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• At least 18 Syria protesters killed on Ramadan Friday (Reuters)
• Libya denies report Gaddafi's son Khamis killed by NATO (Reuters)
• Insomnia, fears haunt rescued Chile miners year on (Reuters)
• Analysis: With some Arab autocrats, the goodbyes are longer (Reuters)
• Cuban court upholds sentence for jailed American (Reuters)
• Post-Petraeus Afghanistan: Turning Defeat into Transition (Time.com)
• Thousands march in Madrid against riot police charge (AFP)
• AP veteran correspondent John Halaby dies at 87 (AP)
• Haitian activist, scholar Jean-Claude Bajeux dies (AP)
• US, France alarmed over delay in helping peacekeepers (AFP)
• Solid Scott keeps share of WGC lead (AFP)
• Economy delivering mixed signals for July (Reuters)
• Wild dog urine may hold a secret message (Reuters)
• Tea-party hobbits? Hardly, say indignant Tolkien scholars. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Global Stock Selloff: Is Another Financial Crisis Coming? (Time.com)
• Russia, Georgia remain in distrustful deadlock on anniversary of 2008 war (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Nigerians frustrated by refined oil shortage (OneWorld.net)

At least 18 Syria protesters killed on Ramadan Friday (Reuters) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 05:06 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian security forces killed at least 18 civilians in attacks on tens of thousands of protesters demonstrating against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad on the first Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, activists said.

Libya denies report Gaddafi's son Khamis killed by NATO (Reuters) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT Reuters - The government of Muammar Gaddafi denied a rebel report Friday that a NATO air strike had killed the Libyan leader's son Khamis, commander of one of the government's most loyal and best-equipped units.

Insomnia, fears haunt rescued Chile miners year on (Reuters) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 02:19 PM PDT Reuters - Feted as superstars after surviving months trapped deep in the earth's bowels, Chile's 33 rescued miners are fighting ghosts and hardships a year on -- and some are struggling to adjust to life back on the surface.

Analysis: With some Arab autocrats, the goodbyes are longer (Reuters) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 03:09 PM PDT Reuters - At a press conference on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at length about the Syrian government's brutal crackdown on protesters. But she was suddenly reticent when a reporter asked directly whether Syria's leader should leave power.

Cuban court upholds sentence for jailed American (Reuters) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - Cuba's Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of jailed American aid contractor Alan Gross for trying to set up Internet networks in Cuba, in a damaging decision for U.S.-Cuba relations.

Post-Petraeus Afghanistan: Turning Defeat into Transition (Time.com) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:45 PM PDT Time.com - A new military chief and a new U.S. ambassador are in place, but the same problems are sticking around

Thousands march in Madrid against riot police charge (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 04:35 PM PDT AFP - Thousands marched through the streets of Madrid on Friday against the use of force by police on demonstrators who rallied at the interior ministry to protest the closure of the city's main square.

AP veteran correspondent John Halaby dies at 87 (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 04:27 PM PDT AP - John Halaby, longtime Jordan correspondent for The Associated Press who pioneered international journalism in his adopted country, died early Saturday at age 87.

Haitian activist, scholar Jean-Claude Bajeux dies (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 04:59 PM PDT AP - Jean-Claude Bajeux, a former culture minister, scholar and steadfast human rights activist who targeted both Haiti's long-ruling family dictatorship and the governments that followed, died Friday, a relative said. He was 79.

US, France alarmed over delay in helping peacekeepers (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 04:03 PM PDT AFP - The United States and France expressed alarm Friday over delays in evacuating wounded UN peacekeepers in a troubled Sudanese region after a landmine blast which killed four Ethiopian soldiers.

Solid Scott keeps share of WGC lead (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 04:23 PM PDT AFP - Australia's Adam Scott posted an even-par 70 on Friday to maintain a share of the second-round lead alongside surging Rickie Fowler, Keegan Bradley and Ryan Moore at the Bridgestone Invitational.

Economy delivering mixed signals for July (Reuters) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 08:38 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's economy showed mixed signs in July, with jobs being added and the unemployment rate falling to the lowest since December 2008, but with the pace of purchasing managers' activity plunging.

Wild dog urine may hold a secret message (Reuters) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 01:55 AM PDT Reuters - Australian scientists are working to artificially produce the urine of wild dogs, hoping to keep other wild dogs away from humans and prevent them from destroying livestock, avoiding losses that mount into millions of dollars every year.

Tea-party hobbits? Hardly, say indignant Tolkien scholars. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 02:52 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional hobbits are receiving unusual attention after Sen. John McCain disparagingly compared the small and shy Shire folk in the “Lord of the Ring” trilogy to members of the US tea party.

The Global Stock Selloff: Is Another Financial Crisis Coming? (Time.com) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:45 PM PDT Time.com - The Global Stock Selloff: Is Another Financial Crisis Coming?

Russia, Georgia remain in distrustful deadlock on anniversary of 2008 war (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:04 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The war that erupted between Russia and its little post-Soviet neighbor Georgia three years ago this weekend was unexpected, extremely violent, and brief, much like the sudden summer storms that descend upon the Caucasus Mountains at this time of year.

Nigerians frustrated by refined oil shortage (OneWorld.net) Posted: 05 Aug 2011 01:23 AM PDT OneWorld.net - LAGOS, Aug 4 (IPS) - "We are suffering in the midst of plenty." That was how Nelson Ilemchi summed up his plight as he spent an entire day queuing to buy kerosene. Since January Africa’s largest producer of crude oil has been experiencing a protracted nationwide scarcity of the refined product.

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