Defiant Gaddafi vows to die as martyr, fight revolt (Reuters)

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• Defiant Gaddafi vows to die as martyr, fight revolt (Reuters)
• New Zealand quake toll at 75 as damage costs seen at $12 billion (Reuters)
• Special Report: In Africa, can Brazil be the anti-China? (Reuters)
• Thousands in India protest high food prices (Reuters)
• China detains dissident for inciting subversion (Reuters)
• Muammar Gaddafi's Delusions of African Grandeur (Time.com)
• FTSE down 0.29 percent at open (AFP)
• Arab League bars Libya from bloc's meetings (AP)
• Peru breaks ties with Libya (AP)
• 2 ships carry 3,000 Turks back home from Libya (AP)
• Vietnam death boat tour firm unlicensed (AFP)
• TMX chief warns Canada of risk in blocking LSE deal (Reuters)
• Search for trapped abandoned at NZ office building (AP)
• With Mubarak gone, Egyptians turn to courts for justice (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Escape from Tripoli: Surviving Libya's "Tsunami" (Time.com)
• In Saudi Arabia, reformers intensify calls for change (The Christian Science Monitor)

Defiant Gaddafi vows to die as martyr, fight revolt (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 11:07 PM PST Reuters - A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said he was ready to die "a martyr" in Libya, vowing to crush a growing revolt which has seen eastern regions break free of his 41-year rule and brought deadly unrest to the capital.

New Zealand quake toll at 75 as damage costs seen at $12 billion (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:40 PM PST Reuters - New Zealand rescuers pulled survivors out of rubble on Wednesday 24 hours after a devastating earthquake in Christchurch as the death toll climbed to 75, with many dozens still trapped inside collapsed buildings.

Special Report: In Africa, can Brazil be the anti-China? (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:39 AM PST Reuters - In the muggy forest of central Liberia, a gang of workers is inching its way along a railway track, cut long and straight through an otherwise impenetrable mesh of trees and vines. The drone of insects is interrupted by a high-pitched drill and the clang of hammers as workers put the finishing touches to the perfectly aligned steel tracks.

Thousands in India protest high food prices (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:31 AM PST Reuters - Tens of thousands of trade unionists, including those from a group linked to India's ruling party, marched through the streets of the capital on Wednesday to protest food prices, piling pressure on a government already under fire over graft.

China detains dissident for inciting subversion (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:52 AM PST Reuters - Chinese police have detained a dissident for incitement of subversion, his wife said on Wednesday, underscoring authorities' resolve to crush dissent in the face of calls to emulate Middle East protests for human rights.

Muammar Gaddafi's Delusions of African Grandeur (Time.com) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:45 AM PST Time.com - The Libyan dictator fancied himself the King of Kings of Africa. And, while many countries paid him homage, a lot of it may have been self-serving

FTSE down 0.29 percent at open (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:48 AM PST AFP - Stocks slid in opening trade on Wednesday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index down 0.29 percent at 5,979.65 points.

Arab League bars Libya from bloc's meetings (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 11:58 PM PST AP - The Arab League has barred Libya from attending meetings of the bloc until it ends its violent crackdown on protesters, which it said involved violations of human rights and international laws.

Peru breaks ties with Libya (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:57 PM PST AP - Peru's government has announced it is suspending diplomatic relations with Libya to protest the violence unleashed by its leader Moammar Gadhafi against his people.

2 ships carry 3,000 Turks back home from Libya (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:50 AM PST AP - Two Turkish ships evacuated 3,000 Turks from the chaos of Libya's popular uprising on Wednesday, but thousands of foreigners remained stranded at the country's main airport awaiting flights home.

Vietnam death boat tour firm unlicensed (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:37 AM PST AFP - The Vietnamese travel agency that organised an excursion during which 11 tourists and their guide died when their boat sank last week was unlicensed, an official said Wednesday.

TMX chief warns Canada of risk in blocking LSE deal (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:52 PM PST Reuters - The head of TMX Group Inc warned that Canada would risk damaging its free-trade credentials if it blocked the Toronto exchange's proposed merger with the London Stock Exchange, as Canadian political opposition picked up steam.

Search for trapped abandoned at NZ office building (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:26 AM PST AP - Numerous foreign students could be among the dead in an office building that collapsed in New Zealand's earthquake, police said Wednesday, adding they were "100 percent certain" no one trapped in the rubble was alive.

With Mubarak gone, Egyptians turn to courts for justice (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 08:46 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Hossam Said rested his head against metal crutches as he waited inside the Lawyers’ Syndicate in downtown Cairo. A policeman shot him in the leg several weeks ago and Mr. Said was there to seek justice by filing a report.

Escape from Tripoli: Surviving Libya's "Tsunami" (Time.com) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:45 AM PST Time.com - Foreigners evacuated from the Libyan capital Tripoli talk about the suddenness of the revolution and fears that the country could become a new "Somalia"

In Saudi Arabia, reformers intensify calls for change (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - When his royal jet lands here in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, ending a three-month absence, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz will find a nation seemingly moored in the eye of the epic storm howling around it.

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