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Gaddafi defiant as NATO intensifies Tripoli strikes

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO unleashed its heaviest bombing of the Libyan capital since air strikes began in March, but Muammar Gaddafi vowed to fight to the end.

Texas authorities find up to 30 bodies

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas authorities on Tuesday found up to 30 bodies, including children, buried in a mass grave in a rural home east of Houston, local media reported.

UK security revamp aims to uproot Islamist threat

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain set out a new strategy to tackle home-grown Islamist militancy on Tuesday after condemning the previous counter-terrorism programme as an expensive failure.

Yemen's Saleh injuries believed more serious

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's injuries from a rocket attack on his palace at the weekend were more serious than previously reported, a Yemeni official said, raising further questions about his rule.

Astronaut trio blasts off for space station

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Soyuz spacecraft blasted off for the International Space Station station on Wednesday with a Russian, American and a Japanese astronaut on board.

SPECIAL REPORT - Inside Germany's E.coli hunt

HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Even if Germany finds the source of the E.coli outbreak that has infected thousands of people since early May, it may be too late for Erika.

Syrian troops move on town, West seeks U.N. vote

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrians fled a restive town near the Turkish border on Tuesday, fearing bloodshed as troops with tanks approached, under orders to hit back after the government accused armed bands there of killing scores of its security men.

Obama urges Bahrain hold rights abusers accountable

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Bahrain's rulers to hold accountable those responsible for human rights abuses in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests and pressed for compromise between the government and the opposition.

Blast at Arizona Intel microchip plant injures 7

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An explosion at an Intel Corp microchip plant in Arizona injured seven workers but the extent of damage and other details were not immediately known, local fire officials said on Tuesday.

Brazil's powerful Palocci resigns after scandal

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The most powerful pro-business voice in Brazil's government resigned on Tuesday following a scandal over his finances, prompting immediate worries on Wall Street that his departure could herald a leftward drift in economic policy.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Japan doubles estimate of nuclear radiation leak

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's government has doubled the estimate of how much radiation leaked from a tsunami-hit nuclear plant and says the damage to the reactors was greater than previously thought.

Libyan woman who claimed rape arrives in Romania

TIMISOARA, Romania (AP): The U.N. refugee agency says a Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has arrived in Romania.

Indonesia ship sinking death toll rises to 25

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): The death toll from an Indonesian ship sinking off Borneo Island has climbed to 25 after rescuers pulled seven more bodies from the waters.

Australian sues gov't after being jailed in UAE

SYDNEY (AP): An Australian woman who was jailed in the United Arab Emirates after reporting she had been raped filed a lawsuit against the Australian government on Tuesday, alleging consular officials failed to warn her such a complaint could land her in jail.

The Australian to begin charging for online access

SYDNEY (AP): News Corp. will begin charging for online access to its flagship newspaper The Australian this year, a company executive said Tuesday, following the lead of sister publications like The Wall Street Journal and The Times.

Sony unveils next-gen portable device 'Vita'

LOS ANGELES (AP): Sony Corp. took the wraps off its next generation portable gaming machine, PlayStation Vita, a touch-interface and motion-sensitive handheld that outdoes its workhorse PlayStation Portable and will go on sale before the winter holidays. Company executives have called the device Sony's biggest product launch since the PlayStation 3 five years ago.

NZ mourns death of Shrek the famously shaggy sheep

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP): New Zealanders are mourning the loss of the country's most famous sheep. The shaggy icon named Shrek was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years.

Floods kill 14 people, leave 35 missing in China

BEIJING (AP): Rain-triggered floods in southwestern China have killed 14 people and left 35 others missing while destroying roads and bridges and thousands of homes, officials said Tuesday.

Hollywood suicide points to chemical danger

LOS ANGELES (AP): The suicide of a young woman in the Hollywood Hills might have seemed just another sad Tinseltown story but for large notes plastered on the window of the car in which she died: "Danger! Chemicals Inside! Call 911."

Wildfire forces evacuation of another Arizona town

SPRINGERVILLE, Arizona (AP): Stiff winds whipped up a gigantic blaze in the mountains of eastern Arizona on Monday, forcing the evacuation of a third resort town and casting a smoky haze over states as far away as Iowa.

Early Hitler letter on Jews to be unveiled

NEW YORK (AP): A letter by Adolf Hitler believed to contain his first written comments on his anti-Semitic vision will soon be unveiled.

UN chief says he is seeking a second term

UNITED NATIONS (AP): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday that he will seek a second term as head of the United Nations, pledging to keep leading the world body as a "bridge-builder" at a time of unprecedented global change. His re-election is virtually assured.

US congressman admits lying about lewd photo

NEW YORK (AP): A tearful US congressman on Monday admitted sending a lewd photo of his underwear-clad crotch to a young woman over Twitter and then lying repeatedly to protect himself. In a flash of defiance, he refused to resign even as Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called for a House ethics investigation into whether he broke the rules.

Still-frail Jobs appears to hail Apple's latest

SAN FRANCISCO (AP): Steve Jobs re-emerged from his latest medical leave Monday to show off Apple Inc.'s latest innovations and sustain the hope that he eventually will return to dream up more ways to reshape technology.

Palin's Paul Revere comments draw interest online

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP): Sarah Palin's version of American Revolutionary war hero Paul Revere's ride has triggered a tug of war over the Wikipedia entry on that historic event.

Ex-IMF leader pleads not guilty to sex assault

NEW YORK (AP) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn formally asserted his innocence Monday to charges he tried to rape a hotel maid, but the drama unfolded outside the Manhattan courtroom as protesters jeered the former International Monetary Fund leader and lawyers for the housekeeper said she was eager to testify despite a "smear campaign" against her.

Juppe says Assad has lost legitimacy to rule Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) - French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe says that Syrian President Bashar Assad has "lost his legitimacy to rule the country."

Chilean volcano grounds flights, coats ski slopes

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - An erupting Chilean volcano sent a towering plume of ash across South America on Monday, forcing thousands from their homes, grounding airline flights in southern Argentina and coating ski resorts with a gritty layer of dust instead of snow.

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