Daily News Alert | Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:01 AM PST |
Egypt unrest enters third day, ElBaradei to return
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:41 pm PST
 Reuters - Activists trying to oust Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak played cat-and-mouse with police on the streets into the early hours of Thursday, as unprecedented protests against his 30-year rule entered a third day. Full Story | Top |
Loyalists of ousted Tunisia leader expected to go
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:24 pm PST
 Reuters - Tunisia has promised to overhaul the lineup of its interim government on Thursday, a move expected to see some loyalists of ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali step aside in a bid to end persistent protests. Full Story | Top |
Karzai opens Afghan parliament, taunts West
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:53 pm PST
 Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurated parliament on Wednesday, ending weeks of political infighting, but took a dig at the West saying "foreign interference" had been a serious problem. Full Story | Top |
Australia imposes new tax to fund flood recovery
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:16 pm PST
 Reuters - Australia imposed a temporary new tax on Thursday to help fund a multi-billion-dollar rebuilding program after floods devastated infrastructure and ruined thousands of homes and businesses across the eastern seaboard over the past month. Full Story | Top |
India: Binayak Sen Conviction Raises Human-Rights Concerns
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:10 pm PST
Time.com - In India, which prides itself on its rambunctious but tolerant democracy, the conviction of human-rights activist Binayak Sen has raised serious concerns about free speech and called into question the soundness of the Indian judicial system Full Story | Top |
Cuban dissident who staged hunger strike detained
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:35 pm PST
 AP - Guillermo Farinas, a Cuban dissident who gained international renown after staging a long hunger strike last year, was detained Wednesday while trying to block the eviction of a woman from a home in the central city of Santa Clara, his mother said. Full Story | Top |
At least '1,000 arrested' in Egypt protests
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:45 pm PST
 AFP - At least 1,000 people have been detained in Egypt since Tuesday, in the most serious protests of President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-rule, a security official said on Thursday, as activists vowed to continue rallying. Full Story | Top |
Australians face flood recovery tax
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:46 pm PST
 AFP - Australia unveiled a flood tax on higher earners Thursday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned the deluge would shave 0.5 points off GDP in fiscal 2010 and cost Aus$5.6 billion for recovery. Full Story | Top |
Is Nepal's Peace Process Destined to Fail?
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:10 pm PST
Time.com - Last Saturday marked the handover ceremony of Nepal's former Maoist combatants from the hands of the United Nations to a multi-party special committee formed to decide their fate. But the nation's caretaker government keep the peace process on track? Full Story | Top |
The war over Ivory Coast's cocoa heats up
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:50 pm PST
The Christian Science Monitor - Some day or another, the tug-of-war for control of Ivory Coast had to come down to chocolate, or more specifically, cocoa: the cash crop that bankrolled forty years of economic boom, mass immigration, and eventually war across this tropical garden, West Africa’s lushest agricultural zone. Full Story | Top |
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