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• Suicide bombs kill 33 in Iraq, officials say (AP)
• Runoff looms in Polish presidential election (AP)
• 2 blasts rock S. Afghanistan in weekend violence (AP)
• New Agers, neo-pagans at Stonehenge for solstice (AP)
• Ex-defense chief wins Colombia runoff in rout (AP)
• Sweet Success: Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty? (Time.com)
• Report: Van der Sloot mentally ill, mother says (AP)
• Israel drafting new list of goods banned from Gaza (AP)
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• Proteas wither under heat of Chanderpaul, Nash hundreds (AFP)
• India seizes tiger bones on way to China (AFP)
• Canada police slammed over fatal Taser case (Reuters)
• Australia & China sign deals worth over $8.73 billion (Reuters)
• New Afghan commission sets free Taliban suspects (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Colombia election: Juan Manual Santos win is a victory for tough security (The Christian Science Monitor)
• What Israelis Really Think Should Be Done About Gaza (Time.com)

Suicide bombs kill 33 in Iraq, officials say (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:26 PM PDT AP - Suicide bombers in a crowded Baghdad commercial district and Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit killed as many as 33 people Sunday as insurgents tried to turn a monthslong deadlock over forming a new Iraqi government to their advantage.

Runoff looms in Polish presidential election (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:27 PM PDT AP - A somber election season in Poland was prolonged by two weeks Sunday when a first round of voting produced no immediate successor to Lech Kaczynski, the president killed more than two months ago in a plane crash.

2 blasts rock S. Afghanistan in weekend violence (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:13 PM PDT AP - Two bombs hidden in push carts exploded less than a half hour apart in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous provinces, underscoring the continued security threat despite years of trying to bring peace to the unstable south.

New Agers, neo-pagans at Stonehenge for solstice (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:06 PM PDT AP - New Agers and neo-pagans descended on Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, each hoping to catch a glimpse of the sun as it rises above the ancient stone circle early Monday morning.

Ex-defense chief wins Colombia runoff in rout (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 05:54 PM PDT AP - A former defense minister from a powerful political clan who oversaw a major weakening of leftist rebels won Colombia's presidency Sunday, routing an eccentric outsider in a runoff.

Sweet Success: Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty? (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 07:05 AM 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.

Report: Van der Sloot mentally ill, mother says (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:25 PM PDT AP - Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the murder of one woman and the disappearance of another, suffers mental problems, his mother was quoted Sunday as saying.

Israel drafting new list of goods banned from Gaza (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:25 PM PDT AP - Israel pledged Sunday it will immediately allow all goods into Gaza except weapons and items deemed to have a military use under its decision to ease its three-year-old blockade of the Palestinian territory.

(AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 02:44 PM PDT AP - Ex-defense minister Juan Manuel Santos wins Colombia presidential runoff in a rout.

Proteas wither under heat of Chanderpaul, Nash hundreds (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 04:25 PM PDT AFP - South Africa's grip on the second Test against West Indies was weakened on Sunday after Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash hit hundreds.

India seizes tiger bones on way to China (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:52 PM PDT AFP - Indian customs officers seized the third shipment of tiger bones and other animal parts, worth 230,000 dollars and destined for use in traditional medicine in China.

Canada police slammed over fatal Taser case (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:41 AM PDT Reuters - "Shameful conduct" by Canadian police officers led to the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski in a stun gun incident at Vancouver's airport that drew world attention, an inquiry said on Friday.

Australia & China sign deals worth over $8.73 billion (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:34 PM PDT Reuters - Australia and China signed commercial agreements on Monday worth more than A$10 billion ($8.73 billion), mostly covering mining and energy-related projects and including funding for projects already announced.

New Afghan commission sets free Taliban suspects (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 01:42 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL_ Afghanistan's controversial new commission formed to release suspected Taliban prisoners has set free 14 detainees already, primarily from U.S. custody, and over two dozen more releases are imminent, Afghan officials told McClatchy on Sunday.

Colombia election: Juan Manual Santos win is a victory for tough security (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 04:17 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Juan Manuel Santos won Colombia’s presidential elections Sunday in a landslide election marked by high abstention and incidents of violence.

What Israelis Really Think Should Be Done About Gaza (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 07:05 AM 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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