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• French arms to Libya rebels expose tensions over war (Reuters)
• NATO air strike kills fighter linked to Afghan hotel attack (Reuters)
• Lebanon receives Hariri killing indictments (Reuters)
• Venezuela's Chavez to address the nation (Reuters)
• Britons strike over pensions, government says impact limited (Reuters)
• Day of the Dead (Time.com)
• Government played down nuclear fears: report (AFP)
• Moroccans get set to vote on new constitution (AP)
• Bolivia renounces 1961 UN narcotics convention (AP)
• UN allowed to visit looted Sudan offices (AP)
• NATO blames Haqqani for attack on Afghan hotel (AP)
• Prince William, Kate begin Canadian tour in Ottawa (Reuters)
• Beached sea turtle had ingested 317 plastic pieces (AP)
• Canada Day celebrated with Prince William and Kate [VIDEO] (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Debt Woes: Could America Go the Way of Greece? (Time.com)
• Hugo Chavez cancels Latin summit as health rumors swirl (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Libyan fallout hits Chad (OneWorld.net)

French arms to Libya rebels expose tensions over war (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebels gathered on a ridge overlooking a strategic town only 80 km (50 miles) from Tripoli on Thursday, preparing for a battle that could allow them to march directly to the seat of Muammar Gaddafi's power.

NATO air strike kills fighter linked to Afghan hotel attack (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT Reuters - NATO aircraft killed an insurgent leader linked to a deadly hotel attack in the Afghan capital this week, the coalition said on Thursday, a raid that raised questions about whether Afghan forces are ready for the looming security transition.

Lebanon receives Hariri killing indictments (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:13 PM PDT Reuters - A U.N.-backed tribunal seeking the killers of statesman Rafik al-Hariri handed indictments and arrest warrants to Lebanon on Thursday that officials said accused members of the militant Hezbollah group of involvement.

Venezuela's Chavez to address the nation (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was due to give a televised speech to the nation on Thursday for the first time since an operation in Cuba that triggered speculation he might be seriously ill.

Britons strike over pensions, government says impact limited (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of British teachers and civil servants went on strike on Thursday in the opening salvo of what could be months of widespread industrial action over planned pension reforms and austerity measures.

Day of the Dead (Time.com) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:20 AM PDT Time.com - The drug war is Mexico's tragedy. Now its survivors are fighting back

Government played down nuclear fears: report (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:15 PM PDT AFP - The government worked with the country's nuclear industry to calm public fears over the safety of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, the Guardian reported Friday.

Moroccans get set to vote on new constitution (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:39 PM PDT AP - Moroccans will vote Friday on a new constitution that the king has presented as wide-ranging reform, even as activists maintain it simply perpetuates an autocracy.

Bolivia renounces 1961 UN narcotics convention (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT AP - Bolivia's government has informed the United Nations it is renouncing the world body's anti-drug convention because it classifies coca leaf as an illegal drug, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

UN allowed to visit looted Sudan offices (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:48 PM PDT AP - Authorities in north Sudan have allowed aid agencies to visit their looted offices in the town of Kadugli, where clashes in recent weeks have driven thousands from their homes ahead of the south's imminent declaration of independence.

NATO blames Haqqani for attack on Afghan hotel (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:31 PM PDT AP - The U.S.-led coalition on Thursday blamed an al-Qaida affiliated network working jointly with Taliban fighters for a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul — an assault that raised doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to handle security as foreign troops withdraw.

Prince William, Kate begin Canadian tour in Ottawa (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - White cowboy hats, an emergency helicopter landing and a flight over the fictional home of Anne of Green Gables await Prince William and his new bride Kate in Canada on their first official trip overseas.

Beached sea turtle had ingested 317 plastic pieces (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 09:24 AM PDT AP - A marine biologist says a green sea turtle that washed ashore in Australia likely starved to death after swallowing 317 pieces of plastic.

Canada Day celebrated with Prince William and Kate [VIDEO] (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:02 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Canada Day will be celebrated across Canada, Friday, but in the capital of Ottawa, special guests are expected to garner more attention than usual. Prince William and Kate Middleton start their 11-day whirlwind tour of Canada and the US in Ottawa, Thursday.

Debt Woes: Could America Go the Way of Greece? (Time.com) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:40 AM PDT Time.com - The government in Athens faces huge problems. Ours are manageable

Hugo Chavez cancels Latin summit as health rumors swirl (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:39 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The (new) video is certainly made to convince us that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is fine, showing him talking this time (unlike the last video released) and reading newspaper headlines as “proof of life,” but the president is certainly thinner, less energetic, and definitely recovering from something.

Libyan fallout hits Chad (OneWorld.net) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:44 AM PDT OneWorld.net - DAKAR, 29 June 2011 (IRIN) - Chadian families are facing worsening food insecurity, becoming more indebted, and selling off personal possessions as they try to cope with the loss of remittances from relatives who have returned home from Libya.

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