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• Taliban attack across Kabul, target U.S. Embassy (Reuters)
• Jailed Americans to be freed soon: Ahmadinejad (Reuters)
• Civilians pour out of besieged pro-Gaddafi town (Reuters)
• Turkish PM throws weight behind Arab cause (Reuters)
• U.S. envoys Hale, Ross to head back to Mideast (Reuters)
• Sad News About Happy Feet? Rescued Penguin May Have Been Eaten (Time.com)
• Italy austerity nears approval as pressure mounts (Reuters)
• Palestinian leader won't halt UN recognition drive (AP)
• Casey Anthony's lawyer joins defense in Aruba case (AP)
• Gadhafi's son reaches Niger capital, seeks refuge (AP)
• South Korea president to visit White House Oct. 13 (AP)
• Canada unlocks Libyan assets; SNC Lavalin on hold (Reuters)
• 'Happy Feet' penguin vanishes on his way home (AP)
• Cracks emerge among Libya's rebels, from frontlines to Tripoli (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Libya: Inside the Hunt for Gaddafi's Key Men (Time.com)
• Israel arrives at a tough diplomatic intersection (The Christian Science Monitor)

Taliban attack across Kabul, target U.S. Embassy (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 10:37 AM PDT Reuters - Taliban fighters fired rockets at the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul on Tuesday and attacked police in three other areas in the biggest assault the insurgent group has mounted on the Afghan capital.

Jailed Americans to be freed soon: Ahmadinejad (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:15 PM PDT Reuters - Iran will soon free two Americans jailed for spying, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, in what he called a humanitarian gesture weeks before he travels to the United Nations in New York.

Civilians pour out of besieged pro-Gaddafi town (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 02:25 PM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of Libyans fled a desert town held by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Tuesday, complaining of hardship and intimidation, as fighters backed by the country's new rulers warned of a full onslaught in the coming days.

Turkish PM throws weight behind Arab cause (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 02:02 PM PDT Reuters - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told Arab states on Tuesday it was time to raise the Palestinian flag at the United Nations and accused Israel of obstructing peace in the Middle East.

U.S. envoys Hale, Ross to head back to Mideast (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - Senior U.S. envoys will visit the Middle East this week to try to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians and avert a Palestinian bid for U.N. membership, the United States said on Tuesday.

Sad News About Happy Feet? Rescued Penguin May Have Been Eaten (Time.com) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 03:25 PM PDT Time.com - Here's your sad animal story of the day: Happy Feet, the emperor penguin who famously washed ashore in New Zealand, has gone missing and his trackers are fearing the worst

Italy austerity nears approval as pressure mounts (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 03:58 PM PDT Reuters - Italy's lower house of parliament is expected to approve the center-right government's much revised austerity plan on Wednesday as Rome struggles to stem a financial market crisis now threatening the whole euro zone.

Palestinian leader won't halt UN recognition drive (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 02:05 PM PDT AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says efforts to win U.N. recognition for a Palestinian state are "irreversible" and have wide international support, but they don't mean the end of negotiations with Israel.

Casey Anthony's lawyer joins defense in Aruba case (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 04:38 PM PDT AP - The lawyer who gained fame in the Casey Anthony murder trial in Florida said Tuesday that he will now help a U.S. businessman jailed in Aruba in the presumed death of his travel companion.

Gadhafi's son reaches Niger capital, seeks refuge (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 04:59 PM PDT AP - A son of Moammar Gadhafi has arrived in Niger's capital to seek political asylum.

South Korea president to visit White House Oct. 13 (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 04:24 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to welcome his South Korean counterpart to the White House for an official state visit next month.

Canada unlocks Libyan assets; SNC Lavalin on hold (Reuters) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 08:45 AM PDT Reuters - Canada has obtained U.N. approval to unfreeze $2.2 billion in Libyan assets for humanitarian aid and reestablished its diplomatic mission in Tripoli on Tuesday, government officials said.

'Happy Feet' penguin vanishes on his way home (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 03:02 AM PDT AP - The penguin known as "Happy Feet" has vanished in the ocean on his way home from New Zealand, eluding his trackers just days after his release and leaving behind a mystery that may never be solved.

Cracks emerge among Libya's rebels, from frontlines to Tripoli (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 02:53 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - From Libya’s still-active frontlines to the halls of power in Tripoli, divisions are emerging among revolutionaries and their leaders even before “liberation” has been officially declared.

Libya: Inside the Hunt for Gaddafi's Key Men (Time.com) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 03:25 PM PDT Time.com - With Gaddafi's regime shattered but no new justice system in place, a self-appointed squad of rebels is sweeping up the fragments

Israel arrives at a tough diplomatic intersection (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 02:13 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Israel is expected to exercise "maximum restraint" as it faces a trio of regional challenges that threaten to further deepen its isolation, already more acute than the Jewish state has seen in decades.

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