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• Libyan forces battle to loosen grip on Gaddafi towns (Reuters)
• Syria says spy helped Israel kill Hezbollah chief (Reuters)
• U.S. links Pakistan to group it blames for Kabul attack (Reuters)
• Attack in western Ivory Coast kills 15: state TV (Reuters)
• Greek PM cancels U.S. trip as debt crisis deepens (Reuters)
• Christian Anxiety in Syria: A Minority Grapples With Who to Support (Time.com)
• Exit polls: Pro-Russia party wins Latvian vote (AP)
• Anti-government protesters storm Yemeni university (AP)
• Chavez heads to Cuba saying cancer is history (AP)
• Egypt to start parliamentary vote on November 21: Al-Ahram (Reuters)
• US says evidence ties militant group to Pakistan (AP)
• At eurozone meeting, ministers find unity only in rejecting Geithner (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Scrawny Calves? Try Some WÜndersocks with Your Lederhosen (Time.com)
• Why EU peacekeepers occupied Serbia-Kosovo border posts (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libyan forces battle to loosen grip on Gaddafi towns (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 03:22 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan interim government forces charged a desert stronghold controlled by fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and battled on the streets of the ousted leader's hometown as they struggled to quash his last pockets of support.

Syria says spy helped Israel kill Hezbollah chief (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 02:10 PM PDT Reuters - Syria broadcast on Saturday what it said was the confession of a Jordanian-Palestinian man who gave Israel information leading to the assassination of Hezbollah military commander Imad Moughniyah in Damascus three years ago.

U.S. links Pakistan to group it blames for Kabul attack (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 11:42 AM PDT Reuters - The United States accused Pakistan on Saturday of having links to a militant group Washington blames for an attack on the U.S. embassy and other targets in Kabul and said the government in Islamabad must cut those ties.

Attack in western Ivory Coast kills 15: state TV (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - Gunmen attacked Ivory Coast's armed forces in the southwest of the country overnight on Thursday and 15 people were killed, state television said on Saturday.

Greek PM cancels U.S. trip as debt crisis deepens (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 01:04 PM PDT Reuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou canceled a planned visit to the United States on Saturday to deal with a deepening crisis at home, days before European Union and IMF inspectors decide on further funding for the debt-ridden country.

Christian Anxiety in Syria: A Minority Grapples With Who to Support (Time.com) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 10:20 PM PDT Time.com - Torn between their hunger for freedom and fear of radical Islam, Syria's ancient minority Christians do not know whether to support the protesters or Bashar al-Assad's regime

Exit polls: Pro-Russia party wins Latvian vote (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 02:04 PM PDT AP - A left-wing, pro-Russia party was poised to win a snap election in Latvia, according to two exit polls released Saturday, marking a milestone for Latvia, where parties distrustful of Russia have won all national elections over the past 20 years.

Anti-government protesters storm Yemeni university (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 01:56 PM PDT AP - Thousands of anti-government protesters in Yemen stormed the capital's main university Saturday, preventing the first day of classes from beginning and tearing down pictures of the longtime leader whose ouster they seek.

Chavez heads to Cuba saying cancer is history (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 04:30 PM PDT AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed back to Cuba on Saturday for a fourth phase of chemotherapy that he expects to be his last round of treatment for cancer.

Egypt to start parliamentary vote on November 21: Al-Ahram (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 02:21 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt will start parliamentary elections on November 21, Al Arabiya Television and the Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Saturday, the country's first vote since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February after 30 years of autocratic rule.

US says evidence ties militant group to Pakistan (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 11:06 AM PDT AP - The U.S. ambassador to Islamabad said in remarks broadcast Saturday that there is evidence linking the Haqqani insurgent network to the Pakistani government, a charge that could raise tensions in an already strained anti-terror alliance between Washington and Islamabad.

At eurozone meeting, ministers find unity only in rejecting Geithner (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:37 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - At the end of tumultuous week at financial markets and in European politics, European Union finance ministers meeting in Poland were trying to get a grip on the eurozone debt crisis.

Scrawny Calves? Try Some WÜndersocks with Your Lederhosen (Time.com) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 10:20 PM PDT Time.com - As Germany kicks off Oktoberfest, Herbert Lipah, the quirky owner of the "Lederhosen Madness" speciality store, offers a unique product made for men with low self-esteem about their shanks

Why EU peacekeepers occupied Serbia-Kosovo border posts (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:57 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - European Union peacekeepers in Kosovo Thursday occupied two border posts along the Serbia-Kosovo border without reigniting simmering tensions in the region.

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