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• Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders (Reuters)
• Defiant Gaddafi vows no surrender (Reuters)
• Syrian forces raid Hama, official resigns in protest (Reuters)
• U.N. panel faults both sides in Gaza flotilla clash (Reuters)
• Iran "charm offensive" fails to ease nuclear fears (Reuters)
• Out of Libya's Shadows: A Source Reveals His Real Identity (Time.com)
• Clinton: Libya must deal with Lockerbie bomber (AP)
• Gadhafi, in hiding, vows no surrender in Libya (AP)
• Mexico's old ruling PRI hits bumps in rebranding (AP)
• World leaders back new Libyan administration (AP)
• Afghans anxious about exit of foreign troops (AP)
• Analysis: String of deaths opens door to tough questions (Reuters)
• Australians Ask: What Do We Do With a Folk Hero's Bones? (The Atlantic Wire)
• Hana Qaddafi: dictator's daughter survived Reagan's bombs? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• German City Taxes Prostitutes with a Sidewalk Meter (Time.com)
• Flag lowered on British town's tradition of honoring Iraq and Afghanistan war dead (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 02:40 PM PDT Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters from hiding to fight on as Libya's new interim rulers met world leaders on Thursday to discuss reshaping a nation torn by 42 years of one-man rule and six months of civil war.

Defiant Gaddafi vows no surrender (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 02:11 PM PDT Reuters - A defiant Muammar Gaddafi rejected on Thursday demands by Libya's new rulers that his forces should surrender.

Syrian forces raid Hama, official resigns in protest (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces raided houses in Hama on Thursday, residents said, hours after the city's attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest against the suppression of street demonstrations.

U.N. panel faults both sides in Gaza flotilla clash (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - A long-awaited U.N. report on an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship that killed nine Turks declares that Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip was legal, but that the Jewish state used unreasonable force.

Iran "charm offensive" fails to ease nuclear fears (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:00 AM PDT Reuters - An Iranian effort to show increased openness about its disputed nuclear program is doing little to dispel Western suspicions about Tehran's atomic ambitions, with one Vienna-based envoy dismissing it as a "charm offensive."

Out of Libya's Shadows: A Source Reveals His Real Identity (Time.com) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - In communications, he was called "Mr. Utah." But now that the fear of Gaddafi has faded, he has emerged from anonymity to reveal more fully his family's travails

Clinton: Libya must deal with Lockerbie bomber (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:35 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Libyan opposition leaders Thursday that they must deal with the case of the only person convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and that the U.S. will be watching closely how they handle it. The bomber "should be behind bars," Clinton said.

Gadhafi, in hiding, vows no surrender in Libya (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:46 PM PDT AP - In a fiery broadcast from hiding, Moammar Gadhafi warned Thursday that loyalist tribes in his main strongholds were armed and preparing for battle, a show of defiance hours after rebels extended a deadline for the surrender of the fugitive leader's hometown.

Mexico's old ruling PRI hits bumps in rebranding (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:59 PM PDT AP - The leader of Mexico's long-ruling political dynasty is facing some old-style scandals in his campaign to repair the party's image and regain the presidency in 2012.

World leaders back new Libyan administration (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:34 PM PDT AP - World community, meet Libya's new leaders. That was the message of an international conference in Paris on Thursday that was short on substance but full of symbolism.

Afghans anxious about exit of foreign troops (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:56 AM PDT AP - It's been a tough summer in Afghanistan: Foreign troops started leaving. The Afghan president's half brother was assassinated. Suicide bombers keep killing government officials. The Taliban shot down a helicopter, killing 30 Americans. Civilian casualties are up and many Afghans fear their nation will plunge into civil war once the foreign forces go home.

Analysis: String of deaths opens door to tough questions (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:04 PM PDT Reuters - Determining whether the sudden deaths of three players was related to their enforcer roles is something that must be explored, a leading sports psychologist and former National Hockey League tough guy said on Thursday.

Australians Ask: What Do We Do With a Folk Hero's Bones? (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:53 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Related: A Guide to the Details of the Australia Collar Bomb

Hana Qaddafi: dictator's daughter survived Reagan's bombs? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:39 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The story began in 1986, after the Libyan-backed bombing of a nightclub in West Berlin. The attacks were aimed at US servicemen, and ended up killing two and injuring dozens.

German City Taxes Prostitutes with a Sidewalk Meter (Time.com) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - The oldest profession in the book just got a new chapter

Flag lowered on British town's tradition of honoring Iraq and Afghanistan war dead (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:08 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The scene became a familiar backdrop to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan here: funeral processions slowly creeping through the market town of Wootton Bassett, met by a silent, dignified line of residents, heads bowed.

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