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• Gaddafi loyalists put up tough fight in Sirte (Reuters)
• Russia's Putin rebuilds economic team, seeks unity (Reuters)
• Pakistan pushes back against U.S. charges, woos China (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Serbia may win EU candidate status, no talks yet (Reuters)
• Yemen defense minister survives attack, protests continue (Reuters)
• Why Some Khmer Rouge Suspects May Never Face Trial (Time.com)
• Treasury prices lower on easing Europe worries (AP)
• Libyan official delivers $16M to southern city (AP)
• 5 severed heads found in Mexico resort of Acapulco (AP)
• Opposition march dispersed in Guinea, 4 killed (AP)
• Pakistan tells U.N. committed to peace in Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Government spending seen in line with budget plan (Reuters)
• Australian women to take front-line military roles (AP)
• Toughest US accusation in years angers Pakistanis (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Surprising Siblings: Black and White Brothers Are Actually Twins (Time.com)
• Russia faces another six – or 12 – years of Putin at the helm (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gaddafi loyalists put up tough fight in Sirte (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - Intense sniper and artillery fire from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi holed up in Sirte kept fighters with Libya's new rulers at bay in the deposed leader's hometown on Wednesday.

Russia's Putin rebuilds economic team, seeks unity (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:58 AM PDT Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin put a trusted ally in charge of the economy on Tuesday and named a low-key finance minister to address concerns about reforms and restore unity over his plan to return to the Kremlin.

Pakistan pushes back against U.S. charges, woos China (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants and heaped praise on "all-weather friend" China.

Exclusive: Serbia may win EU candidate status, no talks yet (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:52 PM PDT Reuters - The European Commission wants to offer Serbia the status of EU membership candidate in October but will recommend entry talks are postponed until Belgrade improves its relations with Kosovo, EU diplomats said on Tuesday.

Yemen defense minister survives attack, protests continue (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen's defense minister survived a suicide bomb attack on his convoy in the south on Tuesday, while thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital repeating their calls for the president to quit.

Why Some Khmer Rouge Suspects May Never Face Trial (Time.com) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:55 PM PDT Time.com - According to critics, investigations by the war crimes tribunal in Cambodia have stalled, meaning some Khmer Rouge suspects may not see a courtroom

Treasury prices lower on easing Europe worries (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT AP - Treasury prices were lower as Europe moved closer to containing its debt crisis.

Libyan official delivers $16M to southern city (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 04:02 PM PDT AP - Libya's transitional government delivered 20 million dinars ($16 million) Tuesday to this remote southern city beset by fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, hoping to bolster support for revolutionary forces.

5 severed heads found in Mexico resort of Acapulco (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 04:46 PM PDT AP - Mexican police have found five severed heads in front of a primary school in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.

Opposition march dispersed in Guinea, 4 killed (AP) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:43 PM PDT AP - Opposition supporters attempting to join a march were violently dispersed on Tuesday, and at least four people were killed when paramilitary police seized control of traffic circles and lobbed tear gas at people walking toward the meeting point, an official said.

Pakistan tells U.N. committed to peace in Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:17 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan is committed to achieving peace in neighboring Afghanistan and cooperating with the U.S. and Afghan governments, Pakistan's foreign minister told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

Government spending seen in line with budget plan (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:11 AM PDT Reuters - The Canadian government's spending from April through June was "generally consistent" with the 2011 budget, the office of the parliamentary budget officer said on Tuesday.

Australian women to take front-line military roles (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:33 PM PDT AP - Australia will remove all gender barriers in its military over the next five years, opening up positions that had previously been considered too dangerous for women, including front-line combat roles, a minister said Tuesday.

Toughest US accusation in years angers Pakistanis (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:00 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In a roadside cafe a few hundred yards from the US consulate in Karachi, a dozen men are huddled around a TV screaming the latest headlines on the deteriorating ties between Pakistan and the US following the unexpected accusation by Adm. Mike Mullen Sunday.

Surprising Siblings: Black and White Brothers Are Actually Twins (Time.com) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:55 PM PDT Time.com - Two brothers, both alike in heritage, but as different as black and white. Ebony and ivory. Night and day. You get it. If one thing's clear about 18-year-old British twins James and Daniel Kelly, it's that they never get confused for one another

Russia faces another six – or 12 – years of Putin at the helm (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:40 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Russia's presidential election is still months away, but Russians are already avidly discussing what's in store for them given the prospect of six, and quite probably 12 more years of Vladimir Putin at the helm of the country.

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