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• Gaddafi launches counter-offensive on Libyan rebels (Reuters)
• Saudi Arabia detains Shi'ites as clerics ban protests (Reuters)
• Knives and petrol bombs return to Cairo streets (Reuters)
• Israel plans work at contested Jerusalem holy site (Reuters)
• U.S. apology for Afghan deaths "not enough": Karzai (Reuters)
• Could Defense Cuts Hobble Europe's Response to Libya? (Time.com)
• Prince to have British trade role downgraded: report (AFP)
• Haiti's Carnival resumes amid capital's ruins (AP)
• UK diplomatic team leaves Libya after issues resolved (Reuters)
• BOJ sees deflation easing but keeps easy policy bias (Reuters)
• Activists hopeful of end to Japan whale hunts (AFP)
• Qaddafi strikes back at Libya rebels' western advance (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Sitting Pretty in Syria: Why Few Go Bashing Bashar (Time.com)
• In disorganized surge, Libya's rebels push west along shifting front line (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gaddafi launches counter-offensive on Libyan rebels (Reuters) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:19 PM PST Reuters - Troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched counter-offensives against rebel-held towns on Sunday, increasing fears that Libya is heading for a civil war rather than the swift revolutions seen in Tunisia and Egypt.

Saudi Arabia detains Shi'ites as clerics ban protests (Reuters) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 01:26 PM PST Reuters - Saudi security forces have detained at least 22 minority Shi'ites who protested last week against discrimination, activists said on Sunday, as the kingdom tried to keep the wave of Arab unrest outside its borders.

Knives and petrol bombs return to Cairo streets (Reuters) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 01:28 PM PST Reuters - Men in plain clothes armed with swords and petrol bombs attacked protesters in Cairo on Sunday night during a demonstration demanding reform of security services with a reputation for brutality, witnesses said.

Israel plans work at contested Jerusalem holy site (Reuters) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 02:16 PM PST Reuters - Israel has given preliminary approval for renovations at a contested holy site in East Jerusalem where rebuilding has triggered violence in the past, a city official said Sunday.

U.S. apology for Afghan deaths "not enough": Karzai (Reuters) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 07:50 AM PST Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai told General David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, on Sunday his apology for a foreign air strike that killed nine children last week was "not enough."

Could Defense Cuts Hobble Europe's Response to Libya? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:30 PM PST Time.com - As European leaders debate the pros and cons of military interventionin Libya, the pain of defense budget cuts begs the question: CouldEurope act even if it wanted to?

Prince to have British trade role downgraded: report (AFP) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:11 PM PST AFP - British ministers will downgrade Prince Andrew's role as a trade ambassador over his association with a convicted paedophile, the Telegraph newspaper reported Monday.

Haiti's Carnival resumes amid capital's ruins (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST AP - Raucous crowds danced in the streets of the Haitian capital Sunday as the city celebrated its first Carnival since last year's devastating earthquake forced the cancellation of the annual festivities.

UK diplomatic team leaves Libya after issues resolved (Reuters) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:17 PM PST Reuters - A British diplomatic team, which is reported to have included special forces soldiers, left Libya Sunday after being captured by rebels in the eastern town of Benghazi.

BOJ sees deflation easing but keeps easy policy bias (Reuters) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:39 PM PST Reuters - Japan is expected to make progress in beating deflation but risks to its economy remain, a senior Bank of Japan official said, stressing that the central bank is sticking to its ultra-easy policy bias.

Activists hopeful of end to Japan whale hunts (AFP) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 09:36 PM PST AFP - The head of environmentalist group Sea Shepherd said Sunday he was "75 percent sure" Japan would not start another whale hunt, as the activists' vessels docked triumphantly in Australia.

Qaddafi strikes back at Libya rebels' western advance (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 07:43 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Yesterday, militiamen in Libya's "liberated" east were flush with easy victory. They’d taken the key oil terminal at Ras Lanuf after sharp fighting on Friday. And on Saturday they rolled further west into the coastal town of Bin Jawad with hardly a shot being fired.

Sitting Pretty in Syria: Why Few Go Bashing Bashar (Time.com) Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:30 PM PST Time.com - The country had a smooth dynastic succession ten years ago and the still-young despot remains relatively popular. Can it last?

In disorganized surge, Libya's rebels push west along shifting front line (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:44 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Sitting in the bed of a pickup rumbling full throttle toward the frontlines of the Libyan opposition’s struggle against Muammar Qaddafi, Salim Fatah bin Kayali grins into the wind and insists “there’s no stopping us now.”

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