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IMF raises spectre of civil wars as global inequalities worsen
Post Date: 2011-02-03 14:14:46 by Capitalist Eric
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that "dangerous" imbalances have emerged that threaten to derail global recovery and stoke tensions that may ultimately set off civil wars in deeply unequal countries. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF's chief, said the economic rebound across the world is built on unstable foundations, with many rich nations still strapped in job slumps while the rising powers of China, India and Brazil already facing the threat of overheating. "It is not the recovery we wanted. It is a recovery beset by tensions and strain, which could even sow the seeds of the next crisis," he said. "Global unemployment remains at record ...
Cairobama square chaos intensifies, violence spreads
Post Date: 2011-02-03 12:38:58 by Happy Quanzaa
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CAIRO – Another bout of heavy gunfire and clashes erupted Thursday around dusk in the Cairo square at the center of Egypt's anti-government chaos, while new looting and arson spread around the capital. Gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners, and human rights workers and the army rounded up foreign journalists. Another round of heavy gunfire rang out in central Tahrir Square, where Mubarak supporters and opponents have been fighting for more than 24 hours. At least one wounded person was carried out. At least eight people have been killed since the clashes erupted Wednesday afternoon. Security officials said a fire is raging in a major ...
Yemenis Flood Capital in Day of Protest After President Makes Concessions
Post Date: 2011-02-03 12:25:01 by Brian S
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Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Tens of thousands of Yemeni protesters, inspired by uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, rallied in the capital a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh tried to defuse tensions by agreeing to step down at the end of his term. Shops and banks closed as part of a nationwide protest the opposition dubbed a “Day of Rage.” Pro-government demonstrators also gathered in the city, chanting slogans in support of stability. The two crowds in Sanaa were of similar size and began to disperse by midday. For the past several weeks, protesters have been holding rallies against Saleh’s three-decade rule. The president yesterday told parliament that he won’t seek to ...
Egypt's Opposition Rejects Mubarak Talks, Urges Supporters to Hold Ground
Post Date: 2011-02-03 12:24:07 by Brian S
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Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt’s largest opposition group rejected talks with President Hosni Mubarak after at least six protesters were killed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square overnight, and vowed to stay at the scene of the fighting until he steps down. The violence was “under the direct supervision” of the government and the protesters plan to “hold our ground,” Mohamed El-Beltagy, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, said in a phone interview in Cairo. “After yesterday’s events, we refuse to negotiate with this regime.” Beltagy is on the 10- member opposition committee that includes former United Nations nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who has ...
Arctic Ice Extent Reaches Record January Low [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-02-03 09:02:49 by go65
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Arctic sea ice extent averaged over January 2011 was 13.55 million square kilometers (5.23 million square miles). This was the lowest January ice extent recorded since satellite records began in 1979. It was 50,000 square kilometers (19,300 square miles) below the record low of 13.60 million square kilometers (5.25 million square miles), set in 2006, and 1.27 million square kilometers (490,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average. Ice extent in January 2011 remained unusually low in Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait (between southern Baffin Island and Labrador), and Davis Strait (between Baffin Island and Greenland). Normally, these areas freeze over by late November, but this year Hudson ...
China Erects 15 Story Hotel in Less Than 6 Days
Post Date: 2011-02-02 21:08:32 by jwpegler
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There are many ways to get your message out to people, but one of the most impressive has to be making a building magically appear in less than a week. China’s Broad Group wanted to showcase the speed and efficiency of its new construction technology, so it constructed the Ark Hotel in Changsha in record time. A team of 200 workers erected the 15 story internal structure in just 46.5 hours! External construction took another 90 hours, for a total of less than 6 days. According to Broad, the hotel is built to withstand a 9.0 earthquake while using one sixth the material and costing 20% less. They plan on constructing 15 similar structures in China and 30 more abroad. If successful, ...
US: Muslim Brotherhood Could Play Role In Egypt
Post Date: 2011-02-02 18:26:01 by Brian S
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(02-02) 13:53 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The United States is acknowledging that the hardline Muslim Brotherhood may play a role in Egypt's transition from autocracy if it agrees to a peaceful, democratic process. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says the U.S. isn't dictating Egypt's shift from President Hosni Mubarak's three decades in power. He says it is up to Egyptians to determine the process, but he called on the Muslim Brotherhood — which is a banned group — to respect democratic processes. Crowley said U.S. officials haven't met with members of the Muslim Brotherhood though they've spoken to other opposition groups. He acknowledged Wednesday ...
Three Decades of Weapons Sales and Training for Egypt Keep U.S. In Loop
Post Date: 2011-02-02 18:23:02 by Brian S
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Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The open dialogue between the U.S. and Egyptian militaries may be pivotal in the coming days and weeks, as public unrest grows over President Hosni Mubarak’s plan to stay in office until September elections. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, President Barack Obama’s top military adviser, spoke today with his Egyptian counterpart for a second time in the past week and urged him to ensure a “return to calm.” U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke to Defense Minister Mohammed Hussein Tantawi yesterday, also for the second time in recent days. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “expressed his confidence in the Egyptian military’s ...
Hosni Mubarak Must Go By Friday, Says Mohamed ElBaradei
Post Date: 2011-02-02 18:10:16 by Brian S
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FRIDAY is set as D-Day - departure day - for Egypt's embattled President, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed ElBaradei, who is emerging as a leader of anti-regime protests, declared last night. Dr ElBaradei asked for a "safe exit" for Mr Mubarak."What I have heard (from protesters) is that they want this to end, if not today, then by Friday maximum," he said, adding that Egyptians have marked Friday as "Departure Day"."I hope President Mubarak goes before this and leaves the country after 30 years of rule . . . I don't think he wants to see more blood."At least 300 people have died in eight days of protests, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, ...
Hosni Mubarak, Please Enjoy Your Retirement
Post Date: 2011-02-02 16:03:52 by jwpegler
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Hosni Mubarak stepped in to take charge in Egypt after Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981. Mubarak was an invaluable ally in our fight against the communists, who at that time enslaved half the world, where on the march in Afghanistan, and had thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at the United States. The world should always remember the courageous job Mubarak did in helping us draw a line in the sand against communist aggression. However, the Cold War has been over for 21 years. The world has moved on. Most of the anti-communist strong men in Asia and Latin America are gone. In their place, democracy and markets are flourishing. Unfortunately, the Mideast seems trapped in the 1980s, ...
Mubarak Strikes Back: Thugs Attack
Post Date: 2011-02-02 15:38:07 by Brian S
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1:15 pm: Supposedly, talks are going to be held between Vice President Omar Suleiman, the former intelligence chief appointed by Mubarak this week, and representatives of the opposition groups opposing Mubarak. But I’ve seen nothing to indicate that any talks have started. Meanwhile, Mohammad ElBaradei, the former IAEA chief who’d lead the talks for the opposition, said that he has proof that the thugs attacking protesters are police. And he called on the army, which has so far stood by idly as the thugs went on the attack, to intervene. “"I ask the army to intervene to protect Egyptian lives," he told Al Jazeera. And, according to a report in the Arab press, ...
Egyptian Foreign Ministry Says Obama Inciting Violence
Post Date: 2011-02-02 14:52:26 by Happy Quanzaa
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Egyptian Foreign Ministry SaysObama Inciting Violence The Egyptian foreign ministry appears to be rejecting President Obama's call for an immediate transition from the government of President Hosni Mubarak -- and says that such calls are inciting violence. "What foreign parties are saying about 'a period of transition beginning immediately' in Egypt is rejected," said foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki, adding that such calls "inflame the internal situation in Egypt."
Jihaddette Christiane Amanpour Comes Under Attack In Cairo
Post Date: 2011-02-02 14:39:50 by Happy Quanzaa
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ABC's Amanpour Comes Under Attack In CairoDoors and windshield to car battered By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/2/2011 12:11:51 PM ABC's Christiane Amanpour said Wednesday that she and a crew came under attack from a "mob" on the same day CNN's Anderson Cooper reported the same. Amanpour wrote in a reporter's notebook released by ABC News that the attack came after trying to film on a bridge into Tahrir Square. "An angry mob surrounded us and chased us into the car shouting that they hate America," she said. "They kicked in the car doors and broke our windshield as we drove away."
Pandemonium In Cairo, Hundreds Hurt In Clashes
Post Date: 2011-02-02 13:26:57 by Brian S
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CAIRO – Angry partisans of President Hosni Mubarak stormed a crowded anti-regime rally in a central Cairo square on Wednesday, sparking pandemonium in which at least 500 people were hurt, witnesses said. The White House, which has called for restraint since demonstrations broke out nine days ago, deplored the violence against "peaceful protesters" while UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the attacks on protesters were "unacceptable." Supporters from both sides threw stones and battled with sticks and fists in Tahrir square, the epicentre of nine days of protests, in the clashes that broke out early afternoon and were continuing after sunset. Tension had been rising from ...
US Condemns Violence In Egypt, Chides Government Over Arrests, Press Restrictions
Post Date: 2011-02-02 11:51:34 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — The United States criticized the government of President Hosni Mubarak and condemned violence in Egypt's capital as clashes between protesters and pro-government supporters demonstrated there would be no easy resolution to the unrest destabilizing America's closest ally in the Arab world. A day after President Barack Obama pressed Mubarak to loosen his grip on power immediately, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the U.S. "deplores and condemns the violence that is taking place in Egypt." "We are deeply concerned about attacks on the media and peaceful demonstrators," he added in a statement. "We repeat our strong call for ...
Mubarak Fails to Quell Protests as Turmoil Spreads to Yemen
Post Date: 2011-02-02 11:44:21 by Brian S
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Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's pledge to step down later this year failed to appease opposition groups demanding an end to his 30-year rule as the unrest that started in the region one month ago spreads to Yemen. Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama told Mubarak that the transition needs to "begin now," Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh said today he won't seek to extend his term when it expires in 2013. The opposition plans more protests in Cairo this week, with some of the hundreds of thousands listening to Mubarak's speech in Tahrir Square last night shouting "your last day will be Friday." Central Cairo was calm this ...
Anderson Cooper ‘Punched In The Head’ 10 Times By Pro-Mubarak Thugs
Post Date: 2011-02-02 11:42:04 by Brian S
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CNN's Anderson Cooper said Wednesday that he and his crew were violently attacked by pro-Mubarak forces as they tried to make their way through the streets of Cairo. "Anderson Cooper punched 10 times in the head as pro-Mubarak mob surrounds him and his crew at Cairo rally," Maan News Agency's George Hale tweeted. Cooper described his ordeal on CNN's American Morning. "I just tried to make my way to Liberation Square and got as far as the Egyptian Museum and with my team: Marion Fox, my producer and Neil, my cameraman," he began. "One man grabbed Neil's camera and started screaming, 'no, no,' trying to take the camera from him. We intervened ...
Volatile scene unfolds in Cairo as opposing sides clash
Post Date: 2011-02-02 10:09:32 by go65
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Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Stinging tear gas was fired in the epicenter of Cairo's demonstrations where pandemonium sparked by violent clashes between pro- and anti-government forces reigned Wednesday. In a surreal scene resembling the movie "Ben Hur," supporters of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak thundered through the crowds on horses and camels in central Tahrir Square. At least one man was pulled off his horse and beaten. Mubarak's announcement that he will not seek re-election had been expected to vacuum the passion out of Egypt's nine-day uprising. But the opposite rang true, at least in central Cairo. It remained unclear whether such confrontations were ...
Australians Flee, Jam Shelters Ahead Of "Catastrophic" Cyclone
Post Date: 2011-02-01 20:23:00 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - Thousands of residents fled their homes and crammed into shelters in northeastern Australia as a cyclone described as the most powerful in the country's history and with a 650 km (400 mile) wide front barreled toward the coastline on Wednesday. "We are facing a storm of catastrophic proportions," Queensland state premier Anna Bligh said after Cyclone Yasi was upgraded to a maximum-strength category five storm. More than 400,000 people live in the cyclone's expected path, which includes the cities of Cairns, Townsville and Mackay. The entire stretch is popular with tourists and includes Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Satellite images showed Yasi as a ...
Al-Qaida on brink of using nuclear bomb'
Post Date: 2011-02-01 20:12:02 by A K A Stone
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Al-Qaida is on the verge of producing radioactive weapons after sourcing nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists to build "dirty" bombs, according to leaked diplomatic documents. A leading atomic regulator has privately warned that the world stands on the brink of a "nuclear 9/11". Security briefings suggest that jihadi groups are also close to producing "workable and efficient" biological and chemical weapons that could kill thousands if unleashed in attacks on the West. Thousands of classified American cables obtained by the WikiLeaks website and passed to The Daily Telegraph detail the international struggle to stop the spread of weapons-grade ...
Obama: Egypt's Mubarak Must Begin Transition Now
Post Date: 2011-02-01 19:51:48 by Brian S
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(02-01) 16:29 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak must begin a transition immediately toward a new government and assured protesters demanding the ouster of their longtime leader that "we hear your voices." The transition "must be meaningful, it must be peaceful and it must begin now," Obama said at the White House after speaking with the Egyptian president by telephone for 30 minutes. In Cairo, Mubarak said he would not seek re-election in September, but he rejected protesters' demands that he step down immediately, a halfway concession that did not calm his critics. Obama's comments suggested ...
Israel Shocked By Obama's "Betrayal" Of Mubarak
Post Date: 2011-02-01 19:47:33 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - If Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is toppled, Israel will lose one of its very few friends in a hostile neighborhood and President Barack Obama will bear a large share of the blame, Israeli pundits said on Monday. Political commentators expressed shock at how the United States as well as its major European allies appeared to be ready to dump a staunch strategic ally of three decades, simply to conform to the current ideology of political correctness. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told ministers of the Jewish state to make no comment on the political cliffhanger in Cairo, to avoid inflaming an already explosive situation. But Israel's President Shimon Peres is ...
Obama's peeps hold secret pow-wow w/ jihadi Muzzy Bro' 'Hood
Post Date: 2011-02-01 18:20:28 by Happy Quanzaa
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U.S. 'held secret meeting with Muslim Brotherhood'Discussed fall of Egypt with group dedicated to Islam's global spread JERUSALEM – The Egyptian government has information a diplomat at the U.S. embassy in Cairo secretly met yesterday with a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the nation's major Islamist opposition group, WND has learned. The topic of the meeting was the future of Egypt following the "fall" of President Hosni Mubarak, an Egyptian intelligence official told WND. The claim comes amid charges from Cairo that the Obama administration has been encouraging the protests rocking Egypt and targeting the rule of Mubarak, a key U.S. ally in the ...
Obama's handling Egypt pretty well
Post Date: 2011-02-01 15:07:12 by go65
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After President Obama spoke last night about the situation in Egypt, my Twitter feed and inbox filled up with angry denunciations, with lots of people complaining bitterly that he had endorsed Mubarak's grim struggle to hold on to power, missed an historic opportunity, and risked sparking a wave of anti-Americanism. Once I actually read the transcript of his remarks, though, I felt much better. I think the instant analysis badly misread his comments and the thrust of the administration's policy. His speech was actually pretty good, as is the rapidly evolving American policy. The administration, it seems to me, is trying hard to protect the protestors from an escalation of violent ...
Mubarak to Address Nation as Protests Mount
Post Date: 2011-02-01 13:52:38 by go65
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CAIRO—President Hosni Mubarak will address the nation as as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to call for an end of his rule. Top U.S. officials spoke to both Mr. Mubarak and Mohamed ElBaradei, the central opposition figure. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians filed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday, forming the largest crowd yet in eight days of demonstrations. Estimates of the crowd varied, with the Associated Press reporting that more than a quarter of a million people were in the square to demand an end to President Hosni Mubarak's regime. Other estimates ran from 100,000 to Al-Jazeera's estimate of one million on its website. ...
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