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• Syrian forces kill 20 protesters after Friday prayers (Reuters)
• Norway names commission to judge attack response (Reuters)
• UK's Cameron seeks U.S. advice on gangs after riots (Reuters)
• Protest culture thrives in steamy Israeli summer (Reuters)
• Rape, mutilation: Pakistan's tribal justice for women (Reuters)
• Dissent in Damascus' Shadows: Driving Around Syria's Capital (Time.com)
• Italy delivers tough austerity measures (Reuters)
• Syrians call for Assad's death; 14 killed (AP)
• Aruba officials think missing US tourist dead (AP)
• Libya rebels take casualties in fight for Brega (Reuters)
• 9 troops die in two days in Afghanistan (AP)
• Native rats touted as pest control in Australia (Reuters)
• How much are Twitter and BlackBerry to blame for British riots? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Levi's Ad Depicting Riot Scenes Canceled in UK (Time.com)
• What may be a bigger threat to Afghanistan than insurgency? Land disputes. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Syrian forces kill 20 protesters after Friday prayers (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces shot dead at least 20 protesters Friday, activists said, as tens of thousands demanded the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, chanting "we will kneel only to God."

Norway names commission to judge attack response (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:45 AM PDT Reuters - Norway appointed a nine-person commission Friday to investigate the attacks that killed 77 people last month, including the police response that has been criticised as slow.

UK's Cameron seeks U.S. advice on gangs after riots (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron, under attack over his leadership during the rioting and looting that swept English cities this week, has enlisted U.S. street crime expert William Bratton to advise the government on handling gang violence.

Protest culture thrives in steamy Israeli summer (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - At times, Tel Aviv's thriving protest encampment resembles an earnest debating society, at other moments it seems more like one huge street party, or a meandering music festival, or simply a sun-soaked sit-in.

Rape, mutilation: Pakistan's tribal justice for women (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - On April 14, two men entered Asma Firdous' home, cut off six of her fingers, slashed her arms and lips and then sliced off her nose. Before leaving the house, the men locked their 28-year-old victim inside.

Dissent in Damascus' Shadows: Driving Around Syria's Capital (Time.com) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT Time.com - Assad's power-base seems muted compared to the rest of the country but dissidents are at work here too

Italy delivers tough austerity measures (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced a painful mix of tax increases and spending cuts on Friday to meet European Central Bank demands for action on shoring up Italy's strained public finances.

Syrians call for Assad's death; 14 killed (AP) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT AP - Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters shouted for President Bashar Assad's death Friday in a dramatic escalation of their rage and frustration, defying bullets and rooftop snipers after more than a week of intensified military assaults on rebellious cities, activists and witnesses said.

Aruba officials think missing US tourist dead (AP) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT AP - Authorities in Aruba believe a missing American tourist is no longer alive and are seeking to extend a detention order for her travel companion as they seek witnesses who will help them build a case against him, a prosecutor on the Dutch Caribbean island said Friday.

Libya rebels take casualties in fight for Brega (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - Rebels on the eastern front of Libya's civil war lost 11 men in the past 24 hours fighting to capture the strategic oil terminal and refinery at Brega on the Mediterranean coast, hospital sources said.

9 troops die in two days in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:01 PM PDT AP - Insurgent attacks have killed nine NATO service members in the past two days in Afghanistan, where the U.S.-led coalition is mourning the deaths of 30 American troops and eight Afghans in a helicopter crash last week, military officials said Friday.

Native rats touted as pest control in Australia (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:47 AM PDT Reuters - In Australia, it may take a rat to control a rat.

How much are Twitter and BlackBerry to blame for British riots? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:53 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Days of rioting across England have sharpened criticism of social media tools like BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook, and Twitter, which are helping criminals organize looting gangs, British officials say.

Levi's Ad Depicting Riot Scenes Canceled in UK (Time.com) Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT Time.com - In the UK, jeans could encourage riots. And not just when Macy's holds a sale

What may be a bigger threat to Afghanistan than insurgency? Land disputes. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:36 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Things had been tense in Mirwais Mena, a village just outside Kabul, since Qais Hassan, a member of the Afghan Parliament, and his brother Mirwais reportedly built a wall through the village and told residents he would seize all the homes on one side of the wall.

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