World grapples for response as battles divide Libya (Reuters)

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• World grapples for response as battles divide Libya (Reuters)
• New Zealand puts quake toll at 98, many more missing (Reuters)
• Chinese official dismisses "Jasmine" protest calls (Reuters)
• Yemen's Saleh orders protection for protesters (Reuters)
• NATO's "successful" Afghan night raids come with high (Reuters)
• Eyewitness Account: The Battle for Gaddafi's Capital (Time.com)
• Repsol reports tripling of annual profits (AFP)
• Kurdish protests mar 'The Other Iraq' (AP)
• Mexico army: Suspect says ICE agent slain in error (AP)
• Witness says Libyan army hits mosque near Tripoli (AP)
• Foreigners flee Libya turmoil as anger swells (AFP)
• Regulator to ask if TMX-LSE deal in public interest (Reuters)
• 21 Chinese listed as missing in New Zealand quake (AP)
• Europe rethinks dependence on Libyan oil (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Among Libya's prisoners: Interviews with mercenaries (Time.com)
• Qaddafi holds no sway over these Libyans (The Christian Science Monitor)

World grapples for response as battles divide Libya (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:53 PM PST Reuters - World leaders condemned Muammar Gaddafi's bloody crackdown on a revolt that has split Libya, but took little action to halt the bloodshed from the latest upheaval reshaping the Arab world.

New Zealand puts quake toll at 98, many more missing (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:33 PM PST Reuters - New Zealand rescuers said on Thursday they held grave fears for more than 200 people still missing as the death toll from an earthquake reached 98 after searchers pulled dozens of bodies from a Christchurch television building now turned into a tomb.

Chinese official dismisses "Jasmine" protest calls (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:56 PM PST Reuters - China will not succumb to the kind of unrest rocking authoritarian governments across the Middle East, a senior official said, though a rash of detentions and censorship suggest Beijing remains nervous.

Yemen's Saleh orders protection for protesters (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:25 PM PST Reuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered his security forces to protect demonstrators trying to end his 32-year rule, a statement said.

NATO's "successful" Afghan night raids come with high (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:59 PM PST Reuters - A few minutes and a few bullets were enough to turn Abdullah from an 11th grade student with dreams of becoming a translator to the despairing head of a family of more than a dozen.

Eyewitness Account: The Battle for Gaddafi's Capital (Time.com) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:30 PM PST Time.com - An Italian journalist based in Libya recounts the dramatic turn inevents that brought an uprising hundreds of miles away to the dictator'sstronghold

Repsol reports tripling of annual profits (AFP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:48 AM PST AFP - Repsol, Spain's largest oil group, Thursday reported net profits almost tripled last year, largely due to the sale of a stake in its Brazilian affiliate to China's Sinopec.

Kurdish protests mar 'The Other Iraq' (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:14 PM PST AP - A city that stands out in Iraq for its quality of life — the electricity works, the water's clean and there's even a bowling alley — has turned violent and tense in the past week as at least four protesters have been killed in marches against cronyism and corruption.

Mexico army: Suspect says ICE agent slain in error (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:26 AM PST AP - Mexican soldiers have arrested an alleged Zetas drug cartel member who allegedly confessed to killing a U.S. immigration agent, but said the attack was a case of mistaken identity.

Witness says Libyan army hits mosque near Tripoli (AP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:52 AM PST AP - A Libyan witness says a Libyan army unit has blasted a minaret of a mosque in a city west of Tripoli.

Foreigners flee Libya turmoil as anger swells (AFP) Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:49 AM PST AFP - Governments worldwide scrambled Thursday to get their nationals out of the chaos of Libya, as Italy warned of a "biblical" exodus of up to 300,000 migrants and anger built among trapped foreigners.

Regulator to ask if TMX-LSE deal in public interest (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:14 PM PST Reuters - The Ontario Securities Commission will assess whether the London Stock Exchange's proposed takeover of TMX Group is in "the public interest," a concept that even the head of the OSC says is hard to define.

21 Chinese listed as missing in New Zealand quake (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:48 PM PST AP - China's state broadcaster says 21 Chinese students are listed as missing following New Zealand's deadly earthquake.

Europe rethinks dependence on Libyan oil (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:07 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Unrest in Libya continues to wreak havoc on world oil markets, with prices soaring and European nations weighing how to offset disruptions in gas and crude imports from the North African country.

Among Libya's prisoners: Interviews with mercenaries (Time.com) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:30 PM PST Time.com - TIME's correspondent in Libya comes across a group of alleged Gaddafimercenaries. But many may turn out to be just more of Gaddafi's victims

Qaddafi holds no sway over these Libyans (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:32 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - At the Saloum crossing from Egypt into Libya, there was clear evidence of the revolutionary upheaval afoot in Muammar Qaddafi’s country.

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