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• South Sudanese dance to celebrate independence (Reuters)
• Egyptians rally to demand faster reforms (Reuters)
• Gaddafi threatens Europe as rebels renew push (Reuters)
• U.N. chief urges transparent elections in Egypt (Reuters)
• Exclusive: South Sudan says can live off credit if north blocks (Reuters)
• Egypt's Protesters Return in Force But Don't Speak with One Voice (Time.com)
• British royal couple arrive in US (AFP)
• Bolstered by support, Syrians pour into streets (AP)
• Cuba academic: Party expulsion order overturned (AP)
• UN approves 7,000 peacekeepers for South Sudan (AP)
• Dhoni shines as India build lead over Windies (AFP)
• Government to look at regulating access to grain handlers (Reuters)
• Cmdr: Aussie troops keen but tired in Afghanistan (AP)
• UK reacts to closure of News of the World (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Should the U.S. Ambassador Have Visited a Rebellious Syrian City? (Time.com)
• In France, each ripple in faltering Strauss-Kahn case dissected, debated (The Christian Science Monitor)
• UN reports on millennium development goals (OneWorld.net)

South Sudanese dance to celebrate independence (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - Thousands of South Sudanese danced in the streets on Saturday to mark their long-awaited independence, a hard-won separation from the north that also plunged the fractured region into a new period of uncertainty.

Egyptians rally to demand faster reforms (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:50 AM PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands of Egyptians packed city centers across the country on Friday to demand faster reforms and voice frustration at what they regard as foot-dragging by military rulers and government officials.

Gaddafi threatens Europe as rebels renew push (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi threatened to take the war in Libya to Europe on Friday while rebels came under heavy fire as they renewed their push against his forces.

U.N. chief urges transparent elections in Egypt (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:38 PM PDT Reuters - In a meeting with Egypt's foreign minister, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said on Friday the country's upcoming elections should be held in a credible and transparent manner, according to a statement from his office.

Exclusive: South Sudan says can live off credit if north blocks (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - South Sudan can survive on credit, using its oil as collateral, if the north goes ahead with its threat to block pipelines after the south secedes on Saturday or if war between them breaks out again, officials told Reuters.

Egypt's Protesters Return in Force But Don't Speak with One Voice (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 08:25 AM PDT Time.com - In an impressive show of numbers, demonstrators of all stripes returned to Tahrir Square. All had gripes about pace of change. And some complained about each other.

British royal couple arrive in US (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:43 PM PDT AFP - Britain's Prince William and his new bride Catherine arrived in Los Angeles on Friday for a weekend of Hollywood glamour and Californian sun, after a nine-day tour of Canada.

Bolstered by support, Syrians pour into streets (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:45 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of thousands of Syrians poured into the streets of the opposition stronghold Hama on Friday, bolstered by a gesture of support from the American and French ambassadors who visited the city where a massacre nearly 30 years ago came to symbolize the ruthlessness of the Assad dynasty.

Cuba academic: Party expulsion order overturned (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:26 PM PDT AP - A prominent Cuban intellectual who came under fire for an unusually frank article denouncing high-level corruption says an order expelling him from the Communist Party has been overturned.

UN approves 7,000 peacekeepers for South Sudan (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a new peacekeeping force for South Sudan on Friday, assuring the world's newest nation on the eve of its independence of military and police support to help maintain peace and security.

Dhoni shines as India build lead over Windies (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 03:22 PM PDT AFP - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led four batsmen with half centuries that put his side in a formidable position in the third Test against West Indies on Friday.

Government to look at regulating access to grain handlers (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - Canada is considering a request by the Canadian Wheat Board for regulated access to private grain handlers once the board loses its monopoly, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Friday, but he added that such access may not be enforceable.

Cmdr: Aussie troops keen but tired in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 01:57 AM PDT AP - Australian special forces are showing signs of fatigue in Afghanistan but the elite regiments' high retention rates show that soldiers remain eager to fight the decade-old war, their commanders said Friday.

UK reacts to closure of News of the World (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:14 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Rupert Murdoch's decision to shutter the British Sunday tabloid News of the World â€" the largest circulation paper in the UK â€" has the British press and social media in a frenzy. The public has reacted with a mix of shock, glee and delight.

Should the U.S. Ambassador Have Visited a Rebellious Syrian City? (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 08:25 AM PDT Time.com - The Damascus regime has accused Robert Ford of meddling in its internal affairs and being part of what it whispers as a foreign plot to destabilize Syria

In France, each ripple in faltering Strauss-Kahn case dissected, debated (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:07 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The media frenzy over Dominique Strauss-Kahn, until recently the leading contender in next year’s French presidential polls, is so thick that both revulsion and fascination about the case have become a major part of the story line in France. Mr. Strauss-Kahn has become a Page 1 mainstay.

UN reports on millennium development goals (OneWorld.net) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:08 AM PDT OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, 7 July (IRIN) - The 2011 Millennium Development Goals Report was released on 7 July with a generally upbeat assessment accompanied by some caveats. Here are ten key facts and figures about progress on global poverty reduction.

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