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• Syrian forces head for second northern protest town (Reuters)
• North and south Sudan agree to demilitarize Abyei: AU (Reuters)
• Libyan rebels edge westwards out of Misrata (Reuters)
• Former Tunisian president to face June 20 trial (Reuters)
• Yemen arrests suspects over attack on Saleh (Reuters)
• The Two-Faced Veil: Symbol of Patriarchy or Islamic Feminism? (Time.com)
• 2nd lesbian blogger revealed as man (AP)
• Hezbollah rise in Lebanon gives Syria, Iran sway (AP)
• Video shows Guatemala prosecutor's decapitation (AP)
• Country facing tough choices over Libya campaign: navy (AFP)
• Quake clean-up begins anew in Christchurch (AFP)
• Maple launches formal $3.8 billion hostile bid for TMX (Reuters)
• Strong quakes again rock shaken New Zealand city (AP)
• Two years after Iran's marred election, hard-liners anything but triumphant (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Waiting for Saleh: Yemen's Opposition Bickers and Grows Nervous (Time.com)
• Bahrain sentences college-aged poet to one year in prison (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Child labour and youth unemployment pose dilemmas (OneWorld.net)

Syrian forces head for second northern protest town (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:05 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian troops pushed toward the northern town of Maarat al-Numaan on the Damascus-Aleppo highway after rounding up hundreds of people in a sweep through villages near Jisr al-Shughour, fleeing residents said.

North and south Sudan agree to demilitarize Abyei: AU (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:02 AM PDT Reuters - North and south Sudan have agreed in principle to demilitarize the Abyei region and to deploy Ethiopian peacekeeping troops in the area, an African Union official said Monday.

Libyan rebels edge westwards out of Misrata (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebels edged slowly beyond their western stronghold of Misrata toward Tripoli, but faced supply shortages after shelling from Muammar Gaddafi forces hit a key refinery in the city.

Former Tunisian president to face June 20 trial (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - Former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia in January, will be tried in absentia on June 20, Tunisia's interim prime minister said Monday.

Yemen arrests suspects over attack on Saleh (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen said on Monday it had arrested several people suspected of trying to kill President Ali Abdullah Saleh whose country, torn by protests against his rule and other conflicts, stands on the brink of civil war.

The Two-Faced Veil: Symbol of Patriarchy or Islamic Feminism? (Time.com) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:25 PM PDT Time.com - A new book argues that the veil, though conservative in origin, has become a symbol of a new kind of Muslim identity after 9/11.

2nd lesbian blogger revealed as man (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:39 PM PDT AP - The hoax involving the true identity of a Syrian lesbian blogger has taken another turn, as another man has acknowledged he is behind a lesbian blog that republished vivid accounts of revolt in Damascus.

Hezbollah rise in Lebanon gives Syria, Iran sway (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:50 PM PDT AP - Hezbollah and its allies rose to a position of unprecedented dominance in Lebanon's government Monday, giving its patrons Syria and Iran greater sway in the Middle East.

Video shows Guatemala prosecutor's decapitation (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:37 PM PDT AP - Federal officials say they found a video of the decapitation of a Guatemalan prosecutor in the cell phone of an alleged Zetas cartel member captured earlier this month.

Country facing tough choices over Libya campaign: navy (AFP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:24 PM PDT AFP - Britain could have to make tough choices about its military priorities if the Libya campaign drags on, the head of the Royal Navy said Monday, in comments that called recent defence cuts into question.

Quake clean-up begins anew in Christchurch (AFP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:55 PM PDT AFP - Earthquake-weary Christchurch residents on Tuesday set about cleaning up after a series of powerful tremors, as aftershocks continued to rattle the New Zealand city.

Maple launches formal $3.8 billion hostile bid for TMX (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT Reuters - A Canadian consortium of banks and pension funds has taken its $3.8 billion (C$3.7 billion) takeover offer directly to TMX Group shareholders, touting the proposal as the best way to keep the country's exchanges out of foreign hands.

Strong quakes again rock shaken New Zealand city (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:04 AM PDT AP - Strong aftershocks rattled New Zealand's quake-devastated city of Christchurch again Monday, toppling one of the few buildings still standing downtown and sinking thousands of homes into darkness.

Two years after Iran's marred election, hard-liners anything but triumphant (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Jun 2011 02:09 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Two years ago today, Iranians cast ballots in a presidential election that would yield violence and change in the Islamic Republic like no vote before it.

Waiting for Saleh: Yemen's Opposition Bickers and Grows Nervous (Time.com) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:25 PM PDT Time.com - As the country's president recuperates in Saudi Arabia, the rudderless nation waits anxiously for stability, at best, or civil war, at worst.

Bahrain sentences college-aged poet to one year in prison (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Jun 2011 09:52 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A college student who wrote critical poems about Bahrain’s royal family during pro-democracy protests in the island kingdom earlier this year was sentenced to one year in prison today by a military court.

Child labour and youth unemployment pose dilemmas (OneWorld.net) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:40 AM PDT OneWorld.net - LONDON, June 13 (OneWorld.net) - As global youth unemployment hits record levels, adolescents are increasingly presented with a choice between undertaking hazardous work or no work at all.

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