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• Libyan forces plan "final" attack on Gaddafi hometown (Reuters)
• Clashes in Athens as workers strike against cuts (Reuters)
• Palestinians near UNESCO membership (Reuters)
• Focus shifts to gay senator in Irish president race (Reuters)
• Cubans look to private sector to make ends meet (Reuters)
• Tackle Militants? Pakistan is More Likely to Make Peace With Them (Time.com)
• Moody's cuts ratings on Intesa, UniCredit (Reuters)
• Army defectors aim to overthrow Syrian regime (AP)
• Photos: Nicaraguan cancer patient marks birthday (AP)
• Group: war crimes by both sides in Ivory Coast (AP)
• White House voices concern on China currency bill (Reuters)
• Manitoba's NDP wins fourth straight majority term (Reuters)
• Arrests of journalists show Ethiopia's sterner side (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Can Banning Hand-Raising Promote a Calmer Classroom? (Time.com)
• Protests underscore Bulgarians' fear of Roma, organized crime (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libyan forces plan "final" attack on Gaddafi hometown (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan interim government forces have pledged to mount a final decisive attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown and one of his former lieutenants says he believes the deposed leader is ready to fight to the end.

Clashes in Athens as workers strike against cuts (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 09:47 AM PDT Reuters - Riot police fired teargas at stone-throwing youths in central Athens on Wednesday as thousands of striking Greek state sector workers marched against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy.

Palestinians near UNESCO membership (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - Palestinians moved a step closer to full membership of the U.N. cultural agency on Wednesday when its board decided to let 193 member countries vote on admission this month.

Focus shifts to gay senator in Irish president race (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - A gay senator has taken the heat off former Irish Republican Army (IRA) commander Martin McGuinness in the race for Ireland's presidency as controversies over his past dominate the campaign.

Cubans look to private sector to make ends meet (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - Cubans are finding that working for private employers instead of a paternalistic communist state is putting more money in their pockets, but they are still struggling to make ends meet.

Tackle Militants? Pakistan is More Likely to Make Peace With Them (Time.com) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:30 AM PDT Time.com - While U.S. officials have sought to dial down tensions with Islamabad over alleged ties with extremists in Afghanistan, Pakistan's generals are solidifying their break with U.S. strategy

Moody's cuts ratings on Intesa, UniCredit (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - Moody's lowered its credit ratings on Italy's two biggest banks, Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit , on Wednesday following its recent downgrade of Italian sovereign debt.

Army defectors aim to overthrow Syrian regime (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:51 PM PDT AP - A group of military defectors known as the Free Syrian Army is emerging as the first armed challenge to President Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime after seven months of largely nonviolent resistance.

Photos: Nicaraguan cancer patient marks birthday (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:24 PM PDT AP - In her glowing pink dress and tiara, Maria Jose Martinez looked the part of the excited princess celebrating her 15th birthday as friends and family gathered for her coming-out party.

Group: war crimes by both sides in Ivory Coast (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT AP - An international rights group says in a Thursday report that 13 military leaders from both sides of Ivory Coast's political divide committed war crimes during months of postelection violence in the West African nation, and called on the government to prosecute all suspects equally.

White House voices concern on China currency bill (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:42 PM PDT Reuters - The prospects for U.S. legislation designed to get China to revalue its currency appeared to dim on Wednesday when the White House voiced concern it could violate international trade rules.

Manitoba's NDP wins fourth straight majority term (Reuters) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:57 PM PDT Reuters - Manitoba voters re-elected the New Democratic Party government on Tuesday, which won a record-matching fourth straight majority in the western Canadian farm and mining province.

Arrests of journalists show Ethiopia's sterner side (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:00 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The arrests of two Swedish journalists â€" captured by security forces in early July after a firefight with ethnic Somali rebels â€" and the detention of a long stream of local journalists with critical views of the Ethiopian government is showing once again the ruthless streak of America’s biggest friend in the Horn of Africa.

Can Banning Hand-Raising Promote a Calmer Classroom? (Time.com) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:30 AM PDT Time.com - Another school in the U.K. is jumping on the 'banned' wagon, eliminating a very basic classroom tradition: raising your hand

Protests underscore Bulgarians' fear of Roma, organized crime (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:57 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Houses set ablaze; far right activists and football hooligans chanting racist slogans; vigilantes arming themselves with swords, knives, and clubs; riot police charging through normally peaceful streets.

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