VIDEO: No sign of end to unrest in Mid East

VIDEO: No sign of end to unrest in Mid East


VIDEO: No sign of end to unrest in Mid East

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:37 PM PST

Further unrest is expected in Yemen, and in Libya, thousands have been out in the streets demanding an end to the rule of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.


Suicide attack on Afghan police

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:47 PM PST

At least five killed in blast at police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, according to police.


Ugandan opposition warns incumbent

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST

Opponents say if president steals vote in upcoming poll, they will rise up like Egypt.


Trade pact is 'win-win' for S. Korea, EU: envoy (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:40 PM PST

File phot shows a farmer carrying a model of a pig during a protest against the free trade agreement between South Korea and the European Union. A sweeping free trade agreement between the two economies is a AFP - A sweeping free trade agreement between South Korea and the European Union is a "win-win" deal for both parties, an EU diplomat said Friday after Europe's parliament approved the deal.



Hosts get quarter-final boost at World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:41 PM PST

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat addresses a press conference at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, on February 18. Hosts India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will play their knock-out matches at home if they get past the preliminary rounds in the World Cup, the governing body confirmed.(AFP/Prakash Singh)AFP - Hosts India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will play their knock-out matches at home if they get past the preliminary rounds in the World Cup, the governing body confirmed.



Suicide attack in east Afghanistan kills at least nine

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:27 PM PST

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb attack on a police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan on Friday morning killed at least nine people and wounded 30, said Abdul Hakim Esaaqzai, chief of police for Khost province.


Bahrain tense ahead of funerals

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:59 PM PST

Military locks down capital Manama after police assault on peaceful demonstrators leaves four dead.


Yemen's religious leaders speak out

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:29 PM PST

After eight days of clashes between pro- and anti-government groups, religious leaders call for new unity government.


VIDEO: Elbaradei on Egypt's 'golden opportunity'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:12 PM PST

Opposition leader Mohammed ElBaradei has called the Higher Military Council a "black box", saying no-one really knows who is running the country or what they are planning.


VIDEO: Elbaradei on Egypt's 'golden opportunity'

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:12 PM PST

Opposition leader Mohammed ElBaradei has called the Higher Military Council a "black box", saying no-one really knows who is running the country or what they are planning.


Libyan protesters take to streets after deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:10 PM PST

Pro-government supporters hold posters of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as they chant slogans during a demonstration in Tripoli February 17, 2011. REUTERS/Ismail ZitounyReuters - Thousands of anti-government protesters were on the streets of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi early on Friday, a day after "day of rage" demonstrations led to fatal skirmishes with the security forces.



Five dead, 14 wounded in Afghan car bomb: police (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:08 PM PST

<p/>AFP - Five people including a policeman were killed and 14 others wounded Friday in a car bomb attack on a police post in Khost, eastern Afghanistan, police said.



Libyan protesters take to streets after deaths

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:10 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government protesters were on the streets of Libya's eastern city of Benghazi early on Friday, a day after "day of rage" demonstrations led to fatal skirmishes with the security forces.


Afghan police: Suicide bombing in east kills 8 (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:50 PM PST

LCPL. James Edward Orr, 20, from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company lifts weights made from barbed wire at a makeshift gym at an outpost in Kunjak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 17, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Afghan police say a car bomber has killed eight, including two policemen, in the eastern Afghan city of Khost.



Securing Corporate Data In An Increasingly Mobile World

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:32 PM PST

Written by Jack Cullen Ten years ago, cell phones were just becoming ubiquitous in the U.S., BlackBe


US warns on travel where agents shot in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:06 PM PST

AP - The U.S. government has barred its employees from traveling to the Mexican state where two U.S. federal agents were shot this week.


China on alert for leather protein in milk supply (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:16 PM PST

AP - China has warned dairy producers that inspectors are on alert for fresh milk tainted with the industrial chemical melamine and another toxic substance extracted from leather scraps.


Chinese court imprisons US citizen

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:26 PM PST

Geologist Xue Feng, detained in 2007 for "betraying state secrets", loses appeal to get eight-year jail term overturned.


Napoli, Liverpool held to draws in Europa League (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:32 PM PST

German Referee Florian Meyer gives a yellow card to Liverpool's David Ngog (left) and Sparta Prague's captain Tomas Repka during their UEFA Europa League match in Prague, on February 17. The match ended in a goalless draw.(AFP/Joe Klamar)AFP - Serie A title-chasers Napoli will travel to Spanish opponents Villarreal next week with their Europa League hopes in the balance after they were held 0-0 in their last 32 first-leg clash.



India to host new international art biennale (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:58 PM PST

A local fisherman is seen here catching fish at Fort Kochi, in Kochi. India's booming art scene is set for a new event modelled on the Venice Biennale that will feature 60 international artists by the sea in the tropical south of the country. The Kochi-Muziris Biennale, launched this week, will be held in January next year and will be the first event of its kind in India.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - India's booming art scene is set for a new event modelled on the Venice Biennale that will feature 60 international artists by the sea in the tropical south of the country.