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• Uzbeks flee Kyrgyzstan, seek safety at border (AP)
• Natalee Holloway's father seeks answers in Aruba (AP)
• Gunmen ambush Mexican police, killing 10 officers (AP)
• 20 inmates shot dead during Mexico prison battle (AP)
• Israel approves inquiry into Gaza flotilla attack (AP)
• Chaos in Kyrgyzstan: Will Violence Cross the Border? (Time.com)
• Wreck of WWII freighter believed found off Albania (AP)
• US removing hazardous waste during Iraq withdrawal (AP)
• Bill Gates, Carlos Slim announce $150M for health (AP)
• US urges accountability in deadly Egyptian police beating (AFP)
• Two dead as light plane plunges into Sydney street (AFP)
• Top U.S. court rejects Maher Arar's torture suit appeal (Reuters)
• Japanese space probe finds unique asteroid dust (Reuters)
• Israeli flotilla inquiry inadequate, Turkey and others say (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Does Belgium's Election Spell the End of the Country? (Time.com)
• New Push to Make Motherhood Safe (OneWorld.net)

Uzbeks flee Kyrgyzstan, seek safety at border (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - Standing behind barbed wire with other Uzbek refugees, the woman tearfully raised her hands in a Muslim prayer for her dead husband. She had left his body at their burned-down house in southern Kyrgyzstan while fleeing ethnic riots that reduced much of a major city to ruins.

Natalee Holloway's father seeks answers in Aruba (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:16 PM PDT AP - Natalee Holloway's father was back in Aruba on Monday, hoping the suspect in his daughter's disappearance has provided local authorities with new clues since being arrested for the killing of a 21-year-old woman in Peru.

Gunmen ambush Mexican police, killing 10 officers (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - Gunmen killed 10 federal police officers Monday in an ambush near a high school in western Mexico, staging one of the deadliest attacks on security forces since the government stepped up its fight with drug cartels.

20 inmates shot dead during Mexico prison battle (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - Twenty inmates were shot to death Monday when a group of prisoners attacked another gang inside a prison in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, authorities said. Two policemen guarding the prison were wounded.

Israel approves inquiry into Gaza flotilla attack (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:23 PM PDT AP - The European Union on Monday called Israel's closure of Gaza "unacceptable" and offered to play a role in opening the borders, as Israel appointed three Israeli experts and two foreign observers to a commission to investigate its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

Chaos in Kyrgyzstan: Will Violence Cross the Border? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 06:05 PM PDT Time.com - Kyrgyzstan's instability breaks out with attacks on the Uzbek minority who flee to their home country. Will ethnic vengeance lash out across the frontiers?

Wreck of WWII freighter believed found off Albania (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:07 PM PDT AP - Using undersea scanning devices, archaeologists from the U.S. and Albania believe they have found the wreckage of an Italian ship that British forces torpedoed during World War II when Albania was occupied by Mussolini's Fascists.

US removing hazardous waste during Iraq withdrawal (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 01:34 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military is removing tens of millions of pounds of hazardous waste accumulated during seven years of war amid concerns about America's environmental legacy in Iraq, officials said Monday.

Bill Gates, Carlos Slim announce $150M for health (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:33 PM PDT AP - The world's two richest men are teaming up with Spain to donate $150 million to fight malnutrition, dengue, malaria and other health problems in Mexico and Central America.

US urges accountability in deadly Egyptian police beating (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 03:26 PM PDT AFP - The United States expressed concern Monday over the death of a 28-year-old man reportedly beaten by police in the northern Egyptian port city of Alexandria.

Two dead as light plane plunges into Sydney street (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 06:19 PM PDT AFP - At least two people were killed Monday when a light plane crash-landed in a Sydney street and exploded just metres (yards) from a primary school, police said.

Top U.S. court rejects Maher Arar's torture suit appeal (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 07:55 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court let stand on Monday the dismissal of a lawsuit by a Canadian man against U.S. government officials for sending him to Syria, where he says he was tortured.

Japanese space probe finds unique asteroid dust (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 11:17 PM PDT Reuters - A Japanese space probe has landed in the Australian outback after a seven-year voyage to an asteroid, safely returning a capsule containing a unique sample of dust, Japanese mission controllers said on Monday.

Israeli flotilla inquiry inadequate, Turkey and others say (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:31 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Israel on Monday announced a limited internal inquiry into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a move the Obama administration welcomed but one that Turkey, the Palestinian Authority and other countries denounced as falling far short of the independent international probe they're seeking.

Does Belgium's Election Spell the End of the Country? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 06:05 PM PDT Time.com - By giving power to a separatist party in Sunday's election, Belgium's Dutch-speaking Flemish and French-speaking Wallonians seem to have declared it time for a split. But the country has a knack for muddling through its divisions

New Push to Make Motherhood Safe (OneWorld.net) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:57 AM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 13 (IRIN) - Progress in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity is still "tragically slow". Now, the United Nations has unveiled a global initiative based on government, civil society and private sector cooperation that could save the lives of up to one million women during pregnancy and childbirth.

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