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• Four killed in Bahrain clashes as Mideast seethes (Reuters)
• Pakistan court delays immunity ruling on U.S. prisoner (Reuters)
• Egypt pro-democracy activists plan victory march (Reuters)
• Deadly clashes on Libya's day of protest (Reuters)
• U.S. sees N. Korea provocations but not missile test (Reuters)
• Bahrain's Violent Crackdown Hardens Opposition (Time.com)
• Toothless Liverpool held by Sparta (AFP)
• Egypt: Iran asks for warships to pass Suez Canal (AP)
• 469 people arrested in PR on variety of charges (AP)
• Kidnapped Italian woman says being held by Al-Qaeda (AFP)
• US fears new 'provocation' by N.Korea (AFP)
• Canada says cyber-attack serious, won't harm budget (Reuters)
• Australian diver killed in shark attack (AFP)
• South Africa's now-neutral stance on Ivory Coast infuriates president-elect's camp (The Christian Science Monitor)
• How Europe Can Help the Revolutions in the Middle East Succeed (Time.com)
• In France, US advocacy for Muslim rights raises more than a few hackles (The Christian Science Monitor)
• WHO ASKED US?: How I Dropped Back Into School (OneWorld.net)

Four killed in Bahrain clashes as Mideast seethes (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:22 PM PST Reuters - Unrest spread across the Middle East and North Africa on Thursday as Bahrain launched a swift military crackdown on anti-government protesters and clashes were reported in Libya and Yemen.

Pakistan court delays immunity ruling on U.S. prisoner (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:00 AM PST Reuters - A Pakistani court on Thursday delayed until next month a hearing into the diplomatic immunity of an American who killed two local men, a case that has pushed ties between Islamabad and Washington toward a breaking point.

Egypt pro-democracy activists plan victory march (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:13 PM PST Reuters - Egyptian pro-democracy leaders plan a "victory march" in Cairo on Friday to celebrate the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule last week, and perhaps remind the military of the power of the street.

Deadly clashes on Libya's day of protest (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:45 PM PST Reuters - Deadly clashes broke out in several towns in Libya on Thursday after the opposition called for protests against leader Muammar Gaddafi in a rare show of defiance inspired by uprisings in other Arab states.

U.S. sees N. Korea provocations but not missile test (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:30 PM PST Reuters - North Korea shows no signs it will test a missile soon, but succession politics in Pyongyang point to new provocative acts "in months and not years," the commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific said on Thursday.

Bahrain's Violent Crackdown Hardens Opposition (Time.com) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:20 PM PST Time.com - Hopes for a constructive dialogue with the regime are dashed by the regime using force to clear the streets. But the opposition, mostly drawn from the politically marginal Shi'ite majority, shows no sign of backing down

Toothless Liverpool held by Sparta (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:42 PM PST AFP - Kenny Dalglish extended his unbeaten streak as Liverpool manager as his first European match in the dugout saw them held to a goalless draw by Sparta Prague in their Europa League Last 32 first leg clash here on Thursday.

Egypt: Iran asks for warships to pass Suez Canal (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:45 PM PST AP - Two Iranian naval vessels have submitted a request to transit the Suez Canal, Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Israel has expressed concerns over the plans, labeling them a "provocation."

469 people arrested in PR on variety of charges (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:02 PM PST AP - Police in Puerto Rico have arrested 469 people in a sweep across the U.S. territory that targeted people accused of crimes ranging from murder to traffic violations.

Kidnapped Italian woman says being held by Al-Qaeda (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST AFP - An Italian woman snatched early this month in Algeria said she was being held by the North African branch of Al-Qaeda, in an audiotape aired by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television early Friday.

US fears new 'provocation' by N.Korea (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:54 PM PST AFP - A senior US military commander on Thursday voiced fear of new "provocation" within months from North Korea but said he had no indications the communist state was preparing a new missile launch.

Canada says cyber-attack serious, won't harm budget (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST Reuters - A cyber-attack on two Canadian economic ministries, while serious, won't affect the timing of next month's federal budget, a top cabinet minister said on Thursday.

Australian diver killed in shark attack (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST AFP - An Australian diver was killed by sharks in south Australia on Thursday, police said, in only the second fatal shark attack in Australian waters in more than two years.

South Africa's now-neutral stance on Ivory Coast infuriates president-elect's camp (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:27 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - South Africa announced today that President Jacob Zuma will leave this weekend to help negotiate an end to the political crisis that has threatened for weeks to pull the West African nation of Ivory Coast back to civil war.

How Europe Can Help the Revolutions in the Middle East Succeed (Time.com) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:20 PM PST Time.com - How Europe Can Help the Revolutions in the Middle East Succeed

In France, US advocacy for Muslim rights raises more than a few hackles (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:42 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - After two years of trying, human rights activist Abdelaziz Dahhassi realized his dream late last year of setting up a think tank to find new ways to fight ethnic and religious discrimination in France. But it was the US State Department, and not the French government, that helped Mr. Dahhassi’s Lyon-based Association for the Convergence of Respect and Diversity finally get off the ground.

WHO ASKED US?: How I Dropped Back Into School (OneWorld.net) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:43 AM PST OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 17 (New America Media) - Back in 2009, one out of every six high school seniors in Santa Clara County dropped out of school. One of them was Jacob Jimenez, a writer for Silicon Valley De-Bug. But this year, Jimenez decided to drop back in.

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