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• 09:52:04: RT @wsjafrica: Nonprofit @Worldreaders tries 'one-Kindle-per-child' to spur literacy in #Ghana: http://bit.ly/d8sFOu
• 09:52:28: RT @WalshNYC: RT @DaveedGR U.A.E. investigators confirm oil tanker incident in Strait of Hormuz last week was terrorist attack http://on ...
• 10:19:15: RT @dangerroom: Pentagon to Troops: Taliban Can Read WikiLeaks, You Can’t http://3.ly/rQqu
• 10:20:20: RT @TheBugPit: South Ossetia downsizing its military http://bit.ly/dyYcP1 #russia #tbilisi
• 10:20:26: RT @dweinberger: I interview Kate Crawford about the changes in noise in the age of social media. (Noise 2.0?) http://bit.ly/dCTJC5 @ber ...
• 10:20:41: RT @penelopeinparis: ...... RT @karlincharge: France begins to break up Roma camps- http://bit.ly/aMlNii
• 10:21:12: RT @VOAAfrica: Kenya’s New Constitution Expected to Boost Economy http://bit.ly/9XLQHw
• 10:21:24: RT @STRATFOR: Video Dispatch: Russia's grain export ban may have geopolitical implications http://ht.ly/2lZjD
• 10:35:16: Israel: Refugee camp residents blame Hamas for weapons store blast, say they begged them to move it. http://j.mp/9LBdrk
• 10:35:57: Iran unlikely to halt nuclear program, secret letters show http://j.mp/dsoWW9 Duh! Iran will never give up its nuclear program.
• 10:37:51: Iraq: Tariq Aziz - Saddam was good, US was wrong in invading, should stay now that violence is increasing http://j.mp/9yDV0e
• 10:38:49: Peru: Fmr President Fujimori's daughter, Keiko, a candidate for President, facing resurgence of embezzlement allegations http://j.mp/aCEAMs
• 10:39:10: Turkish soldier and six militants have been killed in the latest round of clashes between the Turkish military and PKK http://j.mp/b6mg6S
• 10:42:32: Israel says video of 5yr old Palestinian boy crying as dad arrested was staged http://j.mp/9X4AiZ B/c no 5 yr old would react like that!
• 10:43:02: United States and Mexico: Ties That Bind, Issues That Divide http://j.mp/dfi24F
• 10:43:19: Defusing Lebanon's Powder Keg http://j.mp/cGWvIT
• 10:43:27: Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina: A Future Reflecting on the Past http://j.mp/aZmN5i
• 10:44:15: Despite wave of suspicious killings & crackdown on political dissent, Rwanda’s election likely to pass w/o major incident http://j.mp/dzSEsr
• 10:45:46: Venezuela: Bolivarian bravado http://j.mp/a347iM Chavez has raised the volume of his nationalist-Marxist rhetoric as his problems grow
• 10:46:37: Israel: Shin Bet head met w/ Egyptian officials on Thursday to discuss rockets fired at Eilat & Aqaba earlier this week http://j.mp/bGjeAb
• 10:46:58: Hamas leaders in Syria urge West Bank operatives to kidnap Israeli settlers http://j.mp/a0r1p1
• 10:47:48: Israeli man will be extradited from Poland to Germany to face charges involving assassination of sr Hamas op in Dubai http://j.mp/bt5SYc
• 10:48:29: Despite political disputes, Turkey and Israel do a brisk business http://j.mp/dtJbDv
• 10:49:35: India hints at Pakistan role in Kashmir unrest http://j.mp/ckaZeF
• 10:49:48: Pentagon threatens to 'compel' WikiLeaks to hand over Afghan war data http://j.mp/aKTR1c
• 10:50:17: Japan’s Unfinished Reformation http://j.mp/bmlgat
• 10:50:27: South Sudan leader says referendum will be on time http://j.mp/ciYkVB
• 10:50:44: China says to maintain trade cooperation with Iran http://j.mp/d9ZQfw
• 10:51:43: Cuba demands removal from U.S. terror list http://j.mp/9k4Vfo US says Cuba shelters members of Colombian guerrillas & Basque terrorists
• 10:52:04: Sudan denies aid to camp devastated by fighting: U.N. http://j.mp/alcpGL
• 10:57:00: Thailand's royalist Yellow Shirts to stage weekend rally in Bangkok to accuse the govt of ceding territory to Cambodia http://j.mp/dqJmHc
• 10:57:23: Somalia: al-Shabab Becomes Magnet For Would-Be Jihadists http://j.mp/aweV6Q
• 11:00:48: Mandela charity trustee hands over Naomi's diamonds http://j.mp/cL1IRX
• 11:01:40: Al-Qaida in Iraq offers cash to lure back former Sunni allies angry over govt's failure to give them jobs & pay salaries http://j.mp/dsBRHr
• 11:02:40: Al-Qaeda's core in Pakistan is most formidable terrorist group threatening US along w/ affiliates in Yemen and Africa. http://j.mp/9oQHKV
• 11:02:52: Volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia http://j.mp/dr5VQx
• 11:04:30: Somalia: Civilians on Thursday protested against the blasts that killed 2 women who were cleaning Mogadishu streets http://j.mp/b4EQYa
• 11:06:12: South Africa's Zuma to charm China, ask it to be his 5th or 6th wife http://j.mp/azGQv4 He's really after its money, trade & investment.
• 11:06:53: South Africa recalls ambassador to Rwanda in diplomatic row over shooting of exiled Rwandan general in Johannesburg http://j.mp/aR5k3Q
• 11:07:21: Iraq: Foreign oil companies sense postwar opportunity but are spooked by the lack of security http://j.mp/aZKgKU
• 11:08:22: Nigeria: House of Reps members agree w/ Fmr President Obasanjo that assembly is corrupt, but say he was its godfather http://j.mp/9EjQWn
• 11:10:05: 14 US citizens, most of Somali descent accused of supporting Somali terrorist group http://j.mp/bWRv7Z
• 11:11:15: Somalia: At least 14 killed & 30 others injured in fresh clashes btwn govt forces & al-Shabab fighters http://j.mp/9XwBUz
• 11:13:39: Can Wyclef Jean save Haiti? http://j.mp/9FL8If
• 11:16:21: Egyptian Muslim scholar & popular TV preacher angers fundamentalists: says West is victim of Arabs, not other way around' http://j.mp/dxba4N
• 11:16:44: Five flogged in Indonesia despite human rights protests http://j.mp/dkxdal
• 11:17:36: Top Iranian lawmaker says Iran's Supreme National Security Council is the authority to decide on any negotiations w/ US http://j.mp/9aCwcB
• 11:18:32: In other words, Ahmedinejad can talk all he wants but Khamenei has the final say http://j.mp/9aCwcB
• 11:18:43: Despite Industry Skepticism, South Korea and China Are Said to Plan Trade Talks http://j.mp/aFmXRc
• 11:19:27: Iran & India agree to counter threat of Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan & boost their economic & energy ties. http://j.mp/9L1Mho
• 11:19:40: Russia bans grain exports because of fire and drought, sending prices soaring http://j.mp/9nYvxD
• 11:20:22: In Indonesia, many eyes follow money for Hajj http://j.mp/9Ctjj5 Corruption for slots a growing problem
• 11:21:12: Chinese Paving the Road to Freedom With Cash, rich emigrate to third countries to get citizenship & foreign passports http://j.mp/aNQH4f
• 11:21:31: Afghanistan: In a raid targeting senior militants, four to 'a dozen or more' civilians were killed, NATO says. http://j.mp/9rUikD
• 11:21:45: Violence in Indian Kashmir: A cyclical problem - The bloody protests in Indian Kashmir get much bloodier http://j.mp/b8yEVH
• 11:21:55: Terrifying monsoon floods add to a sea of other woes in Pakistanâ€"and intensify pressure on the president http://j.mp/9hDHx8
• 11:22:07: Efforts to improve China’s environment are having far too little effect http://j.mp/adcAAL
• 11:22:17: In search of a better way of dispensing justice in Malaysia http://j.mp/btYN88
• 11:22:27: In Myanmar, where good things happen to bad people, most things are going the junta’s way http://j.mp/c0VQf1
• 11:22:35: In Kazakhstan’s Energy Hub, Profits Slow to Trickle Down http://j.mp/azKlzX
• 11:23:46: Afghanistan: Karzai calls for inspection of anti-corruption task force http://j.mp/csE5XG Why? B/c they're good @ catching corrupt officials
• 11:23:55: Georgia and Russia still bitter foes amid scars of war http://j.mp/bPmbHt
• 11:24:09: RT @thelede: Hunger Strikes in Tehran's Evin Prison http://nyti.ms/aH0wmw
• 11:25:30: RT @nytimesglobal: Emirates Official Says Japanese Tanker Was Attacked in Strait of Hormuz http://nyti.ms/bKZuur
• 11:26:31: RT @InkSptsGulliver 'Why did no one object to the "Pentagon Mosque"?' http://bit.ly/brXwBb B/c neither Palin nor Beck made a fuss about it
• 11:26:39: RT @BBCWSafrica: http://bit.ly/dyJFPK A review of #Rwanda's election campaigns by Geoffrey Mugoma in Kigali
• 11:26:40: RT @drjjoyner: NATO helping Georgia to seduce S. Ossetia & Abkhazia â€" Russian envoy: From Russia Today: NATO states are using ec... htt ...
• 11:27:37: RT @EurasiaNet: Is Russia starting to sell weapons to Azerbaijan? http://bit.ly/aSjdMH
• 11:27:47: RT @EurasiaNet: Smoke, Guts and Glory on the Streets of Istanbul http://bit.ly/aBRz9y
• 11:27:49: RT @EurasiaNet: South Ossetia downsizing its military http://bit.ly/9GODHO
• 11:27:52: RT @EurasiaNet: Turkey's Slow Syriac Revival http://bit.ly/chwLHM
• 11:28:02: RT @wsjafrica: RT @WSJMidEast: #Algeria minister says wont hesitate to cut off #BlackBerry service if posed a threat to security http:// ...
• 11:28:07: RT @EurasiaNet: Kazakhstan Faces Dismal Harvest as Drought Devastates Crops http://bit.ly/95dPs3
• 11:42:00: A man who lived in the US for more than 15 years is now chief of al-Qaida's global operations. http://j.mp/d6GMOB
• 12:06:41: CIA Whisked Detainees From Guantanamo Before Giving Access To Lawyers http://j.mp/d3rRyO
• 12:08:05: David Cameron Iran Nuclear Gaffe: Says Iran has a nuclear weapon. http://j.mp/a1vTBk
• 12:09:10: RT @AJEnglish: Wildfire smog sparks Moscow chaos: Dozens of planes grounded as thick smog caused by wildfires blankets the Russia... htt ...
• 12:09:16: RT @AJEnglish: Pakistan floods affect 12 million: Fresh rains threaten to worsen floods, thought be the worst in country's living... htt ...
• 12:09:31: RT @GlobalPost: Kenya passes new constitution. http://ht.ly/2m41W #government
• 12:09:44: RT @globalpolicy: Video: Women in Kenya's slums live in constant threat of sexual violence http://bit.ly/9L7sEi
• 12:10:52: RT @FP_Magazine: Former U.S. amb. to Burundi Robert Krueger on how Rwanda's Paul Kagame fooled the west: http://bit.ly/95q8nA
• 12:13:58: IRS Hits Wyclef Jean With $2.1 Million In Tax Liens http://j.mp/a6F17W Yep, he's ready to be a politician.
• 12:15:01: Republican w/ 93% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union "not conservative enough" for the tea partiers http://j.mp/cvmdwr
• 12:17:44: RT @mikenizza: Nukes Moved to Safety as Wildfires Cloud Moscow http://bit.ly/bFVWR4
• 13:04:46: RT @fivethirtyeight: The number of honest politicians in America can be no greater than the number who have acknowledged that we're goin ...
• 15:12:07: RT @fivethirtyeight: @granitestater: Cutting spending is no easier politically than raising taxes. ASSUME we have to do both and we MIGH ...
• 16:10:43: RT @abumuqawama: Epic. RT @AdamWeinsteinMJ: @GLOBALISTHULK and @folksywaraddict are having kind of an epic debate on Islam, habeas corpu ...
• 16:47:39: RT @drjjoyner: Blog: China's Post-Crisis Economic Rebalancing http://bit.ly/8YnYFl
• 16:47:54: RT @penelopeinparis: NYT takes on Sarkozy's stupid and dangerous immigration policies: http://nyti.ms/dteOKE and Le Monde analyzes (fren ...