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• Defiant Gaddafi vows to die as martyr, fight revolt (Reuters)
• Gun battles erupt in Ivory Coast's main city (Reuters)
• Bahrain opposition protests resume (Reuters)
• Egypt swears in new ministers, Islamists dismiss (Reuters)
• The Chevron Ecuador Case: Will the Plaintiffs Ever Get Paid? (Time.com)
• Gruesome footage 'proves' Libya using heavy weapons: Times (AFP)
• Israel: Iranian naval vessels are provocation (AP)
• Gadhafi's LatAm allies show solidarity, caution (AP)
• Gadhafi's vow: Will fight to 'last drop of blood' (AP)
• NZ earthquake death toll at 75 as search continues (AP)
• Weak autos drag down Canada's December retail sales (Reuters)
• Tourists stay away from storm-battered Queensland (AP)
• With Mubarak gone, Egyptians turn to courts for justice (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Dispatch from "Free Libya": The Right to Laugh at Gaddafi (Time.com)
• In Saudi Arabia, reformers intensify calls for change (The Christian Science Monitor)

Defiant Gaddafi vows to die as martyr, fight revolt (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST Reuters - A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said he was ready to die "a martyr" in Libya, vowing to crush a growing revolt which has seen eastern regions break free of his 41-year rule and brought deadly unrest to the capital.

Gun battles erupt in Ivory Coast's main city (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:37 PM PST Reuters - Gunfire and explosions shook an area of Abidjan that supports Ivorian presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday, and at least three soldiers died in clashes with protesters calling on his rival to step down.

Bahrain opposition protests resume (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:04 AM PST Reuters - Shi'ite Muslim protesters filled streets in Manama on Tuesday demanding the fall of the Sunni-run government in the biggest protest since unrest began last week, while the return of a key opposition figure was delayed.

Egypt swears in new ministers, Islamists dismiss (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:13 AM PST Reuters - Egypt's key portfolios of defense interior, foreign, finance and justice were unchanged in a cabinet reshuffle, state television confirmed on Tuesday when it broadcast the swearing in ceremony for the new ministers.

The Chevron Ecuador Case: Will the Plaintiffs Ever Get Paid? (Time.com) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:55 PM PST Time.com - The Chevron Ecuador Case: Will the Plaintiffs Ever Get Paid?

Gruesome footage 'proves' Libya using heavy weapons: Times (AFP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:58 PM PST AFP - The Times newspaper said Wednesday it had footage of severely wounded and dead protesters in a Libyan hospital which proved that heavy weapons were being used to crush the uprising.

Israel: Iranian naval vessels are provocation (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:01 PM PST AP - Two Iranian warships sailed from the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Tuesday, the first such trip in at least three decades, eliciting Israeli charges that Tehran is seeking to dominate the Middle East.

Gadhafi's LatAm allies show solidarity, caution (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:33 PM PST AP - The bloody upheaval in Libya is creating an uncomfortable challenge for Moammar Gadhafi's leftist Latin American allies, with some keeping their distance and others rushing to the defense of a leader they have long embraced as a fellow fighter against U.S. influence in the world.

Gadhafi's vow: Will fight to 'last drop of blood' (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:00 PM PST AP - A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to his "last drop of blood" and roared at supporters to strike back against Libyan protesters to defend his embattled regime Tuesday, signaling an escalation of the crackdown that has thrown the capital into scenes of mayhem, wild shooting and bodies in the streets.

NZ earthquake death toll at 75 as search continues (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:01 PM PST AP - Some screamed from inside collapsed buildings. One woman used her mobile phone to call her children to say goodbye. Others tapped on the rubble to communicate with those on the outside.

Weak autos drag down Canada's December retail sales (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:46 PM PST Reuters - Lower auto sales helped push Canadian retail sales down by 0.2 percent in December, but November's strong growth was revised up by the same amount, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday.

Tourists stay away from storm-battered Queensland (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:14 AM PST AP - Dream holiday destination Queensland has a new nightmare. The flood waters have receded, the cyclone's fury is long spent — the welcome mat is out again. But tourists are staying away in droves.

With Mubarak gone, Egyptians turn to courts for justice (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 08:46 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Hossam Said rested his head against metal crutches as he waited inside the Lawyers’ Syndicate in downtown Cairo. A policeman shot him in the leg several weeks ago and Mr. Said was there to seek justice by filing a report.

Dispatch from "Free Libya": The Right to Laugh at Gaddafi (Time.com) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:55 PM PST Time.com - TIME's Abigail Hauslohner enters eastern Libya and sits with men who can now do what once would have cost them their lives: talk to western journalists and laugh at the dictator

In Saudi Arabia, reformers intensify calls for change (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - When his royal jet lands here in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, ending a three-month absence, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz will find a nation seemingly moored in the eye of the epic storm howling around it.

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