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Today's World News: Egyptians brace for new anti-Mubarak rally Food costs at records as U.N. warns of volatile era Yemen "Day of Rage" draws tens of thousands Kazakhstan to hold presidential election on April 3 Haiti sets revised presidency runoff Why India is Investigating a Reincarnated Tibetan Lama Europe faces flak on Arab policy as summit opens Iraqi boy killed by gunmen aiming for his father Afghan detainee dies after exercise at Guantanamo Egypt demos mass for Mubarak 'departure day' India PM warns inflation threatening growth Conservative government losing support: poll Australian rescuers battle to reach cyclone towns Egypt's VP uses state TV to blame unrest on 'foreign agendas' Tahrir Warrior: How an Egyptian Doctor Joined the Battle Europe ups pressure on Mubarak, calling for immediate transition in Egypt Sachs defends Pachauri against Murdoch propaganda Egyptians brace for new anti-Mubarak rally Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:39 pm PST Reuters - Egyptians fighting to oust President Hosni Mubarak hoped to rally a million people on Friday as the United States worked to convince the 82-year-old leader to begin handing over power. Full Story Top Food costs at records as U.N. warns of volatile era Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:28 pm PST Reuters - Global food prices tracked by a U.N. agency hit their highest level on record in January, a problem set to worsen after a massive snowstorm in the United States and floods in Australia. Full Story Top Yemen "Day of Rage" draws tens of thousands Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:50 pm PST Reuters - Tens of thousands of Yemenis squared off in peaceful protests for and against the government on Thursday during an opposition-led "Day of Rage," a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to step down in 2013. Full Story Top Kazakhstan to hold presidential election on April 3 Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:45 pm PST Reuters - Kazakhstan's veteran leader has called a snap presidential election on April 3, about 20 months before his current term in office is due to end, a decree published in the official Kazakhstanskaya Pravda on Friday said. Full Story Top Haiti sets revised presidency runoff Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:27 pm PST Reuters - Haiti on Thursday heeded foreign pressure and amended the results of its November first-round election, setting up a presidential runoff that excludes a government-backed candidate hit by fraud allegations. Full Story Top Why India is Investigating a Reincarnated Tibetan Lama Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:25 pm PST Time.com - The young Karmapa Lama is one of the most important incarnations in Tibetan Buddhism. So why is New Delhi picking on him? Full Story Top Europe faces flak on Arab policy as summit opens Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:52 pm PST AFP - Europe's leaders gather for a summit Friday under attack for a slow response to violence in Egypt and for tolerating authoritarian regimes in their backyard as bulwarks against Islamist extremism. Full Story Top Iraqi boy killed by gunmen aiming for his father Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:31 pm PST AP - A police chief in northern Iraq says the 8-year-old son of a local anti-terrorism chief was killed in a food market by gunmen aiming for his father. Full Story Top Afghan detainee dies after exercise at Guantanamo Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:21 pm PST AP - A 48-year-old Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo Bay collapsed and died, apparently from natural causes, after exercising inside the jail, the U.S. military said Thursday. Full Story Top Egypt demos mass for Mubarak 'departure day' Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:41 pm PST AFP - Egyptian protesters were massing Friday for sweeping "departure day" demonstrations to force President Hosni Mubarak to quit after he said he would like to step down but fears ensuing chaos. Full Story Top India PM warns inflation threatening growth Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:55 pm PST AFP - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Friday that high inflation was threatening India's rapid economic growth and needed to be brought under control with "great urgency". Full Story Top Conservative government losing support: poll Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:21 pm PST Reuters - Support for the Conservative government has slipped as political parties jostle in advance of the new budget and a possible spring election, according to a poll released on Thursday. Full Story Top Australian rescuers battle to reach cyclone towns Thu, 3 Feb 2011 07:19 pm PST AFP - Australian rescuers cut their way through to towns splintered by a monster cyclone, as officials urged people stranded by the storm to stay calm until help arrives. Full Story Top Egypt's VP uses state TV to blame unrest on 'foreign agendas' Thu, 3 Feb 2011 03:23 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - Omar Suleiman, looking like a president in waiting, took to Egyptian state television tonight with dark hints of conspiracies behind the democracy protests, a dismissal of demands for immediate political reform, and words of loyalty and respect for President Hosni Mubarak. Full Story Top Tahrir Warrior: How an Egyptian Doctor Joined the Battle Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:25 pm PST Time.com - The young physician volunteered himself one night to help with the injured. Now, he's a committed demonstrator, ready to stay to the end Full Story Top Europe ups pressure on Mubarak, calling for immediate transition in Egypt Thu, 3 Feb 2011 02:10 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - The leaders of Europe’s big five – Germany, France, Britain, Italy, and Spain – demanded Thursday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak begin a democratic transition “immediately” and condemned violence against media as “unacceptable.” Full Story Top Sachs defends Pachauri against Murdoch propaganda Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:18 am PST OneWorld.net - NEW DELHI, Feb 3 (OneWorld.net) - Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the outspoken Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, has accused the News Corporation media empire of conducting a year-long campaign of vilification against the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Full Story Top

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