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• China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail (Reuters)
• U.S. official in Sanaa, al Qaeda militants flee prison (Reuters)
• Syria scorns EU criticism, says it sows chaos (Reuters)
• Bahrain opposition figures given life sentences (Reuters)
• Italy ceasefire call exposes NATO split on Libya (Reuters)
• It Won the Confidence Vote, but Greece's Government Still Has Everything to Lose (Time.com)
• Former French minister charged with rape (AFP)
• Youth from Egypt's Brotherhood form separate party (AP)
• US pledges more foreign aid to fight drug cartels (AP)
• Top US senators join business trip to Tunisia , Egypt (AFP)
• Australia-New Zealand flights hit by ash (AFP)
• Canada says documents clear troops of wrongdoing (Reuters)
• No free ride home for penguin lost in New Zealand (AP)
• Did a Jerusalem court really sentence a dog to death by stoning? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama's Afghanistan Drawdown: Why Troop Levels Won't Affect the War's Outcome (Time.com)
• Northern Ireland violence raises questions about paramilitary group (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Supreme Court Tells Working Women, You're on Your Own (OneWorld.net)

China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:47 AM PDT Reuters - The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, whose detention in April ignited an international uproar, was released on bail Wednesday under conditions likely to keep the outspoken critic of Communist Party controls silent for now.

U.S. official in Sanaa, al Qaeda militants flee prison (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:12 AM PDT Reuters - A senior U.S. official held talks on Wednesday with government officials in Yemen, which is teetering on the brink of civil war over President Ali Abdullah Saleh's refusal to meet protesters' demands to step down.

Syria scorns EU criticism, says it sows chaos (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:33 AM PDT Reuters - Syria on Wednesday scorned the European Union's criticism of Damascus over its violent crackdown on popular unrest, saying this showed Europe wanted to sow chaos in the country.

Bahrain opposition figures given life sentences (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - Bahrain sentenced eight prominent Shi'ite Muslim activists and opposition leaders to life in prison on Wednesday on charges of plotting a coup during protests in the Gulf island kingdom earlier this year.

Italy ceasefire call exposes NATO split on Libya (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - A split has opened within the NATO-led air campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, with France and Britain rejecting an Italian call for a halt to military action to allow aid access.

It Won the Confidence Vote, but Greece's Government Still Has Everything to Lose (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:10 AM PDT Time.com - Having survived a vote of confidence, Greece's government can carry on with the Herculean task of trying to keep the nation's economy afloat

Former French minister charged with rape (AFP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:30 PM PDT AFP - A former French minister and mayor with the ruling party has been charged with rape after accusations he sexually assaulted women working for him at city hall, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Youth from Egypt's Brotherhood form separate party (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:44 PM PDT AP - Several young members from Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have launched their own political party to rival their group's own_ a move that is exposing cracks in the influential Islamist organization.

US pledges more foreign aid to fight drug cartels (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:25 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration pledged Wednesday to increase its investment in Central Americas security to nearly $300 million this year to thwart the expanding activities of drugs cartels threatening to destabilize the entire region.

Top US senators join business trip to Tunisia , Egypt (AFP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:21 PM PDT AFP - Top senators John McCain and John Kerry will accompany a delegation of US business leaders on Friday to Tunisia and Egypt to discuss economic opportunities in the North African countries, McCain's office said.

Australia-New Zealand flights hit by ash (AFP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:54 PM PDT AFP - Australian airlines grounded flights to and from New Zealand Thursday due to the Chilean ash cloud, although Air New Zealand was operating as normal.

Canada says documents clear troops of wrongdoing (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - Canada released thousands of pages of declassified documents on Wednesday, which it said supported its claims that its soldiers played no role in the mistreatment of prisoners in Afghanistan.

No free ride home for penguin lost in New Zealand (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:00 AM PDT AP - There will be no free ride back to Antarctica for a young penguin who defied the odds by swimming all the way to New Zealand. The trip could spread infections, authorities say, and there's no way to transport the animal this time of year.

Did a Jerusalem court really sentence a dog to death by stoning? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:25 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Have you heard the one about the dog who walked into a rabbinical court?

Obama's Afghanistan Drawdown: Why Troop Levels Won't Affect the War's Outcome (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:10 AM PDT Time.com - The number of U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan appears increasingly unlikely to decisively determine the outcome of the war

Northern Ireland violence raises questions about paramilitary group (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Jun 2011 11:43 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Homes and a Roman Catholic church in Belfast, Northern Ireland, came under attack last night in the city's worst night of sustained violence in recent years. And as riots erupted in a divided Catholic and Protestant area, many are asking why the Ulster Volunteer Force (UFV), the pro-British paramilitary organization being held responsible for the violence, has refused to go away despite having supposedly destroyed its weapons.

Supreme Court Tells Working Women, You're on Your Own (OneWorld.net) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:10 AM PDT OneWorld.net - Jun 21 (New America Media) - Sitting in the majestic paneled courtroom in the U.S. Supreme Court three months ago, it did not take long to get that dreaded sense that Betty Dukes and 1.5 million other current and former women employees at Wal-Mart were not likely to prevail in their epic 10-year battle against the nation's largest private employer.

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