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• Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting goes on (Reuters)
• Gaddafi military chief in fight with rebels: report (Reuters)
• Four Italian journalists kidnapped in Libya (Reuters)
• Strong 7.0-magnitude quake shakes Peruvian Amazon (Reuters)
• South Sudan says Khartoum-backed raiders kill 15 (Reuters)
• Libya: Ex-Gaddafi Mercenaries Describe Collapse of Regime (Time.com)
• Nokia launches 3 mass-market smartphones (AP)
• Hurricane Irene menaces smaller islands of Bahamas (AP)
• Gbagbo's party plans to move back into HQ (AP)
• China on track for modern military by 2020: Pentagon (Reuters)
• Ontario cuts deficits ahead of tight election (Reuters)
• MP's brothel bill threatens Australia's Gillard government (Reuters)
• Can the ICC successfully try Qaddafi? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Bees on a Plane: Swarm of Stingers Infests Russian Aircraft (Time.com)
• Libya rebels announce $1.7 million bounty for Qaddafi (The Christian Science Monitor)

Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting goes on (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:29 PM PDT Reuters - Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi, after he urged his men to fight on in battles across parts of the capital.

Gaddafi military chief in fight with rebels: report (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebels fought a fierce battle with Muammar Gaddafi's top military commander at his farm in Tripoli on Wednesday, a rebel spokesman said in comments broadcast on Al Arabiya TV.

Four Italian journalists kidnapped in Libya (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:38 PM PDT Reuters - Four Italian journalists were abducted by gunmen near Zawiyah in western Libya as they traveled toward Tripoli on Wednesday, Italian officials said.

Strong 7.0-magnitude quake shakes Peruvian Amazon (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - A strong earthquake struck a remote Amazon region of Peru on Wednesday, shaking buildings far away in the capital and in neighboring Brazil, although no injuries or damage were reported.

South Sudan says Khartoum-backed raiders kill 15 (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Reuters - South Sudan Wednesday accused Khartoum of backing a cross-border attack by insurgents that left over 72 people dead last week, the most violent incident of its kind since the South gained independence in August.

Libya: Ex-Gaddafi Mercenaries Describe Collapse of Regime (Time.com) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT Time.com - Some of the foreign fighters Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hired to fight for him over the past five months are heading home -- with stories to tell of life inside the doomed regime

Nokia launches 3 mass-market smartphones (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:29 PM PDT AP - Nokia on Wednesday unveiled three mass-market smartphones, as the troubled handset maker struggles against top-end competitors and cheaper producers in a market it once ruled as the innovative technology bellwether.

Hurricane Irene menaces smaller islands of Bahamas (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:34 PM PDT AP - A large and powerful Hurricane Irene was roaring its way Wednesday across the entire Bahamas archipelago, knocking down trees and tearing up roofs and posing the most severe threat to the smallest and least populated islands, officials said.

Gbagbo's party plans to move back into HQ (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:13 PM PDT AP - A spokesman says that the political party of Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo is planning to move back into their offices in Abidjan.

China on track for modern military by 2020: Pentagon (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - China appears on track to forge a modern military by 2020, a rapid buildup that could be potentially destabilizing to the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Ontario cuts deficits ahead of tight election (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 09:59 AM PDT Reuters - New figures point to a smaller Ontario budget deficit for 2010-11 and a tiny reduction in the shortfall for the following year as the provincial government curbs costs ahead of a tight race for the October 6 election.

MP's brothel bill threatens Australia's Gillard government (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:14 AM PDT Reuters - A political scandal involving a government MP over payments to prostitutes, which threatens Australia's minority government, deepened on Wednesday when the lawmaker's former union asked police to investigate his union credit card bills.

Can the ICC successfully try Qaddafi? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:44 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With Libyan rebels seemingly on the verge of victory, there are growing calls from international justice advocates for Muammar Qaddafi to be turned over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of human rights abuses.

Bees on a Plane: Swarm of Stingers Infests Russian Aircraft (Time.com) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT Time.com - These days it seems impossible to get on a plane without the threat of some creature disturbing the flight

Libya rebels announce $1.7 million bounty for Qaddafi (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Libyan rebel leadership, mindful of the need to bring the conflict to a swift end to avoid a descent into chaos, announced a 2 million dinar ($1.7 million) bounty on the head of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi today.

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