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• Iran MPs want death penalty for opposition leaders (Reuters)
• Bahrain protesters camp overnight to demand change (Reuters)
• Food prices hit "dangerous levels": World Bank chief (Reuters)
• Special report: Has Mohamed ElBaradei's time arrived? (Reuters)
• Berlusconi Faces Trial and the Wrath of Italy's Women (Time.com)
• Rapper Tinie Tempah is big winner at Brit Awards (AFP)
• Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood plans political party (AP)
• Clinton, candidates discuss Haiti reconstruction (AP)
• Church attacked in northern Nigeria: police (AFP)
• Japan, India sign free trade pact (AFP)
• Harper plays down chances of tax cuts in budget (Reuters)
• BHP Billiton profits up 72% on surging demand (AFP)
• In Bahrain, protesters bridge Sunni-Shiite divide to challenge monarchy (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism (Time.com)
• Alberto Contador, 2010 Tour de France winner, cleared of doping allegations (The Christian Science Monitor)

Iran MPs want death penalty for opposition leaders (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:55 PM PST Reuters - Iranian lawmakers urged judiciary on Tuesday to hand out death penalties to opposition leaders for fomenting unrest in the Islamic state after a rally in which one person was killed and dozens were wounded, state media said.

Bahrain protesters camp overnight to demand change (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:54 PM PST Reuters - Shi'ite protesters camped out in Bahrain's capital to press their demands for political change after a day of unrest inspired by popular revolts that toppled rulers in Tunisia and Egypt.

Food prices hit "dangerous levels": World Bank chief (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:43 PM PST Reuters - World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Tuesday said global food prices have reached "dangerous levels," and warned that their impact could complicate fragile political and social conditions in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Special report: Has Mohamed ElBaradei's time arrived? (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST Reuters - For a man who describes himself as a potential "agent of change" in Egypt, Mohamed ElBaradei draws decidedly mixed reviews.

Berlusconi Faces Trial and the Wrath of Italy's Women (Time.com) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST Time.com - Just days after Italian women took to the streets to protest the Prime Minister's misogyny, Silvio Berlusconi is indicted on charges of paying to sleep with a minor

Rapper Tinie Tempah is big winner at Brit Awards (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:34 PM PST AFP - Rapper Tinie Tempah confirmed his rise to the top of the British music industry by winning two Brit Awards at London's O2 Arena late Tuesday.

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood plans political party (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:45 PM PST AP - The long banned Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday it will form a political party once democracy is established in Egypt but promised not to field a candidate for president, trying to allay fears at home and abroad that it seeks power. Still, the fundamentalist movement is poised to be a significant player in the new order.

Clinton, candidates discuss Haiti reconstruction (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:02 PM PST AP - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Tuesday discussed the future of efforts to rebuild earthquake-torn Haiti with the two candidates who meet next month in a presidential runoff delayed by a political crisis.

Church attacked in northern Nigeria: police (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:09 PM PST AFP - Gunmen attacked a church Tuesday in northern Nigeria, but it was unclear if there were casualties in the latest such incident in the region where dozens have been killed in recent months.

Japan, India sign free trade pact (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:04 PM PST AFP - Japan and India signed a free trade pact Wednesday under which the high-tech nation and the South Asian population giant pledged to scrap tariffs on 94 percent of goods within a decade.

Harper plays down chances of tax cuts in budget (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:31 AM PST Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper played down the chances that next month's budget would contain tax cuts, saying in an interview broadcast on Tuesday that people were not going "to have a lot of goodies".

BHP Billiton profits up 72% on surging demand (AFP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:51 PM PST AFP - The world's top miner BHP Billiton Wednesday said half-year profits surged 72 percent to US$10.52 billion as emerging markets snap up raw materials and the West edges out of its economic slump.

In Bahrain, protesters bridge Sunni-Shiite divide to challenge monarchy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:38 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The unrest sweeping across the Middle East has killed two in Bahrain, as police clash with antigovernment protesters calling for political reform in the diminutive Persian Gulf kingdom.

Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism (Time.com) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST Time.com - A twentysomething dynamo is not only curating the soundtrack of the Middle East revolution but giving young people the tools to pursue social and political change

Alberto Contador, 2010 Tour de France winner, cleared of doping allegations (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:59 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been completely cleared of doping allegations against him and his license to compete has been reinstated, his lawyer said Tuesday.

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