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• U.N. declares famine in pockets of southern Somalia (Reuters)
• Serbia arrests last major war crimes fugitive (Reuters)
• Loyalist troops besiege Damascus suburb after protests (Reuters)
• France says Gaddafi could stay in Libya (Reuters)
• U.S.-Cuba ties in balance over jailed American's appeal (Reuters)
• In His Own Defense: Cameron Zigs, but the Opposition Follows (Time.com)
• Australia set to toughen privacy laws (AFP)
• Egypt refuses international election monitors (AP)
• Ecuador judge orders jail, fines for newspaper (AP)
• Nigerian president meets elders over Islamist sect attacks (AFP)
• Japan posts first trade surplus in three months (AFP)
• Bank of Canada signals no rush to normalize rates (Reuters)
• Ex-Gitmo detainee told book funds may be seized (AP)
• During Hillary Clinton's India visit, nuclear power is front and center (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Scotland Yard Is Falling Down: Will It Take Cameron Too? (Time.com)
• Israeli activists shift from Palestinian cause to pocketbook concerns (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Sanitation moves up global development agenda (OneWorld.net)

U.N. declares famine in pockets of southern Somalia (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:27 AM PDT Reuters - The United Nations said on Wednesday two regions of southern Somalia had been hit by the worst famine in the area for 20 years and that 3.7 million people in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation risked starvation.

Serbia arrests last major war crimes fugitive (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:36 PM PDT Reuters - Serbia arrested the last major war crimes suspect from the 1990s Yugoslav conflicts on Wednesday, closing what its president called a "burdensome" page in the country's history and boosting its hopes of joining the European Union.

Loyalist troops besiege Damascus suburb after protests (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:31 PM PDT Reuters - Loyalist troops commanded by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's brother surrounded a suburb in the capital Damascus on Wednesday, residents said, part of a campaign to crush growing protests against Assad's rule.

France says Gaddafi could stay in Libya (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:12 AM PDT Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi could stay in Libya if he gives up power, France said Wednesday, signaling a new effort to find a diplomatic solution to a five-month-old war that has failed to oust the resilient leader.

U.S.-Cuba ties in balance over jailed American's appeal (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:27 AM PDT Reuters - Future prospects for improving U.S.-Cuba ties will be at stake when Cuba's highest court hears an appeal on Friday from jailed U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross against his 15-year sentence for crimes against the state.

In His Own Defense: Cameron Zigs, but the Opposition Follows (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:55 AM PDT Time.com - As Hackgate heats up, the Labour Party pursues the Prime Minister and the allegations of conflict of interest. Will a summer break help cool the scandal?

Australia set to toughen privacy laws (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:34 PM PDT AFP - Australia Thursday moved to introduce a legal right to privacy after the phone-hacking scandal in Britain, paving the way for people to sue media organisations for serious breaches.

Egypt refuses international election monitors (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:49 PM PDT AP - Egypt's council of military rulers will not allow international monitors to observe upcoming parliamentary elections designed to move the country back toward civilian rule, a council member said Wednesday.

Ecuador judge orders jail, fines for newspaper (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:19 PM PDT AP - An Ecuadorean judge sentenced three members of a newspaper's board of directors and a former columnist to three years in prison Wednesday for libeling President Rafael Correa in a column that questioned an army raid to rescue the president from striking policemen.

Nigerian president meets elders over Islamist sect attacks (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:45 PM PDT AFP - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan met Wednesday with northern elders on the menace of Islamist sect Boko Haram, blamed for a spate of deadly bomb and gun attacks especially in the city of Maiduguri.

Japan posts first trade surplus in three months (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:46 PM PDT AFP - Japan posted a surprise trade surplus of $897 million in June, the government said Thursday as the nation recovers from the devastating impact of the March earthquake and tsunami.

Bank of Canada signals no rush to normalize rates (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 12:54 PM PDT Reuters - A day after raising expectations it would increase interest rates soon, the Bank of Canada said it might keep rates below their normal long-run levels even after the Canadian economy is back to full capacity, and future rate hikes would likely be gradual.

Ex-Gitmo detainee told book funds may be seized (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:31 AM PDT AP - Australia told a former detainee at the U.S. prison camp in Cuba on Wednesday that it may seize any profits from his autobiography, a report said.

During Hillary Clinton's India visit, nuclear power is front and center (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A high-level US delegation led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting India this week to hammer out details on a big list of joint efforts, pushing onward despite troubles with one deal that once was at the center of India-US ties.

Scotland Yard Is Falling Down: Will It Take Cameron Too? (Time.com) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:55 AM PDT Time.com - The prestige of Britain's premier police force has been so tarnished by Hackgate that Prime Minister David Cameron's tenure may be at risk

Israeli activists shift from Palestinian cause to pocketbook concerns (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:16 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under pressure this week from a wave of left-wing protests that started in Tel Aviv, the country's traditional hub of peace activism.

Sanitation moves up global development agenda (OneWorld.net) Posted: 20 Jul 2011 01:58 AM PDT OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - With nearly 40 percent of the world's population lacking adequate sanitation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced an initiative Tuesday to invest 42 million dollars in new grants to help "reinvent the toilet".

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