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• Iran dismisses sanctions, but tried to avoid them (AP)
• Afghan ex-spy boss opposes talking to Taliban (AP)
• Analysis: Sanctions unlikely to stop Iran (AP)
• Israel lifts ban on some foods for Gaza (AP)
• Gates: Progress in Afghan war must come this year (AP)
• Van der Sloot's Confession: Angling for a Light Sentence? (Time.com)
• Emergency budget must avoid tax rises: CBI (AFP)
• 3 jewelers killed during robbery in southern Iraq (AP)
• FBI: Mexicans chased away US agents after shooting (AP)
• Dunga's pragmatic Brazil ready to dig for victory (AFP)
• Japan 1Q growth tad stronger than first estimated (AP)
• Two Canadian premiers back offshore drilling (Reuters)
• Australian study finds crocodiles surf the seas (AP)
• Worldly Karachi becomes extremist melting pot (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Why Israel ignores global criticism of Gaza flotilla raid (The Christian Science Monitor)
• A Soldier Takes Leave from a School in Afghanistan (Time.com)

Iran dismisses sanctions, but tried to avoid them (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and its allies scored a long-sought victory Wednesday by pushing through new U.N. sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, punishments Tehran dismissed as "annoying flies, like a used tissue."

Afghan ex-spy boss opposes talking to Taliban (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:15 PM PDT AP - Afghanistan's ousted intelligence chief told The Associated Press on Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai is pursuing a dangerous strategy in seeking peace with the Taliban because the insurgents are giving nothing in return.

Analysis: Sanctions unlikely to stop Iran (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:09 PM PDT AP - Washington calls the latest U.N. sanctions on Iran a diplomatic victory, a show of unity by the world's big powers and a powerful way to prevent the country from making nuclear weapons.

Israel lifts ban on some foods for Gaza (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:25 AM PDT AP - Israel took a first step Wednesday to temper the uproar caused by its deadly high-seas raid on a blockade-busting flotilla by allowing in potato chips, cookies, spices and other previously banned food items into the Gaza Strip.

Gates: Progress in Afghan war must come this year (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:41 AM PDT AP - Public support for the war in Afghanistan will evaporate unless the nations leading the fight against insurgents can show by the end of this year that the 8-year war is not locked in stalemate, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.

Van der Sloot's Confession: Angling for a Light Sentence? (Time.com) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:20 PM PDT Time.com - Even as allegations of an FBI sting operation arise, Peruvian police are furious that van der Sloot may try a "crime of passion" defense

Emergency budget must avoid tax rises: CBI (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:14 PM PDT AFP - The new coalition government must avoid "damaging" tax hikes in this month's emergency budget, the Confederation of British Industry warned on Thursday.

3 jewelers killed during robbery in southern Iraq (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:44 PM PDT AP - Masked gunmen killed three jewelers before fleeing with a large amount of gold in a sophisticated attack Wednesday in southern Iraq, underscoring fears that street crime is soaring as sectarian fighting wanes.

FBI: Mexicans chased away US agents after shooting (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:25 PM PDT AP - Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande, the FBI and witnesses told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Dunga's pragmatic Brazil ready to dig for victory (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:31 PM PDT AFP - Brazil coach Dunga may believe substance rather than a slavish devotion to style can deliver the World Cup, but his 1994 title-winning teammate Branco worries about the team's cutting edge in South Africa.

Japan 1Q growth tad stronger than first estimated (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - Japan says its economy grew slightly more in the first three months of the year than initially estimated.

Two Canadian premiers back offshore drilling (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - Two Canadian premiers still back offshore drilling despite the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, arguing that tighter rules can prevent a repeat of the disaster.

Australian study finds crocodiles surf the seas (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:44 AM PDT AP - Crocodiles can surf ocean currents to take long leisurely journeys across open seas in the South Pacific, a researcher said on Wednesday.

Worldly Karachi becomes extremist melting pot (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:37 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KARACHI, Pakistan — The jihadist recruiter, seated in an office attached to a lavish mosque in an affluent residential area of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, said volunteers who came to join the fight in Afghanistan these days were modern, educated Pakistanis.

Why Israel ignores global criticism of Gaza flotilla raid (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 11:19 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Five decades ago, while debating an offensive against Gaza militants, Israel's founding prime minister, David Ben Gurion, is said to have discounted United Nations intervention with a now famous Hebrew quip: "oom shmoom."

A Soldier Takes Leave from a School in Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:20 PM PDT Time.com - This is Captain Jeremiah Ellis's final email to me, plus photos of the closed Pir Mohammed School which he had been trying to reopen

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