TRIPOLI – A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday 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.
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MANAMA – Shi’ite Muslim protesters filled streets in Manama on Tuesday demanding the fall of the Sunni-run government in the biggest protest since unrest began last week, while the return of a key opposition figure was delayed.
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MADRID – Spain is winning the struggle to restore financial market confidence and is convinced Germany will back a stronger euro zone rescue fund despite Chancellor Angela Merkel’s domestic troubles, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said.
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ISMAILIA, Egypt – Two Iranian naval ships passed through Egypt’s Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Tuesday heading for Syria, a source at the canal authority said, a move that Israel condemned as a “provocation”.
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CAIRO – Egypt’s new military rulers appointed a few ministers who opposed Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday, but exasperated the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups by keeping key portfolios chosen by the deposed leader unchanged.
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CHRISTCHURCH – New Zealand rescuers sifted through rubble in search of quake survivors on Wednesday, guided by sounds of crying and tapping, as the death toll in Christchurch climbed to 75, with many dozens still feared trapped inside collapsed buildings.
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ABIDJAN – Gunfire and explosions shook an area of Abidjan that supports Ivorian presidential claiment Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday, and at least three soldiers died in clashes with protesters calling on his rival to step down.
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TEHRAN – Iranian security forces have arrested a son of opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi, his website reported on Tuesday, one week after his supporters took to the streets in their first demonstrations in more than a year.
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RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah will return to the kingdom on Wednesday afternoon following medical treatment, state television reported on Tuesday.
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NAIROBI – Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki ended a row over top judicial appointments that had threatened the country’s fragile coalition government by saying on Tuesday that he would start the selection process afresh.
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SAO PAULO – President Barack Obama plans to offer new financing for joint infrastructure projects between U.S. and Brazilian companies when he visits Brazil next month, part of efforts to strengthen ties between the Western Hemisphere’s two biggest economies, sources say.
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