Thousands of Egyptian police strike as reform push grows
About 12,000 police walked off the job with 3,000 rallying outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo demanding a 200 percent pay rise and an end to military trials for lower ranks. Protesters called for cleansing the ministry of remnants of the old regime while reform proposals circulated from former officers and rights groups.
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Na Hosanteas Aere
Interior Ministry
Cairo
Egypt
el-Adly
Habib el-Adly
Hosni Mubarak
Mubarak
Ennarah
Mohamed Mahfouz
US-North Korea talks open in Geneva progress reported
US envoy Stephen Bosworth said talks in Geneva with North Korea moved in a positive direction though differences remain. He noted discussions covered denuclearization, food aid, family reunions, and missing soldiers remains, with Kim Kye Gwan leading the North Korean delegation. China urged calmer ties as Panetta criticized Pyongyang.
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Geneva
U.S
North Korea
Pyongyang
United States’ U.N
Stephen Bosworth
Glyn Davies
International Atomic Energy Agency
Bosworth
United States
Associated Press
North
Korean Peninsula
Kim Kye Gwan
China
South Korea
Xinhua
Grenade blasts strike Nairobi killing and wounding
Grenades exploded at a blue collar bar and a busy matatu stop in Nairobi injuring several and killing at least one person. Kenyan authorities and U S officials weighed al Shabaab involvement amid warnings of reprisal attacks tied to Kenya's Somalia invasion.
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Nairobi
Kenya
al-Qaida
Somalia
U.S
al- Shabab
Al-Shabab
Uganda
Red Cross
Peter Ndungu Kiare
Kenyatta National Hospital
Ennahda wins half overseas seats in Tunisia vote
First results show Ennahda, a moderate Islamist party, securing nine of 18 overseas seats as domestic counting continues. The party led amid large turnout and faces shaping a new constitution with rivals CPR Ettakatol and Congress for the Republic also prominent.
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Tunisia
Islamic Party
Tunis
Ennahda
Egypt
Libya
Ettakatol Or
Forum
Congress For the Republic
Radio Mosaique FM
Abdel- Hamid Jelassi
New Assembly
Election Commission
Kamel Jendoubi
Andreas Gross
Council of
Assembly
Sayed Ferjani
Muammar Gaddafi
Boubker Bethabet
CPR
Moncef Marzouki
Marzouki
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Japan
Russia
Leon Panetta
Yomiuri
Ritter and Company
Pecos Valley
Bruce Ritter
Roswell
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