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• Yemen scrambles for ceasefire as death toll rises (Reuters)
• Afghan peace council head killed in Kabul (Reuters)
• Obama to meet Palestinian leader amid U.N. crisis (Reuters)
• Obama urges Gaddafi forces to give up (Reuters)
• Syrian activists defiant but frustrated (Reuters)
• Hold That Bone: More Owners Are Making Their Dogs Go Vegan (Time.com)
• Milan fashion picks glam over gloom (Reuters)
• Al-Jazeera: Director announces resignation (AP)
• Haiti: Plane crashes outside northern city (AP)
• G8 pledges support for Arab Spring countries (AP)
• Suicide bomber kills former Afghan president (AP)
• Killing of former Afghan President Rabbani imperils Taliban peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Does Germany Owe Greece $95 Billion from World War II? (Time.com)
• How ready are Libya's new leaders? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Yemen scrambles for ceasefire as death toll rises (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - Bursts of shelling threatened a fragile new truce in Yemen's capital Sanaa late on Tuesday as politicians scrambled to end the bloodiest fighting in eight months of anti-government protests.

Afghan peace council head killed in Kabul (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 03:38 PM PDT Reuters - A Taliban suicide bomber on Tuesday killed Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council, a dramatic show of insurgent reach and a heavy blow to hopes of reaching a political end to the war.

Obama to meet Palestinian leader amid U.N. crisis (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 04:58 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday to urge him to drop plans to ask the U.N. Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state despite U.S. and Israeli objections.

Obama urges Gaddafi forces to give up (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:34 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for the last of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to lay down their arms as he announced the return of the U.S. ambassador to Tripoli and pledged to help Libya rebuild.

Syrian activists defiant but frustrated (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 08:28 AM PDT Reuters - Beneath the lingering enthusiasm there are clear signs of exhaustion in the voice of the young Damascus activist who has been protesting against the autocratic rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for over six months.

Hold That Bone: More Owners Are Making Their Dogs Go Vegan (Time.com) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT Time.com - More vegetarians and vegans are keeping meat products out of their pet's chow bowl. But some warn that even though dogs are omnivores, they need their meat. And by the way: don't even think about trying to give a carrot to your cat

Milan fashion picks glam over gloom (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - Designers have prepared a marathon of catwalk shows and gala openings to wow shoppers and woo their wallets at a Milan fashion week which starts on Wednesday amid winds of recession.

Al-Jazeera: Director announces resignation (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 04:28 PM PDT AP - The Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel has announced Tuesday that its director has stepped down after serving the network for eight years.

Haiti: Plane crashes outside northern city (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 04:49 PM PDT AP - Haiti's government says a plane has crashed outside the northern coastal city of Cap-Haitien.

G8 pledges support for Arab Spring countries (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 04:59 PM PDT AP - The world's major industrialized nations are promising concrete actions with a long-term political and economic impact to support Arab and North African countries as they put in place "the building blocks of democracy" after uprisings against authoritarian rulers.

Suicide bomber kills former Afghan president (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 03:32 PM PDT AP - A suicide attacker with a bomb in his turban posed as a Taliban peace envoy and assassinated a former Afghan president who for the past year headed a government council seeking a political settlement with the insurgents.

Killing of former Afghan President Rabbani imperils Taliban peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:26 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Former Afghan president and head of the central government’s peace talks with the Taliban, Burhanuddin Rabbani was killed in a bomb blast along with several other Afghan officials on Tuesday night, raising questions about future negotiations and the overall stability of Afghanistan.

Does Germany Owe Greece $95 Billion from World War II? (Time.com) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT Time.com - Germany continues to shoulder much of the load when it comes to Europe's bailout of Greece. For some Greeks, that's just as it should be; they say Germany still has billions of euros in unpaid reparations bills from World War II

How ready are Libya's new leaders? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:20 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As temperatures soared above 105 degrees F. and rebels took control of the Libyan capital in August, the failing dictatorship of Muammar Qaddafi had one last weapon: thirst.

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