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• Libya rebels fighting to capture eastern oil town (Reuters)
• Syria forces besiege town after defections: residents (Reuters)
• Yemen army, tribes in offensive on militants in south (Reuters)
• Lawyer says Egypt's Mubarak in coma, TV denies (Reuters)
• MP, top Karzai aide feared killed: police official (Reuters)
• The Question of Barghouti: Is He a Mandela or an Arafat? (Time.com)
• Cameron leaves phone hacking behind for Africa trip (AFP)
• Egypt's iconic antiquities chief fired (AP)
• Chavez retains secrecy over cancer therapy in Cuba (AP)
• Thousands rally in Morocco over reform plan (Reuters)
• Japan beat USA on penalties to win World Cup (AFP)
• Aussie mum investigated for putting kids on eBay (AFP)
• The price of gold: as influential as a global power (The Christian Science Monitor)
• News Corp. Phone Hacking Scandal: Former Editor Brooks Arrested, Scotland Yard Head Stephenson Resigns (Time.com)
• An enduring, and emotional, allure (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libya rebels fighting to capture eastern oil town (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebel forces on Sunday entered the oil town of Brega and fought street battles there with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said, in the biggest offensive in eastern Libya in weeks.

Syria forces besiege town after defections: residents (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian tanks surrounded a town near the border with Iraq's Sunni heartland on Sunday after thousands of people, emboldened by defections among security forces, took to the streets there denouncing President Bashar al-Assad, residents said.

Yemen army, tribes in offensive on militants in south (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - Yemeni forces backed by armed tribesmen launched an offensive to retake Zinjibar, capital of southern Abyan province, officials said on Sunday, after months of fighting with Islamist militants who seized the city.

Lawyer says Egypt's Mubarak in coma, TV denies (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak,hospitalised since April and due to stand trial in August, is in a coma, his lawyer said on Sunday, although the state news agency MENA cited a hospital official as denying the report.

MP, top Karzai aide feared killed: police official (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - Gunmen killed a top advisor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a member of the country's parliament in a residential district of Kabul on Sunday, just days after the president's brother was gunned down at home, officials said.

The Question of Barghouti: Is He a Mandela or an Arafat? (Time.com) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 11:35 PM PDT Time.com - Sitting in an Israeli prison, the Palestinian militant evokes strong feelings and raises many questions about the future of the Palestinian movement

Cameron leaves phone hacking behind for Africa trip (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron begins a two-day trip to South Africa and Nigeria on Monday, leaving behind the national phone hacking scandal to promote British trade on the continent.

Egypt's iconic antiquities chief fired (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:08 PM PDT AP - Egypt's antiquities minister, whose trademark Indiana Jones hat made him one the country's best known figures around the world, was fired Sunday after months of pressure from critics who attacked his credibility and accused him of having been too close to the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

Chavez retains secrecy over cancer therapy in Cuba (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 04:35 PM PDT AP - In his monthlong fight against cancer, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has placed utmost importance on secrecy, carefully offering only scraps of information about his condition.

Thousands rally in Morocco over reform plan (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - Thousands of supporters and opponents of constitutional changes offered by Morocco's king protested Sunday, indicating debate over the country's future sparked by the "Arab Spring" uprisings has not ended.

Japan beat USA on penalties to win World Cup (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 04:59 PM PDT AFP - Japan twice came from behind to win the women's World Cup for the first time on Sunday, beating the United States 3-1 on a penalty shoot-out after the final had finished 2-2 in extra-time.

Aussie mum investigated for putting kids on eBay (AFP) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:35 PM PDT AFP - An Australian mother who listed her children for sale on the Internet had her joke backfire when authorities were called in to investigate, police said Sunday.

The price of gold: as influential as a global power (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 07:55 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Lee Mace knelt on a sun-dappled riverbank in the heart of California's mother lode.

News Corp. Phone Hacking Scandal: Former Editor Brooks Arrested, Scotland Yard Head Stephenson Resigns (Time.com) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 11:35 PM PDT Time.com - The arrest of the former editor of the News of the World adds a sharper edge to the much-anticipated appearance of Rupert and James Murdoch before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday afternoon

An enduring, and emotional, allure (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 07:54 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Why all the fuss about gold?

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