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Immigrant boat turned away from Lampedusa
Residents on the small Italian island of Lampedusa have prevented a boat carrying 116 immigrants from landing. Each time the vessel, thought to have come from Tunisia, tried to come ashore the demonstrators blocked it. Italian officials say since mid-January nearly 10,000 immigrants – more than last year’s total – have made the 110-kilometre journey. Lampedusa lies closer to the African coast than to Sicily. The Libyan conflict has brought fears of a further exodus. The island’s mayor says more boats have been spotted and has warned of a possible shortage of drinking water. Some 3000 immigrants are housed in a centre designed to take 850. Arrivals are shipped to the Italian mainland, but the boats keep coming, causing tension on the island and between Rome and the EU.

Crude prices soar on Libya contagion fears
As crude prices?�hit a two and a half year high on concerns the revolt in Libya could spread to other major oil producers,?�the International Energy Agency is warning that?�poses a danger to global economic recovery. ?�The IEA’s chief economist Fatih Birol said?�industrialised countries are standing ready to release oil from stockpiles to compensate for Middle East supply disruptions.?�OPEC is reportedly?�considering calling?�an emergency meeting to discuss raising oil output. ?�Oil prices jumped eight percent in New York as soon?�as trading started there on Tuesday morning after a one day public holiday on Monday. ?�?�?�Investors fear further disruption both in Libya and beyond as protests grip the North Africa and the Middle East, the world’s top oil producing region.?�A wave of protests across North Africa has had little impact on oil supply until now. The outages in Libya this week are the first to impact supply.?�Michael Hewson, an analyst at CMC Markets, said: “Until the situation in the Middle East settles down, you are going to have very wild price swings.”?�On Tuesday?�the violence in Libya led one oil company there to shut in 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) of the country’s 1.6 million bpd output.?�OPEC has spare capacity of up to?�six million barrels, so even if all exports were stopped this would not create a supply shortage, said Carsten Fritsch, an analyst at Commerzbank.?�“It is more fears that this might spread to places like Algeria, Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates,” he said.?�

“Milad-ul-Nabi” celebrations in India
A boy poses on a motorbike during a religious procession to mark Milad-ul-Nabi, or birthday celebrations of Prophet Mohammad, in the old quarters of Delhi, in India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Saudi King returns with promises of social aid
A ceremony has been laid on in the Saudi capital to welcome home king Abdullah after three months abroad for medical treatment. The monarch returned as protests over poverty, corruption and repression hit many Arab countries. Upon his return, the King was quick to unveil a series of benefits for his people worth an estimated 30 billion euros. The action plan includes funding to help create jobs for young people and affordable housing, two of the kingdom’s major social issues. Hundreds of people have backed a Facebook campaign calling for a day of rage across Saudi Arabia next month to demand, among other things, an elected ruler and greater freedom. But analysts do not expect unrest like in Egypt or Tunisia in this oil-rich country although they do say urgent social issues need to be addressed.

World Mobile Congress kicks off in Barcelona
It might be famed for its football, but this week the World Mobile Congress has also kicked off in Barcelona. There are all kinds of wacky gadgets, but our correspondent Claudio Rocco says it is the latest smartphones which are stealing the show. ‘‘On your TV screens you cannot see it, but I can assure you that this mobile phone I have in my hands is in 3D. 3D mobile phones have been the ‘stars’ in Barcelona this year.’‘ More than 50,000 visitors are expected to visit the event in the Spanish city to taste what’s on offer. One smartphone by LG is the first that can film and upload 3D videos and photos, according to the manufacturer. The battle between the industry’s big beasts to grab a share of the lucrative PC tablet market is also as fierce as ever, with Samsung unveiling its much awaited Galaxy model to rival Apples Ipad. Not just an e-book, the Galaxy is expected to offer a range of quirky features, which include a powerful camera and phone.

Diplomatic and military pressure builds against Gaddafi
The international response to the Libyan crisis is becoming a two pronged attack – on one hand diplomatic pressure has been intensified, with the United Nations unanimously suspending Libya’s membership of the UN’s Human Rights Council. Read our news file United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon told the Assembly: “The world has spoken with one voice: we demand an immediate end to the violence against civilians and full respect for their fundamental human rights, including those of peaceful assembly and free speech.” The other approach is a flexing of military muscle by both NATO and the US due to fears that this – the most violent of the recent Arab revolts – may grow bloodier if Gaddafi doesn’t soon quit. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking to the House of Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “We have also with NATO allies and with the Pentagon begun to look at potential planning, preparedness in the event that we feel it’s necessary for both humanitarian and other reasons that there would have to be actions taken. One of those actions that is under review is a no-fly zone.” Three US military ships have now passed through the Suez Canal towards the Libyan coast. As yet their deployment is only for a possible humanitarian effort, but that could change.

All systems go for Ariane’s 200th mission
Europe’s Ariane rocket has blasted off from French Guiana carrying supplies to the International Space Station. Scientists breathed a sigh of relief as the craft reached for the skies after the first attempt had to be scratched at the last minute due to a minor technical problem. The super-charged Ariane-5 is transporting fuel, food, clothing,oxygen and spare parts to the ISS which is in low orbit around the Earth. The cargo vessel, dubbed “Johannes Kepler” in honour of the 17th-century German astronomer and mathematician, is the second Automatic Transfer Vehicle or ATV Europe has contributed to the ISS programme. It is also its heaviest. After separating from the launch rocket, it will be autonomous, using its own systems for energy and guidance in liaison with the control centre in Toulouse in south west France. Billed by the European Space Agency as a major challenge, the ATV will dock in eight days time with the ISS but without human intervention.

Snow-mantic comedy on the slopes
Take a working-class English girl who becomes a champion snowboarder, make her fall for an upper-class smoothy in a posh Austrian ski-resort, and you have the basis for the romantic comedy movie Chalet Girl.

European markets at close: 16.02.11
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Ivory Coast: women shot dead at anti-Gbagbo rally
Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast’s incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo have shot dead seven women at an anti-government protest. The UN said the latest violence in Abidjan had brought the number killed to at least 365, since November’s disputed election. In the city’s Abobo district, where the women were reportedly shot, anti-Gbagbo supporters vowed to fight back. ‘‘We wanted to protest peacefully, But, then the tanks of Gbagbo came and opened fire on the old. There were at least seven deaths, others died in the car. As we don’t have the means to defend ourselves, we’ve prepared bombs in and we’re waiting for Gbagbo’s forces,’‘ one man said. Earlier, supporters of the embattled president also took to the streets. The UN estimates some 200,000 people have fled their homes in Abobo in the last week. It has warned the power struggle between presidential claimants Laurent Gbagbo and Alassance Ouattara has brought Ivory Coast to the brink of another civil war.