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Today's World News: Floods "of biblical proportions" hit Australia's northeast U.N. peacekeepers focus on reported Ivory Coast abuses Suspected suicide bomber kills 21 at Egypt church Rousseff becomes first woman to lead Brazil Cardinal says Cuba will free prisoners as promised A Brief History of Anarchism: The European Tradition Spain enacts tough anti-smoking law Christians, police clash after Egypt church bomb Ciudad Juarez residents flee Mexico's 'dying city' South Africa hope for repeat of history S.Korea battles spread of foot-and-mouth, bird flu Liberals pressure government on corporate tax Catastrophic Australian floods claim first victim Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon becoming less of a hotbed for militancy How Property Rights Might End Colombia's Guerrilla War 'Digital Confucius' introduces Chinese students to liberal arts at Yale and beyond Cote d'Ivoire: Back to square one? Floods "of biblical proportions" hit Australia's northeast Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:27 pm PST Reuters - Large parts of Australia's coastal northeast were flooded on Sunday in a spreading environmental disaster as thousands of residents fled their homes to avoid the runoff from a Christmas deluge. Full Story Top U.N. peacekeepers focus on reported Ivory Coast abuses Sat, 1 Jan 2011 04:53 pm PST Reuters - U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast are doing everything possible to gain access to areas of the country where human rights abuses are alleged to have occurred, the United Nations said on Saturday. Full Story Top Suspected suicide bomber kills 21 at Egypt church Sat, 1 Jan 2011 12:27 pm PST Reuters - A bomb killed at least 21 people outside a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early on New Year's Day and the Interior Ministry said a foreign-backed suicide bomber may have been responsible. Full Story Top Rousseff becomes first woman to lead Brazil Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:15 am PST Reuters - Dilma Rousseff became Brazil's first female president on Saturday and promised to build on an unprecedented run of economic success achieved by her popular predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Full Story Top Cardinal says Cuba will free prisoners as promised Sat, 1 Jan 2011 07:23 pm PST Reuters - Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega assured on Saturday that "in coming months" Cuban leaders would release 11 political prisoners as promised under a landmark deal with the government. Full Story Top A Brief History of Anarchism: The European Tradition Sat, 1 Jan 2011 04:05 am PST Time.com - Anarchists have claimed to be behind recent bombs in Rome -- but the political ideology they espouse had its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Full Story Top Spain enacts tough anti-smoking law Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:27 pm PST AP - Spain has introduced a tough anti-smoking law that prohibits lighting up in enclosed public places including bars, restaurants, discotheques, casinos, airports and even some outdoor spaces, in line with the European Union's strictest anti-smoking legislation. Full Story Top Christians, police clash after Egypt church bomb Sat, 1 Jan 2011 04:11 pm PST AP - Christians clashed with Egyptian police in the northern city of Alexandria on Saturday, furious over an apparent suicide bombing against worshippers leaving a New Year's Mass at a church that killed at least 21 people. It was the worst violence against the country's Christian minority in a decade. Full Story Top Ciudad Juarez residents flee Mexico's 'dying city' Sat, 1 Jan 2011 10:43 pm PST AP - The mother of four raised a finger, pointing out abandoned and stripped concrete homes and counting how many families on her street alone have fled the Western Hemisphere's deadliest city. Full Story Top South Africa hope for repeat of history Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:25 pm PST AFP - South Africa will be hoping for a repeat of history when they take on India in a series-deciding third and final Test at Newlands on Sunday. Full Story Top S.Korea battles spread of foot-and-mouth, bird flu Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:56 pm PST AFP - South Korea on Sunday reported seven new cases of foot-and-mouth disease as the country battles its worst outbreak of the highly contagious virus and its first avian influenza outbreak in more than two years. Full Story Top Liberals pressure government on corporate tax Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:41 am PST Reuters - Opposition parties should unite to fight corporate tax cuts planned by the Conservative government, the Liberal Party said on Thursday amid expectations it may seek to trigger an election next year. Full Story Top Catastrophic Australian floods claim first victim Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:15 pm PST AFP - Devastating floods in northeastern Australia claimed their first victim Sunday, with the body of a missing woman recovered as the surging waters continued to rise and a fresh storm loomed. Full Story Top Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon becoming less of a hotbed for militancy Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:30 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - The murder of a senior Al-Qaeda-inspired jihadi and the exodus of other militants from here in recent months may herald some welcome stability for this impoverished Palestinian refugee camp. Full Story Top How Property Rights Might End Colombia's Guerrilla War Sat, 1 Jan 2011 03:45 am PST Time.com - The Latin American nation has the second largest population of internally displaced people in the world. How the new president intends to change that. Full Story Top 'Digital Confucius' introduces Chinese students to liberal arts at Yale and beyond Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:14 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - When Prof. Shelly Kagan sat cross-legged on his desk in front of a class of Yale University students in the spring of 2007, introducing his course “Philosophy 176 – Death,” he could hardly have expected that he would one day gather an enormous and avid fan base in China. Full Story Top Cote d'Ivoire: Back to square one? Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:24 am PST OneWorld.net - LOGUATU, Dec 30 (IRIN) - NGOs working in northeastern Liberia say many of the 30,000 refugees arriving from neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire are reporting widespread violence and intimidation from both Ivoirian government troops and soldiers from the former rebel Forces Nouvelles operating in the west. Full Story Top

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