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• Egyptians honor activist whose death sparked revolt (Reuters)
• Syria to send in army after 120 troops killed (Reuters)
• Left-winger Humala wins Peru election, markets dive (Reuters)
• U.S., Pakistan authorities dispute militant's death (Reuters)
• How Chic Is Your Infant? Nestle Invents Luxury Baby Formula Machine (Time.com)
• Govt says military assets deployed near Yemen (AFP)
• Attack kills 120 Syrian forces; crackdown feared (AP)
• Tijuana mayor ordered held for 2 more days (AP)
• Explosions in Tripoli, rebels seize Libyan town (Reuters)
• 27th Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan (AP)
• Government charts return to balanced budgets (Reuters)
• Aftershock rocks quake-hit NZ city of Christchurch (AP)
• Peru election highlights decline of Latin America's hard-core left (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Q&A: The Dalai Lama's Successor Speaks Out (Time.com)
• Peru votes in divisive battle of the populists (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Oxfam charts brave new world of activism (OneWorld.net)

Egyptians honor activist whose death sparked revolt (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets on Monday and stood in silence in memory of activist Khaled Said, beaten to death outside an Internet cafe exactly a year ago by two police officers in the coastal city Alexandria.

Syria to send in army after 120 troops killed (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces fought gunmen in battles that left more than 120 members of the security forces dead, state television said in the first report of large-scale armed clashes in the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Left-winger Humala wins Peru election, markets dive (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - Left-wing former army commander Ollanta Humala won Peru's presidential election and vowed the poor will share in the country's new wealth but financial markets plunged on fears that he will ruin the economy.

U.S., Pakistan authorities dispute militant's death (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. and Pakistani authorities disagree sharply over claims that senior al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a recent missile strike, officials from both countries said on Monday, suggesting sharp strains persist between authorities in Washington and Islamabad.

How Chic Is Your Infant? Nestle Invents Luxury Baby Formula Machine (Time.com) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:35 PM PDT Time.com - A Swiss writer takes NestlÉ to task for inventing a machine -- andmarketing campaign -- that she says turns the simple preparation of babyformula into a status symbol. And sign of our wasteful times

Govt says military assets deployed near Yemen (AFP) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 04:06 PM PDT AFP - The government confirmed the deployment of military assets near Yemen but did not verify reports that ships were on standby in the Gulf to evacuate its nationals.

Attack kills 120 Syrian forces; crackdown feared (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 04:30 PM PDT AP - Armed men killed 120 Syrian security forces and torched government buildings Monday in a northern region where troops have unleashed deadly assaults on protesters for days, Syria said. The government vowed to respond "decisively," hinting at an even more brutal crackdown by a regime known for ruthlessly crushing dissent.

Tijuana mayor ordered held for 2 more days (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT AP - Federal prosecutors on Monday ordered a former Tijuana mayor held an additional two days on possible weapons and organized crime charges, while the government insisted an early-morning raid on the self-proclaimed billionaire's home wasn't an effort to hurt an opposition party ahead of elections.

Explosions in Tripoli, rebels seize Libyan town (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:53 PM PDT Reuters - Loud explosions shook Tripoli on Monday night in what appeared to be stepped up NATO air strikes on the Libyan capital, and rebel forces seized a town in the west, driving out Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

27th Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT AP - An official says an Australian soldier has been killed in an operation that destroyed a large cache of insurgent munitions in Afghanistan. The casualty is the 27th Australian death in the Afghan conflict and the fourth in two weeks.

Government charts return to balanced budgets (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - The government unveiled a budget on Monday that reasserted its aim to make Canada the first Group of Seven industrialized country to return to balanced books.

Aftershock rocks quake-hit NZ city of Christchurch (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT AP - An aftershock has rattled the earthquake-ravaged city of Christchurch, New Zealand, but no serious damage or injuries were reported.

Peru election highlights decline of Latin America's hard-core left (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 11:10 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The last time Ollanta Humala was close to capturing the presidency in Peru, cries of the "leftist tide" of Latin America were at a fever pitch.

Q&A: The Dalai Lama's Successor Speaks Out (Time.com) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:35 PM PDT Time.com - Lobsang Sangay will soon replace the Dalai Lama as the head of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile. In an exclusive interview with Le Temps, the Harvard-educated legal scholar talks about China, Tibet, the Internet and the power of trust

Peru votes in divisive battle of the populists (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Peruvians are flocking to the polls to pick a new president today in the closest and most polarized election in the country’s modern history.

Oxfam charts brave new world of activism (OneWorld.net) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 07:56 AM PDT OneWorld.net - LONDON, June 6 (OneWorld.net) - A campaign to end global hunger launched in over 40 countries last week by the international aid agency, Oxfam, may signal new levels of ambition for movements pursuing social and environmental reform.

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