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• Libyan forces plan "final" attack on Gaddafi hometown (Reuters)
• Yemeni troops shell anti-Saleh forces (Reuters)
• Somali's al Shabaab kills 70 in Mogadishu bomb (Reuters)
• Russia, China veto U.N. resolution condemning Syria (Reuters)
• Amanda Knox heads for home after acquittal (Reuters)
• Amanda Knox Acquittal: What Now for the Family of Meredith Kercher? (Time.com)
• After 4-year ordeal, a Seattle homecoming for Knox (AP)
• Iran criticizes Turkey over missile defense shield (AP)
• Chile drops terror charges in bank bombings case (AP)
• UNESCO delays decision on disputed prize (AP)
• Ontario heads for uncertain minority government (Reuters)
• Amanda Knox freed after jury overturns controversial murder verdict (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Small Russian Orthodox Sect Considers Vladimir Putin a Saint (Time.com)
• Somalia famine revives debate: is it acceptable to patent aid? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libyan forces plan "final" attack on Gaddafi hometown (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 03:49 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan interim government forces have pledged to mount a final decisive attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown and one of his former lieutenants says he believes the deposed leader is ready to fight to the end.

Yemeni troops shell anti-Saleh forces (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - Yemeni soldiers loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened artillery fire late on Tuesday against armed fighters supporting protesters in the southern city of Taiz, in the latest resurgence of violence in the anti-Saleh stronghold.

Somali's al Shabaab kills 70 in Mogadishu bomb (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:48 PM PDT Reuters - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels struck at the heart of the capital on Tuesday, killing more than 70 people with a truck bomb in the group's most deadly attack in the country since launching an insurgency in 2007.

Russia, China veto U.N. resolution condemning Syria (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT Reuters - Russia and China joined forces on Tuesday to veto a European-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Syria and hinting it could face sanctions if its bloody crackdown on protesters continues.

Amanda Knox heads for home after acquittal (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:37 AM PDT Reuters - American student Amanda Knox flew home free on Tuesday after spending four years in an Italian jail, leaving the family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher racked with anguish that they are no closer to the truth about her killing.

Amanda Knox Acquittal: What Now for the Family of Meredith Kercher? (Time.com) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:05 AM PDT Time.com - Amanda Knox sobbed uncontrollably as a judge read out her acquittal. Several rows behind her, the family of Meredith Kercher stared ahead in silence

After 4-year ordeal, a Seattle homecoming for Knox (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:21 PM PDT AP - Amanda Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle on Tuesday with four years in an Italian prison behind her, the stabbing death of her roommate still a mystery and the media frenzy surrounding her case as strong on U.S. soil as it was in Europe.

Iran criticizes Turkey over missile defense shield (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:41 PM PDT AP - Iran criticized Turkey on Tuesday for agreeing to allow NATO to station an early warning radar in the southeast of the country that will serve as part of the alliance's missile defense system.

Chile drops terror charges in bank bombings case (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT AP - A major terror case in Chile fell apart Tuesday as prosecutors dropped charges due to a lack of evidence against 13 suspects who spent eight months in prison for a series of bombings outside bank buildings.

UNESCO delays decision on disputed prize (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:37 PM PDT AP - Diplomats at UNESCO delayed a decision Tuesday on whether to name a life sciences prize after the much-criticized ruler of Equatorial Guinea, giving respite to Western governments and U.N. diplomats who see him as tainted and the prize as an embarrassment.

Ontario heads for uncertain minority government (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:11 AM PDT Reuters - Last-minute polls before Ontario's Thursday election point to a minority government in Canada's economic capital, and either of the two big parties could end up in power.

Amanda Knox freed after jury overturns controversial murder verdict (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:18 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Amanda Knox was dramatically acquitted on Monday of the murder of Meredith Kercher, her British roommate, bringing to an end a four-year case that galvanized world attention and raised questions about standards accepted by the Italian justice system in a capital case.

Small Russian Orthodox Sect Considers Vladimir Putin a Saint (Time.com) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:05 AM PDT Time.com - With his flagging poll ratings and uphill battle for re-election in 2012, President Obama could be forgiven for casting an envious eye at Vladimir Putin

Somalia famine revives debate: is it acceptable to patent aid? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:07 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In Providence, R.I., a small factory is running 21 hours a day, six days a week, to meet the intense demand for Plumpy'nut, a candylike paste that has been heralded as a game changer for treating the kind of severe malnutrition racking Somalia and other drought-stricken areas.

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