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• Fighting at Tripoli airport, gunmen surround planes
• Syria rebels no longer respect truce, blame Assad
• Clinton warns of wider Caucasus conflict
• U.S. targets senior al Qaeda leader, further strains Pakistan ties
• Bedouin tribesmen, police clash in Egypt's Sinai, one dead: sources
• Queen's 60-year celebrations wind down, husband ill
• Russia turns east to embrace looming China
• Bomb hits Shi'ite site in Baghdad, 26 killed
• Suspect in grisly Canadian murder arrested in Berlin
• South Sudan officials have stolen $4 billion: president
• Grim search for dead after Nigerian plane crash
• Canadian body parts suspect arrested in Berlin
• Israel asks Arab visitors to open emails to search
• Prince Philip in hospital, misses jubilee concert
• Syrian rebels seek to coordinate
• Libyan government retakes Tripoli airport
• Egypt's Brotherhood faces tough popular test
• Peru court: Can extradite Dutchman after prison
• Iran rallies to aid of Iraq's embattled leader
• Vatican criticizes US nun's book on sexuality

Fighting at Tripoli airport, gunmen surround planes Posted: 04 Jun 2012 03:43 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Clashes broke out between rival Libyan militias at Tripoli's international airport on Monday after gunmen drove armed pickup trucks onto the tarmac and surrounded planes, forcing the airport to cancel flights. In a fresh challenge to the interim government's weak authority, members of the al-Awfea Brigade occupied the airport for several hours demanding the release of their leader whom they said was being held by Tripoli's security forces. An Italian passenger who was due to fly out and later arrived at a Tripoli hotel described the situation as chaotic. ...

Syria rebels no longer respect truce, blame Assad Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:49 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Monday they were no longer bound by a U.N.-backed truce because President Bashar al-Assad had failed to observe their Friday deadline to implement the ceasefire and had only attacked government forces to defend "our people". A Syrian opposition watchdog appeared to underline the rebel statement by saying at least 80 Syrian troops were killed in a surge of attacks at the weekend. International mediator Kofi Annan, due to brief the U.N. ...

Clinton warns of wider Caucasus conflict Posted: 04 Jun 2012 02:53 PM PDT YEREVAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced concern on Monday that violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan could lead to a broader regional conflict as three Armenian soldiers died in a border incident. Clinton began a trip to the South Caucasus region by calling on all sides to renounce violence as the former Soviet republics traded accusations over a clash that killed the Armenian soldiers and wounded troops on both sides of their border. ...

U.S. targets senior al Qaeda leader, further strains Pakistan ties Posted: 04 Jun 2012 02:47 PM PDT (Reuters) - A series of drone strikes over the weekend and a confrontation on Monday near the border town of Peshawar between U.S. diplomats and local police added new strains to already tense relations between the United States and Pakistan. U.S. and Pakistani government sources said Abu Yahya al Libi, a senior Al Qaeda leader who had survived previous drone attacks, was a target of one of the latest strikes, which occurred early on Monday in North Waziristan. U.S. government sources said they were unable to confirm Abu Yahya had been killed. ...

Bedouin tribesmen, police clash in Egypt's Sinai, one dead: sources Posted: 04 Jun 2012 01:56 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - One policeman was killed and six were wounded in two separate clashes on Monday between Bedouin tribesmen and security forces at two police posts in the southern area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security sources said. Armed Bedouin in vehicles attacked a police checkpoint, killing one policeman and wounding three, in the Wadi Firan area in South Sinai, the sources said. Three policemen were wounded in an exchange of fire with Bedouin at a police station in the same area, they added. It was not immediately clear what sparked the assaults. ...

Queen's 60-year celebrations wind down, husband ill Posted: 04 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Four days of nationwide celebrations during which millions of people have turned out to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne conclude on Tuesday with a church service and carriage procession through central London. The 86-year-old British monarch will cut a lonely figure as the Diamond Jubilee draws to a close, however, after her husband of 64 years, Prince Philip, was taken to hospital on Monday with a bladder infection. ...

Russia turns east to embrace looming China Posted: 04 Jun 2012 03:04 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - When Russia opens a "billion-dollar bridge" on its Pacific coast this summer, Vladimir Putin can expect an enthusiastic audience among the 5,000 islanders whom it will connect to the mainland, at an eye-popping cost per head. But the president will be looking, too, for attention from a few miles further off, in China, whose rise as a trading and diplomatic partner but also as a potential rival for control of thinly populated Siberia's resources has brought a new focus in Moscow on both business and military investment in the far east. ...

Bomb hits Shi'ite site in Baghdad, 26 killed Posted: 04 Jun 2012 07:17 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed car outside a Shi'ite Muslim office in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 190 in an attack bearing the hallmarks of Iraq's al Qaeda affiliate. The bombing on a Shi'ite religious office comes at a sensitive time, with the country's fractious Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs locked in a crisis that threatens to unravel their power-sharing deal and spill into sectarian tensions. ...

Suspect in grisly Canadian murder arrested in Berlin Posted: 04 Jun 2012 01:14 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - A Canadian man suspected of murdering and dismembering a Chinese student, then posting a video of the grisly crime online, was arrested in an Internet cafe in Berlin on Monday after an international manhunt. Interpol had issued a "red notice," its highest type of warning, for Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, who faces first degree murder charges in the death of 32-year-old Jun Lin. ...

South Sudan officials have stolen $4 billion: president Posted: 04 Jun 2012 04:14 PM PDT JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese officials have "stolen" an estimated $4 billion of public money and should return it to salvage the young nation's reputation and help lift its people out of poverty, the president said in a letter seen on Monday. The request came as the central African country, which seceded from Sudan less than a year ago, is scrambling for cash to make up for the loss of almost all state revenues with the shutdown of its oil output in January. ...

Grim search for dead after Nigerian plane crash Posted: 04 Jun 2012 03:37 PM PDT Emergency crews wearing masks to protect them from the acrid smoke and the stench of the dead searched for bodies in a smoldering, shattered neighborhood near the Lagos airport Monday after the crash of an airliner killed all 153 people on board and an unknown number on the ground.

Canadian body parts suspect arrested in Berlin Posted: 04 Jun 2012 03:51 PM PDT A Canadian porn actor suspected of murdering and dismembering a Chinese student and mailing his body parts to Canada's top political parties was reading about himself on the Internet when he was arrested Monday at a cafe in Berlin.

Israel asks Arab visitors to open emails to search Posted: 04 Jun 2012 01:52 PM PDT When Sandra Tamari arrived at Israel's international airport, she received an unusual request: A security agent pushed a computer screen in front of her, connected to Gmail and told her to "log in."

Prince Philip in hospital, misses jubilee concert Posted: 04 Jun 2012 03:05 PM PDT Elton John sang "I'm Still Standing," Stevie Wonder crooned "Isn't She Lovely," and Paul McCartney sent "All My Loving" as musical royalty celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign with a concert outside Buckingham Palace on Monday. But the joy was tempered by news that the queen's husband, Prince Philip, had been hospitalized with a bladder infection.

Syrian rebels seek to coordinate Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:52 AM PDT Syrian activists on Monday announced a new rebel coalition that aims to overcome deep divisions within the opposition in its fight against the forces of President Bashar Assad.

Libyan government retakes Tripoli airport Posted: 04 Jun 2012 01:56 PM PDT Libya's government has retaken control of the country's main airport from disgruntled militiamen who stormed the Tripoli site with heavy machine guns and armored vehicles on Monday, Libya's interim leader said.

Egypt's Brotherhood faces tough popular test Posted: 04 Jun 2012 02:24 PM PDT In a tight race for Egypt's presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood is reaping an immediate benefit from public fury over the mixed verdict against former leader Hosni Mubarak and his aides. The outrage appears to have chipped away at some of the widespread skepticism among Egyptians who believe the Islamic group is as domineering as the old rulers.

Peru court: Can extradite Dutchman after prison Posted: 04 Jun 2012 02:55 PM PDT U.S. prosecutors who want to try Joran van der Sloot for extortion related to the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway will have to wait until he finishes serving a murder sentence in Peru, this nation's Supreme Court has ruled.

Iran rallies to aid of Iraq's embattled leader Posted: 04 Jun 2012 11:51 AM PDT Iran has played many political roles in Baghdad since the fall of Saddam Hussein: spoiler to American-crafted administrations, haven for Iraqi political outcasts and big brother to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shiite-led government.

Vatican criticizes US nun's book on sexuality Posted: 04 Jun 2012 07:46 AM PDT The Vatican on Monday sharply criticized a book on sexuality written by a prominent American nun, saying it contradicted church teaching on issues like masturbation, homosexuality and marriage and that its author had a "defective understanding" of Catholic theology.

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