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Syrian forces prevent refugees fleeing to Turkey (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Syrian refugee children play behind the barbed wire of a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in Hatay province June 19, 2011. REUTERS/Osman OrsalReuters - Syrian forces swept through a northwestern border region Sunday to stem an exodus of refugees to Turkey that is raising international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and a rights activist said.

Iraq hunting $17 billion missing after U.S. invasion (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and has asked the United Nations for help to track it down.

Israel asks U.S. to let spy out of jail for funeral (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Israeli protesters hold posters of Jonathan Pollard in front of Israeli Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem June 19, 2005. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Israel appealed to the United States Sunday to allow imprisoned spy Jonathan Pollard out of jail to attend his father's funeral, Israeli Army Radio reported.

Colombia car bomb wounds 17, "calamity" averted (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Reuters - A car bomb wounded 17 people in Colombia's colonial-era city of Popayan, but a "calamity" was averted when police intercepted the vehicle before it reached its target in the main square, authorities said on Sunday.

Thousands protest in Morocco for more reform (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Several thousand people marched through Morocco's biggest city Sunday to protest that constitutional reforms unveiled this week by King Mohammed have not gone far enough.

Morocco's Revolutionaries: The Crazy Kids Have Grown Up (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Morocco's Revolutionaries: The Crazy Kids Have Grown Up

McIlroy wins US Open (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrates his eight-stroke victory on the 18th green to win during the 111th US Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. McIlroy captured his first major golf title in historic fashion on Sunday, turning the final round of the 111th US Open into a virtual victory lap on his way to an eight-stroke triumph.(AFP/Getty Images/Andrew Redington)AFP - Rory McIlroy won the 111st US Open at the Congressional Country Club here on Sunday with a tournament record 16-under-par total of 268.

Libya says 9 civilians killed in NATO airstrike (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:31 PM PDT

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, members of the media and others examine the remains of a damaged residential building in Tripoli, Libya Sunday, June 19, 2011. The Libyan government accused NATO of bombing a residential neighborhood in the capital and killing civilians early Sunday, adding to its charges that the alliance is striking nonmilitary targets. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)AP - Libya's government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray.

Fire hits riot-wracked Venezuelan prison (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Streams of tear gas fired by national guardsmen fall over the El Rodeo II prison in Guatire, Venezuela, Sunday June 19, 2011. Thousands of National Guard troops stormed the adjacent complex El Rodeo I Friday, seeking to disarm inmates, days after a bloody riot, setting off gunfights with resisting inmates that left at least one inmate and two soldiers dead, and more than 18 wounded. On June 12, 2011, there was a clash between inmates in El Rodeo I that killed 21 prisoners and a visitor. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Fire ripped through a prison where thousands of Venezuelan troops struggled to put down a revolt by inmates on Sunday as dozens of horrified relatives tried to watch the fighting.

Nigerian 'Islamists' fire at card players, kill two: source (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:39 PM PDT

Public transport motorcylists drive past an Islamic inscription on a sign post in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, in 2010. Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect which bombed Nigerian police headquarters on Sunday opened fire on a crowd of card players killing two in a northern city, a senior military officer said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect which bombed Nigerian police headquarters on Sunday opened fire on a crowd of card players killing two in a northern city, a senior military officer said.

New Internet era beckons with company domain names (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:13 PM PDT

ICANN, the global body that charts the course of the Internet, is set to vote in Singapore on Monday on a potentially revolutionary plan to open up new domain suffixes for private companies.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)AFP - A global body that charts the course of the Internet is set to vote in Singapore on Monday on a potentially revolutionary plan to open up new domain suffixes for private companies.

New Democrats keep merger door open (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Reuters - The New Democrat Party kept the door open on Sunday to a possible merger talks with the struggling Liberals, a party they leapfrogged over to become the main opposition in a May 2 election.

Australian ex-PM denies planning leadership bid (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:15 AM PDT

Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, pictured in Budapest earlier this month, has batted away suggestions he wants to retake the leadership, as his successor Julia Gillard flails in opinion polls a year after taking power.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - Australia's ex-prime minister Kevin Rudd has again batted away suggestions he wants to retake the leadership, as his successor Julia Gillard flails in opinion polls a year after taking power.

Has Bangladesh's Elite Police Force Gone Too Far? (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Accused of random extrajudicial killings and torture, popular support for Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion force may be starting to wane

G20 urged to deliver pledges for world hunger (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:52 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - June 19 (OneWorld.net) - Evidence continues to emerge that the release of international donor funds to support global food security is matching neither the scale of the promises nor the urgency of the situation.

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