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• Libyan rebels overrun Gaddafi HQ, say he's "finished" (Reuters)
• Newsmaker: Flamboyant Gaddafi no stranger to bloodshed (Reuters)
• Libya rebel council seeking $2.5 billion aid (Reuters)
• U.S. envoy visits Syria town, U.N. launches inquiry (Reuters)
• Yemen PM returns from Riyadh after attack on Saleh (Reuters)
• Despite Rebel Surge, Gaddafi's Vindictive Resolve Endures (Time.com)
• Lithuania PM says vandalism in Poland incites hatred (Reuters)
• Israel rejects challenge to West Bank barrier path (AP)
• Chavez: Venezuela recognizes only Gadhafi gov't (AP)
• Gaddafi says withdraws from Tripoli compound (Reuters)
• Moody's downgrades Japan's debt rating (AP)
• Rise in Canadian retail sales fails to impress (Reuters)
• Police probe Australian political sex scandal (AP)
• In Libya's rebel capital, celebration turns to contemplation of future (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Libya Rebels Overrun Gaddafi Compound, Bab al-Aziziyah (Time.com)
• Rebel march on Tripoli buoys France, UK (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libyan rebels overrun Gaddafi HQ, say he's "finished" (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan rebels sacked Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli bastion, seizing weapons and smashing symbols of a 42-year dictatorship whose demise will transform modern Libya and send a warning to other Arab autocrats under popular pressure, especially in Syria.

Newsmaker: Flamboyant Gaddafi no stranger to bloodshed (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:09 PM PDT Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi's penchant for extravagant uniforms, gold regalia and Bedouin tents provided a theatrical backdrop for four decades of harsh repression at home and a foreign policy that made him a bete noire of the West.

Libya rebel council seeking $2.5 billion aid (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 03:43 PM PDT Reuters - Libya's rebel National Transitional Council is seeking $2.5 billion in international aid by the end of the month to help the North African state recover from the six-month civil war, the NTC's prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, said on Tuesday.

U.S. envoy visits Syria town, U.N. launches inquiry (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. ambassador made a surprise trip to a southern Syrian town on Tuesday, his second visit to an area rocked by protests against President Bashar al-Assad and a move likely to antagonize the authorities in Damascus.

Yemen PM returns from Riyadh after attack on Saleh (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:20 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen's prime minister became the first senior politician injured in a June assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to return home from Saudi Arabia, a government official said on Tuesday.

Despite Rebel Surge, Gaddafi's Vindictive Resolve Endures (Time.com) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:05 PM PDT Time.com - No one thought Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his hard-core supporters would go away easily

Lithuania PM says vandalism in Poland incites hatred (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - Lithuania's prime minister denounced Tuesday the spray painting of Lithuanian-language signs in Poland in Polish colors as incitement to national hatred in the latest dispute between the Baltic neighbors.

Israel rejects challenge to West Bank barrier path (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:08 PM PDT AP - The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected a Palestinian village's appeal to reroute a section of Israel's West Bank separation barrier straddling the Jerusalem municipal border, saying the petitioners didn't prove the barrier would smother the village.

Chavez: Venezuela recognizes only Gadhafi gov't (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 02:58 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that Venezuela will continue to recognize Moammar Gadhafi as the leader of Libya and will refuse to recognize a rebel-led interim government.

Gaddafi says withdraws from Tripoli compound (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday that his withdrawal from his Bab al-Aziziya headquarters was a "tactical move" after the compound was leveled by 64 NATO air strikes.

Moody's downgrades Japan's debt rating (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - Moody's Investors Service says it has downgraded its rating on Japan's debt.

Rise in Canadian retail sales fails to impress (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 08:03 AM PDT Reuters - Canadian retail sales rose a seemingly healthy 0.7 percent in June from May, but the figure prompted little enthusiasm from analysts who noted a one-off jump in auto sales had fueled most of the gain.

Police probe Australian political sex scandal (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2011 11:29 PM PDT AP - Australian police were investigating allegations Tuesday that a lawmaker misused a credit card to pay prostitutes, a political scandal that could bring down the country's fragile government.

In Libya's rebel capital, celebration turns to contemplation of future (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Aug 2011 04:26 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A day after the rebels battling the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi surged unexpectedly into Tripoli, the raucous celebrations in the rebels' de facto capital of Benghazi has receded into contemplation of what comes next.

Libya Rebels Overrun Gaddafi Compound, Bab al-Aziziyah (Time.com) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:05 PM PDT Time.com - After the Gaddafi regime staged a resistance, the rebels broke into the Libyan leader's fortress and virtually sealed the fate of the regime

Rebel march on Tripoli buoys France, UK (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Aug 2011 02:39 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - While it may be too early for any triumphal "high fives" in Libya, the entrance of rebels in the capital Tripoli brings considerable relief in London and Paris.

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