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• Putin sets stage for return as Russian president (Reuters)
• Libyan NTC forces thrust deep into Gaddafi home town (Reuters)
• Prosecutors demand life in jail for Amanda Knox (Reuters)
• Syria bans imports to save foreign currency (Reuters)
• Chile's capital hit with widespread power outage (Reuters)
• The New Spanish Scent That's Good Enough to Eat (Time.com)
• Europe aims to beef up crisis fund, world urges action (Reuters)
• Supporters of Bahrain rulers rebuff vote boycott (AP)
• Bolivian official held at highway protest (AP)
• Egypt court delays verdict in policemen's trial (Reuters)
• China must battle inflation, maintains growth-Zhou (Reuters)
• Australian man charged in 'collar bomb' hoax (AP)
• Palestinian statehood bid brings Abbas a personal victory (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Peace Hopes Grim as Abbas, Netanyahu Clash at U.N. (Time.com)
• Zambia's fiery populist, Michael Sata, wins presidential election (The Christian Science Monitor)

Putin sets stage for return as Russian president (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ended months of speculation by saying he will run for president next March in an election that could open the way for him to stay in power for 12 more years.

Libyan NTC forces thrust deep into Gaddafi home town (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 03:59 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan interim government forces backed by NATO warplanes have mounted their deepest thrust into Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, getting as close as half a kilometer from the center of the deposed leader's coastal stronghold.

Prosecutors demand life in jail for Amanda Knox (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:00 PM PDT Reuters - Italian prosecutors asked a court on Saturday to put American student Amanda Knox behind bars for life for murdering her British housemate in a frenzied sex game that turned violent.

Syria bans imports to save foreign currency (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 02:45 PM PDT Reuters - Syria has banned most imports except raw materials and grains, local businessmen said on Saturday, in a move to preserve foreign currency reserves as pressure grows from a popular rebellion and Western sanctions against Syria's rulers.

Chile's capital hit with widespread power outage (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - The Chilean capital Santiago experienced a widespread power blackout on Saturday but power remained on in parts of the mining heartland in northern Chile, according to Reuters witnesses.

The New Spanish Scent That's Good Enough to Eat (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT Time.com - Chef Jordi Roca is already known for making pastries that taste like popularperfumes smell. Now he's reversing the concept with scents based on hisrestaurant's dessert list

Europe aims to beef up crisis fund, world urges action (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - Europe is working to ramp up the firepower of its bailout fund, top officials said on Saturday, as the United States, China and other nations raised the alarm about its debt crisis hurting the world economy.

Supporters of Bahrain rulers rebuff vote boycott (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:51 PM PDT AP - Rebuffing an election boycott by Shiite protest groups, supporters of the country's Sunni rulers voted in a special parliamentary election that is likely to reinforce divisions after seven months of unrest in the Gulf's main Arab Spring showdown.

Bolivian official held at highway protest (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT AP - Marchers opposed to a highway that Bolivia plans to build through an indigenous-inhabited nature preserve have briefly detained the foreign minister in the country's eastern lowlands.

Egypt court delays verdict in policemen's trial (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 02:40 PM PDT Reuters - An Egyptian activist, whose death last year contributed to the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, died from asphyxiation caused by a roll forced into his mouth while he was unconscious, the state news agency MENA reported on Saturday.

China must battle inflation, maintains growth-Zhou (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2011 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - China's economic outlook is positive, but it must keep battling inflation and be ready to counteract any external shocks, the country's top central banker said on Saturday.

Australian man charged in 'collar bomb' hoax (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:24 PM PDT AP - An Australian investment banker accused of chaining a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt was charged Saturday with kidnapping and other offenses after being extradited from the U.S.

Palestinian statehood bid brings Abbas a personal victory (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:24 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Thousands of Palestinians gathered in central Ramallah Friday night to hear Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speak to the United Nations and formally announce the bid for UN statehood membership.

Peace Hopes Grim as Abbas, Netanyahu Clash at U.N. (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT Time.com - Competing visions of the causes of conflict and the terms of ending it cloud hopes for a breakthrough any time soon

Zambia's fiery populist, Michael Sata, wins presidential election (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:43 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Zambia’s new president Michael Sata is known for his fiery speeches, his harsh criticism of Chinese investment in the Zambian copper mining industry, and his fondness for the governing philosophy of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. But in his first major statement since being declared the winner of this week’s presidential elections, the opposition leader struck a gentler line, albeit a still skeptical one.

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