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News: Libyan TV still on air despite NATO bombing Gunmen kill 11 in Pakistan suspected sectarian attack Debt crisis moves to Senate, deadlock persists China denies destroying evidence after fatal rail crash Islamists suspected over Libyan rebel death Probe of Air France crash finds pilots ignored warnings How pilots wrestled in vain to save Air France jet Turkey's military in turmoil as top brass quit Snapshot: What is happening in the U.S. debt crisis Rights group says 20 protesters killed across Syria Republican bill passes, opening path to debt deal Syrian forces kill 20 across country: rights group Turkey's military chiefs quit ahead of key meeting Snapshot: What is happening in the debt crisis U.N. council mulls unfreezing Libyan assets for aid U.N. adds Pakistani Taliban to sanctions list Libyan rebels say commander killed by allied militia Cuba approves flights from 9 more American cities Libyan who returned from Britain finds the rebel's life tough Divided by war, Libyans split over slain rebel Air France pilots could have saved Rio-Paris plane: BEA U.S. military chief aims to reassure Afghans after attacks Rebels killed Libya's Younes: rebel minister Spain PM calls early election, conservatives ahead U.S. says Libyan opposition must focus on unity Turkey's military chiefs quit ahead of key meeting Factbox: Pre-crash moments of flight AF447 Tobacco firms lose major Canada liability ruling Norway security police see no increase in threats Around 100 feared dead in DR Congo boat collision Ethnic Serbs blockade NATO troops in Kosovo Groups quit Egypt rally saying hijacked by Islamists Norway mourns, buries dead, a week after massacre Polish defense minister quits over damning crash report Lebanon tribunal names 4 suspects in Hariri killing Libyan who returned from Britain finds the rebel's life tough Norway police raise attack death toll to 77 from 76 House Republicans retool debt limit increase bill Analysis: Politics twists oil's route from well to gas tank Analysis: Libya rebel killing takes shine off opposition gains Libyan TV still on air despite NATO bombing Fri,29 Jul 2011 11:06 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said on Saturday it had bombed three satellite dishes in Tripoli to stop "terror broadcasts" by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, but state television remained on the air. Full Story Top Gunmen kill 11 in Pakistan suspected sectarian attack Fri,29 Jul 2011 09:45 PM PDT Reuters - QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Saturday, killing 11 Shi'ite Muslims and wounding three in a suspected sectarian attack, police said. Full Story Top Debt crisis moves to Senate, deadlock persists Fri,29 Jul 2011 09:03 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats sought to forge a last-ditch compromise with Republicans on Friday by offering a concession to avoid a crippling default, but a bitter divide remained before Tuesday's deadline to raise the country's debt ceiling. Full Story Top China denies destroying evidence after fatal rail crash Fri,29 Jul 2011 08:48 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state news agency Xinhua has denied widespread rumors that railway authorities tried to conceal evidence by burying carriages damaged during a high-speed rail crash that killed at least 40 people last weekend. Full Story Top Islamists suspected over Libyan rebel death Fri,29 Jul 2011 08:36 PM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were members of an Islamist-linked militia that is allied to their struggle to overthrow veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi. Full Story Top Probe of Air France crash finds pilots ignored warnings Fri,29 Jul 2011 07:48 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Pilots of a doomed Air France jet which crashed into the Atlantic two years ago killing all 228 people onboard ignored stall warnings and appeared to defy the manual, a new crash investigation report showed on Friday. Full Story Top How pilots wrestled in vain to save Air France jet Fri,29 Jul 2011 07:42 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - "What do you think? What do you think? What should we do?" Full Story Top Turkey's military in turmoil as top brass quit Fri,29 Jul 2011 07:34 PM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey faced turmoil within its military on Saturday after the country's four most senior commanders quit in protest over the detention of 250 officers on charges of conspiring against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government. Full Story Top Snapshot: What is happening in the U.S. debt crisis Fri,29 Jul 2011 07:00 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is what is happening on Friday as lawmakers scramble to close in on a deal for Congress to raise the U.S. government's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit by Tuesday's deadline and avoid a debt default: Full Story Top Rights group says 20 protesters killed across Syria Fri,29 Jul 2011 05:15 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead at least 20 civilians in attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations across the country Friday, the Syrian human rights organization Sawasiah said. Full Story Top Republican bill passes, opening path to debt deal Fri,29 Jul 2011 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a Republican deficit plan on Friday that has no chance of becoming law but could pave the way for a last-ditch bid for bipartisan compromise to avert a crippling national default. Full Story Top Syrian forces kill 20 across country: rights group Fri,29 Jul 2011 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead at least 20 civilians in attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations across the country on Friday, the Syrian human rights organization Sawasiah said. Full Story Top Turkey's military chiefs quit ahead of key meeting Fri,29 Jul 2011 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's top military brass resigned on Friday, in the latest and possibly decisive round of a long battle between the traditional secularist establishment embodied by the army and the Islam-rooted government of Tayyip Erdogan that has dominated Turkey for nearly a decade. Full Story Top Snapshot: What is happening in the debt crisis Fri,29 Jul 2011 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is what is happening on Friday as lawmakers scramble to close in on a deal for Congress to raise the U.S. government's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit by an August 2 deadline and avoid a debt default: Full Story Top U.N. council mulls unfreezing Libyan assets for aid Fri,29 Jul 2011 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council panel that has been deadlocked for months is prepared to release Libyan assets frozen under U.N. sanctions to purchase humanitarian aid, Portugal's U.N. envoy said on Friday. Full Story Top U.N. adds Pakistani Taliban to sanctions list Fri,29 Jul 2011 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Friday slapped sanctions on the Pakistani Taliban -- thought to be behind last year's failed bombing attempt on New York's Times Square -- for having links with al Qaeda. Full Story Top Libyan rebels say commander killed by allied militia Fri,29 Jul 2011 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said on Friday the gunmen who shot dead the rebel military chief were fighters of an allied militia, in apparent confirmation of deep rifts among the forces struggling to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi. Full Story Top Cuba approves flights from 9 more American cities Fri,29 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Air travel between the United States and Cuba will become easier with the opening of charter flights to the forbidden island from an additional nine U.S. cities announced by Cuba authorities on Friday. Full Story Top Libyan who returned from Britain finds the rebel's life tough Fri,29 Jul 2011 01:26 PM PDT Reuters - NALUT, Libya (Reuters) - Encouraged by promises of economic and political reform, Libyan Bashir Firgani put some money together and returned home after 18 years in Britain to set up a tourism business on the coast. Full Story Top Divided by war, Libyans split over slain rebel Fri,29 Jul 2011 01:11 PM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI, July 29 (Reuters) - As mourners carried the body the slain Libyan rebel military chief to his funeral, fighters fresh from the front unleashed volleys of gunfire into the air and vowed Abdul Fattah Younes had not died in vain. Full Story Top Air France pilots could have saved Rio-Paris plane: BEA Fri,29 Jul 2011 01:05 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - The pilots at the helm of Air France flight AF447, which crashed into the Atlantic in 2009, could still have saved the situation after the jet lost its speed data, the head of France's BEA authority said on Friday. Full Story Top U.S. military chief aims to reassure Afghans after attacks Fri,29 Jul 2011 01:01 PM PDT Reuters - KANDAHAR (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Friday, aiming to reassure a country rattled by a wave of high-profile attacks and assassinations. Full Story Top Rebels killed Libya's Younes: rebel minister Fri,29 Jul 2011 12:57 PM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Rebel fighters who were sent to bring Libyan rebel military chief Abdel Fattah Younes to Benghazi for questioning killed him and dumped his body outside the city, rebel minister Ali Tarhouni said on Friday. Full Story Top Spain PM calls early election, conservatives ahead Fri,29 Jul 2011 12:02 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's prime minister called early elections on Friday, gambling that a summer jobs boom may allow his Socialists to snatch an upset victory despite economic stagnation that has contributed to the euro zone's debt crisis. Full Story Top U.S. says Libyan opposition must focus on unity Fri,29 Jul 2011 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shooting death of Libya's rebel military commander is a challenge for the country's opposition, which must now focus on promoting unity within its ranks, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. Full Story Top Turkey's military chiefs quit ahead of key meeting Fri,29 Jul 2011 11:22 AM PDT Reuters - ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday its top four military chiefs were all seeking retirement, in moves that appeared to reflect a deep rift between the secularist military and a government with roots in political Islam. Full Story Top Factbox: Pre-crash moments of flight AF447 Fri,29 Jul 2011 11:17 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Below is a list of the final maneuvers of Air France flight AF447 and the last words of the cockpit crew, as detailed in an updated report published on Friday by French air accident investigator BEA. Full Story Top Tobacco firms lose major Canada liability ruling Fri,29 Jul 2011 11:07 AM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Tobacco companies suffered a major defeat in Canada on Friday when the Supreme Court ruled the federal government is not liable for damages from health-related lawsuits, possibly amounting to many billions of dollars. Full Story Top Norway security police see no increase in threats Fri,29 Jul 2011 10:48 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik probably acted alone in massacring 77 people last week and the killings have not raised risks of new attacks in Norway, the Norwegian Police Security Service said on Friday. Full Story Top Around 100 feared dead in DR Congo boat collision Fri,29 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - Around 100 people were feared dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday after the latest in a string of boat accidents in the central African country, officials said. Full Story Top Ethnic Serbs blockade NATO troops in Kosovo Fri,29 Jul 2011 10:06 AM PDT Reuters - MITROVICA/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Ethnic Serbs from Kosovo's north on Friday blocked NATO troops reaching their peacekeepers deployed at border posts with Serbia this week to halt violence provoked by a customs dispute with Belgrade. Full Story Top Groups quit Egypt rally saying hijacked by Islamists Fri,29 Jul 2011 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - More than 30 political parties and movements withdrew from a rally on Friday that was organized to send a united message to the ruling army about reform, saying the event was hijacked by Islamist groups. Full Story Top Norway mourns, buries dead, a week after massacre Fri,29 Jul 2011 10:03 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegians united in mourning on Friday as the first funerals were held a week after anti-Islam extremist Anders Behring Breivik massacred at least 77 people in attacks that traumatized the nation. Full Story Top Polish defense minister quits over damning crash report Fri,29 Jul 2011 09:51 AM PDT Reuters - WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich resigned on Friday after a government report chronicled a litany of errors and neglect by the crew of the military plane that crashed in Russia last year killing Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others. Full Story Top Lebanon tribunal names 4 suspects in Hariri killing Fri,29 Jul 2011 09:39 AM PDT Reuters - AMSTERDAM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.N.-backed Lebanon tribunal on Friday released the names, photographs and details of four men wanted for killing statesman Rafik al-Hariri, saying it had acted in a bid to speed up their arrest. Full Story Top Libyan who returned from Britain finds the rebel's life tough Fri,29 Jul 2011 09:17 AM PDT Reuters - NALUT, Libya (Reuters) - Encouraged by promises of economic and political reform, Libyan Bashir Firgani put some money together and returned home after 18 years in Britain to set up a tourism business on the coast. Full Story Top Norway police raise attack death toll to 77 from 76 Fri,29 Jul 2011 09:14 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said on Friday that the death toll in a bombing and shooting massacre by anti-Islam attacker Anders Behring Breivik a week ago had risen to 77 from 76. Full Story Top House Republicans retool debt limit increase bill Fri,29 Jul 2011 09:07 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives will try on Friday to pass a revised bill to raise the nation's debt limit for the short term, a senior Republican told reporters. Full Story Top Analysis: Politics twists oil's route from well to gas tank Fri,29 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Politics have long skewed oil supply lines, but this year's confluence of events have bent the route from the well to the gas tank so far out of shape that West African oil is going to a refiner in Taiwan to make diesel for Brazilian truckers. Full Story Top Analysis: Libya rebel killing takes shine off opposition gains Fri,29 Jul 2011 08:06 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The still-unexplained killing of Libya's rebel military commander will further undermine outside confidence in an already fragmented opposition, with some suspecting an internal feud is to blame. Full Story Top

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