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• Obama accuses Assad of "slaughtering" Syrian people (Reuters)
• Libya rebels tighten grip west of Tripoli (Reuters)
• Egypt army officer, 2 security men killed in Israeli border raid (Reuters)
• Anna Hazare to launch public fast as government relents (Reuters)
• Pope starts Spain visit with call for economic ethics (Reuters)
• Attack in the Israeli Desert: "It Wasn't Supposed to End This Way" (Time.com)
• UN sees possible crimes against humanity in Syria (AP)
• Armed men cross Egyptian border, kill 8 Israelis (AP)
• Bodies found in Mexico might be kidnapped marines (AP)
• Ivory Coast's ex-president charged with theft (AP)
• 3 killed in southern Australia helicopter crash (AP)
• TSX dives 3 percent as recession fear grips market (Reuters)
• Police say girl killed in Australian home by dog (AP)
• Israelis blame 'terrorist' border attacks on Gaza militants, poor security (The Christian Science Monitor)
• When Good Presidents Go Bad: The Lessons of Malawi (Time.com)
• Pope Benedict's Spain arrival sparks violent protests (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama accuses Assad of "slaughtering" Syrian people (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - The United States and European Union called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down on Thursday and President Barack Obama accused him of "torturing and slaughtering" his own people in what U.N. officials said could be crimes against humanity.

Libya rebels tighten grip west of Tripoli (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebels seized an oil refinery in the city of Zawiyah and took control of Sabratha further west on the main highway from Tripoli to Tunisia as NATO aircraft struck targets in the capital.

Egypt army officer, 2 security men killed in Israeli border raid (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - An Egyptian army officer and two security personnel were killed during an Israeli raid on militants along the Egyptian Israeli border, an Egyptian army official told Reuters Thursday.

Anna Hazare to launch public fast as government relents (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 03:59 PM PDT Reuters - India's beleaguered government caved in to popular fury over corruption on Thursday after thousands protested across the country, granting permission for a self-styled Gandhian crusader to stage a 15-day hunger strike in public.

Pope starts Spain visit with call for economic ethics (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict denounced economic structures that put profits ahead of people on Thursday at the start of a trip to recession-hit Spain where the costs of the pontiff's visit have sparked violent protests.

Attack in the Israeli Desert: "It Wasn't Supposed to End This Way" (Time.com) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:40 PM PDT Time.com - Israeli security had tracked the plotters but the militants struck first, sparking dangerous rounds of tit-for-tat retaliation between Israel and the Gaza Strip

UN sees possible crimes against humanity in Syria (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 03:16 PM PDT AP - Government forces in Syria may have committed crimes against humanity by conducting summary executions, torturing prisoners and targeting children in their crackdown against opposition protesters, a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thursday.

Armed men cross Egyptian border, kill 8 Israelis (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:11 PM PDT AP - Gunmen who crossed from the Egyptian desert launched a series of attacks Thursday in southern Israel, killing eight people and threatening to destabilize a volatile border region that includes the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and the increasingly lawless Sinai Peninsula.

Bodies found in Mexico might be kidnapped marines (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 03:30 PM PDT AP - The Mexican navy said Thursday it found bodies in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz that could include those of three marines and a naval cadet kidnapped by suspected drug cartel gunmen earlier this month.

Ivory Coast's ex-president charged with theft (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 03:33 PM PDT AP - An official says Ivory Coast's former strongman has been charged with economic crimes including aggravated theft and embezzlement of public funds.

3 killed in southern Australia helicopter crash (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:13 PM PDT AP - Three people have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Australia, with a prominent Australian journalist believed to be among the dead.

TSX dives 3 percent as recession fear grips market (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - Toronto's main stock index tumbled more than 3 percent on Thursday, rattled by fears that the world economy might fall into a new recession and the possibility that the European debt crisis might spread to the U.S. banking sector.

Police say girl killed in Australian home by dog (AP) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 07:51 PM PDT AP - Australian police say a 4-year-old girl has been killed inside her suburban Melbourne home by a neighbor's escaped dog.

Israelis blame 'terrorist' border attacks on Gaza militants, poor security (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 09:11 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Militants carried out a series of attacks on Israeli buses and cars on a highway near the border with Egypt midday Thursday, highlighting the deteriorating stability along the open frontier between the two neighbors.

When Good Presidents Go Bad: The Lessons of Malawi (Time.com) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:40 PM PDT Time.com - The leader of the African nation used to be held up as a model by the international community. Then he turned to autocracy.

Pope Benedict's Spain arrival sparks violent protests (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Aug 2011 08:41 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Spain Thursday for a week-long Catholic youth festival in Madrid amid violent protests over public funds being used for the religious event.

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