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• Palestinians to seek full U.N. membership: Abbas (Reuters)
• Gaddafi loyalists repel assault on last bastions (Reuters)
• Syrian forces kill 20 in anti-Assad protests (Reuters)
• Magnitude 6.6 quake hits Japan, no damage reported (Reuters)
• U.S. says Algiers embassy alerted to al Qaeda threat (Reuters)
• Malaria: Epidemic On the Run (Time.com)
• Moody's to conclude Italy review within month (Reuters)
• AP Exclusive: Iraqi girl recounts bus massacre (AP)
• Rights court sides with Chavez opponent (AP)
• UN approves Libya seat for former rebels (AP)
• Photo Essay: Marines fight on in south Afghanistan (AP)
• BlackBerry bashed as questions swirl about future (Reuters)
• Fire billows toxic plume across Australian capital (AP)
• Even amid eurozone crisis, Italians chafe at deeper cuts (The Christian Science Monitor)
• As Palestinians Push for Statehood, Israel Finds Itself Isolated (Time.com)
• Sectarian worries as Scotland's 'Old Firm' renews its soccer rivalry (The Christian Science Monitor)

Palestinians to seek full U.N. membership: Abbas (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday he would demand full membership of the United Nations for a Palestinian state when he goes to the U.N. General Assembly next week, setting up a diplomatic clash with Israel and the United States.

Gaddafi loyalists repel assault on last bastions (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - Diehard loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi unleashed barrages of rockets and mortars to beat back an assault by interim government forces on one of their last bastions in Libya's desert and also held off an advance into his home town.

Syrian forces kill 20 in anti-Assad protests (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 07:59 AM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces shot dead 20 people on Friday and flooded rural areas around Damascus with troops to try to end six months of demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits Japan, no damage reported (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:03 PM PDT Reuters - An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Japan on Saturday 126 km (80 miles) east-southeast of Hachinohe, off the east coast of Honshu island, the USGS reported.

U.S. says Algiers embassy alerted to al Qaeda threat (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. embassy in Algiers alerted potential targets to an al Qaeda threat to attack planes chartered by oil companies, the State Department said on Friday.

Malaria: Epidemic On the Run (Time.com) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 04:00 PM PDT Time.com - Malaria: Epidemic On the Run

Moody's to conclude Italy review within month (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - Moody's Investors Service on Friday said it would finish reviewing Italy's Aa2 sovereign currency credit rating for possible downgrade within the next month, saying Italy faces a challenging economic and financial environment.

AP Exclusive: Iraqi girl recounts bus massacre (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:12 PM PDT AP - The trip was intended to give Tabarak Thaer a glimpse of the world beyond Iraq's violence and misery. Instead, it brought the 10-year-old face to face with terror when insurgents boarded the bus she was riding, forced the male passengers off, and killed them.

Rights court sides with Chavez opponent (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:56 PM PDT AP - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights sided with a Venezuelan opposition politician in a ruling released Friday, saying he should be allowed to run for office despite a decision that had blocked him from challenging President Hugo Chavez.

UN approves Libya seat for former rebels (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 04:00 PM PDT AP - The United Nations gave strong backing to Libya's former rebels Friday, handing their National Transitional Council the country's U.N. seat and then lifting and modifying some sanctions imposed on Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

Photo Essay: Marines fight on in south Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:20 PM PDT AP - One small U.S. Marine base in southern Afghanistan is surrounded on three sides by bomb-infested farmland and ever-changing Taliban firing positions. The base is reachable only by foot, on the fourth side, by way of a path they call the Serpentine.

BlackBerry bashed as questions swirl about future (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 12:47 PM PDT Reuters - Investors drove Research In Motion's stock down 20 percent on Friday as dismal quarterly results raised prospects that the BlackBerry maker will be sold, broken up, or at least placed under new leadership.

Fire billows toxic plume across Australian capital (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:04 AM PDT AP - Firefighters have gained control over a factory fire that billowed toxic smoke across Australia's national capital, Canberra. The plume closed many schools and two people required medical treatment minor smoke inhalation.

Even amid eurozone crisis, Italians chafe at deeper cuts (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 11:10 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Fabrizio Bianchini, who works as a delivery man for a soap company, faced a tough task on Sept. 6, the day Italy's powerful CGIL union declared a nationwide strike against proposed austerity measures. Public transportation was suspended in major cities and the streets were clogged, complicating his efforts to get his deliveries to their proper destination.

As Palestinians Push for Statehood, Israel Finds Itself Isolated (Time.com) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 04:00 PM PDT Time.com - As Palestinians Push for Statehood, Israel Finds Itself Isolated

Sectarian worries as Scotland's 'Old Firm' renews its soccer rivalry (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Sep 2011 09:33 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Growing up, Glasgow Rangers fan Graeme Strachan heard the songs and sang them like many of those in the stands around him.

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