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• Bahrain troops fire on protesters, Libyans march (Reuters)
• Big crowds in east of Libya defy police crackdown (Reuters)
• Guantanamo prisoner to help prosecute others (Reuters)
• India police broaden graft probe; shares take a hit (Reuters)
• With Mubarak Gone, Egyptians Cheer -- and Mourn -- in Tahrir Square (Time.com)
• Britain issues Bahrain, Libya travel warnings (AFP)
• Al-Qaida No. 2 issues video after Egypt upheaval (AP)
• Guatemala ends 'siege' in drug-plagued province (AP)
• Kadhafi loyalists vow to crush protests (AFP)
• Afghans need political solution: Clinton (AFP)
• Harper talks to NDP leader Layton as election threatens (Reuters)
• Brazil's floods force urban planning rethink (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Suicide Bomb in Khost: Afghanistan's Taliban Claims Lives (Time.com)
• Why Russia's Medvedev can't seem to deliver (The Christian Science Monitor)

Bahrain troops fire on protesters, Libyans march (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:50 PM PST Reuters - Bahraini security forces fired on protesters on Friday, wounding dozens, and thousands demonstrated in Libya after a deadly government crackdown as pro-democracy unrest in the Middle East and North Africa turned increasingly violent.

Big crowds in east of Libya defy police crackdown (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:00 PM PST Reuters - Thousands protested in Libya's second city, Benghazi, on Friday in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi's four decades in power, and Amnesty International said 46 people had been killed in a three-day police crackdown.

Guantanamo prisoner to help prosecute others (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:35 PM PST Reuters - A U.S. military jury sentenced an admitted al Qaeda conspirator from Sudan to 14 more years in prison on Friday but he will serve far less if he keeps his promise to help prosecutors in cases against other Guantanamo captives.

India police broaden graft probe; shares take a hit (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:35 AM PST Reuters - Indian police raided a television station linked to the government on Friday, as a widening investigation into a corruption scandal threatened the coalition and worried investors sent blue-chip stocks lower.

With Mubarak Gone, Egyptians Cheer -- and Mourn -- in Tahrir Square (Time.com) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:55 PM PST Time.com - The return of a popular cleric exiled by Mubarak electrifies Tahrir Square, underscoring a political landscape changing in ways the U.S. won't necessarily like

Britain issues Bahrain, Libya travel warnings (AFP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:43 PM PST AFP - Britain on Friday warned its nationals against all but essential travel to Bahrain and parts of eastern Libya amid violent anti-government protests in both countries.

Al-Qaida No. 2 issues video after Egypt upheaval (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:20 PM PST AP - Al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, issued the terror network's first message since the upheaval began in Egypt, saying the country's rule has long "deviated from Islam" and warning that democracy "can only be non-religious."

Guatemala ends 'siege' in drug-plagued province (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 06:04 PM PST AP - The Guatemalan government lifted a two-month-old state of siege Friday in a northern province that authorities said was controlled by Mexican drug traffickers.

Kadhafi loyalists vow to crush protests (AFP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:57 PM PST AFP - Moamer Kadhafi's regime vowed to crush any challenge to the Libyan strongman after an opposition "day of anger" turned into a bloodbath and two policemen were reported hanged by protesters.

Afghans need political solution: Clinton (AFP) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 05:47 PM PST AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that only a political solution will end the war in Afghanistan as she voiced hope for splitting off rank-and-file Taliban from Al-Qaeda extremists.

Harper talks to NDP leader Layton as election threatens (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper discussed the upcoming budget with the leader of the opposition New Democratic Party on Friday, a meeting that could bring concessions that might avert an election this year.

Brazil's floods force urban planning rethink (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:56 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Nilson Gomes de Santa patiently watches a demolition team circle his home in the interior of Rio de Janeiro State. Workers are about to tear down the bricks this mason laid with his own hands 25 years ago, and he's fine with that.

Suicide Bomb in Khost: Afghanistan's Taliban Claims Lives (Time.com) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:55 PM PST Time.com - The civilian collateral damage of Taliban bombings is enormous, and yet coalition forces never catch a break because of it. Why?

Why Russia's Medvedev can't seem to deliver (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:39 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Three-quarters of the way through Dmitry Medvedev's first term as president of Russia, civil society activists are increasingly venting their frustration about a youthful and Western-leaning Kremlin leader who frequently offers dramatic gestures of support for liberal reforms but appears unwilling â€" or unable â€" to follow through with practical actions.

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