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• Rebels scorn talks with isolated Gaddafi (Reuters)
• China rejects report of bin Laden raid copter access (Reuters)
• Police order India activist freed after protests (Reuters)
• Analysis: Mexico's splintering drug gangs pose new security risk (Reuters)
• Libya's Rebels Tighten the Noose Around Gaddafi's Capital (Time.com)
• Merkel, Sarkozy propose eurozone government (AP)
• Gadhafi's troops use hospital as base, doctors say (AP)
• Argentina: DNA links suspect to tourist slayings (AP)
• Zimbabwe general's death may prompt power struggle (AP)
• Australian 'collar bomb' suspect ordered detained (AP)
• Hackers hit newspaper site, claim Quebec's Jean Charest is dead (Reuters)
• In-flight film "explains" mysteries of female pleasure (Reuters)
• Flash mobs or splash mob? UK man arrested for planning water pistol fight. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Merkel-Sarkozy Summit: A Minimalist Affair (Time.com)
• African musicians look to launch new 'Band Aid' to fight East Africa famine (The Christian Science Monitor)

Rebels scorn talks with isolated Gaddafi (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - Rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi scorned reports of secret talks with the Libyan leader on Tuesday as their forces fought to secure gains and the United States said Gaddafi's days were numbered.

China rejects report of bin Laden raid copter access (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:49 AM PDT Reuters - China on Tuesday dismissed a report that Pakistan gave it access to an advanced U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May.

Police order India activist freed after protests (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT Reuters - Police ordered the release of India's leading anti-corruption campaigner from jail on Tuesday after mounting nationwide protests against his arrest for planning a hunger strike forced a U-turn by beleaguered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Analysis: Mexico's splintering drug gangs pose new security risk (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:09 AM PDT Reuters - Few people had heard of the 'Hand with Eyes' before the drug gang dumped a severed head in a working class neighborhood outside Mexico City.

Libya's Rebels Tighten the Noose Around Gaddafi's Capital (Time.com) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT Time.com - A trio of battlefield victories has helped reverse the sense of turmoil in rebel ranks, and has raised pressure on Tripoli

Merkel, Sarkozy propose eurozone government (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:16 PM PDT AP - The leaders of France and Germany called Tuesday for greater economic discipline and unity among European nations but declined to take immediate financial measures seen by many investors as the only way to halt the continent's spiraling debt crisis.

Gadhafi's troops use hospital as base, doctors say (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT AP - The day Libyan rebels advanced into the strategic city of Zawiya, Moammar Gadhafi's forces clamped down on the local hospital.

Argentina: DNA links suspect to tourist slayings (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT AP - A court spokesman in Argentina says investigators have DNA and ballistics evidence that implicates some of the eight suspects under arrest in last month's slayings of two French tourists.

Zimbabwe general's death may prompt power struggle (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT AP - A raging house fire has killed one of Zimbabwe's main political brokers, raising questions Tuesday about the battle within longtime President Robert Mugabe's party over who will succeed the ailing 87-year-old leader.

Australian 'collar bomb' suspect ordered detained (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:16 PM PDT AP - The masked man who locked a fake bomb to the neck of an Australian millionaire's teenage daughter did not look like your ordinary violent criminal. The gray-haired attacker wielded a baseball bat but wore beige trousers and a light-colored dress shirt, rolled up at the elbows.

Hackers hit newspaper site, claim Quebec's Jean Charest is dead (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 08:34 AM PDT Reuters - Hackers attacked the website of a prominent Canadian newspaper early on Tuesday and posted a false news item alleging Quebec Premier Jean Charest had died of a heart attack, the paper said.

In-flight film "explains" mysteries of female pleasure (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:10 AM PDT Reuters - The in-flight entertainment on some planes run by Australian airline Qantas currently contains a somewhat unusual offering -- a movie that purports to elucidate the mysteries of female sexual pleasure.

Flash mobs or splash mob? UK man arrested for planning water pistol fight. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Aug 2011 01:54 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Police in Colchester, Essex, England, have arrested a man and charged him with under Britain's Serious Crime Act of 2007 after he allegedly used social media networks to plan a water gun fight.

The Merkel-Sarkozy Summit: A Minimalist Affair (Time.com) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT Time.com - The move to prevent European markets from plummeting led those same markets to react to the depressing warning by opening down Tuesday -- and staying that way.

African musicians look to launch new 'Band Aid' to fight East Africa famine (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:58 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Some of Africa's best-known musicians are working together to fight famine and pressure their governments, accused of standing by while millions on the continent face starvation, to pitch in.

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