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• Libyan rebels flee as Obama authorizes covert support (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret help for Libya rebels (Reuters)
• Libya's foreign minister defects, arrives in Britain (Reuters)
• Reuters correspondent and photographer missing in Syria (Reuters)
• How Libya Might Go Wrong: The French Version (Time.com)
• Arrest after Semtex found near London Olympic site: police (AFP)
• Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP)
• Carter leaves Cuba without jailed US contractor (AP)
• Pro-Ouattara forces seize Ivory Coast capital (AP)
• Nissan, Renault eye joint holding company: report (AFP)
• Canada parties woo hard-hit manufacturing region (Reuters)
• Rio Tinto wins 41% of Riversdale shares (AFP)
• President Assad's defiant speech stuns Syrians who call for more protests (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Crackdown: Bahrain Goes After The Blogfather (Time.com)
• Pakistan captures accused plotter in 2002 Bali bombings (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libyan rebels flee as Obama authorizes covert support (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PDT Reuters - As Libyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior arms and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi's troops on Wednesday, U.S. officials said President Barack Obama had signed a secret order authorizing covert support for the rebels.

Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret help for Libya rebels (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, government officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

Libya's foreign minister defects, arrives in Britain (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, one of Muammar Gaddafi's closest advisers and a former spy chief, flew to Britain on Wednesday and a close friend said he defected because of attacks by Gaddafi forces on civilians.

Reuters correspondent and photographer missing in Syria (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - Two Reuters journalists are missing in Syria.

How Libya Might Go Wrong: The French Version (Time.com) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:40 PM PDT Time.com - Sarkozy was the first leader to come out for intervention and the first to recognize the opposition as Libya's legitimate government. What could go wrong?

Arrest after Semtex found near London Olympic site: police (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PDT AFP - Police said Wednesday they had arrested a female security guard at London's Olympic Stadium after a small amount of the bomb-making material Semtex was found during a search of her car.

Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:16 PM PDT AP - A look at the latest developments in political unrest across the Middle East on Wednesday:

Carter leaves Cuba without jailed US contractor (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:37 PM PDT AP - Former President Jimmy Carter left Cuba on Wednesday without gaining the release of a U.S. government contractor jailed the past 16 months, a deflating end to what was otherwise a groundbreaking visit.

Pro-Ouattara forces seize Ivory Coast capital (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:14 PM PDT AP - Fighters supporting Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader seized control of the nation's administrative capital on Wednesday, marking a symbolic victory after months of political chaos sparked when the country's former president refused to step down after an election.

Nissan, Renault eye joint holding company: report (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT AFP - Japan's Nissan Motor and France's Renault SA are considering a holding company that would put the two firms and several of their other interests under a single umbrella, a business daily said Thursday.

Canada parties woo hard-hit manufacturing region (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:46 AM PDT Reuters - Political leaders courted voters in Canada's ravaged manufacturing heartland on Wednesday with goodies designed to bring back the jobs lost during the global financial crisis.

Rio Tinto wins 41% of Riversdale shares (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:06 AM PDT AFP - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has secured 41.51 percent of shares in its US$3.9-billion bid for Mozambique-focused steel-making coal miner Riversdale, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

President Assad's defiant speech stuns Syrians who call for more protests (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:34 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad struck a defiant stance Wednesday, blaming “conspiracies” for two weeks of unprecedented antiregime protests and stopping short of offering a widely anticipated reform package.

Crackdown: Bahrain Goes After The Blogfather (Time.com) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:40 PM PDT Time.com - In the continuing campaign to stamp out dissent, the Island Kingdom arrests a popular blogger thought to have been above arrest.

Pakistan captures accused plotter in 2002 Bali bombings (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:28 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Authorities in Pakistan have detained an Indonesian militant accused of playing a key role in the 2002 Bali bombings and seen as a crucial link between Al Qaeda and its Southeast Asian affiliates.

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