Before the arrival of Cyclone Yasi, Australia begins evacuations

SYDNEY - Local residents and tourists in the north-east coast of Australia were being evacuated on Tuesday before the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Yasi, who authorities said could be one of the worst in recent years.
Yasi, with winds expected to reach 250 km / hour, is expected during the night between Wednesday and Thursday on the northern coast of the country, who just recovered from massive flooding.

States: a synagogue burned near Gabes

TUNIS - The Synagogue of El Hamma, near the town of Gabes in southern Tunisia, was burned Monday night by unidentified, told AFP several officials of the local Jewish community.
"People have set fire to the synagogue on Monday evening and the Torah scrolls were burned," he told AFP Trabelsi Perez, the head of the Jewish community of Djerba, situated 500 km south of Tunis.
"It surprises me because there were police not far from the synagogue," said Mr. Perez, reached by telephone from Tunis and is also president of the Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa on the island of Djerba.

A private plane belonging to the family Ben Ali seized at Le Bourget

A private plane belonging to the family of Tunisian President Zine Ben Ali deposed was seized Tuesday at Le Bourget airport, in Seine-Saint-Denis, it was learned from the Paris prosecutor.This seizure was made as part of the preliminary inquiry to identify the property held in France by former Tunisian president, following a complaint for corruption of three NGOs. The investigation was entrusted to the Central Office for the Suppression of the large financial crime (OCRGDF) and anti-money laundering unit of the Ministry of Economy.

Hundreds of Canadians leave Egypt

(Ottawa) A few hundred Canadian nationals have left Egypt on Monday aboard two aircraft chartered by the Canadian government. Meanwhile, the entire political class in Ottawa, called for a peaceful transition to democracy in the country facing a seventh day of violence.
A first Air Canada aircraft landed in Frankfurt, Germany, early evening (Montreal time), after several delays at Cairo airport, stormed by thousands of foreign nationals awaiting evacuated.

LIVE. Egypt: More than a million demonstrators gathered in Cairo

Egypt could live a historic day Tuesday after a week of upheaval. Over one million people are currently gathered in Tahrir Square (Liberation Square), Cairo, demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. The position of the Egyptian army, who said Monday night that the people's demands were "legitimate" and pledged not to use force, could mark a turning point in the conflit.Celui it did in least 125 people dead and thousands injured in a week. The UN puts forward a balance of 300 dead Monday already, scenes of fraternization between soldiers and protesters had been observed.

Egypt prepares to "walk a million" from the opposition

Like every day since January 25, tens of thousands of people demonstrated, Monday, January 31, in downtown Cairo and other cities demanding the departure of President Hosni Mubarak (read-line monitoring of the day and synthesis of significant events and reactions). But the 1st of February, a week after the beginning of the unprecedented revolt initiated by the Egyptians, following the example of Tunisia, where the population led to the precipitous fall of former leader Ben Ali, should mark a turning point and give the temperature as a result of the mobilization and response of the Egyptian regime.

Bill the user-pays: 168 000 Canadians sign

A petition posted by OpenMedia knows a success also important that the discontent of the Canadian Internet. The latter denounced the recent CRTC decision marks the end of Internet packages allowing unlimited downloads in the country.
"Bell Canada and other major carriers are now free to impose the pay-per-use Internet access providers to self and to YOU," says OpenMedia on the page of his petition.