at the doors of mosques. (CNN)
- Five protesters are reported to have been wounded at the Interior Ministry. (Reuters)
- At least 100 people are killed and 1,000 injured in clashes so far. (Reuters), (NineMSN)
- Omar Suleiman is sworn in as Vice President of Egypt, the first person to hold the office under President Hosni Mubarak, who has reigned for 30 years. (Haaretz)
- Mubarak selects Ahmed Shafiq, a former air force commander and aviation minister, as his new prime minister, preserving the top three political jobs for men with military links. (Reuters)
- The parliament speaker says Egypt has no plans for early elections despite the mass popular demonstrations against the government. (Reuters)
- Wealthy Egyptian businessman Ahmed Ezz, a close confidante of Mubarak's son, resigns from the ruling NDP party. At least one of his steel company's offices has been targeted by protesters. (Reuters)
- A curfew is extended from 16:00 until 8:00 Egyptian time according to state television. (The Times of India)
- Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of President Hosni Mubarak and First Lady of Egypt, is reported to have fled to London. (Ynetnews)
- The police disappear from the streets of Cairo but civilians fill the void by quickly forming groups to defend homes and important buildings. (Reuters)
- 19 private jets carrying families of wealthy businessmen leave Cairo for Dubai. (The Guardian)
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- 2011 Yemeni protests: Clashes take place outside the Egyptian embassy between supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government and opposition supporters expressing sympathy with the situation in Egypt. (One India) (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 English protests: Thousands of protesters demonstrate against cuts and increases in tuition fees in England; police escort student leader Aaron Porter away in Manchester amid calls from protesters for his resignation. (The Guardian)
- Investigators in Russia say they have discovered the identities of those responsible for the bombing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow. (RIA Novosti) (AFP via Google News)
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- Clashes between rebels and government forces in Somalia leave several civilians dead in the capital Mogadishu. (CP)
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- Demonstrations against the government, in which more than 150 people have been killed and over 4,000 injured, continue. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) (BBC) (RIA Novosti)
- Egypt's information minister cancels licenses and accreditation of staff working for the Al Jazeera international news network. The network's Cairo bureau office is to be shut down by the Egyptian government. An Al Jazeera spokesman describes the move as "an act designed to stifle and repress the freedom of reporting by the network and its journalists". (AFP via Google News) (The Guardian) (RIA Novosti) (Times LIVE) (Al Jazeera)
- Al Jazeera English is unavailable by cable television across most of the United States. (The Huffington Post) (Al Jazeera coverage)
- More than 10 people are killed in fresh clashes. (Sify)
- President Hosni Mubarak meets the military, holding talks with Vice President Omar Suleiman, Defence Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Chief of Staff Sami al-Anan and other senior commanders. (Reuters via The Irish Times)
- Several prison breaks occur, including the escape of 5,000 from a jail in Faiyum Governorate, many including 34 members of the Muslim Brotherhood from Wadi El Natrun, where eight people were killed in riots, and at least eight Hamas militants from Abu Zaabal Prison in Cairo, two of them escaping to Gaza, and two policemen and twelve escaped inmates were killed there; many more escaped from Tora Prison in Cairo, close to where 'dozens' of people were killed. Soldiers have been deployed outside of many prisons. (AFP via Google News) (Hindustan Times) (Reuters Africa) (Bangkok Post) (Press TV)
- Egyptian air force fighter planes fly low over Cairo and helicopters hover above the city as protestors defy the government-ordered curfew. (Reuters) (CBC News) (Los Angeles Times) (BBC)
- Egyptian authorities extend the curfew hours they are imposing on the people of Egypt. The government threatens to open fire on any person who disobeys its rule. (RIA Novosti) (The Guardian)
- Mohamed ElBaradei urges the United States to call for the resignation of President Mubarak. (Reuters) (The Wall Street Journal)
- Former interior minister Habib al-Adli is urgently evacuated from the ministry building in central Cairo amid gunfire. He was one of the cabinet members dismissed by Mubarak yesterday and is accused of ordering troops to open fire on those protesting against Mubarak. (RIA Novosti)
- Thousands of anti-government protesters in Cairo defy a curfew and intimidation from the Egyptian military as fighter jets swoop low over the crowds gathered in Tahrir Square. (Sky News) (TODAYonline)
- International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia expresses his disapproval of current events in Egypt, to which President of the United States Barack Obama responds that he "understands" Abdullah's concerns. (Arab News)
- Protesters gather peacefully outside the Egyptian Embassy in Lebanon in support of the current uprising against the Mubarak regime, chanting, "Down with Mubarak!" and "Egypt is an Arab, not a U.S. state!" (Daily Star)
- Israel privately worries and is "anxiously monitoring" events in Egypt according to the country's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (CNN) (The Times of India)
- Hamas officials shut the Rafah Border Crossing "for several days" as guards on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza flee. This prevents hundreds of Palestinians from crossing into Egypt. (The Times of India) (Xinhua)
- Several countries, including Greece, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States, announce plans to evacuate citizens from Egypt. Cairo's U.S. embassy schedules flights to so-called safe haven locations in Europe. (Arabian Business) (Reuters via Arab News) (CNN) (The Guardian)
- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in the Philippines sets aside a P25-million standby fund for Filipinos in Egypt, though the official line is that Filipinos there are safe. Non-government labor organization Migrante-Middle East calls for the immediate evacuation of Filipino workers in Egypt. (ABS-CBN News) (The Philippine Star)
- The Indian government airlifts 300 Indians, mostly women and children, from Egypt as the crisis worsens. (The Times of India)
- Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov speaks out on the crisis in Egypt. (Sofia Echo)
- Protests from the Egyptian diaspora and supporters occur worldwide. (BBC) (Euronews) (Al Jazeera) (CBC) (Ynetnews)
- 2011 Sudan protests: Anti-government demonstrators face off against riot police who fire tear gas and beat up students in Khartoum during protests inspired by those in Egypt and Tunisia. (Al Jazeera)
- 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising: Rachid Ghannounchi, leader of the once banned Ennahda party, flies back to the country from London after 22 years in exile following the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- Thousands of people march in Derry, Northern Ireland, in memory of those killed by British troops in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre of civil rights protesters and local bystanders. It is intended to be the final such march after the British government admitted last year that its troops had been responsible for carrying out the Bogside massacre. (CNN) (RTÉ) (Irish Examiner) (BBC)
- A fire in an arms depot of the Anonymous Venezuelan Campaign of Military Industries (CAVIM) in Maracy city of Aragua state killed at least one person and forced authorities to evacuate about 10,000 people. (Xinhua)
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- Exotic birds are found to have been driven into Britain's back gardens by the extreme cold, as more than half a million people participate in the largest wildlife survey in the world. (The Observer)
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- Pharmaceutical companies Genzyme and Sanofi-Aventis are reported to have reached an "agreement in principle" on a deal in which Sanofi, a French company, will acquire Cambridge-based Genzyme for an undetermined amount of money. (CNBC)
- The price of oil rises above $100 for the first time since 2008 as traders worry about possible disruption to the Suez Canal as a result of events in Egypt. (AFP via The Bangkok Post)
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