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• More than 50 rockets fired from Gaza, Israeli killed (Reuters)
• Egypt recalls envoy from Israel over deaths (Reuters)
• Iran jails U.S. "hikers" as spies for 8 years (Reuters)
• Yemen opposition figures quit National Council (Reuters)
• Heading for the Hills: Spanish Winemakers Adapt to Global Warming (Time.com)
• Bad weather interrupts pope's speech in Spain (Reuters)
• Cross-border attack tests Israel-Egypt treaty (AP)
• Colossal statue in Puerto Rico could find new home (AP)
• Tripoli fighting is "zero hour": rebel official (Reuters)
• Biden seeks to reassure China on U.S. debt (Reuters)
• Pakistan mosque bombing: one of country's worst attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Hanging With Hackers: Inside Germany's Great 'Geek' Convention (Time.com)
• Bahrain government fires hundreds of employees for political views (The Christian Science Monitor)

More than 50 rockets fired from Gaza, Israeli killed (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 02:11 PM PDT Reuters - An Israeli man was killed on Saturday in a rocket strike launched from Gaza, medics said, the latest death in a three-day spasm of violence that has killed more than 30 people.

Egypt recalls envoy from Israel over deaths (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 02:30 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt said Saturday it would withdraw its ambassador from Israel, insisting the killing of five Egyptian security personnel while Israeli forces pursued gunmen across the border was a breach of its 1979 peace treaty with the Jewish state.

Iran jails U.S. "hikers" as spies for 8 years (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:10 AM PDT Reuters - Two Americans held in Iran for more than two years have been convicted as spies and sentenced to eight years' jail, Iranian TV reported on Saturday, a verdict that will further strain already very poor relations with Washington.

Yemen opposition figures quit National Council (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:50 AM PDT Reuters - A group of Yemeni politicians left a newly formed opposition council Saturday, exposing divisions in the anti-government movement in a country convulsed by months of violent protests.

Heading for the Hills: Spanish Winemakers Adapt to Global Warming (Time.com) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:20 AM PDT Time.com - Heading for the Hills: Spanish Winemakers Adapt to Global Warming

Bad weather interrupts pope's speech in Spain (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 02:49 PM PDT Reuters - A torrential rainstorm forced Pope Benedict to abandon a speech to hundreds of thousands of young people gathered at an aerodrome outside Madrid on Saturday.

Cross-border attack tests Israel-Egypt treaty (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 04:24 PM PDT AP - Israel's landmark 1979 peace treaty with Egypt is being tested by a cross-border attack blamed on Palestinian militants. Israel made a rare apology Saturday for the deaths of three Egyptian soldiers after Cairo threatened to withdraw its ambassador.

Colossal statue in Puerto Rico could find new home (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 02:52 PM PDT AP - A proposal to erect a colossal statue of Christopher Columbus on an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico has revived a debate about the fate of a bronze work that has been shunned by many and loved by few.

Tripoli fighting is "zero hour": rebel official (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 04:09 PM PDT Reuters - Opponents of Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli have risen up in coordination with rebels encircling the capital, a senior official in the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Sunday.

Biden seeks to reassure China on U.S. debt (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:08 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said China had "nothing to worry about" concerning the safety of its vast holdings of Treasury debt, while China's Premier Wen Jiabao gave a ringing endorsement of the resilience of the debt-ridden U.S. economy.

Pakistan mosque bombing: one of country's worst attacks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:38 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks in recent years, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a packed mosque Friday, killing at least 50 worshipers and injuring more than 100 in Pakistan’s tribal belt of Khyber.

Hanging With Hackers: Inside Germany's Great 'Geek' Convention (Time.com) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 12:25 AM PDT Time.com - The Chaos Computer Club is hosting a summer camp for 3,000 hackers fromaround the world in Brandenburg, formerly in East Germany

Bahrain government fires hundreds of employees for political views (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:24 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - More than 100 Bahraini government employees have been fired in recent weeks for their political views, signaling an ongoing campaign to crush dissent in the wake of a pro-democracy uprising this spring.

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