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• Gaddafi gunmen, government forces clash in Libyan capital (Reuters)
• U.S. says Tehran denial about contacts not truthful (Reuters)
• Berlusconi wins confidence vote but still weak (Reuters)
• Wall Street sit-in goes global Saturday (Reuters)
• 2,000 march in Cairo unity rally, anger at army (Reuters)
• Life Behind China's Great Firewall (Time.com)
• Analysis: U.S. ducks recession for now, but Europe threatens (Reuters)
• Protesters in Egypt urge Muslim-Christian unity (AP)
• Symbol of Argentine repression claims persecution (AP)
• What Are U.S. Troops Doing in Central Africa? (The Atlantic Wire)
• U.S. delays China currency report; lawmakers push bill (Reuters)
• Canada factory sales surge (Reuters)
• Crews struggle to drain oil-leaking ship off NZ (AP)
• Trade deals: South Korea finally wins FTA with the US, but hurdles remain (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Can the Peace Prize Help Liberia's President Win the Home Crowd? (Time.com)
• In India, a phone app to fight rape (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gaddafi gunmen, government forces clash in Libyan capital (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 03:24 PM PDT Reuters - Gunbattles between supporters of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC) shook the Libyan capital on Friday, raising fears of an insurgency against the country's new rulers.

U.S. says Tehran denial about contacts not truthful (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:45 AM PDT Reuters - The United States held rare direct contacts with Iran over allegations that Tehran was behind an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador on U.S. soil, the State Department said on Friday, dismissing Iranian denials that any meeting had taken place.

Berlusconi wins confidence vote but still weak (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 07:36 AM PDT Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a vote of confidence on Friday, giving his struggling center-right government a new, but probably short, lease of life.

Wall Street sit-in goes global Saturday (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 06:54 AM PDT Reuters - For an October revolution, dress warm. That's the word going out - politely - on the Web to rally street protests on Saturday around the globe from New Zealand to Alaska via London, Frankfurt, Washington and, of course, New York, where the past month's Occupy Wall Street movement has inspired a worldwide yell of anger at banks and financiers.

2,000 march in Cairo unity rally, anger at army (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:06 AM PDT Reuters - At least 2,000 people rallied in Cairo on Friday in a show of unity between Muslims and Christians and to express anger at the ruling military council after 25 people died when a protest by Coptic Christians led to clashes with the army.

Life Behind China's Great Firewall (Time.com) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 10:55 AM PDT Time.com - You've Got Mail: Behind the Great Firewall of China

Analysis: U.S. ducks recession for now, but Europe threatens (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 02:16 PM PDT Reuters - Consumers and businesses pulled the sickly U.S. economy back from the brink of recession in the third quarter but don't pop the champagne just yet.

Protesters in Egypt urge Muslim-Christian unity (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 12:55 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of protesters marched Friday from Egypt's pre-eminent mosque to a central Cairo cathedral in a show of Muslim-Christian unity after a bloody clash earlier this week involving Coptic Christian protesters and the military.

Symbol of Argentine repression claims persecution (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 01:56 PM PDT AP - An Argentine navy spy nicknamed "the Angel of Death" described himself Friday as a martyr and a victim of political persecution.

What Are U.S. Troops Doing in Central Africa? (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 03:33 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Related: Arrest of Opposition Leader, Caught on Video, Sparks Riots in Uganda

U.S. delays China currency report; lawmakers push bill (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - The Treasury Department said on Friday it would delay until later this year a ruling on whether China is manipulating its currency as Democratic Party lawmakers tried to overcome Republican opposition to a bill that would punish Beijing for its currency policies.

Canada factory sales surge (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - Canadian manufacturing sales rose almost three times higher than expected in August and offered more evidence that the economy is on track for modest growth in the third quarter after a slump in the second.

Crews struggle to drain oil-leaking ship off NZ (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2011 10:30 PM PDT AP - Salvage crews trying to limit the environmental damage from an oil-leaking cargo ship off New Zealand were unable to resume pumping out the remaining fuel Friday, despite calmer weather near the reef where the ship ran aground.

Trade deals: South Korea finally wins FTA with the US, but hurdles remain (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:51 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Basking in triumph over the US Congress approval of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, President Obama and South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak still face major hurdles before the deal takes effect.

Can the Peace Prize Help Liberia's President Win the Home Crowd? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Oct 2011 10:55 AM PDT Time.com - Can the Peace Prize Help Liberia's President Win the Home Crowd?

In India, a phone app to fight rape (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:56 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Women in India's capital, New Delhi, will soon be able to fight off potential attackers with a push of a phone button that will alert not only friends, family and police but also sound an alarm on their social networking websites.

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