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• Libyans focus on reconciliation and rebuilding (Reuters)
• Chile says air force plane missing off Juan Fernandez (Reuters)
• EU agrees oil embargo as Syrians march against Assad (Reuters)
• Venezuela's Chavez finishes third chemo session (Reuters)
• Concern rising about Iran military nuclear work: IAEA (Reuters)
• Sudan's Conflict Spreads: Is This the Start of a New Civil War? (Time.com)
• Swiss nuclear smuggling suspects to face charges (AP)
• Yemen: 30 al-Qaida suspects die in US airstrikes (AP)
• UN probes assault charge of 18-year-old Haitian (AP)
• Clashes erupt in flashpoint Sudan border state (Reuters)
• Turkey expels Israeli diplomats after U.N. report (Reuters)
• Ontario "mega-quarry" faces environmental review (Reuters)
• Fugitive Professor's Students Saw a Friendly, Disorganized Tough Guy (The Atlantic Wire)
• Libya rebels postpone attack on Qaddafi stronghold in show of confidence (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Spain Caps Its Debt -- Rest of the Euro Zone Be Warned (Time.com)
• Can Syria avoid civil war? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libyans focus on reconciliation and rebuilding (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:57 PM PDT Reuters - Libya's new leadership reaffirmed its commitment to democracy on Friday and worked on its priorities for spending billions of dollars released from the frozen assets of fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi.

Chile says air force plane missing off Juan Fernandez (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT Reuters - A Chilean air force plane disappeared near the Juan Fernandez islands off Chile's Pacific coast on Friday, the government said, while local media reported that 21 people were aboard.

EU agrees oil embargo as Syrians march against Assad (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:27 AM PDT Reuters - The European Union decided to impose sanctions on Syrian oil exports on Friday, saying President Bashar al-Assad was massacring his own countrymen.

Venezuela's Chavez finishes third chemo session (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ended a third round of chemotherapy on Friday, saying he "couldn't feel better" as he led a caravan to the presidential palace cheered on by thousands of supporters.

Concern rising about Iran military nuclear work: IAEA (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - The International Atomic Energy Agency is "increasingly concerned" about possible activity in Iran to develop a nuclear payload for a missile, the IAEA said in a confidential report obtained by Reuters on Friday.

Sudan's Conflict Spreads: Is This the Start of a New Civil War? (Time.com) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:05 PM PDT Time.com - Clashes and the fall of a provincial capital signal the beginning of what may be a furious round of fighting in the recently halved country

Swiss nuclear smuggling suspects to face charges (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:28 PM PDT AP - Three Swiss men suspected of aiding an international nuclear smuggling ring that supplied Libya and Iran are likely to face charges this fall, prosecutors said Friday.

Yemen: 30 al-Qaida suspects die in US airstrikes (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:51 PM PDT AP - Yemeni military and medical officials say 30 al-Qaida suspects have been killed in U.S. airstrikes and clashes with Yemeni soldiers in al-Qaida-held cities in the south.

UN probes assault charge of 18-year-old Haitian (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT AP - The United Nations is investigating allegations that five Uruguayan peacekeepers in Haiti sexually molested an 18-year-old man in an attack reportedly captured by a cellphone camera, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Clashes erupt in flashpoint Sudan border state (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - Sudan's army and forces aligned to South Sudan clashed Friday in a Sudanese state on the border with the newly independent south, prompting what witnesses said was an exodus of people from the state capital.

Turkey expels Israeli diplomats after U.N. report (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:36 PM PDT Reuters - Turkey expelled Israel's envoy and froze military cooperation with the Jewish state on Friday after a U.N. report on the deaths of nine Turks in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship failed to trigger an apology.

Ontario "mega-quarry" faces environmental review (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 12:16 PM PDT Reuters - Ontario has ordered a full environmental review of a proposed "mega-quarry" backed by one of Boston's best-known hedge funds, a move that may threaten a project that has already raised local opposition.

Fugitive Professor's Students Saw a Friendly, Disorganized Tough Guy (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 12:39 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Related: East Timor vs. Ninjas

Libya rebels postpone attack on Qaddafi stronghold in show of confidence (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:06 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Libya’s transitional leaders have extended the deadline for tribal leaders in Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte to surrender, in an attempt to prevent a bloody battle that could endanger attempts to unify Libya after the war is over.

Spain Caps Its Debt -- Rest of the Euro Zone Be Warned (Time.com) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:05 PM PDT Time.com - The government's move to constitutionally limit the deficit -- without consulting minority parties and without a referendum -- may be the final blow to the Socialist Party's chances in the upcoming election

Can Syria avoid civil war? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:12 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - After withstanding five months of a brutal crackdown by Syrian security forces, Syria’s opposition activists are pinning their hopes on an accelerated international intervention to help topple the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president.

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