World News Briefs -- February 15, 2011 (Evening Edition)

Photo: CBS News Correspondent Lara Logan in Tahrir Square moments before she was attacked on Feb. 11, 2011. (CBS)

CBS News' Lara Logan Assaulted During Egypt Protests -- CBS News

CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Separated From Her Crew And Brutally Assaulted on Day Mubarak Stepped Down

On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a 60 MINUTES story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was amob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy.

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MIDDLE EAST

Bahrain square becomes new center for Arab anger.

Iran blames West for provoking unrest. Iran cracks down on spiraling protests.

Middle East protests: Iran and Egypt face new challenges.

Protesters and loyalists clash in Yemen.

Saudi military entered Bahrain to crackdown protesters.

'Maximum security' at 4 Israeli embassies due to threats.

ASIA

South Korea, U.S. plan for military exercises.

Talks begin to end 40-year Philippine insurgency. Philippines start new peace talks with Maoists.

Thailand and Cambodia clash along border. Cambodia hopes to "avoid any large military clash" with Thailand.

Russia to deploy modern missile defense systems on disputed Kuril Islands.

UN launches new assessment of NKorea food needs.

AFRICA

Mubarak loyalist becomes Egypt's transition leader. Egypt army seeks 6-month handover, Mubarak ailing. Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood plans political party.

Tunisia lifts curfew, extends state of emergency.

South Sudan Jonglei attack by Athor rebels 'killed 200'.

Economic sanctions hurting Ivory Coast economy.

Tunisia and Italy agree on moves to stem migration.

EUROPE

Vladimir Putin 'has £600 million Italianate palace'.

NATO set against combined missile shield with Russia.

7 insurgents, 3 police killed in shootout in Russia's volatile Caucasus region.

Liam Fox apologises for 'appalling mistake' over soldiers sacked by email.

Berlusconi to face trial over prostitution scandal.

Russia: Foreign power may have disabled satellite.

Three police killed in counterterrorist raid in south Russia.

Russia: Khodorkovsky sentence imposed by 'higher authority,' courthouse aide says.

AMERICAS

In Mexico, anti-drug leader is killed. Mexico drug violence kills 18 in Tamaulipas state.

Plane crash in Honduras kills all 14 aboard.

Argentina, US tangle over military material.

A look inside America’s poorest county.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Israel fears Hezbollah behind terror threats on its embassies.

2 Americans among 7 charged in alleged plot to help Taliban.

Guantanamo detainee might not return to Sudan after sentence.

American al-Qaida operative freed after less than 5 years in prison.

House votes to extend anti-terror provisions.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Revealed at last: The secret recipe for Coca-Cola.

Chevron fined $8.6 billion in Ecuador.

What the NYSE merger will mean for investors.

Is oil output peaking or not? Either way, cheap oil is gone for good.

U.S. deficit is biggest as share of economy since 1945.

NYSE and Deutsche Boerse poised to reveal deal.