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Libya rebels seek to avoid Tripoli battle
Reuters
By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - Libyan rebel
forces ill-equipped to fight their way into a city the size of Tripoli may
look to locally brokered deals or a burgeoning popular uprising to break
the will of Muammar ...
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Israeli air strikes on Gaza will go on until rockets cease, orders Netanyahu
The Guardian
Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, talks to soldiers in Ashkelon.
Photograph: Tsafrir Abayov/AP Binyamin Netanyahu has instructed Israel's
military to continue air strikes in Gaza for as long as rockets are being
fired from the territory, ...
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Ben Stein offers Rick Perry an economics lesson
CBS News
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks to
visitors at the Iowa State Fair August 15, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Scott
Olson/Getty Images) The Texas Governor and just-announced GOP presidential
candidate Rick Perry took ...
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn charges set to be dropped
The Guardian
Prosecutors are expected to drop sexual assault and other charges against
Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a court hearing on Tuesday. Lawyers representing
Strauss-Kahn's accuser, Nafissatou Diallo, say she has been summoned to a
meeting with prosecutors in ...
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Pope Tells Pilgrims to Stay True to Their Beliefs
New York Times
Pope Benedict XVI gestured to the crowd at the conclusion of a Mass outside
Madrid on Sunday. By RAPHAEL MINDER MADRID — Pope Benedict XVI closed the
religious ceremonies of World Youth Day on Sunday with a giant Mass in
which he told young people to ...
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Support Swells for Indian Hunger Striker
Wall Street Journal
By AMOL SHARMA NEW DELHI—Crowds supporting Indian activist Anna Hazare's
anticorruption hunger strike swelled to more than 20000 as he demanded that
Parliament pass a tough law cracking down on graft by Aug. 30. Associated
Press A girl waves an Indian ...
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Jailed Iran hiker's family reacts to sentence
CBS News
The news is not good for the families of the two American hikers arrested
in Iran two years ago. Despite appeals from the US government, Iranian
state TV reported that the two hikers have been sentenced to 8 years in
prison on charges that include ...
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Obam briefed on Libya, continues vacation
Boston Globe
By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff EDGARTOWN -- President Obama was briefed on
the situation in Libya this morning by his top counter-terrorism adviser
before heading with his family to a private beach and then hitting the
links in Edgartown on Martha's ...
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N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrives in Russia ahead of Medvedev meeting
Washington Post
View Photo Gallery — The reclusive leader is to discuss economic projects
such as railways and gas pipelines in Medvedev. By Chico Harlan, TOKYO —
In a rare foreign visit confirmed by Pyongyang's state-run media, North
Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived ...
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Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic under hurricane warnings
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff A satellite image taken at 7:15 am ET Sunday shows
Tropical Storm Irene moving toward the Dominican Republic. (CNN) --
Authorities posted hurricane warnings for Puerto Rico and the Dominican
Republic on Sunday as forecasters ...
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