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• Gaddafi forces, rebels fight over Zawiyah (Reuters)
• American man kidnapped by assailants in Pakistan (Reuters)
• Syrian forces kill 3 as tanks enter coastal city (Reuters)
• Protests across Israel against high cost of living (Reuters)
• Insurgents killed eight Afghan security officials (Reuters)
• Dissent in Damascus' Shadows: Driving Around Syria's Capital (Time.com)
• Britain's top cop slams UK role for US crime guru (AP)
• Egypt's Islamists challenge military rulers (AP)
• Cuba transgender wedding shows shifting attitudes (AP)
• WFP expands relief work in famine-hit Somalia (AP)
• Gunmen abduct US man in brazen raid in Pakistan (AP)
• Why Egypt is angry over $65 million in US democracy grants (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Levi's Ad Depicting Riot Scenes Canceled in UK (Time.com)
• Rising demand for oil could lead to global double-dip recession (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gaddafi forces, rebels fight over Zawiyah (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 05:03 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan government forces and rebels clashed around the western town of Zawiyah on Saturday as the insurgents tried to push closer to the capital Tripoli.

American man kidnapped by assailants in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 04:18 PM PDT Reuters - Several assailants broke into a house in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore in the pre-dawn hours Saturday, overcame security guards and kidnapped a U.S. man identified as an international development expert, police said.

Syrian forces kill 3 as tanks enter coastal city (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - Syrian troops killed three people as tanks swept into a coastal city on Saturday, activists said, in a crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad which drew criticism from an international Muslim group.

Protests across Israel against high cost of living (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 02:22 PM PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands of people gathered across Israel Saturday to call for lower living costs in an effort to show the government their protest movement has countrywide support.

Insurgents killed eight Afghan security officials (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:24 AM PDT Reuters - Insurgents killed eight Afghan security officials who were kidnapped a day earlier in one of the most dangerous areas in central Afghanistan, a government official said on Saturday, and the Taliban claimed responsibility for the killings.

Dissent in Damascus' Shadows: Driving Around Syria's Capital (Time.com) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:25 AM PDT Time.com - Assad's power-base seems muted compared to the rest of the country but dissidents are at work here too

Britain's top cop slams UK role for US crime guru (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 04:39 PM PDT AP - Tensions between Britain's government and police leaders flared Saturday over Prime Minister David Cameron's recruitment of a veteran American police commander to advise him on how to combat gangs and prevent a repeat of the past week's riots.

Egypt's Islamists challenge military rulers (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 03:35 PM PDT AP - Egypt's largest political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, warned the country's military rulers Saturday not to interfere in the writing of a new constitution.

Cuba transgender wedding shows shifting attitudes (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT AP - A gay man and a woman whose sex-change operation was paid for by the state tied the knot Saturday in a first-of-its-kind wedding for Cuba, a sign of how much the country's attitude toward sexuality has changed since gays and transsexuals suffered persecution in the early years after the revolution.

WFP expands relief work in famine-hit Somalia (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 12:44 PM PDT AP - The World Food Program said Saturday that it is expanding its food distribution efforts in famine-struck Somalia, where the U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it.

Gunmen abduct US man in brazen raid in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 04:10 PM PDT AP - Gunmen kidnapped an American development expert after tricking his guards and breaking into his house in Pakistan on Saturday, a brazen raid that alarmed aid workers, diplomats and other foreigners who already tread carefully in this country rife with Islamic militancy and anti-U.S. sentiment.

Why Egypt is angry over $65 million in US democracy grants (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:55 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Egyptian government’s hostile response to a US initiative to fund pro-democracy groups has strained America's relations with its biggest Arab ally during a critical transitional period for Egypt.

Levi's Ad Depicting Riot Scenes Canceled in UK (Time.com) Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:25 AM PDT Time.com - In the UK, jeans could encourage riots. And not just when Macy's holds a sale

Rising demand for oil could lead to global double-dip recession (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:22 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When the global economy slows, one of the few bright spots for consumers is a little relief at the pump, with gas prices falling in response to slowing demand. But this time around, oil prices look set to stay firm, and perhaps rise, through a stagnant growth cycle.

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