blog assignment#11 part 2

Here are some more stories that i thought were interesting.

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Mr ElBaradei spoke at Vienna airport as he prepared to return to Cairo to join street protests there.
Meanwhile, security forces have shot dead an anti-government protester in the Sinai region, witnesses say.
The government says the protests are illegal. Up to 1,000 people have been arrested.
The shooting in Sinai brings the death toll to seven since the protests began on Tuesday.
"If [people] want me to lead the transition, I will not let them down," Mr ElBaradei told journalists at Vienna airport.
Mr ElBaradei, formerly the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, warned that if the Egyptian government used force, it would lead to more violence.

Deaths during the protests

• Tuesday: four demonstrators killed in Cairo
• Wednesday: policeman and demonstrator killed in Cairo; authorities say deaths not linked to protests
• Thursday: anti-government protester shot in Sinai region, witnesses say

"I continue to call on the regime to understand that they better listen and listen quickly, not use violence and understand that change has to come. There's no other option," Mr ElBaradei added.

Police and demonstrators have again clashed in Cairo and Suez, and the unrest has now spread to the industrial city of Ismailiya.
Thursday's protests in Cairo have been on a much smaller scale than the thousands seen on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, in Suez, police fired rubber-coated bullets, tear gas and water cannon, witnesses said.
Reports from Suez said a fire station had been set alight by demonstrators.

This happened in the Sinai region. Many protestors are being either killed or arrested. They just want Egypt to change. I got this from BBcNews.com.

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An American diplomat in the Pakistani city of Lahore has shot and killed a Pakistani motorcycle rider and his pillion passenger, police say.

They say that the consular official fired his pistol in self-defence. US embassy officials confirmed that an American was involved.
The men were pursuing the American in his car when the incident happened.
A pedestrian was also killed by a speeding car from the US consulate which came to help, police say.
Bullet holes

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Tens of thousands of Yemenis have demonstrated in the capital Sanaa, calling on Ali Abdullah Saleh, president for 30 years, to step down.

This comes after mass protests in Egypt and a popular uprising in Tunisia that ousted its long-time leader.
Yemeni opposition members and youth activists gathered in four parts of the city, including Sanaa University, chanting anti-government slogans.
They also called for economic reforms and an end to corruption.
Yemenis complain of mounting poverty among a growing young population and frustration with a lack of political freedoms.
The country has also been plagued by a range of security issues, including a separatist movement in the south and an uprising of Shia Houthi rebels in the north.
There are fears that Yemen is becoming a leading al-Qaeda haven, with the high numbers of unemployed youths seen as potential recruits for Islamist militant groups.

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A car bomb has ripped through a funeral tent in a mainly Shia Muslim area of Baghdad, killing 48 people.

Officials say that another 78 people were wounded in the mid-afternoon blast in the north-western Shula district.
Angry mourners attacked police who rushed to the scene, accusing them of failing to provide protection.
The funeral attack comes after a series of bombings killed dozens of Shia pilgrims during their annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala last week.
A spate of bombings in the past month against pilgrims, police recruits and security forces across Iraq has killed more than 170 people.
The recent rise in violence comes as the US military prepares to withdraw from the country at the end of the year.
It poses a major challenge to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his fragile coalition government, formed only last month.