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Today's World News: Egypt unrest rages; web shut ahead of big protest Tunisia purges government, wins union endorsement South Korea relaxes apology demand for nuclear talks UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for Web attacks No need to panic over Mandela, says government Albania Protests Set to Continue amid Political Power Play Intimate Swift letters reproduced "baby talk" Security forces disappear off Cairo streets 5 years on, Morales' Bolivian revolution falters Internet down as Egypt braces for Friday protests American due in Pakistan court over double killing BoC's Carney losing sleep over current account gap Australian doctor's surgery viewings cause stir Robert Mugabe clamps down further in Zimbabwe Why Pakistan's Minority Shi'ite Muslims Are Under Siege Why Lebanon's Sunnis resent Hezbollah's new influence Egypt: Mubarak Faces Historic Challenge Egypt unrest rages; web shut ahead of big protest Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:53 pm PST Reuters - Egyptian demonstrators fought security forces into the early hours of Friday in the city of Suez, and the Internet was blocked ahead of the biggest protests yet planned against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Full Story Top Tunisia purges government, wins union endorsement Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:58 pm PST Reuters - The Tunisian government ditched loyalists to its ousted president on Thursday -- a move which won backing from the powerful labor union and could help defuse protests which have inspired people across the Middle East. Full Story Top South Korea relaxes apology demand for nuclear talks Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:35 pm PST Reuters - South Korea has relaxed a demand for the resumption of aid-for-disarmament talks with the rival North, saying on Friday that an apology for last year's deadly attacks is not essential to restart the process. Full Story Top UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for Web attacks Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:29 pm PST Reuters - British police arrested five young men on Thursday as they and U.S. authorities conducted searches as part of a probe into Internet activists who carried out cyber attacks against groups they viewed as enemies of the WikiLeaks website. Full Story Top No need to panic over Mandela, says government Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:51 pm PST Reuters - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is undergoing specialized tests in hospital and there is no reason to panic over his health, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday. Full Story Top Albania Protests Set to Continue amid Political Power Play Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:55 pm PST Time.com - Following last week's demonstrations that left three protesters dead, tensions between the people and the government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha are still running high Full Story Top Intimate Swift letters reproduced "baby talk" Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:43 pm PST Reuters - New analysis of a series of love letters from Anglo-Irish satirist and "Gulliver's Travels" author Jonathan Swift to two women shows that the strange, juvenile language he employed reflects the way babies talk. Full Story Top Security forces disappear off Cairo streets Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:54 pm PST AP - Egyptian security forces have all but disappeared from the streets in the heart of the country's capital ahead of planned demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak's rule. Full Story Top 5 years on, Morales' Bolivian revolution falters Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:07 pm PST AP - The fiery coca growers' union leader who rode discontent over his predecessor's pro-business policies to Bolivia's presidency is suddenly grappling with a sharp drop in popularity. Full Story Top Internet down as Egypt braces for Friday protests Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:42 pm PST AFP - Egypt's interior ministry warned of "decisive measures" as dissidents planned to rally after Friday noon prayers for a fourth day in a row in the country's most serious anti-government protests in decades. Full Story Top American due in Pakistan court over double killing Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:53 pm PST AFP - An American man is expected to appear in a Pakistan court Friday on double murder charges, police said, a day after he shot dead two men on a motorcycle in what he said was self-defence. Full Story Top BoC's Carney losing sleep over current account gap Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:22 pm PST Reuters - Canada's central bank chief is unfazed by rising global food inflation, losing sleep instead over his country's gaping current account deficit, which he has blamed partly on the strong currency. Full Story Top Australian doctor's surgery viewings cause stir Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:52 pm PST AFP - A top Australian medical body warned a renowned brain surgeon on Friday he risked turning his work into a "spectator sport" by offering people a chance to watch him operate to raise money for charity. Full Story Top Robert Mugabe clamps down further in Zimbabwe Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:41 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - In a normal country, preparations for an election look a bit like this: dozens of eager young activists put up posters, candidates meet with community leaders to seek their support, and middle-aged party members walk door-to-door to meet the voters. Full Story Top Why Pakistan's Minority Shi'ite Muslims Are Under Siege Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:55 pm PST Time.com - It is a tragically sure bet that a Shi'ite holy day in Pakistan is certain to be marred by a bombing. Why is such a large Muslim group under attack? Full Story Top Why Lebanon's Sunnis resent Hezbollah's new influence Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:06 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - At the entrance to the Sunni quarter of Tarek Jdeide, an armored personnel carrier with Lebanese soldiers sitting on top clattered down the darkened street. Its caterpillar tracks ground over the smoking embers of rubber tires set alight by Sunni protesters. Full Story Top Egypt: Mubarak Faces Historic Challenge Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:34 am PST OneWorld.net - CAIRO, Jan 26 (IPS) - Egyptians have demonstrated in protests rare in size and ferocity against the three-decade rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Full Story Top

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