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• Norway agrees to security review after killings (Reuters)
• New pressure on Gaddafi on foreign, rebel fronts (Reuters)
• U.N. flies food into famine-hit Somali capital (Reuters)
• Sudan carries out air strikes in Darfur: UNAMID (Reuters)
• Missile shield will spark nuclear arms race: North Korea (Reuters)
• Kandahar Mayor's Killing Another Blow to U.S. Afghanistan Effort (Time.com)
• Norway PM: After attacks, make country more open (AP)
• New al-Qaida chief praises Syrian protesters (AP)
• Hugo Chavez says chemotherapy will make him bald (AP)
• Rights group: mass displacements in Ivory Coast (AP)
• Asia security needs India, Australia says (AFP)
• With Layton sick, NDP says will fight on (Reuters)
• New Zealand goldfish survive 134 days without food (AP)
• As Norway names dead, religious leaders and counselors offer comfort to a nation (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Happy Homecoming: Six Poached Baby Gorillas Rescued, Returned to Congo (Time.com)
• Kandahar mayor killed by suicide bomber, latest in wave of assassinations (The Christian Science Monitor)

Norway agrees to security review after killings (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:20 PM PDT Reuters - Norway agreed Wednesday to review security and the police response to the killings of 76 people in bombing and shooting attacks by a right-wing zealot that have traumatized the nation.

New pressure on Gaddafi on foreign, rebel fronts (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:54 PM PDT Reuters - Rebels fighting in Libya's western mountains prepared on Thursday for a new offensive against Muammar Gaddafi's troops, raising pressure on the Libyan leader a day after Britain granted diplomatic recognition to the opposition.

U.N. flies food into famine-hit Somali capital (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:50 AM PDT Reuters - The United Nations airlifted emergency food for starving children into the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday as aid groups warned of a growing influx of hungry families from the famine-hit south of the country.

Sudan carries out air strikes in Darfur: UNAMID (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:38 PM PDT Reuters - Sudan carried out air strikes on a village in Darfur, killing one civilian, peacekeepers UNAMID said on Wednesday, in the first confirmed strike since Khartoum signed a peace deal with small rebel group Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) two weeks ago.

Missile shield will spark nuclear arms race: North Korea (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT Reuters - If U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield to protect Europe against a possible attack by Iran are realized, it will spark a new nuclear arms race, North Korea's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday.

Kandahar Mayor's Killing Another Blow to U.S. Afghanistan Effort (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:35 PM PDT Time.com - The latest victim in a string of killings of local officials loyal to President Hamid Karzaai, Ghulam Haider Hamidi tried to build good governance against the odds

Norway PM: After attacks, make country more open (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:23 PM PDT AP - Five days after an attacker incensed by Norway's culture of tolerance horrified the world, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday issued a quiet call of defiance to his countrymen: Make Norway even more open and accepting.

New al-Qaida chief praises Syrian protesters (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:23 PM PDT AP - Al-Qaida's new leader praised Syrian protesters seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad while trying to portray the uprising as an Islamic battle against American and Israeli interests.

Hugo Chavez says chemotherapy will make him bald (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:33 PM PDT AP - Hugo Chavez told Venezuelans on Wednesday that he expects to lose his hair as a result of his cancer treatment.

Rights group: mass displacements in Ivory Coast (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:02 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of thousands of people are still too terrified to return home more than three months after the end of postelection violence in Ivory Coast, a human rights group reported Wednesday.

Asia security needs India, Australia says (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:54 PM PDT AFP - Australia's defense minister on Wednesday urged a greater role in Asia for India, calling the world's largest democracy a positive force in a region where attention has long been focused on China.

With Layton sick, NDP says will fight on (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:42 AM PDT Reuters - The main opposition party in Canada, stunned by its leader's serious illness, elected an interim chief on Wednesday and dismissed speculation that the party could start to break up.

New Zealand goldfish survive 134 days without food (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:48 PM PDT AP - There were no Scooby snacks to eat — but at least they had each other for company.

As Norway names dead, religious leaders and counselors offer comfort to a nation (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:41 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As Norwegian police begin naming the victims from last Friday’s terrorist attacks, adding a human face to the country’s loss, caregivers and aid organizations say they stand ready to help the public sort out its raw emotions.

Happy Homecoming: Six Poached Baby Gorillas Rescued, Returned to Congo (Time.com) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:35 PM PDT Time.com - Six endangered mountain gorillas were returned home to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday after being rescued from poachers who smuggled them into neighboring Rwanda

Kandahar mayor killed by suicide bomber, latest in wave of assassinations (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:08 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A suicide bomber killed the mayor of Kandahar at the municipality building on Wednesday. The most recent killing in a string of high-level assassinations, it has added to concern about leadership deficit in an area that remains fragile despite recent security gains.

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