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• U.S. contractor found guilty in Cuba trial (Reuters)
• Ireland's main parties form new coalition government (Reuters)
• New Zealand quake to cost up to $11 billion (Reuters)
• Saudi Arabia says won't tolerate protests (Reuters)
• The Problem With Spain's Plan to Pay Migrants to Go Home (Time.com)
• Gaddafi says fighting terrorism, raps lack of help (Reuters)
• Egyptians turn anger toward state security agency (AP)
• Trial of US contractor ends in Cuba, no verdict (AP)
• Rebels, Gadhafi forces both make gains in Libya (AP)
• Ireland to play 'aggressive' cricket against India (AFP)
• New Zealand earthquake death toll rises to 166 (AP)
• Young Mexican police chief Marisol Valles Garcia may seek US asylum (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Oman: Where Even the Hotbed of Revolution is Chill (Time.com)
• Frankfurt gunman in US airmen killing kept radical company on Facebook (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S. contractor found guilty in Cuba trial (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:30 PM PST Reuters - American contractor Alan Gross was found guilty on Saturday of working to destabilize Cuba's communist government, Cuba's state-run television reported, and now faces up to 20 years behind bars in the latest blow to U.S.-Cuba relations.

Ireland's main parties form new coalition government (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:19 PM PST Reuters - Ireland's two largest parties agreed to form a new coalition government Sunday, clinching a quick deal that will allow it to press European leaders to ease the terms of the country's 85 billion euro EU/IMF bailout.

New Zealand quake to cost up to $11 billion (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:44 PM PST Reuters - The earthquake which shattered the New Zealand city of Christchurch on February 22 would cost the country up to NZ$15 billion ($11 billion) and will also wipe 1.5 percent off GDP over five years, Finance Minister Bill English said on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia says won't tolerate protests (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:43 AM PST Reuters - Saudi Arabia warned potential protesters on Saturday that a ban on marches would be enforced, signaling the small protests by the Shi'ite minority in the oil-producing east would no longer be tolerated.

The Problem With Spain's Plan to Pay Migrants to Go Home (Time.com) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PST Time.com - In an attempt to ease the burden of recession, Spain is paying jobless migrants to return home. But is it working?

Gaddafi says fighting terrorism, raps lack of help (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:11 PM PST Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said in a French newspaper interview released on Sunday that he was embroiled in a fight against terrorism and expressed dismay at the absence of support from abroad.

Egyptians turn anger toward state security agency (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PST AP - Three weeks after President Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians are turning their anger toward his internal security apparatus, storming the agency's main headquarters and other offices Saturday and seizing documents to keep them from being destroyed to hide evidence of human rights abuses.

Trial of US contractor ends in Cuba, no verdict (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:59 PM PST AP - The trial of a U.S. government contractor facing up to 20 years in jail on charges he sought to undermine Cuba's government wrapped up Saturday after both sides gave closing arguments, but with no indication of when a verdict might come.

Rebels, Gadhafi forces both make gains in Libya (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PST AP - Government forces in tanks rolled into the opposition-held city closest to Tripoli after blasting it with artillery and mortar fire, while rebels captured a key oil port and pushed toward Moammar Gadhafi's hometown in a seesaw Saturday for both sides in the bloody battle for control of Libya.

Ireland to play 'aggressive' cricket against India (AFP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:25 PM PST AFP - Giant-killing Ireland have vowed to play aggressive cricket in Sunday's World Cup match against India as they attempt to add the host nation to their list of scalps.

New Zealand earthquake death toll rises to 166 (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:49 PM PST AP - A powerful aftershock has rocked the devastated New Zealand city of Christchurch and the confirmed death toll from last month's magnitude 6.3 earthquake has risen by one to 166.

Young Mexican police chief Marisol Valles Garcia may seek US asylum (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:03 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Crime-ridden Northern Mexico may have lost another resident to drug related activities. This loss could be more significant, however: Marisol Valles Garcia, the 20 year old single mother and police chief is rumored to have fled the city of Praxedis G. Guerrero amid mounting threats to her life.

Oman: Where Even the Hotbed of Revolution is Chill (Time.com) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 10:20 PM PST Time.com - There has been a brief spasm of violence but Oman's protesters are polite and loyal compared to the rebels in the rest of the region

Frankfurt gunman in US airmen killing kept radical company on Facebook (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:24 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Arid Uka was a typical product of Frankfurt, a city where a third of the population is not originally from Germany. An ethnic Albanian born in Kosovo and raised Muslim, he grew up in a middle-class family in Germany and lived with his parents and siblings. It was only recently that he turned to radical Islam, apparently connecting with extremists on Facebook and online jihadi forums.

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