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Today's World News: West flexes military muscle, Gaddafi defiant Christian Pakistani minister shot dead in Islamabad UK parliamentary committee urges U.S.-Taliban talks Ivorian pro-Gbagbo groups rampage against foreigners U.S. forces to target Taliban returning to Kandahar Libya's March of Volunteers: Can the Rebels Take Tripoli? Fiji to dump Queen from currency: PM Libya revolt may solve mystery of cleric's fate Friction evident as Mexican president visits US UN throws Libya off human rights council S. Korean police on alert after N. Korea threat Canada freezes C$2.3 billion in Gaddafi assets NZ quake toll rises to 159 In Russia, accusations of corruption taint even Olympics mascot selection In Egypt, Democracy Makes Islamism Less Threatening In Oman, protests spur timid media to cover the news Mukherjee budget menaces Indian forests West flexes military muscle, Gaddafi defiant Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:26 pm PST Reuters - American warships will pass through the Suez Canal on their way to waters off Libya on Wednesday as Western nations exert pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to halt a bloody crackdown and step down. Full Story Top Christian Pakistani minister shot dead in Islamabad Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:29 pm PST Reuters - Pakistani Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, who had called for changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law, was killed in a gun attack in Islamabad Wednesday, officials said. Full Story Top UK parliamentary committee urges U.S.-Taliban talks Tue, 1 Mar 2011 06:23 pm PST Reuters - The United States must hold direct talks with the Taliban if it is to have any hope of ending the Afghan war, an influential British parliamentary committee said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Ivorian pro-Gbagbo groups rampage against foreigners Tue, 1 Mar 2011 03:16 pm PST Reuters - Youth supporters of Ivory Coast's incumbent Laurent Gbagbo rampaged through the business district of Abidjan on Tuesday, pillaging shops owned by foreigners. Full Story Top U.S. forces to target Taliban returning to Kandahar Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:09 pm PST Reuters - Beefed up U.S. security in southern Afghanistan will make it difficult for the Taliban to reintroduce forces into their Kandahar stronghold when the spring fighting season begins, a top general said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Libya's March of Volunteers: Can the Rebels Take Tripoli? Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:05 pm PST Time.com - 'Free Libya' has no shortage of enthusiastic volunteers for its fledgling military. But no one seems to be in command. And just what's in the arsenal? Full Story Top Fiji to dump Queen from currency: PM Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:03 pm PST AFP - Fiji will drop Queen Elizabeth II from its currency and replace her with local plants and animals, the South Pacific nation's military ruler Voreqe Bainimarama has announced. Full Story Top Libya revolt may solve mystery of cleric's fate Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:16 pm PST AP - The crumbling of Moammar Gadhafi's regime could shed light on one of the most enduring mysteries in Lebanon: the fate of Moussa al-Sadr, a popular Shiite cleric who vanished 33 years ago during a trip to Libya. Full Story Top Friction evident as Mexican president visits US Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:00 pm PST AP - The human and financial costs of Mexico's drug war, diplomatic cable leaks, the influx of U.S. arms and a wave of anti-immigration initiatives in the United States are all taking a toll on Mexico-U.S. relations that had shown steady improvement in recent years. Full Story Top UN throws Libya off human rights council Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:24 pm PST AFP - The United Nations suspended Libya from its main human rights body over Moamer Kadhafi's crackdown on protests as the Security Council warned of new action against his regime. Full Story Top S. Korean police on alert after N. Korea threat Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:38 pm PST AFP - South Korean police said Wednesday they have strengthened security against possible terror attacks by North Korea, amid high tensions during this month's US-South Korean military exercises. Full Story Top Canada freezes C$2.3 billion in Gaddafi assets Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:24 pm PST Reuters - Canada has frozen C$2.3 billion ($2.4 billion) worth of assets belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a government official told Reuters on Tuesday. Full Story Top NZ quake toll rises to 159 Tue, 1 Mar 2011 02:35 pm PST AP - New Zealand police say the confirmed death toll from an earthquake that struck Christchurch city last week has risen to 159. Full Story Top In Russia, accusations of corruption taint even Olympics mascot selection Tue, 1 Mar 2011 01:18 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - The biggest controversy gripping Russia today isn't explicitly political, but something Russians appear to get more passionate about – the choice of a mascot for the upcoming 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Full Story Top In Egypt, Democracy Makes Islamism Less Threatening Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:05 pm PST Time.com - Hosni Mubarak styled himself as Egypt's only hope of resisting Islamic peril, but on the streets of Cairo, Egyptians neither fear the Islamists nor follow them slavishly Full Story Top In Oman, protests spur timid media to cover the news Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:26 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - The fact that Oman's first civil unrest in 40 years left at least one person dead in a northern port city here was big news. But it was even bigger news that the English-language Muscat Daily declared “Black Sunday in Sohar” on its front page and carried a half-page photograph showing smoke filling the sky above a roundabout seized by protesters. 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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