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• NATO sliding towards Libyan ground war: Russian envoy (Reuters)
• Greek PM to reshuffle government to advance austerity plan (Reuters)
• Bodies of 104 Air France crash victims to reach Paris (Reuters)
• North, south Sudan clash before split: south army (Reuters)
• Al-Qaeda's Nairobi Bomber: The Time He Got Away (Time.com)
• Osbourne backs retail bank ring-fencing, Northern Rock sale (AFP)
• Britain's Cameron sees `time on our side' in Libya (AP)
• Venezuela to begin rationing electricity (AP)
• Libyan rebels take new villages in Western Mountains (Reuters)
• Warner Bros. 1st studio to offer VOD to China TVs (AP)
• Labour Minister eyes forcing an end to postal strike (Reuters)
• Volcano ash turns Asian eclipse blood red (AP)
• Afghanistan looms large at SCO security group meeting (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Bitter Histories: An Exile from Syria's Past Chaos Tends to Fresh Exiles (Time.com)
• Report of CIA informant arrests another blow to Pakistan's military (The Christian Science Monitor)

NATO sliding towards Libyan ground war: Russian envoy (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:36 PM PDT Reuters - NATO risks sliding into a ground war in Libya and is trying to kill its leader, Muammar Gaddafi, Russia's ambassador to the alliance said on Wednesday.

Greek PM to reshuffle government to advance austerity plan (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:29 PM PDT Reuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said he will form a new cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence from his fractious Socialist party to see through a harsh austerity bill, the target of major protests.

Bodies of 104 Air France crash victims to reach Paris (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 10:50 AM PDT Reuters - The bodies of 104 victims of an Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean two years ago will arrive in France on Thursday, starting what promises to be a long process of identification.

North, south Sudan clash before split: south army (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT Reuters - South Sudan's army said it clashed with northern troops in the disputed Abyei border region on Wednesday, in the latest sign of deteriorating relations in the build-up to the secession of the south in July.

Al-Qaeda's Nairobi Bomber: The Time He Got Away (Time.com) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - Though he met his end in Somalia last week, Harun Fazul came very close to capture 13 years ago, when he helped stage a stunning al-Qaeda attack

Osbourne backs retail bank ring-fencing, Northern Rock sale (AFP) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:59 PM PDT AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced a major overhaul of Britain's banks Wednesday by approving a separation of their retail and investment businesses to help avoid another global financial crisis.

Britain's Cameron sees `time on our side' in Libya (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT AP - Britain's prime minister said Wednesday that time is running out for Moammar Gadhafi's forces, as the Libyan government tried to deny reports that rebels were making fresh gains toward the capital.

Venezuela to begin rationing electricity (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT AP - Venezuela will soon begin rationing electricity in several regions because of recurring power outages, the country's energy minister said Wednesday.

Libyan rebels take new villages in Western Mountains (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebels have pushed deeper into government-held territory from their base in the Western Mountains, taking two villages from which forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi had been shelling rebel-held towns.

Warner Bros. 1st studio to offer VOD to China TVs (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:42 PM PDT AP - Warner Bros. said Wednesday that it will become the first Hollywood studio to license its movies to a national video-on-demand service that will connect to television sets in China.

Labour Minister eyes forcing an end to postal strike (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 10:02 AM PDT Reuters - Canada Post locked out all its employees on Wednesday, saying more than a week of rotating strikes by unionized letter carriers and other postal workers had cost it too much money.

Volcano ash turns Asian eclipse blood red (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:57 PM PDT AP - Asian and African night owls were treated to a lunar eclipse, and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano turned it blood red for some viewers.

Afghanistan looms large at SCO security group meeting (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - It's the only major international organization that has neither the US nor any US ally among its members, and its influence is growing rapidly in trouble-plagued Central Asia.

Bitter Histories: An Exile from Syria's Past Chaos Tends to Fresh Exiles (Time.com) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - A survivor of the Middle East's old rancor finds himself drawn to care for the victims from his old country

Report of CIA informant arrests another blow to Pakistan's military (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Jun 2011 08:55 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A report alleging that a Pakistani Army major was among five CIA informers arrested for gathering intelligence on Osama bin Laden's compound could further harm the Army’s image, which is facing a rising backlash at home.

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