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• Last throes of Libya war focus on Sirte (Reuters)
• Lockerbie bomber "at death's door" in Libya: report (Reuters)
• Suicide attack kills at least 24 at Baghdad mosque (Reuters)
• Syrian forces storm northern town, fight defectors: residents (Reuters)
• Japan to pick latest PM as revolving door turns (Reuters)
• On Patrol with the Benghazi Brigade: Winning Hearts and Minds in Tripoli (Time.com)
• London carnival enjoys peaceful first day (Reuters)
• Officials: 29 dead in suicide bomb in Iraq mosque (AP)
• Hundreds protest over Mexico casino arson attack (AP)
• Safety of UN Nigeria HQ in question after bombing (AP)
• Sino-Forest's Chan resigns as chairman and CEO (Reuters)
• Irene wind speed at 50 mph, nears Canada: NHC (Reuters)
• Libya's interim government strengthens grip, says Khamis Qaddafi may be dead (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Pakistan's Islamic Take On "Millionaire" Game Show Is Nightly Sign Of The Times (Time.com)
• Anna Hazare breaks fast, renews faith in people power [VIDEO] (The Christian Science Monitor)

Last throes of Libya war focus on Sirte (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:37 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebel forces were converging on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Monday, hoping to deliver the coup de grace of their revolution but uncertain if the fallen strongman was holed up there.

Lockerbie bomber "at death's door" in Libya: report (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - The Libyan convicted in the 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland has been found in Tripoli and appears "at death's door," CNN reported on Sunday.

Suicide attack kills at least 24 at Baghdad mosque (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber posing as a beggar detonated his explosives inside a major Baghdad Sunni mosque on Sunday, killing at least 24 people, including an Iraqi lawmaker, just as they finished evening prayers, hospital and local officials said.

Syrian forces storm northern town, fight defectors: residents (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces stormed a town on the main road leading to Turkey Sunday after troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fought a night-time battle in Damascus with army defectors who had refused to shoot at a pro-democracy protest.

Japan to pick latest PM as revolving door turns (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - Japan's ruling party picks a new prime minister on Monday and little suggests that the nation's sixth leader in five years will have the necessary vision, power or time to tackle a long list of economic ills while coping with a nuclear crisis.

On Patrol with the Benghazi Brigade: Winning Hearts and Minds in Tripoli (Time.com) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:50 AM PDT Time.com - Newly arrived from the eastern half of the country, the militia wants to prove it is not an army of occupation

London carnival enjoys peaceful first day (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - Revellers packed west London on Sunday for one of Europe's biggest street parties with record numbers of police on duty to make sure there was no repetition of riots that scarred the British capital three weeks ago.

Officials: 29 dead in suicide bomb in Iraq mosque (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 03:43 PM PDT AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing 29 people during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago.

Hundreds protest over Mexico casino arson attack (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:08 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of people are protesting outside the state government offices in a northern Mexico city three days after an arson attack on a casino killed 52 people.

Safety of UN Nigeria HQ in question after bombing (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT AP - Two top U.N. officials offered conflicting views Sunday on the safety of its Nigeria headquarters after a suicide car bombing there, as the world body paused to mourn the 23 people killed in the attack claimed by a radical Muslim sect.

Sino-Forest's Chan resigns as chairman and CEO (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:50 PM PDT Reuters - Sino-Forest, a Chinese forestry company accused of fraud, said on Sunday Allen Chan had resigned as chairman and CEO and that it placed three senior employees on administrative leave, due to information uncovered in an ongoing internal review.

Irene wind speed at 50 mph, nears Canada: NHC (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - Tropical Storm Irene maintained maximum wind speeds of 50 miles per hour (80 km per hour) as the storm neared Canada on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Libya's interim government strengthens grip, says Khamis Qaddafi may be dead (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 10:27 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Khamis Qaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and commander of a brutal military brigade, may have been killed Saturday, the military spokesman for the interim Libyan government said.

Pakistan's Islamic Take On "Millionaire" Game Show Is Nightly Sign Of The Times (Time.com) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:50 AM PDT Time.com - As many as 40 million Pakistanis tune in every night for "Alif Laam Meem," an Islamic version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." The trivia show's popularity is just one example of how dominant a role religion now plays in Pakistan.

Anna Hazare breaks fast, renews faith in people power [VIDEO] (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 08:19 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - After successfully forcing the Indian government to support sweeping anticorruption legislation, activist Anna Hazare broke a 12-day fast Sunday that expanded the space for citizen participation in the world’s largest democracy.

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