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Netherlands over the collapse of its banking system has run into problems. President Olafur Grimsson is to put the $5 billion deal to a referendum, even though it’s been approved by parliament. A previous deal with different repayment terms was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Iceland last year. News Item 13

President Obama says the U.S. and its Nato allies are still considering a military response to the situation in Libya where he said the people were facing unacceptable violence. But Russia says it’s opposed to any military intervention. Nato is engaged in what its Secretary General called “prudent planning”. While Britain confirmed it was working to secure a Security Council no-fly zone resolution. News Item 14

A young Mexican woman who gained worldwide attention last year when she took over as police chief in a town plagued by drug-related violence has been sacked for abandoning her post. Marisol Valles was hailed as Mexico’s bravest woman in October when she became head of public security in the border town of Praxedis G. Guerrero. News Item 15

Marisol Valles, a 20-year-old criminology student, became police chief in a town when nobody

else was willing to take the job. Her appointment six months ago made her a sensation worldwide. But the mayor of Praxedis Guerrero said she hasn’t come back to work since last Wednesday, when she took personal leave to take care of her baby. Local activists told the BBC that Mrs.

Valles and her family had fled to the United States after receiving threats of kidnapping. News Item 16

The toy manufacturer Mattel has closed its flagship Barbie store in Shanghai just two years after it opened to much fanfare. The pink-theme, six-floor emporium was launched in a drive to attract Chinese consumers at a time when the famous doll faced declining sales in the West. But analysts said sales to Chinese consumers were poor. News Item 17

Reports from Egypt say democracy activists have been attacked by men in plain clothes armed with knives outside the offices of the interior ministry in Cairo. It’s the first time since the toppling of President Mubarak last month that the protesters appeared to have come under such an attack. Over the weekend, activists stormed several offices of the secret police. News Item 18

The newly-appointed U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Marc Grossman, has stressed the importance of pursuing a diplomatic settlement in Afghanistan alongside military operations. During his first visit to Kabul, he said the United States supported the Afghan government’s move towards talks with the Taliban, but he said it was important that the Taliban end its alliance with al-Qaeda. News Item 19

Thirteen soldiers in Mexico have been charged with drug trafficking after they were allegedly found in possession of almost a tone of the

synthetic drug methamphetamine and 30kg of cocaine. A local military commander said the men had been transporting the drugs from the capital Mexico City to Tijuana, on the U.S. border. President Felipe Calderon has deployed about 50,000 soldiers to help fight the war on drugs. Since he came to power, more than 34,000 people have died in drug-related violence. News Item 20

The suspect in the shootings in Tucson, Arizona in January when U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was seriously wounded has been indicted on a number of new charges. Jared Loughner now faces 49 counts, including the murder of six people and the attempted assassination of Ms Giffords. News Item 21

Sixty-one-year-old Alan Gross was driven into the Havana courthouse inside an unmarked van with blacked-out windows. He’s charged with acts against the integrity and independence of Cuba, and prosecutors have said they are seeking a 20-year sentence. Mr. Gross has already spent 15 months in a Cuban jail, accused of providing satellite communications equipment, which is illegal in Cuba, to groups on the island. News Item 22

The United Nations food agency says global food prices reached a record high last month. The Food and Agriculture Organization is warning that costs could spiral even further if unrest in Libya and the Middle East keeps driving up the price of oil. Rising food costs helped spark the

recent protests in Egypt and Tunisia. News Item 23

The commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, has issued a personal apology for the killing of nine young boys in Kunar province on Tuesday. Local Afghan officials say the boys, aged 12 or younger, had been gathering firewood when helicopter gunship attacked them with rockets. Nato says there was a mistake in relaying information about the position of presumed militants who were firing at a Nato base. News Item 24

Britain is to end its international aids to 16 countries. The International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, told parliament that he wanted to concentrate the money where it would do most good. Nations like Lesotho and Kosovo will lose direct funding, but others like Ethiopia and Bangladesh will receive more aid from the Department for International Development, or DEFID.

News Item 25Western leaders have been discussing ways to increase pressure on the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi to stop him killing the people rebelling against him and persuade him to step down. The Pentagon in Washington says it’s repositioning naval and air forces around Libya so that there’s flexibility for action should government planners require it. News Item 26

Two of Argentina’s former military rulers have gone on trial, accused of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners.