Protesters in Cairo once again defied curfew today, but this time the police largely stood by and let them do it, the LA Times reports. The military meanwhile seems to have switched sides; as protesters swarmed over Cairo’s central square, the officers stationed there threw off their helmets and joined…
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Images of the thousands of Egyptian protesters that defied a curfew in the capital Cairo and other cities taken throughout the day.
Continue reading …The government of Malawi is about to enact a law making it illegal to “foul the air” in public, the Daily Mail reports. Yes, farting will be one of many behaviors outlawed by new legislation that will set up “Local Courts” around the country. These courts will be able to…
Continue reading …The suicide bomber who killed 35 people at Moscow’s busiest airport was deliberately targeting foreigners, investigators said today. Federal investigators say they know the identity of the bomber, a 20-year-old native of the volatile Caucausus region, where Islamist insurgents have been battling for years for a breakaway state. But the…
Continue reading …Remember 1994? Neither does your Newser! But apparently it was a magical time of pre-crazy Mel Gibson, Dems getting trounced in midterm elections, and … talking heads on the teevee trying to explain something called the “Internet.” Observe as Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel wonder aloud: “What is the Internet anyway?!…
Continue reading …A suicide bomber on an explosives-laden motorbike rammed the car of Kandahar’s deputy governor today as he was on his way to work, killing him and wounding three of his bodyguards. The Taliban have claimed responsibility, reports the AP, but the Los Angeles Times notes that Abdul Latif Ashna’s slaying…
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Egyptians are witnessing the winds of change, as tens of thousands continue to rally against poverty and corruption on Cairo’s streets in defiance of a nationwide curfew imposed on the capital. Earlier, in a desperate attempt to restore a sense of normality, an army commander addressed a crowd of protesters.
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