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• US ambassador to Afghanistan: Time to move on (AP)
• Jamaican gang leader arrives to face NY charges (AP)
• Arrest near G-20 summit site (AP)
• North Korea threatens more punishment for American (AP)
• Queen makes first visit to Wimbledon in 33 years (AP)
• A Millennium Success: The World Is Getting Healthier, Richer (Time.com)
• Arrest in N.Ireland over 'Basque separatist probe' (AFP)
• Attacks targeting Iraqi forces kill at least 10 (AP)
• Venezuela captures drug suspect wanted by US (AP)
• Gadhafi, Zapatero 'in talks' on next EU-Africa summit (AFP)
• N.Korea declares 'no sail' zone off west coast (AFP)
• Canada police halt suspicious car near G20 summit site (Reuters)
• 5 Americans convicted of terror charges in Pakistan (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Russia considers stronger powers for KGB's successor (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Post-McChrystal Afghanistan War: Karzai Loses Key Ally (Time.com)
• Changing Demographics Strain Refugee Services (OneWorld.net)

US ambassador to Afghanistan: Time to move on (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:25 AM PDT AP - The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan on Thursday acknowledged having "vigorous debates" behind closed doors with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, but said he and the ousted NATO commander acted in synch to implement war strategy.

Jamaican gang leader arrives to face NY charges (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:20 PM PDT AP - Following bloodshed over his capture, Jamaican gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke arrived in New York under tight security on Thursday to face charges he flooded the East Coast with shipments of cocaine and marijuana, authorities said.

Arrest near G-20 summit site (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:53 PM PDT AP - Police on heightened alert before a summit of world leaders stopped a car with a large container strapped to its roof and arrested the driver after finding gasoline canisters, a chainsaw, a cross bow, arrows and sledge hammers inside.

North Korea threatens more punishment for American (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:51 PM PDT AP - North Korea threatened to increase punishment for an American sentenced to hard labor for illegally entering the country, linking his case to U.S. criticism of Pyongyang over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.

Queen makes first visit to Wimbledon in 33 years (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:52 PM PDT AP - Queen Elizabeth II made her first appearance at Wimbledon in 33 years Thursday — applauding Briton Andy Murray as he won his second match and shaking hands with a giddy Serena Williams, who showed off her curtsy.

A Millennium Success: The World Is Getting Healthier, Richer (Time.com) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:35 PM PDT Time.com - Say this for the U.N.: when they get something right they really get it right. And, as two reports issued this week indicate, one of the things they may have gotten very right is progress toward what are known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

Arrest in N.Ireland over 'Basque separatist probe' (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:20 PM PDT AFP - Police in Northern Ireland said they arrested a man under terrorism legislation in a joint operation with Spanish police, in what is understood to be an investigation into Basque separatist activities.

Attacks targeting Iraqi forces kill at least 10 (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:38 PM PDT AP - A spate of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and their allies killed at least 10 people on Thursday, half in suicide bombings in the northern city of Mosul, officials said.

Venezuela captures drug suspect wanted by US (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:28 PM PDT AP - Venezuela has captured a suspected Colombian drug smuggler who is wanted on cocaine charges in the United States and who has allegedly collaborated with Mexico's Zetas drug gang, the justice minister said Thursday.

Gadhafi, Zapatero 'in talks' on next EU-Africa summit (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:22 PM PDT AFP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero met to ready an EU-Africa summit scheduled for later this year, Jana news agency said.

N.Korea declares 'no sail' zone off west coast (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:25 PM PDT AFP - North Korea has announced a nine-day ban on shipping off part of its west coast and South Korea is watching for any signs of short-range missile tests, media reports said Friday.

Canada police halt suspicious car near G20 summit site (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:22 AM PDT Reuters - Canadian police said on Thursday they had pulled over a car containing "dangerous materials" near the site where an international summit will be held in Toronto this weekend.

5 Americans convicted of terror charges in Pakistan (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:15 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — A Pakistani court convicted five young American Muslim men of terrorism charges Thursday and sentenced each to 10 years in jail, but the defendants said they'd been tortured and framed by local police.

Russia considers stronger powers for KGB's successor (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:10 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A pair of draft laws making their way through Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, may soon greatly expand the powers and prerogatives of Russia's FSB security service, the former KGB.

Post-McChrystal Afghanistan War: Karzai Loses Key Ally (Time.com) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:35 PM PDT Time.com - Afghans now face a change in U.S. military leadership in the war -- with McChrystal out and Petraeus in -- but perhaps no one is more affected than President Hamid Karzai

Changing Demographics Strain Refugee Services (OneWorld.net) Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:43 PM PDT OneWorld.net - CHICAGO, Jun 24 (New America Media) - When Serestine Cizanye arrived in Chicago from Tanzania it was winter and she spent every day in her room.

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