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• Libya rebels repel attack on Misrata, Gaddafi appears (Reuters)
• Lone gunman shoots six dead in Dutch shopping mall (Reuters)
• Japan's reactor operator apologizes for radiation (Reuters)
• Syrian forces fire at mourners after mass funeral (Reuters)
• Gbagbo's forces attack Ouattara's Ivory Coast base (Reuters)
• Can the Syrian Regime Divide and Conquer Its Opposition? (Time.com)
• Sienna Miller: still suing over tabloid phone hack (AP)
• Yemenis demanding leader's ouster shot in 2 cities (AP)
• Peru's presidential election unpredictable (AP)
• Army "ready to use force" to clear Cairo square (Reuters)
• Aussies eye end to Masters jinx (AFP)
• Conservatives could get majority: poll (Reuters)
• Red Sox-Yankees series highlights globalization of baseball (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Peru's Presidential Vote: Looking Out for No. 2 (Time.com)
• Walid Makled's extradition case highlights warming Venezuela-Colombia ties (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libya rebels repel attack on Misrata, Gaddafi appears (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebels beat off a new assault by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the besieged western city of Misrata on Saturday, losing eight of their fighters in fierce street battles, the insurgents said.

Lone gunman shoots six dead in Dutch shopping mall (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - A lone gunman shot dead six people with an automatic weapon as he walked calmly through a Dutch shopping mall on Saturday, and threatened to blow up three other shopping malls before eventually killing himself.

Japan's reactor operator apologizes for radiation (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - A Japanese power company executive apologized for spreading radiation into the air and sea as regulators said the pumping of radioactive water into waters off Japan from a crippled nuclear plant would end on Sunday, one day later than planned.

Syrian forces fire at mourners after mass funeral (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian security forces opened fire on mourners near a mosque in the flashpoint city of Deraa after a mass funeral for pro-democracy protesters, two witnesses said on Saturday.

Gbagbo's forces attack Ouattara's Ivory Coast base (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo stepped up a counter-attack on presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Saturday by firing on his hotel headquarters in Abidjan.

Can the Syrian Regime Divide and Conquer Its Opposition? (Time.com) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:10 PM PDT Time.com - The uprising against the Assad dynasty continues despite attempts to appease -- and threaten -- the country's complex of interests

Sienna Miller: still suing over tabloid phone hack (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT AP - Prominent Britons who accuse a tabloid newspaper of hacking into their phone messages said Saturday they were not satisfied with the paper's apology and offer of compensation.

Yemenis demanding leader's ouster shot in 2 cities (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:54 PM PDT AP - Government forces shot bullets and tear gas at demonstrators in Yemen's capital and another city on Saturday as longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh resisted a diplomatic push for the resignation that hundreds of thousands of his own people were demanding in the streets.

Peru's presidential election unpredictable (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT AP - This resource-rich, corruption-bedeviled Andean nation is notorious for its volatile politics. Even so, Sunday's presidential election is shaping up to be the most unpredictable in decades.

Army "ready to use force" to clear Cairo square (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt's ruling generals said on Saturday they were ready to use force to end protests in Tahrir Square after troops cracked down on demonstrators overnight and sparked violence that medical sources said killed two people.

Aussies eye end to Masters jinx (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:48 PM PDT AFP - No Australian golfer has won the Masters but Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy and first-time Masters starter Jason Day have put themselves in position to end the jinx and claim the green jacket.

Conservatives could get majority: poll (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:06 AM PDT Reuters - The Conservatives have a lead of about 9 points over the Liberals in an opinion poll released on Saturday, hovering around levels that could give them a majority in the May 2 federal election.

Red Sox-Yankees series highlights globalization of baseball (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:36 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When the Red Sox and Yankees met for the first time this season today at Fenway Park, the greatest rivalry in America’s pastime had a decidedly foreign flavor.

Peru's Presidential Vote: Looking Out for No. 2 (Time.com) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:10 PM PDT Time.com - Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa has described a likely run-off between leading candidates as a choice between "terminal cancer and AIDS." It all depends on who comes in second on Sunday

Walid Makled's extradition case highlights warming Venezuela-Colombia ties (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:04 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Alleged drug kingpin Walid Makled says he has knowledge that Venezuela’s highest authorities are facilitating narco-trafficking and that the terrorist organization Hezbollah is active within the South American nation.

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