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• Libyans fail to agree new government (Reuters)
• New York meetings open to avert Palestinian crisis (Reuters)
• Merkel and euroskeptic allies beaten in Berlin (Reuters)
• I made a "moral error," Strauss-Kahn tells France (Reuters)
• Iran judge won't sign "hikers" release before Tuesday: lawyer (Reuters)
• 6.8 Magnitude Quake Hits India; High Death Toll Feared (Time.com)
• Strauss-Kahn denies violence in sex assault cases (AP)
• Yemeni forces open fire on protesters, 26 killed (AP)
• Brazil police arrest suspects in Amazon killings (AP)
• Gaddafi spokesman: 17, including French and British, captured (Reuters)
• Strong quake hits India, Nepal; 16 dead (AP)
• Air Canada, union in talks to avert strike (Reuters)
• In Venezuela, top Chávez rival sounds confident note after key court victory (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Christian Anxiety in Syria: A Minority Grapples With Who to Support (Time.com)

Libyans fail to agree new government (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - Libya's interim leaders failed to agree a new cabinet on Sunday and the forces that forced Muammar Gaddafi from power remained bogged down in fighting with troops loyal to the former ruler.

New York meetings open to avert Palestinian crisis (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:22 PM PDT Reuters - A last-ditch international push began in New York on Sunday to try to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and avert a crisis over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations.

Merkel and euroskeptic allies beaten in Berlin (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 12:10 PM PDT Reuters - Germany's Social Democrats beat Angela Merkel's conservatives in a regional vote in Berlin on Sunday, handing the chancellor her sixth election defeat this year ahead of a key euro zone vote in parliament in two weeks' time.

I made a "moral error," Strauss-Kahn tells France (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 01:40 PM PDT Reuters - Dominique Strauss-Kahn apologized to his country on Sunday for a sexual encounter with a hotel maid he said was a "moral error" he would regret all his life, and vowed to stay out of the Socialist Party's 2012 election campaign in France.

Iran judge won't sign "hikers" release before Tuesday: lawyer (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 08:37 AM PDT Reuters - The lawyer for two U.S. men convicted of spying in Iran said on Sunday their release could be delayed until Tuesday as the judge in the case was on vacation.

6.8 Magnitude Quake Hits India; High Death Toll Feared (Time.com) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT Time.com - A massive quake in northeastern India has caused damage and deaths as far away as Nepal; casualties are expected to go up as rescuers arrive on the scene

Strauss-Kahn denies violence in sex assault cases (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 04:47 PM PDT AP - Dominique Strauss-Kahn broke his silence four months after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault, calling his encounter with the woman a "moral failing" he deeply regrets, but insisting in an interview on French television Sunday that no violence was involved.

Yemeni forces open fire on protesters, 26 killed (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:45 PM PDT AP - Yemeni government forces opened fire with anti-aircraft guns and automatic weapons on tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital demanding ouster of their longtime ruler, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens, medical officials and witnesses said.

Brazil police arrest suspects in Amazon killings (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 04:51 PM PDT AP - Police in Brazil say they have arrested two men suspected in the killings of two Amazon activists earlier this year.

Gaddafi spokesman: 17, including French and British, captured (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:17 PM PDT Reuters - A spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi said on Sunday that 17 "mercenaries," including what he called French and British "technical experts" had been captured in the Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid in Libya.

Strong quake hits India, Nepal; 16 dead (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:58 PM PDT AP - A strong earthquake shook northeastern India and Nepal, killing at least 16 people, damaging buildings and sending lawmakers in Nepal's capital running into the streets.

Air Canada, union in talks to avert strike (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 04:56 PM PDT Reuters - Negotiators for Air Canada and its flight attendants' union were racing on Sunday to reach a labor agreement, but both sides were readying for a strike that would start on Wednesday if talks fail.

In Venezuela, top Chávez rival sounds confident note after key court victory (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Sep 2011 10:14 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Venezuela's fiery leftist President Hugo Chávez is laughing off an international court's decision to clear opposition leader Leopoldo López's bid for the presidency next year.

Christian Anxiety in Syria: A Minority Grapples With Who to Support (Time.com) Posted: 17 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT Time.com - Torn between their hunger for freedom and fear of radical Islam, Syria's ancient minority Christians do not know whether to support the protesters or Bashar al-Assad's regime

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