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• Syrian forces prevent refugees fleeing to Turkey (Reuters)
• Iraq hunting $17 billion missing after U.S. invasion (Reuters)
• Israel asks U.S. to let spy out of jail for funeral (Reuters)
• Colombia car bomb wounds 17, "calamity" averted (Reuters)
• Thousands protest in Morocco for more reform (Reuters)
• Morocco's Revolutionaries: The Crazy Kids Have Grown Up (Time.com)
• McIlroy wins US Open (AFP)
• Libya says 9 civilians killed in NATO airstrike (AP)
• Fire hits riot-wracked Venezuelan prison (AP)
• Nigerian 'Islamists' fire at card players, kill two: source (AFP)
• New Internet era beckons with company domain names (AFP)
• New Democrats keep merger door open (Reuters)
• Australian ex-PM denies planning leadership bid (AFP)
• Has Bangladesh's Elite Police Force Gone Too Far? (Time.com)
• G20 urged to deliver pledges for world hunger (OneWorld.net)

Syrian forces prevent refugees fleeing to Turkey (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces swept through a northwestern border region Sunday to stem an exodus of refugees to Turkey that is raising international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and a rights activist said.

Iraq hunting $17 billion missing after U.S. invasion (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq's parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and has asked the United Nations for help to track it down.

Israel asks U.S. to let spy out of jail for funeral (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:13 AM PDT Reuters - Israel appealed to the United States Sunday to allow imprisoned spy Jonathan Pollard out of jail to attend his father's funeral, Israeli Army Radio reported.

Colombia car bomb wounds 17, "calamity" averted (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:56 PM PDT Reuters - A car bomb wounded 17 people in Colombia's colonial-era city of Popayan, but a "calamity" was averted when police intercepted the vehicle before it reached its target in the main square, authorities said on Sunday.

Thousands protest in Morocco for more reform (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - Several thousand people marched through Morocco's biggest city Sunday to protest that constitutional reforms unveiled this week by King Mohammed have not gone far enough.

Morocco's Revolutionaries: The Crazy Kids Have Grown Up (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:50 PM PDT Time.com - Morocco's Revolutionaries: The Crazy Kids Have Grown Up

McIlroy wins US Open (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 04:33 PM PDT AFP - Rory McIlroy won the 111st US Open at the Congressional Country Club here on Sunday with a tournament record 16-under-par total of 268.

Libya says 9 civilians killed in NATO airstrike (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:31 PM PDT AP - Libya's government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray.

Fire hits riot-wracked Venezuelan prison (AP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT AP - Fire ripped through a prison where thousands of Venezuelan troops struggled to put down a revolt by inmates on Sunday as dozens of horrified relatives tried to watch the fighting.

Nigerian 'Islamists' fire at card players, kill two: source (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:39 PM PDT AFP - Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect which bombed Nigerian police headquarters on Sunday opened fire on a crowd of card players killing two in a northern city, a senior military officer said.

New Internet era beckons with company domain names (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:13 PM PDT AFP - A global body that charts the course of the Internet is set to vote in Singapore on Monday on a potentially revolutionary plan to open up new domain suffixes for private companies.

New Democrats keep merger door open (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - The New Democrat Party kept the door open on Sunday to a possible merger talks with the struggling Liberals, a party they leapfrogged over to become the main opposition in a May 2 election.

Australian ex-PM denies planning leadership bid (AFP) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:15 AM PDT AFP - Australia's ex-prime minister Kevin Rudd has again batted away suggestions he wants to retake the leadership, as his successor Julia Gillard flails in opinion polls a year after taking power.

Has Bangladesh's Elite Police Force Gone Too Far? (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:50 PM PDT Time.com - Accused of random extrajudicial killings and torture, popular support for Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion force may be starting to wane

G20 urged to deliver pledges for world hunger (OneWorld.net) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:52 AM PDT OneWorld.net - June 19 (OneWorld.net) - Evidence continues to emerge that the release of international donor funds to support global food security is matching neither the scale of the promises nor the urgency of the situation.

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