Saturday, February 12, 2011

My Press Review - Sunday 13 February

Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts

Attack on the internet as thousands of pro-democracy protesters were arrested in violent street demonstration

 

Italy moves on Tunisia migration

Italy declares a humanitarian emergency after nearly 3,000 migrants, mostly from Tunisia, arrive in the space of a few days.

 

Egypt military rulers under pressure from protesters

Egypt's new military rulers, who have promised to hand power to civilians, are facing impatient protesters who want swift steps to prove their nation is set for democracy after Hosni Mubarak's overthrow

 

Egypt investigates, bans travel of ex-ministers-TV

Egypt's authorities said on Saturday they were investigating accusations against the former prime minister, interior minister and information minister, state television reported.

 

Egypt: Hosni Mubarak used last 18 days in power to secure his fortune

President used the18 days it took for protesters to topple him to shift his vast wealth into secret accounts overseas.

 

Egypt’s Path After Uprising Does Not Have to Follow Iran’s

There is a fear in the West, one rarely echoed in Egypt, that the revolution could mimic Iran’s, when radical Islamists ultimately led a movement that began with a broad base. But the two nations are very different.

 

Amid Egypt Aftershocks, Palestinians Call Elections

As top negotiator Saeeb Erekat resigns, President Mahmoud Abbas looks to shore up his authority by holding an election in which Hamas won't participatehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/vZEVNJi59mY

 

Armed Yemeni government supporters break up protest

Government supporters armed with traditional knives and batons broke up a pro-democracy march on Saturday by 2,000 Yemenis inspired by the Egyptian uprising

 

Deadly Clashes on South Sudan's Path to Freedom

South Sudan's celebrations are tainted as bloody conflict erupts days after the vote to break away from the northhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/d5UXS3iKumg

 

Meet the contenders

The Republicans vying to take on Obama in 2012 presidential battle

 

Switzerland to vote on gun curbs

Voters in Switzerland are due to vote in a referendum on gun controls that would end the practice of soldiers keeping their weapons at home.

 

Protesters blow whistle on Berlusconi premiership

Women to turn out in 200 cities to denounce PM's 'debasing of females.'

 

Court orders Musharraf arrest

Former president accused of failing to disclose knowledge of a Taliban plot to murder Benazir Bhutto

 

More Cuba dissidents out of jail

Cuba releases the political prisoners Hector Maseda and Angel Moya, after a seven-month delay following their refusal to go into exile in Spain.

 

Bribes firm cash funds Iraq projects

Cash confiscated from Glasgow-based Weir Group over Iraqi business dealings is to fund humanitarian projects.

 

Athens joins villagers' Nazi claim

George Papandreou's decision to support claims at International Court of Justice risks row with Berlin when its financial help is needed

 

Greece slams IMF, EU debt inspectors for hubris

An indignant Greece slammed EU and International Monetary Fund inspectors overseeing its efforts to reform its debt-crippled economy, accusing them Saturday of overstepping their role and interfering in Greece's internal affairs.

 

Harare, Beijing cement relations

The profound traditional friendship between China and Zimbabwe has stood the test of time and international vicissitudes, said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi during his meeting with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday

 

Cuba cuts sugar price subsidies

Cuba's communist government says it is liberalising the sale of sugar, in the latest measure to reduce the state's role in the economy.

 

Barclays set to report a £5.8bn profit

Bob Diamond's highly anticipated first full-year results as Barclays' chief executive are expected to show a 9 per cent increase in the bank's profit to nearly £5.8bn.

 

Mosques 'teaching extreme views' to children

Young Muslims are being taught extremist views in British mosques, an undercover investigation has fo

 

Daily bloodbath

Guatemala's paramedics working to save gunshot victim

 

'Super-dairy' gets 14,000 objections

Protesters say cows should be in fields, but a dairy owner says they rarely are, and his giant project is the only way forward

 

Mississippi Considers Controversial Commemorative Plates

A Mississippi Confederate support group is proposing license plates commemorating General Nathan Bedford Forrest, an early KKK leader.

 

'Moby Dick' captain's ship found in Pacific

US marine archaeologists find the sunken whaling ship belonging to the captain who inspired Herman Melville's classic 19th Century novel, Moby Dick.

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