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Today's World News: Five killed as Egypt protesters come under fire Relief as Australia mops up from giant cyclone Pakistan court extends detention of U.S. diplomat Over 20,000 take to streets in Yemen "Day of Rage" Haiti awaits vote results, Aristide backers protest Egypt's Revolution: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East Shell Q4 profits tripled on higher prices, output Iraq: Bomb explodes in Baghdad, killing 2 people Haitians await election results long into night Three protesters killed in clashes in Cairo Pakistan extends remand for double shooting US man U.S. security on Canada border lacking: watchdog Australia reels from once-in-a-century cyclone After Egypt's protests, Jordan's king faces more assertive public The Revolutionaries Japan's economy in deep trouble? Look again. Sarkozy clashes with UN food chief Five killed as Egypt protesters come under fire Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:40 pm PST Reuters - Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak opened fire on protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday, killing at least five, in a fresh spike in violence over an unprecedented challenge to his 30-year-old rule. Full Story Top Relief as Australia mops up from giant cyclone Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:20 pm PST Reuters - Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world's most powerful cyclones spared the nation's northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and toppling trees. Full Story Top Pakistan court extends detention of U.S. diplomat Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:32 pm PST Reuters - An American who killed two Pakistani men in Lahore last week will be held for eight more days to allow for further investigation, a prosecutor said on Thursday, despite U.S. statements that he enjoys diplomatic immunity. Full Story Top Over 20,000 take to streets in Yemen "Day of Rage" Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:04 pm PST Reuters - More than 20,000 Yemenis filled the streets of Sanaa on Thursday for a "Day of Rage" rally, demanding a change in government and saying President Ali Abdullah Saleh's offer to step down in 2013 was not enough. Full Story Top Haiti awaits vote results, Aristide backers protest Wed, 2 Feb 2011 03:39 pm PST Reuters - Supporters in Haiti of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrated on Wednesday for his return as the country waited nervously to hear who would contest the presidency in a March runoff. Full Story Top Egypt's Revolution: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:25 pm PST Time.com - Even with counterrevolutionary forces challenging change in Egypt, democracy can still work. Here's how Full Story Top Shell Q4 profits tripled on higher prices, output Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:39 pm PST AP - Royal Dutch Shell PLC says its fourth quarter profit more than tripled from a year earlier as oil prices rose and the company boosted production. Full Story Top Iraq: Bomb explodes in Baghdad, killing 2 people Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:47 pm PST AP - Police and health officials say a bomb has exploded in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing two Iraqi civilians. Full Story Top Haitians await election results long into night Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:56 pm PST AP - Haiti waited nervously into the early Thursday hours for election officials to announce who will compete in March's presidential runoff vote with many fearing the result could spark widespread protests and rioting. Full Story Top Three protesters killed in clashes in Cairo Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:19 pm PST AFP - Three people were killed in gunfire aimed at anti-regime protesters in Tahrir Square in central Cairo early Thursday, taking the death toll over the last 24 hours to six, a medic said. Full Story Top Pakistan extends remand for double shooting US man Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:32 pm PST AFP - A Pakistani court defied pressure from Washington and ordered a US government employee under investigation for double murder in the streets of Lahore held for eight more days Thursday. Full Story Top U.S. security on Canada border lacking: watchdog Tue, 1 Feb 2011 04:41 pm PST Reuters - Fewer than one in every 100 miles of the U.S. border with Canada is adequately secured, a government watchdog agency said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Australia reels from once-in-a-century cyclone Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:28 pm PST AFP - Australia's biggest cyclone in a century shattered entire towns after pummelling the coast and churning across the country Thursday, terrifying locals but remarkably causing no fatalities. Full Story Top After Egypt's protests, Jordan's king faces more assertive public Wed, 2 Feb 2011 01:07 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - One day after Jordan's King Abdullah dismissed his cabinet and appointed a new prime minister to oversee political and economic reform, a few dozen protesters at a traffic circle near Amman's prime ministry building chanted “no Bakhit, no Samir,” in reference to the outgoing as well as the incoming leaders. The red flags of the leftist Popular Unity Party flew side-by-side with green Muslim Brotherhood flags. Full Story Top The Revolutionaries Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:25 pm PST Time.com - How a loose coalition of veteran activists and rookie protesters combined to create the Middle East's most unusual uprising Full Story Top Japan's economy in deep trouble? Look again. Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:11 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - With sky-high public debt, near-zero interest rates, and an economy that is reportedly a basket case after two decades of stagnation, Japan's currency should be falling through the floor. Instead, the yen’s strength is a challenge to those who seem to believe Japan is sliding into oblivion. Full Story Top Sarkozy clashes with UN food chief Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:43 am PST OneWorld.net - LONDON, Jan 31 (OneWorld.net) - An apparent rift with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization signals a shaky start to French ambitions for the G20 countries to tackle world food insecurity. Full Story Top

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