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• Gaddafi forces mass as world raises pressure on Libya (Reuters)
• Iran arrests two opposition leaders: opposition website (Reuters)
• Iran says it hopes for further nuclear talks (Reuters)
• New Zealand to fall silent in quake memorial, toll rises (Reuters)
• U.N. charge on Ivorian arms smuggling is denied (Reuters)
• Can Germany's Teflon Defense Minister Survive Plagiarism Accusations? (Time.com)
• Rooney plans to banish the Blues (AFP)
• Egypt seizes Mubarak family funds (AP)
• Car runs down bicycling demonstrators in Brazil (AP)
• Pro-Gadhafi forces fight rebels in 2 cities (AP)
• China tightens rules for foreign reporters (AP)
• Strong Canada growth adds pressure for rate hike (Reuters)
• NZ mourns quake dead with 2 minutes' silence (AP)
• With Russia's $650 billion rearmament plan, the bear sharpens its teeth (The Christian Science Monitor)
• After the Vote, Can a New Coalition Fix Ireland's Economy? (Time.com)
• Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega renominated for president, despite term limits (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Mukherjee budget menaces Indian forests (OneWorld.net)

Gaddafi forces mass as world raises pressure on Libya (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:40 PM PST Reuters - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were massed near the Tunisian border on Tuesday, residents said, and the United States said it was moving warships and air forces closer to Libya.

Iran arrests two opposition leaders: opposition website (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST Reuters - Iran arrested two leading opposition figures on Monday ahead of a planned nationwide anti-government rally, an opposition website said.

Iran says it hopes for further nuclear talks (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:00 PM PST Reuters - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said he held fruitful and frank discussions with his European Union counterpart on Monday that he hoped would lead to further talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program.

New Zealand to fall silent in quake memorial, toll rises (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:25 PM PST Reuters - New Zealand will fall silent on Tuesday to mark the moment a deadly earthquake killed at least 154 people and shattered the city of Christchurch a week ago, with muffled church bells to ring and rescuers pausing briefly to grieve.

U.N. charge on Ivorian arms smuggling is denied (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:43 PM PST Reuters - The U.N. chief accused Belarus on Monday of breaking an arms embargo against Ivory Coast by sending attack helicopters to incumbent Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo, a charge denied by Minsk and Ggagbo's government.

Can Germany's Teflon Defense Minister Survive Plagiarism Accusations? (Time.com) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST Time.com - Germany's hugely popular defense minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has weathered a series of scandals, but if allegations of plagiarism take him down, Merkel's party may never recover

Rooney plans to banish the Blues (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:56 PM PST AFP - Wayne Rooney plans to make amends for the worst season of his life by firing Manchester United to a crucial victory against fading champions Chelsea on Tuesday.

Egypt seizes Mubarak family funds (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:37 PM PST AP - Egypt's top prosecutor seized all the funds of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak and his family on Monday and banned them from travel abroad, the latest humiliation for the once-powerful family. It comes a day after authorities prevented Mubarak's wife and son from flying out of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Car runs down bicycling demonstrators in Brazil (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:39 PM PST AP - A motorist sped his car through a pack of more than 100 cycling activists in southern Brazil, sending bikes and screaming riders flying through the air and landing hard on the asphalt in a scene captured on amateur video and posted online.

Pro-Gadhafi forces fight rebels in 2 cities (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:39 PM PST AP - International pressure on Moammar Gadhafi to end a crackdown on opponents escalated Monday as his loyalists fought rebels holding the two cities closest to the capital and his warplanes bombed an ammunition depot in the east. The U.S. moved naval and air forces closer to Libya and said all options were open, including patrols of the North African nation's skies to protect its citizens from their ruler.

China tightens rules for foreign reporters (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:43 PM PST AP - China is rolling back some press freedoms it introduced ahead of the Olympics, barring foreign reporters from working in a popular Shanghai park and along a major Beijing shopping street after anonymous calls for weekly protests in those spots appeared online.

Strong Canada growth adds pressure for rate hike (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:12 AM PST Reuters - Canada's economy revved back to life in late 2010 on the back of surging exports, raising expectations its central bank will hike interest rates by mid year and pushing the Canadian dollar to a three-year high.

NZ mourns quake dead with 2 minutes' silence (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST AP - New Zealand held two minutes' silence to mark exactly one week since an earthquake devastated the city of Christchurch.

With Russia's $650 billion rearmament plan, the bear sharpens its teeth (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:22 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The graying bear is getting a make-over. Russia's military is launching its biggest rearmament effort since Soviet times, including a $650 billion program to procure 1,000 new helicopters, 600 combat planes, 100 warships, and 8 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.

After the Vote, Can a New Coalition Fix Ireland's Economy? (Time.com) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST Time.com - Irish voters overwhelmingly punished long-ruling Fianna Fail in the election on Friday, giving power instead to a likely coalition of Fine Gael and Labour in the hopes that together they can drag the country out of economic collapse

Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega renominated for president, despite term limits (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:52 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - President Daniel Ortega on Saturday accepted his party's nomination for the presidency, even though his reelection is barred by the Constitution.

Mukherjee budget menaces Indian forests (OneWorld.net) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:09 AM PST OneWorld.net - Feb 28 (OneWorld.net) - India is the first major economy to present an annual budget since the disruption of oil production in Libya. Plans for the economy in 2011/12 revealed earlier today surprised observers by making no provision for volatile oil prices.

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