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• Libyan forces say they captured part of Sabha (Reuters)
• Clashes escalate in Yemen after crackdown (Reuters)
• Syrian forces kill eight near Homs: activists (Reuters)
• Himalayan quake deaths rise as night falls (Reuters)
• UBS struggles with rogue-trader scandal aftermath (Time.com)
• S&P cuts Italy ratings one notch, outlook negative (Reuters)
• Libyan fighters take airport near pro-Gadhafi city (AP)
• Venezuela deports 6 suspected drug traffickers (AP)
• Radio: Somali kids win weapons in Quran contest (AP)
• US official: Notification Wed. on Taiwan arms sale (AP)
• Canada set to respond if Air Canada workers strike (Reuters)
• Fake pilot prank prompts scare at NZ airport (AP)
• Libya: Rebels' Battle for Sirt Is the Toughest Fight Yet (Time.com)
• Greek government in desperate battle to avert default (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libyan forces say they captured part of Sabha (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - Libya's interim government said on Monday its forces had seized the airport and fort in Sabha, one of the last strongholds of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi which also controls the main route south out of Libya.

Clashes escalate in Yemen after crackdown (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:22 PM PDT Reuters - At least 56 people were killed over two days in the deadliest crackdown yet on pro-democracy protesters in Sanaa, triggering fierce gun battles on Monday between soldiers who had defected to the opposition and those loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Syrian forces kill eight near Homs: activists (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:29 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces shot dead at least six villagers and two rebel soldiers on Monday, in a sweep of countryside north of the city of Homs, one of the most defiant regions in pro-democracy protests, activists and residents said.

Himalayan quake deaths rise as night falls (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 06:55 AM PDT Reuters - Rescuers dug through mudslides on roads to isolated Himalayan villages on Monday in search of survivors after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake killed 63 people in India, Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet.

UBS struggles with rogue-trader scandal aftermath (Time.com) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 07:45 AM PDT Time.com - While experts say Switzerland's largest bank has a lot of work ahead of it to restore its reputation, they also agree that risk -- and pain -- is all part of the business

S&P cuts Italy ratings one notch, outlook negative (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 04:55 PM PDT Reuters - Standard and Poor's downgraded its unsolicited ratings on Italy by one notch to A/A-1 and kept its outlook on negative, a major surprise that threatens to add to concerns of contagion in the debt-stressed euro zone.

Libyan fighters take airport near pro-Gadhafi city (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 04:42 PM PDT AP - Facing little resistance, revolutionary fighters captured the airport and other parts of a southern desert city that is one of the last remaining strongholds of Moammar Gadhafi's forces Monday, even as military offensives stalled to the north.

Venezuela deports 6 suspected drug traffickers (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 04:28 PM PDT AP - Venezuela deported six suspected drug traffickers wanted in Colombia and the United States on Monday, touting the action as proof the government is making strides in fighting smuggling.

Radio: Somali kids win weapons in Quran contest (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:26 PM PDT AP - An Islamist insurgent-run radio station in Somalia says it is awarding guns, bombs and books to three children in a Quran recital contest.

US official: Notification Wed. on Taiwan arms sale (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 04:08 PM PDT AP - A senior U.S. official says the Obama administration will notify Congress on Wednesday of a decision to sell Taiwan new military planes or upgrade its existing fleet of F-16 fighter jets.

Canada set to respond if Air Canada workers strike (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:39 PM PDT Reuters - The Canadian government looked set to legislate Air Canada's flight attendants back to work if last-ditch contract talks break down, because of concern that a strike would damage a still-fragile economy.

Fake pilot prank prompts scare at NZ airport (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 11:59 PM PDT AP - It was enough to spark a major security scare: A man posing as a pilot tried to gain access to a restricted part of an international airport and then escaped when questioned.

Libya: Rebels' Battle for Sirt Is the Toughest Fight Yet (Time.com) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 07:45 AM PDT Time.com - While Libya's rebels have already captured large swaths of the country, their fighters have met with tough resistance at Muammar Gaddafi's pivotal hometown of Sirt. It could be a long fight

Greek government in desperate battle to avert default (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 08:13 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Greek debt crisis reached a new climax this weekend when Prime Minister George Papandreou, already en route to the US where he was due to meet IMF chief Christine Lagarde and other top officials, canceled his visit to return to Athens and chair an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday.

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