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• Turkey offers Syrians refuge, West pushes U.N. vote (Reuters)
• Bin Laden will "haunt" America: al Qaeda deputy (Reuters)
• Fighting turns southern Yemen town into "hell" (Reuters)
• Western, Arab talks to focus on Libya "end-game" (Reuters)
• Defiant Iran plans big rise in nuclear enrichment (Reuters)
• In Yemen, a High-Stakes Power Game as Saleh Is in Limbo (Time.com)
• Blair calls for elected European leader (AFP)
• Existence of Syrian-American blogger questioned (AP)
• Eruption at Chile volcano beginning to weaken (AP)
• Kadhafi ordered sex drugs for Libya rapes: prosecutor (AFP)
• Lawmakers call for reduced Afghan role (Reuters)
• Canada Post cuts deliveries due to rotating strike (Reuters)
• Indonesia to buy N.Zealand beef after Australia ban (AFP)
• In Saudi Arabia, Lingerie Reveals All (Time.com)

Turkey offers Syrians refuge, West pushes U.N. vote (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - Turkey threw open its borders to anxious Syrian refugees on Wednesday and urged their government to curb violence against civilians after thousands abandoned a town near the Turkish frontier in fear of a military assault.

Bin Laden will "haunt" America: al Qaeda deputy (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - Osama bin Laden's longtime lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, said the United States faces rebellion throughout the Muslim world after killing the al Qaeda leader, according to a YouTube recording posted on Wednesday.

Fighting turns southern Yemen town into "hell" (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT Reuters - Bodies lay in the streets of a southern Yemeni town Wednesday as government forces battled Islamist militants, a local official said, underscoring the gravity of Yemen's multiple conflicts.

Western, Arab talks to focus on Libya "end-game" (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - Western and Arab nations meet in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to focus on what one U.S. official called the "end-game" for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi as NATO once again stepped up the intensity of its air raids on Tripoli.

Defiant Iran plans big rise in nuclear enrichment (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:52 AM PDT Reuters - Iran will shift its production of higher-grade uranium to an underground bunker and triple production capacity, it said on Wednesday in a defiant response to charges of trying to make atomic bombs.

In Yemen, a High-Stakes Power Game as Saleh Is in Limbo (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:15 PM PDT Time.com - With the president recuperating -- or perhaps dying -- in Saudi Arabia, tribal militias, military factions and street protests maneuver for advantage.

Blair calls for elected European leader (AFP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair on Thursday warned the European Union that it must elect a leader or face being left behind by the world's emerging economies.

Existence of Syrian-American blogger questioned (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT AP - The existence of a blogger who claimed to be a Syrian-American lesbian came into question on Wednesday after a woman in Britain said photographs circulating on the Internet were of her, not the blogger supposedly in Damascus.

Eruption at Chile volcano beginning to weaken (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:12 PM PDT AP - Scientists say the eruption at Chile's Cordon Caulle volcano has diminished, although they warn that ash likely will keep spewing out for at least several more days.

Kadhafi ordered sex drugs for Libya rapes: prosecutor (AFP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:36 PM PDT AFP - Investigators have evidence that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of sex drugs to encourage troops to attack women, the chief ICC prosecutor said Wednesday.

Lawmakers call for reduced Afghan role (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. lawmakers called for a reduced role in Afghanistan on Wednesday, piling pressure on the Obama administration to accelerate the end to a long, costly war as it debates an initial drawdown this summer.

Canada Post cuts deliveries due to rotating strike (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:37 PM PDT Reuters - Mail delivers in Canadian cities will be cut to three days a week because rotating strikes have slashed mail volumes by up to half, Canada Post officials said on Wednesday.

Indonesia to buy N.Zealand beef after Australia ban (AFP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 05:22 AM PDT AFP - Indonesia said Wednesday it could buy more beef from New Zealand after Australia suspended live cattle exports due to concerns over animal cruelty.

In Saudi Arabia, Lingerie Reveals All (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:15 PM PDT Time.com - Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud ordered government officials to clear the way for women-only sales assistants in lingerie shops by the end of the month

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