End Of Mubarak Era As Protests Topple President -- Yahoo News/Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) – A furious wave of protest swept Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak from power Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on the streets and sending a warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond.
Mubarak, the second Arab leader to be overthrown by a popular uprising in a month, handed power to the army after 18 days of relentless rallies against poverty, corruption and repression caused support from the armed forces to evaporate.
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MIDDLE EAST
Thousands of south Yemen protesters demand secession. Police in south Yemen disperse 'day of rage' protests.
Israel watches Mubarak ouster with trepidation.
Northern Iraq attacks kill 10.
Hundreds of thousands mark Iran's revolution.
Ahmadinejad: Egyptian protests herald new Mideast.
Jordan's king swears in new cabinet after protests.
Yemeni web activists clash with opposition.
ASIA
Iran 'paid N.Korea $2 billion for enriched uranium'.
Japan foreign minister in Moscow amid islands row.
Thai protesters demand prime minister's ouster.
Pakistan gets smaller Cabinet in austerity effort.
Starving North Korea sends out SOS for food aid.
Pakistan suicide bomber kills 32 at military school.
Thai-Cambodia fighting slows border trade, traffic.
Pakistan might be working on new plutonium reactor: Report.
India, Pakistan agree to resume peace talks.
AFRICA
Hosni Mubarak resigns as president. Democracy protests bring down Egypt's Mubarak. 'Mubarak's poodle' most powerful man in Egypt for now. Lawmakers fret about Islamist rise in Egypt.
Uganda election: Amnesty International violence concern.
105 die in fighting between S. Sudan army, rebels. Military's cease-fire breaks down in Southern Sudan.
Soldiers on trial charged with DR Congo mass rapes.
Chad military still using child soldiers: Amnesty.
Confusion reigns as Kenya’s judicial crisis continues.
EUROPE
I may be sinner but my foes want coup: Berlusconi. Silvio Berlusconi: I am victim of a 'Stasi' witch hunt.
Tunisians fleeing unrest arrive in droves in Italy.
Multiculturalism has failed, says French president.
Germany will 'contribute to an arms race,' charges opposition.
Referendum could change Swiss gun culture.
AMERICAS
Bolivian president rattled by protests.
Brazil arrests 35 in swoop on Rio police corruption.
Parliament punch-up in Venezuela.
U.S. senators ask military to patrol Canadian border.
Colombian President: New FARC kidnappings ‘unacceptable’.
Cristina Kirchner still favourite for Argentine election.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan tape highlights foreign fighters, operations against Pakistani military.
Intel Chief: al-Qaeda affiliates getting stronger.
Yemen must reform to counter al-Qaeda threat, Hague warns.
U.S. checks Egyptian prisons for terrorist escapes.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
US trade deficit widened by 33% in 2010.
GM, Chrysler salaried workers' bonuses said to reach 50% of pay.
IMF calls for dollar alternative.
Nokia announces Microsoft deal.
America's inflation alarm is growing ever louder.
Obama administration calls for winding down Fannie, Freddie.
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