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• Algeria lifts 19-year-old state of emergency (Reuters)
• U.S. seeks backing for action to end Libya bloodshed (Reuters)
• Bahrain says ready to talk, activist can return (Reuters)
• Woes pile up for family of U.S. contractor in Cuba (Reuters)
• Iran: Why Workers Aren't Joining Green Protest Movement (Time.com)
• PM sorry as frigate, planes begin Libya evacuation (AFP)
• Yemeni president forms committee for dialogue (AP)
• Mexican Senate rejects tough immigration proposals (AP)
• High winds, rough seas hamper Libyan evacuations (AP)
• More Chinese evacuated from Libya arrive home (AP)
• Oil-rich Alberta says provincial deficit to fall (Reuters)
• Police: NZ quake death toll rises to 113 (AP)
• As protests spread across the Middle East, China keeps a firm hand on protests at home (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Judge: WikiLeaks Boss Assange Can Be Extradited to Sweden (Time.com)
• Donald Trump to Panama: 'You're hired!' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Algeria lifts 19-year-old state of emergency (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:54 PM PST Reuters - Algeria on Thursday lifted a 19-year state of emergency in a concession to the opposition designed to keep out a wave of uprisings sweeping the Arab world.

U.S. seeks backing for action to end Libya bloodshed (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:19 PM PST Reuters - The United States sought to drum up international backing for ways to stem the bloodshed in Libya as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi waged fierce gun battles with opposition rebels holding cities near the capital.

Bahrain says ready to talk, activist can return (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:08 PM PST Reuters - Bahrain, which has seen thousands of mainly Shi'ite protesters take to the streets, is seeking a national dialogue where everything is on the table, the kingdom's foreign minister said on Thursday.

Woes pile up for family of U.S. contractor in Cuba (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:48 PM PST Reuters - For Judy Gross, getting caught in the bitter half-century conflict between the United States and Cuba has been an unending nightmare.

Iran: Why Workers Aren't Joining Green Protest Movement (Time.com) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:55 PM PST Time.com - The country's young activists take inspiration from the uprising in Egypt. But what helped make the revolt successful in Cairo was the participation of workers

PM sorry as frigate, planes begin Libya evacuation (AFP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:08 PM PST AFP - Two rescue flights were to depart Libya Friday and a warship full of stranded nationals left for Malta as Prime Minister David Cameron apologised for the delay in getting them home.

Yemeni president forms committee for dialogue (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:48 PM PST AP - Yemen's president on Thursday ordered the formation of a government committee to open a dialogue with protesters who have been staging demonstrations for weeks demanding the president step down, state media reported.

Mexican Senate rejects tough immigration proposals (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:52 PM PST AP - Mexico's Senate has approved a bill offering illegal immigrants greater rights, while stripping out controversial proposals that would have toughened enforcement measures.

High winds, rough seas hamper Libyan evacuations (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:20 PM PST AP - Two ships braved churning seas Thursday to whisk some 4,500 Chinese workers away from strife-torn Libya to the island of Crete, while rough weather further west in the Mediterranean left hundreds of Americans stranded on a ferry in Tripoli.

More Chinese evacuated from Libya arrive home (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:08 PM PST AP - A second planeload of Chinese citizens evacuated from Libya has arrived in Beijing.

Oil-rich Alberta says provincial deficit to fall (Reuters) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 03:36 PM PST Reuters - The oil-rich Canadian province of Alberta, one of the largest oil exporters to the United States, predicted its fourth-straight deficit on Thursday as it increased funding for health and education, even as revenues rose as it recovered from the recession.

Police: NZ quake death toll rises to 113 (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:16 PM PST AP - Police say the death toll in the New Zealand earthquake has risen to 113.

As protests spread across the Middle East, China keeps a firm hand on protests at home (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:31 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Few people in China have even heard about the Middle East upheavals that started with Tunisia's so-called Jasmine Revolution last month. But the authorities are taking no chances here, clamping down before major protests are able to take shape.

Judge: WikiLeaks Boss Assange Can Be Extradited to Sweden (Time.com) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:55 PM PST Time.com - A London judge has ruled that WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to faces charges of sexual abuse

Donald Trump to Panama: 'You're hired!' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:55 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The global real estate slump has not soured Donald Trump's flavor for grandiosity. He's merely going global with it. In Panama.

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