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• Gunman kills 3, injures 11 at gay club in Tel Aviv (AP)
• Iran state TV confirms arrest of 3 Americans (AP)
• Iran begins first trial of postelection crisis (AP)
• Nigerian official says 700 died in recent violence (AP)
• US troops now a 'coalition of one' in Iraq (AP)
• Afghan mission falls short of expectations: Lawmakers (AFP)
• Sunni mosque bombed south of Baghdad (AP)
• Raul Castro: Cuba won't undo communist system (AP)
• 10 dead in rebel attacks in Central Africa: aid groups (AFP)
• 6 Pakistani Christians die in riots with Muslims (AP)
• Australia votes to recognise same-sex unions (AFP)
• Trial begins in Iran for many arrested in opposition protest (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Russia Moves to Boost its Role in Central Asia (Time.com)

Gunman kills 3, injures 11 at gay club in Tel Aviv (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 03:39 PM PDT AP - Israeli police say a gunman entered a youth club for gay teens in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night and sprayed the interior with automatic rifle fire, killing three people and injuring 11.

Iran state TV confirms arrest of 3 Americans (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - Iran state TV confirmed Saturday that it has detained three Americans who crossed the border from northern Iraq, saying they failed to heed warnings from Iranian guards.

Iran begins first trial of postelection crisis (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - Iran began its first trial of the postelection crisis on Saturday, a mass court case against more than 100 activists and protesters accused of plotting a "velvet revolution" to topple clerical rule.

Nigerian official says 700 died in recent violence (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 01:00 PM PDT AP - A Nigerian military official said Saturday that about 700 people were killed in the northern city of Maiduguri during recent fighting between police and a radical Islamist sect. The toll was previously thought to be around 300.

US troops now a 'coalition of one' in Iraq (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 01:05 PM PDT AP - The war in Iraq was truly an American-only effort Saturday after Britain and Australia, the last of its international partners, pulled out.

Afghan mission falls short of expectations: Lawmakers (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:06 PM PDT AFP - The international military mission in Afghanistan has delivered "much less than it promised" due to the lack of a realistic strategy, an influential committee of lawmakers said Sunday.

Sunni mosque bombed south of Baghdad (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 12:54 PM PDT AP - A bomb hidden inside a toilet struck a Sunni mosque south of Baghdad on Saturday, injuring two people, according to Iraqi police, the latest in a wave of attacks against Islamic sites of worship.

Raul Castro: Cuba won't undo communist system (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 05:07 PM PDT AP - Raul Castro says Cuba will cut spending on education and health care, weakening the building blocks of its communist system to try to revive a floundering economy.

10 dead in rebel attacks in Central Africa: aid groups (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 02:12 PM PDT AFP - Members of a Ugandan rebel group have launched attacks against towns in the Central African Republic that have left at least 10 people dead in the last two weeks, humanitarian groups said Saturday.

6 Pakistani Christians die in riots with Muslims (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 05:08 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of rioting Muslims attacked Christians in eastern Pakistan on Saturday, burning and looting homes in a rampage that killed six Christians, including a child, and wounded 10 others in the latest violence against minorities in the conservative Muslim country.

Australia votes to recognise same-sex unions (AFP) Posted: 31 Jul 2009 11:15 PM PDT AFP - Australia's centre-left ruling party on Saturday voted for national recognition of same-sex unions but stopped short of lifting a ban on gay marriage.

Trial begins in Iran for many arrested in opposition protest (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 11:32 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - CAIRO, Egypt — More than 100 leading opposition activists stood trial in Iran on Saturday, the first since the government's crackdown in the violent aftermath of June's disputed presidential election, according to Iranian state media.

Russia Moves to Boost its Role in Central Asia (Time.com) Posted: 31 Jul 2009 11:05 PM PDT Time.com - Russian president Dmitri Medvedev's meeting with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan signals Moscow's desire to play a bigger role in fighting the war on terror. But is its goodwill enough?

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