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Mubarak speech turns elation in Tahrir Square to anger

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:50 PM PST

Protesters celebrate after a general says their demands will be met. Then Mubarak refuses to step down.

President Hosni Mubarak's face glared down from a giant screen that rippled in the cold breeze above Tahrir Square. His gravelly voice boomed across a multitude of protesters standing silently, standing in shock, but most important, still standing.

Pakistan suicide bomber kills 32 at military school

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:15 AM PST

The attack in the city of Mardan, carried out by a teenage boy in an explosives-laden vest, occurs as cadets are doing their morning exercises. The Pakistani Taliban reportedly claims responsibility.

The death toll in a suicide bomb blast at a Pakistani military training school rose to 32 on Thursday, underscoring militants' ability to strike sensitive installations despite army offensives aimed at uprooting the insurgents.

Afghanistan suicide bomber kills district governor, 6 others

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

The Taliban claims responsibility for the suicide bomb attack in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, the latest signal that the insurgency is able to strike far from its traditional strongholds.

A suicide bomber killed a district governor and six other people Thursday in a northern province of Afghanistan that has become increasingly emblematic of the Taliban movement's ability to strike far from its traditional strongholds in the south and east.

Mubarak defies expectations, refuses to step down

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:06 PM PST

Instead, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he will hand over authority to his vice president. Protesters who eagerly awaited his speech are enraged and bewildered.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down Thursday, saying in a nationally televised speech that he would hand authority to his vice president in a move that enraged and bewildered hundreds of thousands of protesters packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square.

India, Pakistan to restart wide-ranging talks

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:56 AM PST

The dialogue ended after the 2008 attack in Mumbai by Pakistan-based terrorists. Senior officials will meet to talk about issues such as peace, the economy and Kashmir.

India and Pakistan said Thursday that they would resume talks suspended after the 2008 terrorist attack in the Indian city of Mumbai that saw nearly 170 people killed and hundreds injured by militants based in Pakistan.

Boy suicide bomber kills 32 at Pakistan army site

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:29 AM PST

The attack on an army recruitment center in Mardan occurs as cadets are doing their morning exercises.

The death toll in a suicide bomb blast at a military training school in the northwest city of Mardan rose to 32 Thursday in an attack that underscored militants' ability to strike sensitive Pakistani installations despite a series of army offensives aimed at uprooting the country's homegrown insurgency.