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  • Steve Apps / AP

    Wisconsin Rapids teachers John Henneman, left, and Dan Kuhl, right, protest outside the King Street entrance to the Capitol in Madison, Wis, on Monday, Feb. 21. No resolution appeared imminent Monday to the stalemate over union rights in Wisconsin, leaving Senate Republicans resigned to forge ahead with less-controversial business such as tax breaks for dairy farmers and commending the Green Bay Packers on winning the Super Bowl.

    Wisconsonites continue protesting at the state Capitol in Madison

    Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Monday afternoon he won't negotiate over his plan to strip most collective bargaining rights from nearly every public employee as he works to plug a $3.6 billion hole in the state budget.

    On day seven of the protests against the bill at the Wisconsin Capitol, Walker insisted it was not political and was designed to make savings to help balance the budget.

    "We're broke. Like nearly every other state across the country, we have a major deficit," he told msnbc's Chuck Todd. Continue reading...

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  • 6.3 quake rocks New Zealand city; fatalities reported

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    Debris from collapsed buildings crushed cars and littered the streets after an earthquake in Christchurch on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

    Don Scott / Christchurch Press via Reuters

    A four-story building lies in ruin in central Christchurch on Tuesday.

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    Rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building on Manchester Street on Tuesday.

    Richard Cosgrove / Christchurch Press via Reuters

    A woman is rescued from inside a building after Tuesday's earthquake.

    Reuters TV

    People are evacuated from a damaged building after an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on Tuesday, Feb. 22. A strong quake hit New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch on Tuesday for the second time in five months, toppling buildings, causing fatalities and trapping people beneath rubble.

    A 6.3-magnitude earthquake Tuesday rocked the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch, collapsing buildings, cracking streets and causing multiple fatalities and serious injuries.

    Live video footage showed streets strewn with bricks and shattered concrete. Sidewalks and roads were cracked and split, and hundreds of dazed, screaming and crying residents wandered as sirens blared throughout the city. Water mains had burst, causing extensive flooding.

    The epicenter Tuesday was located in the "worst possible location" for city residents, New Zealand's GeoNet Center data manager Kevin Fenaughty told the New Zealand Herald. Continue reading...

  • NBC News

    Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appears on state television early Tuesday to say he is in Tripoli, not Venezuela, as protests calling for his ouster continue.

    Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appears on state television

    Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appeared for less than a minute Tuesday morning on state television and made brief remarks to say he was in the capital Tripoli and to deny rumors he had fled to Venezuela amid the violent revolt against his 41-year rule.

    Gadhafi was seated in the passenger seat of a small vehicle holding an umbrella up through the open door. It has been raining in the capital for two days. His remarks were aired about 2 a.m. local time (7 p.m. Monday ET).

    "I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela," he said, according to Al Arabiya television.

    Gadhafi spoke hours after reports that Libyan military aircraft fired live ammunition at crowds of anti-government protesters in Tripoli on Monday. Continue reading...

  • Thanks to a snowmobile, Google Street View is coming to a mountain near you

    Olivier Maire / AP

    The Google Street View snowmobile takes pictures of ski slopes for Google's Street View in front of the Matterhorn mountain in Zermatt, Switzerland on Feb. 21.

    Olivier Maire / AP

    The Google Street View snowmobile takes pictures of ski slopes for Google's Street View in front of the Matterhorn mountain in Zermatt, Switzerland on Feb. 21.

     Yes that's right, Google Street View is no longer confined to the street. Here's a Google video explaining more:

    Street View is now on the ski slopes!

  • In Bahrain, ongoing protest in Pearl Square is countered by pro-regime rally

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    Hoor Hussain, 6, holds a poster with other anti-government protesters at the Pearl roundabout on Feb. 21 in Manama, Bahrain. Demonstrators continue to fill the square in a daily protest while opposition leaders hold talks with the government on the weeklong uprising.

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    Jaffar Sultan is congratulated by his sister Miriam after his wedding ceremony in front of thousands of anti-government protesters at the Pearl roundabout on Feb. 21. As per Bahraini custom, the bride was not present for the public ceremony.

    John Moore / Getty Images

    Children sit with fellow anti-government protesters at the Pearl roundabout on Feb. 21.

    John Moore / Getty Images

    Tens of thousands of pro-government supporters gather for a demonstration at the Al Fateh mosque on Feb. 21 in Manama. The event was designed to counter the anti-government protests at the Pearl roundabout.

    Hassan Ammar / AP

    Bahraini pro-government protesters shout slogans as an one holds up a picture of the Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa during a march supporting the Bahraini leadership in Manama on Feb. 21.

     Read about all the developments in Bahrain today here.

  • Yemeni protesters continue to demand president's resignation

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Yemeni anti-government demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen on Feb. 21. Yemen's president rejected demands that he step down and said Monday that the widespread demonstrations against his regime were unacceptable acts of provocation, though he renewed calls for talks with the protesters. Placards in the background read in Arabic "Leave".

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    An elderly Yemeni anti-government demonstrator reacts during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen on Feb. 21.

     Follow the latest developments in Yemen here.

  • Libyan fighter pilots fly to Malta in apparent defection

    Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters

    A Libyan Airforce pilot (4th right) walks next to his Mirage F1 fighter jet after landing at Malta International Airport outside Valletta on Feb. 21. Two Libyan Air Force fighter pilots defected on Monday and flew their jets to Malta where they told authorities they had been ordered to bomb protesters, Maltese government officials said. They said the two pilots, both colonels, took off from a base near Tripoli. One of them has requested political asylum.

    Reuters reported that two Libyan fighter jets flown by Libyan air force colonels were granted permission to land in Malta after asking for political asylum. They had left from a base near Tripoli and had flown low over Libyan airspace to avoid detection. They arrived shortly after two civilian helicopters carrying seven people claiming to be French landed after a flight from Libya. Sources said the fighter pilots defected because they would not fire on the Tripoli protesters.

    Read the full story.

  • A boatload of North African migrants reaches dry land in Italy

    Roberto Salamone / AFP - Getty Images

    Immigrants wait to disembark from a boat upon their arrival in the port of the Italian island of Lampedusa early on Feb. 21. The past week has seen a sharp spike in migrants attempting to make it into the EU from Tunisia, with some 5,000 brought to Lampedusa after being intercepted by coastguards.

    Roberto Salamone / AFP - Getty Images

    Immigrants wait for a bus that will bring them to a temporary accomodation center after their arrival in the port of the Italian island of Lampedusa early on Feb. 21.

    A new wave of immigration to the remote Italian island of Lampedusa has followed recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt that unseated their decades-old regimes, heightening social and economic tensions in the North African countries.

    Read more on the story here.

  • An 8 year old Mahatma Gandhi and a sacrificial goat

    Noah Seelam / AFP - Getty Images

    Eight-year old Satish, dressed as Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi, begs for alms as Hindu devotees carrying a sacrificial goat walk past during the Peddagattu Jathara festival at Lingamanthula Swamy Temple at Durajpalli in Nalgonda district, some 140 kilometers east of Hyderabad, on Feb. 21. The festival, where devotees worship Hindu god Lord Shiva, is celebrated every two years and has been celebrated for the past 400 years.

     

  • Sidali Djarboub / AP

    Algerian students scuffle with riot police officers near the Ministry of Higher Education in Algiers on Feb. 21. The students want the government to scrap a new law that dilutes the value of their diplomas by giving equal status to less-qualified degree holders in the job market. Monday's protest follows scattered strikes and protests in recent weeks in defiance of a ban on public gatherings in Algiers dating to a bloody Islamic insurgency in the 1990s.

    Riot police use batons to dispel students' protest in Algeria

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  • Martial Trezzini / EPA

    The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, are seen in the sky above the village of Ersfjordbotn near Tromso in northern Norway, early on Feb. 21. Aurorae are caused by the interaction between energetic charged particles from the Sun and gas molecules in the upper atmosphere of the Earth, about 100 kilometres up. A stream of charged particles, called the solar wind, flows out into space continuously from the Sun at speeds of 400-500 kilometres per second. On reaching Earth, the charged particles are drawn by Earth's magnetic field to the poles, where they collide with gas molecules in the upper atmosphere, causing them to emit light.

    The northern lights shine over Norway

    I would love to see this with my own eyes one day. Here is the photographer's detailed explanation:

    Aurorae are caused by the interaction between energetic charged particles from the Sun and gas molecules in the upper atmosphere of the Earth, about 100 kilometres up. A stream of charged particles, called the solar wind, flows out into space continuously from the Sun at speeds of 400-500 kilometres per second. On reaching Earth, the charged particles are drawn by Earth's magnetic field to the poles, where they collide with gas molecules in the upper atmosphere, causing them to emit light.

  • India brings hope to stalled fight against polio

    Manish Swarup / AP

    Polio vaccination team members update their records after administering polio drops to a child, center, on the outskirts of Ghaziabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Jan. 25.

    Narinder Nanu / AFP - Getty Images

    A boy receives anti-polio vaccination drops from a health worker as part of a polio vaccination campaign in Amritsar, India on Jan. 23. Polio is a pandemic threat in four countries, namely India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, compared to 125 countries in 1988. There were 1,606 cases of polio in 2009, down from about 350,000 in 1988.

    In just five days last month, 2 1/2 million health workers visited 68 million homes across India to inoculate 172 million children against polio.

    Read more about this extraordinary story and view more images in our slideshow.

  • Valerie Kuypers / EPA

    Polar bear 'Freedom' with her twin cubs in their outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Rhenen, the Netherlands on Feb. 21. The still to be named cubs, who were born at the end of November 2010, set foot outside for the first time today.

    Polar bear cubs venture outdoors for the first time

    See more great animal photos in our Animal Tracks slideshow.

  • Libyan protesters claim control of Benghazi

    Alaguri / AP

    Residents riding in the back of a vehicle celebrate and display the victory sign in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting.

    Alaguri / AP

    Residents stand on a tank inside a security forces compound in Benghazi on Feb. 21.

    Alaguri / AP

    Buildings at the entrance to a security forces compound are seen burning in Benghazi on Feb. 21.

    Alaguri / AP

    A girl sitting out of a vehicle window celebrates and displays the victory sign in Benghazi on Feb. 21.

    Alaguri / AP

    Residents and medical personnel at Al-Jalaa hospital in Benghazi on Feb. 21.

    Alaguri / AP

    Residents stand on a tank holding a pre-Gadhafi era national flag inside a security forces compound in Benghazi on Feb. 21.

    Very few images have come out of Libya in the last few days, and many that have emerged have shown pro-government demonstrations rather than opposition protesters. These pictures were taken today in Benghazi, the country's second largest city, where the opposition has claimed control.

    Follow developments in the story here.

  • Designer Charlie Le Mindu shows his collection at London Fashion Week

    Wow, talk about putting blood, sweat and tears into your work.

    Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters

    Designer Charlie Le Mindu walks onto the catwalk following the presentation of his Fall/Winter 2011 collection at London Fashion Week, Feb. 20.

    Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters

    Members of the audience react as a model walks past after presenting a creation from the Charlie Le Mindu Fall/Winter 2011 collection at London Fashion Week, Feb. 20.

  • Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters

    File photo of all lights showing red as trains stand outside the main train station in Frankfurt during a strike of locomotive engine driver union GDL, Oct. 12, 2007. The head of German train drivers union GDL Claus Weselsky, threatened extensive strikes, in an interview in the 'Bild am Sonntag' Feb. 20, 2011, starting with planned warning strikes on Monday.

    German train drivers threaten to begin strikes

    This file picture moved across the wire this morning in relation to the possible strike in Germany, and although it has been around, I still thought it was nifty.

  • China Daily / Reuters

    Researchers dressed in panda costumes put a panda cub into a basket before transferring it to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province Feb. 20. The 6-month-old cub is being transferred to a bigger living environment with a higher altitude and a more complicated terrain, which marks the beginning of the second phrase of its training to reintroduce it to the wild. Researchers wear panda costumes to ensure that the cub's environment is devoid of human influence, according to local media.

    Researchers look to bear resemblance to pandas in China

    What on earth must this panda cub be thinking? I can't imagine that it actually believes that the two researchers are his fellow bears. Don't bears mostly rely on scent rather than sight?

  • Robert Michael / AFP - Getty Images

    Left-wing counter demonstrators stand behind a burning blockade as riots broke out on the sidelines of a demonstrations against a neo-nazi rally in Dresden, eastern Germany, on Feb. 13, 2011. More than ten thousand people gathered in Dresden for counter-protests for the planned Nazi demontration, the police announced.

    Left-wing demonstrators clash with far right protesters in Dresden

    Read more here.

  • Alejandro Ernesto / EPA

    A photo made available 19 February 2011, shows a Cuban workers transporting tobacco leaves into a building for drying in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Feb. 17. The Pinar del Rio area produces some 70 per cent of Cuba's crop and is known as the land for tobacco and as the place where the Cuban cigars are produced. The 13th Festival of Cigar will be held on Feb. 21 in Havana and is the most important international event for Cuban cigars lovers. The event will be dedicated to brands Montecristo, Partagas and H. Upmann.

    Tobacco for Cuban cigars is prepared for drying

  • Bela Szandelszky / AP

    People enjoy the steaming water of the Szechenyi Bath during the "Night of the Baths," a joint event of five of the Hungarian capital's historical spas in Budapest, Hungary, early morning Saturday, Feb. 19.

    People soak in the "Night of the Baths" in Budapest

    I don't know why, but there is something about the idea of a huge hot tub that creeps me out.

  • Susana Vera / Reuters

    A model presents a creation by designer Hannibal Laguna during the Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 show, Feb. 19, in Madrid, Spain.

    A model works the runway in Madrid

    Check out the designer's site here.

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