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• Yemeni militants kill 11 in brazen jailbreak (AP)
• Peru's celebrity inmate chooses isolated cell (AP)
• China to allow more exchange rate flexibility (AP)
• UK doctor admits he helped patients die (AP)
• Sweet Success: Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty? (Time.com)
• Mozzarella gets the blues in Italy (AP)
• Rights group calls for release of Syrian activist (AP)
• 11 soldiers dead in Mexican military chopper crash (AP)
• Proteas hit Windies roadblock (AFP)
• UN says security in Afghanistan has not improved (AP)
• China's Xi visits Australia amid mining tax spat (AFP)
• Princess Victoria of Sweden's marriage a crossroads for royalty (The Christian Science Monitor)
• What Israelis Really Think Should Be Done About Gaza (Time.com)

Yemeni militants kill 11 in brazen jailbreak (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - Four suspected al-Qaida gunmen blasted their way into the intelligence headquarters of Yemen's second largest city Saturday and freed several detainees in the group's most spectacular operation since a U.S.-backed government crackdown began late last year.

Peru's celebrity inmate chooses isolated cell (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - A prison compound on the dusty outskirts of Peru's capital is home to hundreds of convicts from Peru's leftist insurgency of the 1980s and 90s. It holds more than 80 foreign inmates, mostly Colombians and Mexicans there for drug-related crimes. And then there is Joran van der Sloot.

China to allow more exchange rate flexibility (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:31 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama welcomed China's announcement Saturday that it will allow a more flexible exchange rate for its currency, saying it would help protect the economic recovery.

UK doctor admits he helped patients die (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT AP - A British doctor who admitted shortening the lives of nearly 20 patients — including his own son — may yet face charges, British investigators said Saturday.

Sweet Success: Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty? (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 10:25 PM PDT Time.com - As the city of Butare awaits the opening of Rwanda's first local ice cream parlor, those behind the project hope it will prove a model for a new kind of entrepreneurship in the country.

Mozzarella gets the blues in Italy (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - Italian police confiscated some 70,000 balls of mozzarella in Turin after consumers noticed the milky-white cheese quickly developed a bluish tint when the package was opened, authorities said Saturday.

Rights group calls for release of Syrian activist (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 06:16 AM PDT AP - An international human rights group has urged Syrian authorities to drop any new charges against a political activist who has completed his prison sentence.

11 soldiers dead in Mexican military chopper crash (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT AP - Eleven Mexican soldiers have died in the crash of a military helicopter carrying troops for anti-drug missions.

Proteas hit Windies roadblock (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:19 PM PDT AFP - South Africa failed to make early inroads into West Indies' batting, after AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis gathered resolute hundreds to fortify their position in the second Test on Saturday here.

UN says security in Afghanistan has not improved (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - The United Nations reported Saturday that insurgent violence has risen sharply in Afghanistan over the last three months, with roadside bombings, complex suicide attacks and assassinations soaring over last year's levels.

China's Xi visits Australia amid mining tax spat (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 08:51 AM PDT AFP - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping began a five-day tour of Australia Saturday, with Beijing seeking assurances over a proposed 40 percent tax on mining industry profits.

Princess Victoria of Sweden's marriage a crossroads for royalty (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:02 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - He shook like a leaf, she cried like a princess. And so, Swedish Crown Princess Victoria had her prince, a commoner in the guise of handsome gym trainer Daniel Westling.

What Israelis Really Think Should Be Done About Gaza (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 10:25 PM PDT Time.com - The easing of the blockade was a decision made to please a foreign audience. What most of the locals want is something quite different

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