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• NATO helicopters ratchet up pressure on Gaddafi (Reuters)
• Yemeni President leaves country for medical treatment (Reuters)
• "Dozens arrested" at service for Iran activist: report (Reuters)
• Portuguese go to polls as country grapples with bailout (Reuters)
• Syria forces killed 70 protesters Friday: activists (Reuters)
• With Maoists Refusing To Turn Over Their Arms, Nepal Totters On The Edge Of Political Crisis (Time.com)
• Jai McDowall wins 'Britain's Got Talent' (AFP)
• Acrobat, mom reenact fatal Puerto Rico wire walk (AP)
• Egypt presidential hopefuls make their pitch (AFP)
• Al-Qaida militant said killed by US in Pakistan (AP)
• Australia assures UN on Malaysia plan (AFP)
• Atheist confab in Ireland comes as Europe confronts religion in public life (The Christian Science Monitor)
• In Yemen's Confused Capital: The City of the Invisible President (Time.com)
• Yemen's Saleh injured in escalating violence as residents scurry for shelter (The Christian Science Monitor)

NATO helicopters ratchet up pressure on Gaddafi (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 01:45 PM PDT Reuters - British and French attack helicopters struck inside Libya for the first time overnight on Saturday, hitting targets in the oil port of Brega as NATO forces stepped up their air war against Muammar Gaddafi.

Yemeni President leaves country for medical treatment (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - President Ali Abdullah Saleh left Yemen and flew into Saudi Arabia on Sunday for medical treatment, pitching Yemen deeper into turmoil after months of protests against his three-decade rule.

"Dozens arrested" at service for Iran activist: report (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:37 PM PDT Reuters - Dozens of people were arrested at a commemoration service Saturday for an Iranian activist who died at her father's funeral earlier in the week after a scuffle with security forces, an opposition website reported.

Portuguese go to polls as country grapples with bailout (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 04:32 PM PDT Reuters - Portugal will elect a new government on Sunday which will lead the country through a period of deep austerity and recession after it received a 78-billion-euro ($114 billion) bailout from the European Union and IMF.

Syria forces killed 70 protesters Friday: activists (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:07 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces killed at least 70 protesters Friday, activists said, one of the bloodiest days since the start of an 11-week revolt against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

With Maoists Refusing To Turn Over Their Arms, Nepal Totters On The Edge Of Political Crisis (Time.com) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:00 AM PDT Time.com - Nepal's major parties have hammered out a last-minute deal to save the Constituent Assembly. But six years after the end of a bitter civil war, the country's divisions still remain raw.

Jai McDowall wins 'Britain's Got Talent' (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 03:18 PM PDT AFP - Scottish singer Jai McDowall triumphed in the final of TV show "Britain's Got Talent" on Saturday, in an upset that saw favourite Ronan Parke pushed into second place.

Acrobat, mom reenact fatal Puerto Rico wire walk (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 04:23 PM PDT AP - Two members of a famed acrobatic family commemorated patriarch Karl Wallenda on Saturday by completing the stunt that killed him, walking between two towers of a seaside hotel on a wire 100 feet (31 meters) above the ground, without a net.

Egypt presidential hopefuls make their pitch (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:29 PM PDT AFP - For a country where over-the-top venality characterised politics for decades, Egypt's first ever presidential candidates' debate on Saturday was a sedate and courteous occasion.

Al-Qaida militant said killed by US in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 04:22 PM PDT AP - An al-Qaida leader sought in the 2008 Mumbai siege and rumored to be a longshot choice to succeed Osama bin Laden was believed killed in a U.S. drone attack as he met with other militants in an apple orchard in Pakistan, an intelligence official said Saturday. If confirmed, it would be another blow against the terror organization a month after the slaying of its leader.

Australia assures UN on Malaysia plan (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:43 AM PDT AFP - Australia vowed Saturday to work closely with the United Nations to ensure unaccompanied asylum seeker children sent to Malaysia were protected after the world body withdrew support for the scheme.

Atheist confab in Ireland comes as Europe confronts religion in public life (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:51 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - This weekend, about 350 conventioneers descend on Dublin to discuss matters of faith and its place in public life. It's not a meeting of the Catholic Church hierarchy, but the first World Atheist Convention.

In Yemen's Confused Capital: The City of the Invisible President (Time.com) Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:00 AM PDT Time.com - The fighting between tribal militia and regime loyalists continues to pound the capital even as Saudi intervention and Saleh's departure are the talk of the town

Yemen's Saleh injured in escalating violence as residents scurry for shelter (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Updated at 4:00 p.m. ET with news of Saleh's radio address.

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