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• Gaddafi's forces step up fightback; U.S. mulls action (Reuters)
• Yemeni police fire on protest, 65 hurt: hospital (Reuters)
• Iran's Rafsanjani ousted as head of state body (Reuters)
• Kuwait protesters swell in number, call for PM change (Reuters)
• One dead as Muslims, Christians clash in Cairo (Reuters)
• Another Delay to Chirac's Day in Court (Time.com)
• Prince William to visit New Zealand, Australia (AP)
• Yemeni army storms university, wounding 98 (AP)
• Mexican legislators demand US talks on gun scandal (AP)
• Clinton says Libya no-fly zone should not be U.S.-led (Reuters)
• Homes flooded in cyclone-hit northeast Australia (AP)
• Condos help Canada February housing starts rise 6.6 percent (Reuters)
• 'Illiterate' Australian boy sues state (AFP)
• Qaddafi air strikes intensify, unnerving Libya rebels (The Christian Science Monitor)
• On Riot Anniversary, China Closes Tibet to Tourists (Time.com)
• Why Libya's Qaddafi could survive like Saddam in 1991 (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Yemen: Conflicting Opinions from the Street (OneWorld.net)

Gaddafi's forces step up fightback; U.S. mulls action (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:47 PM PST Reuters - Libyan tanks and warplanes intensified their offensive against rebels on Tuesday, as the United States stressed that any no-fly zone to hobble Muammar Gaddafi's forces had to have global backing.

Yemeni police fire on protest, 65 hurt: hospital (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PST Reuters - Yemeni police opened fire on protesters in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, wounding at least 65 people demonstrating for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year-old rule, hospital sources said.

Iran's Rafsanjani ousted as head of state body (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 01:16 PM PST Reuters - Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani lost his position as head of an important state clerical body on Tuesday, a move which tightens the hardliners' grip on power.

Kuwait protesters swell in number, call for PM change (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 10:40 AM PST Reuters - Several hundred Kuwaitis demonstrated on Tuesday evening for a change of the Gulf state's prime minister and demanded more political freedoms.

One dead as Muslims, Christians clash in Cairo (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 02:09 PM PST Reuters - One Christian youth was shot dead Tuesday during a protest between 1,300 Christians and Muslims who were throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at each other, a security source said.

Another Delay to Chirac's Day in Court (Time.com) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST Time.com - The long-awaited corruption trial of Jacques Chirac has been postponed yet again, leading many to wonder if the former French President will ever face the judges

Prince William to visit New Zealand, Australia (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PST AP - Prince William will visit New Zealand and Australia next week to tour and show the royal family's support for people in areas devastated by recent natural disasters, royal officials said Tuesday.

Yemeni army storms university, wounding 98 (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PST AP - The Yemeni government escalated its efforts to stop mass protests calling for the president's ouster on Tuesday, with soldiers firing rubber bullets and tear gas at students camped at a university in the capital in a raid that left at least 98 people wounded, officials said.

Mexican legislators demand US talks on gun scandal (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:38 PM PST AP - Legislators from all of Mexico's three major parties in congress are calling for a joint U.S.-Mexico working group to examine accusations that U.S. federal agents allowed hundreds of guns to flow into Mexico.

Clinton says Libya no-fly zone should not be U.S.-led (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:55 PM PST Reuters - Any no-fly zone over Libya must have international backing and not be a U.S.-led effort, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday.

Homes flooded in cyclone-hit northeast Australia (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PST AP - Heavy rains sent floodwaters pouring into homes and businesses Wednesday in several northeast Australian towns still cleaning up from a massive cyclone that tore through the region last month.

Condos help Canada February housing starts rise 6.6 percent (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:29 AM PST Reuters - Canadian housing starts rose 6.6 percent in February, largely on a rise in starts of multi-unit buildings, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp said on Tuesday.

'Illiterate' Australian boy sues state (AFP) Posted: 07 Mar 2011 11:49 PM PST AFP - A 15-year-old Australian boy is suing the government of an Australian state after allegedly being left illiterate and innumerate despite being taught at a state-run school, officials have confirmed.

Qaddafi air strikes intensify, unnerving Libya rebels (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 10:41 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In the past 24 hours, pilots loyal to Muammar Qaddafi have peppered rebel positions on the eastern front of the Libyan war, creating few casualties but feeding the growing unease of an uprising that has stalled.

On Riot Anniversary, China Closes Tibet to Tourists (Time.com) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST Time.com - China is closing Tibet to foreign visitors ahead of the three-year anniversary of anti-government protests in western China

Why Libya's Qaddafi could survive like Saddam in 1991 (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:40 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - With cool confidence, a Libyan expatriate arrives at this remote border with a small fortune in donations and imminent regime change on his mind.

Yemen: Conflicting Opinions from the Street (OneWorld.net) Posted: 08 Mar 2011 05:18 AM PST OneWorld.net - ADEN, Mar 8 (IRIN) - Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been facing popular protests demanding an end to his 32 years in power since the beginning of February. The anti-government movement, emulating the tactics used in Tunisia and Egypt to depose their long-serving leaders has won political concessions, but Saleh has refused to step down before the end of his presidential term in 2013. At least 20 people have so far lost their lives in clashes with the security forces.

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