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Today's World News: Gaddafi forces mass as world raises pressure on Libya Iran arrests two opposition leaders: opposition website South Korea urges North Korea to hold talks Castro says Cuba's mass layoffs delayed New Zealand falls silent in quake memorial as toll rises Can Germany's Teflon Defense Minister Survive Plagiarism Accusations? Gooch gets ringing endorsement from Bell Egypt seizes Mubarak family funds Chavez says he won't condemn Libya's Gadhafi Pro-Gadhafi forces fight rebels in 2 cities 11 death sentences in India's Gujarat riots case Strong Canada growth adds pressure for rate hike Voice from history exposed by New Zealand quake With Russia's $650 billion rearmament plan, the bear sharpens its teeth After the Vote, Can a New Coalition Fix Ireland's Economy? Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega renominated for president, despite term limits Mukherjee budget menaces Indian forests Gaddafi forces mass as world raises pressure on Libya Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:50 pm PST Reuters - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were massed in the west of the country on Tuesday, residents said, and the United States said it was moving warships and air forces closer to Libya. Full Story Top Iran arrests two opposition leaders: opposition website Mon, 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. Full Story Top South Korea urges North Korea to hold talks Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:17 pm PST Reuters - South Korea's president on Tuesday urged North Korea to return to talks but the chances looked slim as he stopped short of dropping his demand for the North to take responsibility for attacks last year. Full Story Top Castro says Cuba's mass layoffs delayed Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:58 pm PST Reuters - Cuban President Raul Castro has admitted that plans to lay off 500,000 state workers by March are behind schedule and that the process will be delayed to help soften the impact of the cuts, state-run television said on Monday. Full Story Top New Zealand falls silent in quake memorial as toll rises Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:53 pm PST Reuters - New Zealand came to a standstill on Tuesday as people marked the moment a deadly earthquake shattered the country's second-biggest city Christchurch a week ago, and the number of confirmed dead rose by one to 155. Full Story Top Can Germany's Teflon Defense Minister Survive Plagiarism Accusations? Mon, 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 Full Story Top Gooch gets ringing endorsement from Bell Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:41 pm PST AFP - England's Ian Bell has hailed the influence of batting coach Graham Gooch, saying he'd wished he'd worked with the former Test opener earlier in his career. Full Story Top Egypt seizes Mubarak family funds Mon, 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. Full Story Top Chavez says he won't condemn Libya's Gadhafi Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:41 pm PST AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that he won't condemn Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and he warned that the United States is preparing an invasion of the North African country to seize control of its oil reserves. Full Story Top Pro-Gadhafi forces fight rebels in 2 cities Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:25 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. Full Story Top 11 death sentences in India's Gujarat riots case Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:53 pm PST AFP - An Indian court on Tuesday handed down 11 death sentences and 20 life terms to those found guilty of setting a train on fire in 2002, triggering anti-Muslim rioting that left 2,000 dead. Full Story Top Strong Canada growth adds pressure for rate hike Mon, 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. Full Story Top Voice from history exposed by New Zealand quake Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:26 pm PST AP - The New Zealand earthquake has exposed potentially historic documents hidden inside a 19th century statue that toppled in the disaster. Full Story Top With Russia's $650 billion rearmament plan, the bear sharpens its teeth Mon, 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. Full Story Top After the Vote, Can a New Coalition Fix Ireland's Economy? Mon, 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 Full Story Top Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega renominated for president, despite term limits Mon, 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. Full Story Top Mukherjee budget menaces Indian forests Mon, 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. Full Story Top

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