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• Bomb at luxury hotel in Pakistan kills at least 11 (AP)
• Iran's reformers tap energy of political `party' (AP)
• Iraqi accused in 5 US soldier deaths freed (AP)
• Airlines replace monitors after Air France crash (AP)
• US: New forces in Afghanistan to be 'game changer' (AP)
• Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Bodies from Air France disaster being found (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,311 (AP)
• 2 officials whose wives own Mexican day care quit (AP)
• South Africa edge out New Zealand by one run (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 630 (AP)
• Canada, U.S. businesses assail "Buy American" rules (Reuters)
• Indian students protest in Sydney again: report (AFP)
• Truck bomber attacks hotel in northwest Pakistan, killing 11 (McClatchy Newspapers)
• In Colombia, FARC rebels strike back (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Gordon Brown Keeps His Job, But His Problems Remain (Time.com)
• Voices Raised Against Violence in Peru (OneWorld.net)

Bomb at luxury hotel in Pakistan kills at least 11 (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:32 PM PDT AP - Suicide attackers shot their way past guards and set off a massive blast Tuesday outside a luxury hotel where foreigners and well-to-do Pakistanis mixed, killing at least 11 people and wounding 70, officials said. The bombers struck the Pearl Continental Hotel at about 10 p.m., when nightlife was still in swing. The attack reduced a section of the hotel to concrete rubble and twisted steel and left a huge crater in a parking lot.

Iran's reformers tap energy of political `party' (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 02:33 PM PDT AP - Persian hip-hop thumps from car speakers and young hipsters — men with spiked hair and women in spike heels — dance in the streets.

Iraqi accused in 5 US soldier deaths freed (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:59 PM PDT AP - The surprise release of a Shiite militant linked to the killing of five U.S. soldiers in Iraq is part of a high-stakes gambit that could result in freedom for five British hostages and a political role for a major Shiite extremist group with reputed ties to Iran.

Airlines replace monitors after Air France crash (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:32 PM PDT AP - Airlines moved quickly Tuesday to replace speed monitors like those suspected of feeding false information to the computers on Air France Flight 447 and possibly causing the plane to break up over the Atlantic Ocean.

US: New forces in Afghanistan to be 'game changer' (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:41 PM PDT AP - Newly arrived U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan will target insurgents crossing into the country from Pakistan and be a "game changer" in a region long dominated by the Taliban, a top commander said Tuesday.

Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - Outmatched by technology, the Taliban is taking its war to the road in a campaign that not only damages infrastructure but is also taking a toll in lives

Bodies from Air France disaster being found (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:52 PM PDT AFP - Brazilian and French search teams recovered more bodies from the debris of an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic last week, killing all 228 people onboard, Brazilian officials said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,311 (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at least 4,311 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

2 officials whose wives own Mexican day care quit (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:46 PM PDT AP - Two Sonora state government officials whose wives are owners of a Mexican day care center where 44 children died in a fire resigned Tuesday, saying they wanted to clear the way for an investigation into the blaze.

South Africa edge out New Zealand by one run (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:40 PM PDT Reuters - South Africa edged New Zealand by one run in an exciting if ultimately meaningless Twenty20 World Cup Group D match at Lord's on Tuesday.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 630 (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at least 630 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada, U.S. businesses assail "Buy American" rules (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:48 PM PDT Reuters - "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. economic stimulus package will cost jobs in Canada and the United States, Canada's U.S. ambassador and a group of U.S. businesses told Congress on Tuesday.

Indian students protest in Sydney again: report (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 08:42 AM PDT AFP - Indian students protested in Australia's biggest city overnight for a second straight day against alleged racial attacks after earlier demonstrations turned violent, a report said.

Truck bomber attacks hotel in northwest Pakistan, killing 11 (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:49 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A massive truck bomb Tuesday struck the only luxury hotel in Peshawar, a volatile city in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 11 and injuring 70, with several foreign nationals among the victims.

In Colombia, FARC rebels strike back (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - "Phoenix" had been jobless for months in this bustling town on Colombia's southern Pacific coast when he accepted a job, which paid $16 a day, working in a cocaine lab along with 24 others.

Gordon Brown Keeps His Job, But His Problems Remain (Time.com) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - The British Prime Minister has beaten back a potential leadership challenge. But his woes are likely to continue

Voices Raised Against Violence in Peru (OneWorld.net) Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:44 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 9 (OneWorld.net) - Following deadly clashes between indigenous protesters and the Peruvian military, one indigenous rights organization is urging the Peruvian government to withdraw all armed forces and recognize the rights of indigenous peoples to their land.

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