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News: Syrian forces raid Hama, official resigns in protest Gaddafi sons broadcast confusion as battle looms Katia strenthens into hurricane over Atlantic Dinars from heaven as Britain's RAF flies in to Libya Russia recognizes Libya's Transitional Council World powers, new Libya leaders to map out rebuilding China top paper warns West to let U.N. lead in Libya Cheney book renews post-9/11 U.S. policy fights Philippines, China seek South China Sea code of conduct North Korea ghost town reflects deeper woes as it woos Chinese Chavez says speed up takeover of Irish company's land WikiLeaks denies charges it put lives in danger Panama officials quit after foreign minister fired "Land grabs" mar Cambodia's boom, rattle investors Gaddafi sons broadcast confusion as battle looms Attorney general of Syria's Hama defects Katia almost a hurricane; storm fears in Gulf African workers live in fear after Gaddafi overthrow Paris meeting to focus on Libyan politics, economy WikiLeaks denies charges it put lives in danger Syrian troops raid Hama homes, residents say Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam vows continued resistance Kosovan confesses to shooting U.S. airmen in Germany Gaddafi foreign minister arrested: witness Car bomb kills three, wounds 20 in Iraq Vazquez Mota strengthens as Mexican 2012 candidate India anti-graft activist Hazare recovers from fast Timeline: Highs and lows for Putin-Medvedev duo Nigeria says Boko Haram, al Qaeda-link behind U.N. attack Analysis: Exxon deal sets stage for Putin return to Kremlin Strauss-Kahn back in France within days: Socialist leader Aubry Russia to take part in "Friends of Libya" meeting Gunvor sends fuel to Libya as Russia seeks ties For expat Africans, patriotism may pay Police say three bombers behind Chechnya attack Suspected suicide bombing kills 10 in Pakistan Khamenei warns of security risk for Iran elections China, Russia rush to rebuild North Korea's transport links Syrian troops raid neighborhoods in Hama: residents Syrian forces raid Hama, official resigns in protest Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:13 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces raided houses in Hama for the second day on Thursday, residents said, hours after the city's attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest against the suppression of street demonstrations. Full Story Top Gaddafi sons broadcast confusion as battle looms Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:12 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI/TAWARGA, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's sons clashed on the airwaves Wednesday, with one offering peace and another promising a 'war of attrition' as a final battle for control of Libya's coast loomed. Full Story Top Katia strenthens into hurricane over Atlantic Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:09 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Katia strengthened into a hurricane over the Atlantic on Wednesday, while another mass of thunderstorms that could become a named storm this week triggered evacuations of some oil workers from the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story Top Dinars from heaven as Britain's RAF flies in to Libya Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:03 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Air Force flew in crates of freshly printed bank notes worth $227 million to Libya on Wednesday to help its new rulers pay public workers and banks to replenish cash machines. Full Story Top Russia recognizes Libya's Transitional Council Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:03 PM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia recognized the National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's legitimate authorities on Thursday, moving to increase its influence in postwar reconstruction and protect its economic interests in the oil-producing North African nation. Full Story Top World powers, new Libya leaders to map out rebuilding Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:03 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Leaders of the Libyan uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi sit down with world powers on Thursday to map out the country's rebuilding, 42 years to the day after the former strongman seized power in a coup. Full Story Top China top paper warns West to let U.N. lead in Libya Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:03 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top official newspaper warned Western powers to let the United Nations lead post-war reconstruction in Libya, saying on Thursday that Beijing would seek to defend its economic stake after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. Full Story Top Cheney book renews post-9/11 U.S. policy fights Wed,31 Aug 2011 10:10 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney's new memoir revives the fierce battles over U.S. national security policies after the September 11 attacks as it rips open old wounds among aides to President George W. Bush. Full Story Top Philippines, China seek South China Sea code of conduct Wed,31 Aug 2011 08:06 PM PDT Reuters - MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines and China have agreed on the need for a binding code of conduct in the South China Sea as the two countries seek to defuse tensions over territorial disputes that have flared this year, President Benigno Aquino said. Full Story Top North Korea ghost town reflects deeper woes as it woos Chinese Wed,31 Aug 2011 07:53 PM PDT Reuters - MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea (Reuters) - Long grass grows around the idle hotels, stores are covered in cobwebs and a big padlock hangs off the front of the bank at the deserted shopping center. Full Story Top Chavez says speed up takeover of Irish company's land Wed,31 Aug 2011 07:24 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his agriculture minister on Wednesday to speed up the government takeover of land owned by Ireland's Smurfit Kappa in Venezuela. Full Story Top WikiLeaks denies charges it put lives in danger Wed,31 Aug 2011 07:10 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks is defending itself against accusations that it may have put lives at risk by dumping uncensored U.S. diplomatic cables on the Internet. Full Story Top Panama officials quit after foreign minister fired Wed,31 Aug 2011 06:29 PM PDT Reuters - PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A number of senior Panamanian government officials quit their posts on Wednesday to protest President Ricardo Martinelli's decision to fire former political ally Juan Carlos Varela as foreign minister. Full Story Top "Land grabs" mar Cambodia's boom, rattle investors Wed,31 Aug 2011 05:20 PM PDT Reuters - PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Kong Song's farmland was his family's livelihood for three decades until the bulldozers moved in and tore down his home in rural Cambodia to make way for a multimillion dollar foreign-led business. Full Story Top Gaddafi sons broadcast confusion as battle looms Wed,31 Aug 2011 04:47 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI/TAWARGA, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's sons clashed on the airwaves Wednesday, with one offering peace and another promising a 'war of attrition' as a final battle for control of Libya's coast loomed. Full Story Top Attorney general of Syria's Hama defects Wed,31 Aug 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - The attorney-general of the Syrian city of Hama said in a video posted on YouTube on Wednesday he had resigned in protest at the crackdown on pro-democracy protests, but authorities said he had been kidnapped. Full Story Top Katia almost a hurricane; storm fears in Gulf Wed,31 Aug 2011 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Katia was expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the Atlantic on Wednesday, while another mass of thunderstorms that could become a named storm this week triggered evacuations of some oil workers from the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story Top African workers live in fear after Gaddafi overthrow Wed,31 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Nigerian Festus Prince said he took his family and ran after he saw a Libyan gang shoot his brother in the head for refusing to hand over money. Full Story Top Paris meeting to focus on Libyan politics, economy Wed,31 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - World leaders meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss Libya's future, with hosts France and Britain hoping to show that a costly military campaign can lead to a political transition that avoids the mistakes of Iraq. Full Story Top WikiLeaks denies charges it put lives in danger Wed,31 Aug 2011 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks is defending itself against accusations that it may have put lives at risk by dumping uncensored U.S. diplomatic cables on the Internet. Full Story Top Syrian troops raid Hama homes, residents say Wed,31 Aug 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops backed by tanks raided houses in the city of Hama on Wednesday, searching for activists behind five months of protest against President Bashar al-Assad, residents said. Full Story Top Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East Wed,31 Aug 2011 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - PATERSON, N.J./BRATTLEBORO, Vermont (Reuters) - Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the U.S. northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still under water on Wednesday as relief workers battled cut-off roads and raging rivers to deliver emergency supplies. Full Story Top Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam vows continued resistance Wed,31 Aug 2011 02:05 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, on Wednesday vowed continued resistance to Libyan forces which ousted his father from Tripoli and urged Libyans to wage a war of attrition against the National Transitional Council and its NATO backers. Full Story Top Kosovan confesses to shooting U.S. airmen in Germany Wed,31 Aug 2011 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian man confessed to shooting dead two U.S. airmen and wounding two more at Frankfurt airport in March, telling a packed German court Wednesday he was swayed by Islamist lies and could not undo what he had done. Full Story Top Gaddafi foreign minister arrested: witness Wed,31 Aug 2011 01:30 PM PDT Reuters - JANZOUR, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's foreign minister, Abdelati Obeidi, was arrested Tuesday at his farm in Janzour, a suburb west of Tripoli, a Reuters correspondent said. Full Story Top Car bomb kills three, wounds 20 in Iraq Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A parked car bomb exploded near a police checkpoint on a commercial street in a largely Sunni Muslim area of southwestern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 20 others, an interior ministry source said. Full Story Top Vazquez Mota strengthens as Mexican 2012 candidate Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:39 AM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The woman who wants to become Mexico's first female president is solidifying her standing as the grass-roots favorite to represent the country's ruling party in the 2012 election, according to opinion polls on Wednesday. Full Story Top India anti-graft activist Hazare recovers from fast Wed,31 Aug 2011 11:34 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An anti-corruption campaigner, whose near two-week hunger strike against graft made him a national hero in India, left hospital on Wednesday after recovering from his fast and headed home to a rousing welcome. Full Story Top Timeline: Highs and lows for Putin-Medvedev duo Wed,31 Aug 2011 09:59 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is widely expected to run for president in the 2012 election but President Dmitry Medvedev has indicated he would like to stay on if his mentor decides not to run. Full Story Top Nigeria says Boko Haram, al Qaeda-link behind U.N. attack Wed,31 Aug 2011 07:56 AM PDT Reuters - ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities investigating last week's fatal bombing of the U.N. headquarters arrested two members of Islamist sect Boko Haram a week before the attack and said they suspect a third member with an al Qaeda connection led the plot. Full Story Top Analysis: Exxon deal sets stage for Putin return to Kremlin Wed,31 Aug 2011 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's blessing of a deal with ExxonMobil to extract oil and gas from the Russian Arctic sends a strong signal that he will return to the Kremlin in an election next year. Full Story Top Strauss-Kahn back in France within days: Socialist leader Aubry Wed,31 Aug 2011 05:52 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn is expected to return to France within days, Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry said on Tuesday, after the end of a criminal case against the former IMF chief left him free to leave the United States. Full Story Top Russia to take part in "Friends of Libya" meeting Wed,31 Aug 2011 04:08 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will take part in a French-hosted "Friends of Libya" conference on Thursday and seek to uphold its interests in the North African nation, President Dmitry Medvedev's Africa envoy said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Gunvor sends fuel to Libya as Russia seeks ties Wed,31 Aug 2011 04:08 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Russia is stepping up attempts to repair ties with Libya's new leadership and preserve its big investments in the country post-revolution by supplying it with much needed fuel. Full Story Top For expat Africans, patriotism may pay Wed,31 Aug 2011 02:55 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - In a five-star hotel overlooking the Thames a month ago, investment manager Eric Guichard stood up to address a crowded cocktail party on how African expatriates could invest their savings in projects back home. The response from the chattering financial professionals was unusual. Full Story Top Police say three bombers behind Chechnya attack Wed,31 Aug 2011 02:16 AM PDT Reuters - GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers were responsible for killing at least nine people in the capital of Russia's Chechnya region, a police official in the North Caucasus province said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Suspected suicide bombing kills 10 in Pakistan Wed,31 Aug 2011 12:49 AM PDT Reuters - QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected suicide car bomb attack killed 10 people in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Wednesday, police said, as the country celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr. Full Story Top Khamenei warns of security risk for Iran elections Wed,31 Aug 2011 12:46 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader said on Wednesday a parliamentary election scheduled for early next year posed a potential risk to the country's security and he called for national unity. Full Story Top China, Russia rush to rebuild North Korea's transport links Tue,30 Aug 2011 08:28 PM PDT Reuters - RAJIN, North Korea (Reuters) - Destitute North Korea's push to breathe new life into economic relationships with its neighbors China and Russia appears to be bearing fruit in its far north of the country where foreigners are busy helping rebuild a crumbling infrastructure. Full Story Top Syrian troops raid neighborhoods in Hama: residents Tue,30 Aug 2011 06:06 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops backed by tanks raided houses looking for activists in two main districts of the city of Hama overnight, residents said on Wednesday. Full Story Top

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