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• Alleged 'Barefoot Bandit' returns to the US (AP)
• US transfers Gitmo prisoner to Yemen (AP)
• Turncoat Afghan soldier kills 3 British troopers (AP)
• China seeks to reduce Internet users' anonymity (AP)
• 'Twisted parliament' bodes ill for Japan's economy (AP)
• Raul Castro Frees Cuban Dissidents; No Reply from Obama (Time.com)
• Italy nabs 300 mobsters, reveals new mob structure (AP)
• Defector do-over? Iran scientist wants to go home (AP)
• Chavez opponent detained in Venezuela (AP)
• Who is al-Shabab? Somali terror army extends reach (AP)
• Singapore expects GDP to grow up to 15 pct in 2010 (AP)
• Canada seeks support for securities watchdog plan (Reuters)
• Australia shrugs off Timor refugee snub (AFP)
• How did Iranian nuclear scientist end up in Washington? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Uganda bombings: Somalis in Uganda's capital now fear reprisal attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Italy Arrests Alleged Dangerous 'Ndrangheta Mobsters (Time.com)
• Getting Away with Rape (OneWorld.net)

Alleged 'Barefoot Bandit' returns to the US (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:50 PM PDT AP - The American teenager who police call the "Barefoot Bandit" was deported to the United States on Tuesday, just hours after he pleaded guilty to a minor offense in the Bahamas.

US transfers Gitmo prisoner to Yemen (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:43 PM PDT AP - A Guantanamo Bay prisoner has been transferred to his homeland of Yemen, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Tuesday, after a U.S. district court ordered the longtime detainee's release.

Turncoat Afghan soldier kills 3 British troopers (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:43 PM PDT AP - An Afghan soldier killed three British service members with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade in the dead of night, a betrayal that highlights the difficulties in rapidly building up Afghan security forces so that foreign troops can go home.

China seeks to reduce Internet users' anonymity (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:38 PM PDT AP - A leading Chinese Internet regulator has vowed to reduce anonymity in China's portion of cyberspace, calling for requirements that people to use their real names when buying a mobile phone or going online, according to a human rights group.

'Twisted parliament' bodes ill for Japan's economy (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:33 PM PDT AP - In Japanese, it's called a "twisted parliament," and it doesn't bode well for the country's future.

Raul Castro Frees Cuban Dissidents; No Reply from Obama (Time.com) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:45 PM PDT Time.com - Despite the Castro regime's remarkable decision to free political prisoners,domestic political constraints will restrain the Obama Administration from engaging

Italy nabs 300 mobsters, reveals new mob structure (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:50 PM PDT AP - Anti-mafia prosecutors claimed a major victory over the powerful and growing 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, infiltrating intimate weddings, baptisms and other events to gather information that led to the arrests Tuesday of 305 people, including top bosses, and the seizure of more than euro60 million ($76 million) in cash and property.

Defector do-over? Iran scientist wants to go home (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:50 PM PDT AP - An Iranian scientist sought refuge in the Pakistani Embassy compound and asked to go home, an apparent defection gone wrong that could embarrass the U.S. and its efforts to gather intelligence on Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

Chavez opponent detained in Venezuela (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:46 PM PDT AP - Venezuelan intelligence agents have detained a government opponent on suspicion of links to a Salvadoran man accused of bombings in Cuba.

Who is al-Shabab? Somali terror army extends reach (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - The Somali militants who formed the hardline terror group al-Shabab carried out their first suicide attack in 2006, during the height of violence in Iraq. The world hardly noticed.

Singapore expects GDP to grow up to 15 pct in 2010 (AP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:07 PM PDT AP - Singapore expects its economy to soar 15 percent this year after surging manufacturing fueled a record expansion in the second quarter.

Canada seeks support for securities watchdog plan (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:51 PM PDT Reuters - Canada's proposed national securities regulator would have a strong presence in all corners of the country, according to a blueprint released on Tuesday that also set new deadlines for reform.

Australia shrugs off Timor refugee snub (AFP) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 07:49 AM PDT AFP - Australia said Tuesday it remained in talks with East Timor over a regional asylum-seeker centre, despite a rejection by the country's parliament which dealt the pre-election policy a severe blow.

How did Iranian nuclear scientist end up in Washington? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:54 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — An Iranian nuclear scientist who'd been missing for more than a year amid Iranian claims that the CIA had abducted him turned up at the Pakistani embassy in Washington on Tuesday and was preparing to return home, after providing what a U.S. official said was "useful information" about Iran's nuclear program.

Uganda bombings: Somalis in Uganda's capital now fear reprisal attacks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:55 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As Uganda struggles to come to terms with the Uganda bombings that claimed the lives of 76 people watching the World Cup final Sunday, the roughly 10,000 Somalis living in the country are growing increasingly concerned that they could face a backlash from the local population â€" and from authorities â€" after Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group Al Shabab claimed responsibility for the slaughter.

Italy Arrests Alleged Dangerous 'Ndrangheta Mobsters (Time.com) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:45 PM PDT Time.com - From Milan to the toe of Italy's boot, the government rounds up suspected mobsters, including the head of what may be the country's most dangerous gang

Getting Away with Rape (OneWorld.net) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:00 AM PDT OneWorld.net - GOMA, Jul 12 (IRIN) - When nine-year-old Jeanne* from North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was raped by a neighbour, her parents were determined he would not get away with it.

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