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• Libyan forces destroy Misrata fuel tanks: rebels (Reuters)
• Qaeda denies involvement in Morocco cafe bomb attack (Reuters)
• Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan's Kandahar (Reuters)
• Tunisia declares curfew after renewed protests (Reuters)
• Ecuador's Correa hails victory in referendum (Reuters)
• Avenging bin Laden: Taliban Unleash Spring Offensive in Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Labour leader urges Lib Dems to defect (AFP)
• Tunisian government orders curfew in, near capital (AP)
• Ecuador's Correa declares referendum victory (AP)
• Six killed in sectarian violence in Cairo: ministry (AFP)
• Old and vain: videos strip away Bin Laden mystique (AFP)
• Canadian woman survives 7 weeks lost in remote area of Nevada (Reuters)
• Malaysia agrees to take Australian asylum seekers (AFP)
• Brazil becomes largest nation yet to legalize civil unions (The Christian Science Monitor)
• At the Polls, Britons Have Bad News for the Coalition (Time.com)

Libyan forces destroy Misrata fuel tanks: rebels (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan government forces destroyed four fuel storage tanks and set several others ablaze in rebel-held Misrata, dealing a blow to the port city's ability to withstand a government siege, rebels said on Saturday.

Qaeda denies involvement in Morocco cafe bomb attack (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) denied Saturday it was involved in a bomb attack on a cafe in Marrakesh last week that killed 17 people including eight French nationals.

Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan's Kandahar (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 11:06 AM PDT Reuters - Taliban insurgents, including at least six suicide bombers, hit government targets in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar on Saturday, triggering gunbattles that killed two people in what the militants said was part of their "spring offensive".

Tunisia declares curfew after renewed protests (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 01:02 PM PDT Reuters - Tunisia's government ordered an overnight curfew on Saturday after three days of forcefully suppressed protests and sacked an influential figure whose comments on a possible coup sparked the demonstrations.

Ecuador's Correa hails victory in referendum (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 05:51 PM PDT Reuters - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa hailed victory on Saturday after two polls showed him winning a referendum on judicial and media reforms that opponents say are a power grab undermining the Andean nation's democracy.

Avenging bin Laden: Taliban Unleash Spring Offensive in Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 06 May 2011 11:05 PM PDT Time.com - Blasts rocked Kandahar Saturday as a half dozen suicide bombers and fighters attacked government compounds -- marking the first big attack of the Taliban's 2011 spring offensive

Labour leader urges Lib Dems to defect (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT AFP - The leader of the Labour party on Sunday urged disaffected Liberal Democrat ministers to defect from the government after the junior coalition partners suffered an election meltdown.

Tunisian government orders curfew in, near capital (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 04:16 PM PDT AP - Tunisia's caretaker government has ordered an overnight curfew for the capital and nearby areas, following three days of renewed protests over fears that the country's efforts at democracy are in jeopardy.

Ecuador's Correa declares referendum victory (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 05:24 PM PDT AP - President Rafael Correa declared victory after an exit poll indicated voters roundly approved all 10 ballot questions in a referendum Saturday, an outcome critics say will tighten his grip on power, inhibit press freedom and lessen the judiciary's independence.

Six killed in sectarian violence in Cairo: ministry (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2011 05:43 PM PDT AFP - Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Egyptian capital Cairo left six people dead and about 50 others injured, the health ministry said.

Old and vain: videos strip away Bin Laden mystique (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2011 02:48 PM PDT AFP - The United States sought to puncture the mystique surrounding Osama bin Laden on Saturday, releasing seized videos that show him watching himself on television, looking old, ordinary and vain.

Canadian woman survives 7 weeks lost in remote area of Nevada (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 12:50 PM PDT Reuters - A 56 year-old Canadian woman stranded in a van for seven weeks on a remote dirt road in northern Nevada survived on snow and some trail mix until hunters discovered her, authorities said on Saturday.

Malaysia agrees to take Australian asylum seekers (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2011 01:48 AM PDT AFP - Malaysia has agreed to take hundreds of asylum seekers who land in Australia illegally in what Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday called a "big blow" to people smugglers.

Brazil becomes largest nation yet to legalize civil unions (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 May 2011 02:24 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Rebuffing Latin America's machista stereotype, Brazil on Thursday legalized same-sex unions nationwide. The decision makes it the largest among a league of about 25 nations that recognizes civil unions for gay couples.

At the Polls, Britons Have Bad News for the Coalition (Time.com) Posted: 06 May 2011 11:05 PM PDT Time.com - With British voters rejecting the Liberal Democrats in a slew of local seats -- and the party's proposed new voting system -- the question now is what will it take to keep the coalition together?

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