ElBaradei Returns To Egypt On Third Day Of Clashes -- Yahoo News/Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) – Police fought protesters in two cities in eastern Egypt on Thursday and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei arrived back in the country to join a major demonstration on Friday to try to oust President Hosni Mubarak.
Security forces shot dead a Bedouin protester in the north of Egypt's Sinai region on Thursday, bringing the death toll to five on the third day of protests inspired by unrest which toppled Tunisia's president earlier this month.
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MIDDLE EAST
Palestinian Authority tells Britain it wants to question former MI6 officer.
Dozens die as car bomb targets Iraq funeral. Baghdad attacks kill at least 40.
Protesters march in attempt to force Yemen's president out. Anti-government rallies hit Yemen.
New Lebanon PM prepares to form govt, streets quiet.
Social media revolution hits Saudi Arabia.
ASIA
Australia floods: PM Julia Gillard unveils new tax.
US forces North Korea's hand on uranium.
US ready to help Southeast Asia boost defense.
Japan's credit rating downgraded. Q+A: Are Japan's public finances at tipping point?
Davos forum: China steps up amid global recovery.
U.S. national kills 3 Pakistanis in Lahore. U.S. embassy worker shoots 2 dead in Pakistan.
AFRICA
Security developments play havoc with AU summit agenda. UK travel warning over threat to Ethiopia AU summit.
Uganda gay rights activist David Kato killed.
Nelson Mandela recovering from collapsed lung. Concern for Nelson Mandela grows as ex-SA president remains in hospital. US hopes for Mandela recovery.
Egyptian president's son 'flees to London with 100 pieces of luggage as country is rocked by second day of violence'.
Anger on streets as Egypt protests enter third day. Egypt unrest enters third day, ElBaradei to return. White House believes Egypt government stable.
U.S. military: Somali pirates expanding their range.
Interpol confirms issuing global alert for Ben Ali.
Tunisia unveils new cabinet in bid to end protests.
South Sudan unprepared for the flood of returning refugees.
U.N. uncovers more mass rapes in DRC.
Mandela hospitalization raises fears over health.
EUROPE
Belarusian president accuses Poland of plotting to overthrow him in order to recarve border.
Davos 2011: Nicolas Sarkozy 'will not let euro fail'.
German, Polish leaders honor Holocaust victims.
Russia considers total screening on transport network.
Russia bombing: 'Islamist group suspected'. Police eye Caucasus suspects in Moscow bombing. Police probing some 10 suspects over Domodedovo blast - source.
Caucasus is threatening to become Russia's Iraq. Four dead in car bomb in Russian Caucasus.
Greek-Turkish Cypriot leaders conclude 'spirited' talks.
EU seeks evidence to establish Kosovo Premier's alleged criminal links.
Swiss police: blast at Davos hotel, no injuries.
AMERICAS
Cruise ships cancel Mexico port stop, citing crime.
Lockdown! Chaos after up to 19 inches of snow paralyses roads and airports on U.S. East Coast.
Drug smugglers use catapult at the U.S. border to launch bales of pot across border.
U.S. Social Security fund slides into permanent deficit. Social Security posting $600B deficit over 10years.
Not even Potus is safe from the weather: Presidential motorcade trapped in traffic for an hour as snow storm battered East Coast.
21 workers killed in Colombian mine blast.
Haiti candidate is cut: Ruling party pulls support amid international pressure.
Coca-chewing Bolivians press for end to UN ban.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
U.S. replaces color-coded terror alerts.
Saudis discover new funding channels for Taliban, al Qaeda.
Admiral calls for counterterror approach to piracy.
Color-coded terror warnings to be gone by April 27.
Al Qaeda leader says facing pressure from drones. Al Qaeda leader admits facing pressure from drones.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
CBO Director: Trillion-dollar deficits risk 'fiscal crisis' in U.S.
No stemming red ink: U.S. federal deficit to hit $1.5T
Soros: Euro crisis could lead to EU disintegration. Soros says higher commodity prices likely for ‘couple of years’.
Japan's credit rating downgraded by Standard & Poor's.
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