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• Tanks deploy in east, Syrians flee assault on north (Reuters)
• Libyan rebels make fresh gains, NATO drops leaflets (Reuters)
• Gulf states vow to seek end to Yemeni crisis (Reuters)
• South Sudan rebel militia raid kills 29, army says (Reuters)
• Chile volcano ash may disrupt air travel for months (Reuters)
• Bordeaux Breaks the Bank: Are Chinese Aficionados Fueling a Wine Bubble? (Time.com)
• Britain presses Sri Lanka over 'war crimes' footage (AFP)
• NATO resumes airstrikes on Tripoli (AP)
• Mexican gambling magnate wins 2nd release (AP)
• House Republican leader Boehner warns Obama over Libya (Reuters)
• China urged to help in Senate counterfeit probe (Reuters)
• Ottawa set to step in to halt Air Canada strike (Reuters)
• Australia's boom lures new wave of European immigrants (Reuters)
• USS Monterey's Black Sea arrival raises Russia's hackles (The Christian Science Monitor)
• China's "Born in the USA" Frenzy (Time.com)
• China pushes rail links into southeast Asia: Is Laos aboard? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Tanks deploy in east, Syrians flee assault on north (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - Thousands of Syrians fled the historic town of Maarat al-Numaan to escape tank forces thrusting into the country's north in a widening military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Libyan rebels make fresh gains, NATO drops leaflets (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:48 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebels made fresh gains on the western front on Tuesday, pushing back forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi in a string of clashes that brought them closer to the capital Tripoli.

Gulf states vow to seek end to Yemeni crisis (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:50 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen's Gulf neighbors renewed an offer Wednesday to mediate in Yemen's bloody political crisis, but offered no formula to break a deadlock over the fate of wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

South Sudan rebel militia raid kills 29, army says (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:29 PM PDT Reuters - A rebel militia killed 29 people including police and civilians in a south Sudan cattle raid, the southern army said Tuesday, adding to the region's woes ahead of independence in July.

Chile volcano ash may disrupt air travel for months (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - A towering ash cloud spewing from a volcano in south-central Chile could disrupt air traffic for some time as the eruption shows no signs of stabilizing in the near term, experts said on Tuesday.

Bordeaux Breaks the Bank: Are Chinese Aficionados Fueling a Wine Bubble? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - Asian millionaires want the best Bordeaux wines. This permanent demand on a limited number of bottles has sent prices skyrocketing for the most prestigious Chateaux at Hong Kong auctions. It risks skewing the market as a whole

Britain presses Sri Lanka over 'war crimes' footage (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT AFP - Britain on Wednesday said "horrific" footage contained within a film documenting the final weeks of Sri Lanka's civil war constituted "convincing evidence" of war crimes.

NATO resumes airstrikes on Tripoli (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT AP - NATO resumed its airstrikes on the Libyan capital of Tripoli late Tuesday, blasting at least two targets just before midnight, after military leaders voiced concerns about sustaining the operations if the alliance mission drags on.

Mexican gambling magnate wins 2nd release (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:59 PM PDT AP - A flamboyant gambling magnate-turned politician has won a second round against state and federal prosecutors after a judge refused a request to hold him in a murder investigation.

House Republican leader Boehner warns Obama over Libya (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - House Speaker John Boehner warned President Barack Obama on Tuesday that he was skating on thin legal ice by keeping U.S. forces involved in Libya for nearly three months without the authorization of Congress.

China urged to help in Senate counterfeit probe (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:54 PM PDT Reuters - The Senate Armed Services Committee urged China to let investigators travel unfettered to the Chinese mainland to probe reports that Chinese-made counterfeit parts are making their way into U.S. weapons and other electronics.

Ottawa set to step in to halt Air Canada strike (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - The government said on Tuesday it is preparing legislation to order nearly 4,000 striking Air Canada Inc customer service and sales agents back to work.

Australia's boom lures new wave of European immigrants (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - About 100 men in their 20s and 30s, filled a conference room at a Dublin hotel last week to hear a migration agent describe the personal fortunes waiting to be made a world away in the booming mining towns of the Australian outback.

USS Monterey's Black Sea arrival raises Russia's hackles (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:11 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - It's not quite the Cuban Missile Crisis, but it has some Russians recalling that grim cold war episode.

China's "Born in the USA" Frenzy (Time.com) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - More and more well-off Chinese women are going to the United States to give birth to their children. But while an American passport can certainly be beneficial, it can also be more of a hassle than one might expect

China pushes rail links into southeast Asia: Is Laos aboard? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:02 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - At first, the villagers saw only the upside: A new high-speed train was coming to Laos from China, its giant neighbor. It would put their corner of northern Laos on the map and bring investment to this poor, landlocked country.

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