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• Rebels enter Tripoli, crowds celebrate in streets (Reuters)
• Assad warns action against Syria will backfire (Reuters)
• Who can unite Libya if Gaddafi falls? (Reuters)
• Egypt, Israel try to defuse tension over killings (Reuters)
• Analysis: Row over killings shows Egypt-Israel ties cooling (Reuters)
• Libyan Rebels Enter Tripoli Without Resistance: Where's Muammar? (Time.com)
• Int'l court: Rebels have detained Gadhafi's son (AP)
• Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse (AP)
• Chavez's supporters shave heads in solidarity (AP)
• ICC says Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam detained (Reuters)
• Trucks, camper vans and SUVs in Australian protest (AP)
• Jet crashes in Canadian Arctic, 12 killed (Reuters)
• Is Medvedev Readying For Another Run At Russia's Presidency? (Time.com)

Rebels enter Tripoli, crowds celebrate in streets (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - Rebel fighters streamed into Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi's forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate, tearing down posters of the Libyan leader.

Assad warns action against Syria will backfire (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 03:07 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday unrest sweeping the country had become more militant but he was confident it could be controlled and warned that any military action against his nation would backfire.

Who can unite Libya if Gaddafi falls? (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:33 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebel Husam Najjair seems more concerned about the possibility of rebels turning on each other when they try to take control of the capital Tripoli than the threat posed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

Egypt, Israel try to defuse tension over killings (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:16 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt and Israel sought on Sunday to defuse a diplomatic crisis over the killing of five Egyptian security personnel during an Israeli operation against cross-border raiders, but crowds of Egyptians protested angrily at the Israeli embassy in Cairo.

Analysis: Row over killings shows Egypt-Israel ties cooling (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:05 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt's stern rebuke to Israel over the deaths of five Egyptian security personnel is the clearest sign yet of cooling ties as Cairo's military rulers try to appease a newly-assertive public largely antagonistic to the Jewish state.

Libyan Rebels Enter Tripoli Without Resistance: Where's Muammar? (Time.com) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 03:35 PM PDT Time.com - It may finally be over for Gaddafi as his loyalists melt away and the once-fearsome regime, after months of siege, is revealed to be toothless

Int'l court: Rebels have detained Gadhafi's son (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 04:23 PM PDT AP - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says Seif al-Islam Gadhafi — a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi indicted along with his father on crimes against humanity charges — has been detained.

Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 04:23 PM PDT AP - Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into the capital Tripoli on Sunday and moved close to center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenses collapsed and his regime appeared to be crumbling fast.

Chavez's supporters shave heads in solidarity (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 04:34 PM PDT AP - Supporters of President Hugo Chavez shaved their heads in solidarity with their leader's struggle against cancer on Sunday as hundreds prayed and sang at a televised event.

ICC says Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam detained (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 04:15 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam has been detained, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's office said.

Trucks, camper vans and SUVs in Australian protest (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT AP - Trucks, camper vans and SUVs festooned with anti-government banners and honking their horns have driven around Australia's Parliament House in a protest calling for new elections.

Jet crashes in Canadian Arctic, 12 killed (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:32 AM PDT Reuters - Twelve people were killed when a First Air jet crashed near Resolute Bay in the far north of the Canadian Arctic, but three people survived, the airline said on Saturday.

Is Medvedev Readying For Another Run At Russia's Presidency? (Time.com) Posted: 21 Aug 2011 03:35 PM PDT Time.com - Analysis: In a recent nationally-broadcast interview, President Medvedevreminisced about Russia's 2009 war with Georgia. His recollections haveRussian pundits wondering if Medvedev is now preparing for a new fight -- onthe political front

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