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• 09:30:50: RT @YahooNews: U.S. embassy in #Jordan warns against traveling to #Aqaba, citing an "imminent" threat. (Reuters) http://yhoo.it/96nahr
• 09:35:31: RT @penelopeinparis: RT @texasinafrica: RT @ParraV: Sudan rejects US referendum incentives: http://bit.ly/co497w
• 09:54:34: RT @TheBugPit: Azerbaijan at fault for Karabakh skirmishes? Never mind. http://bit.ly/apF2j8 #armenia
• 09:55:28: RT @joshuafoust @laurenist: @NickKristof The Soldier Who Committed Suicide After She Refused To Take Part in Torture http://bit.ly/9vSkwh
• 10:43:38: Colombia’s two main guerrilla groups, the FARC and ELN bury hatchet, ally against govt http://j.mp/c5yBmn
• 10:44:34: 36 union leaders have been murdered in Colombia so far this year http://j.mp/cfcJQx
• 10:45:50: Security forces discover & disarm an explosives-laden car parked in front of main offices of Guatemala's prison service http://j.mp/czYNvr
• 10:46:05: Israel Bombs Gaza Tunnels After Palestinian Rockets http://j.mp/bfG1Xf
• 10:46:28: Report: Iran to give Erdogan $25m. for re-election bid http://j.mp/bavyPZ
• 10:47:13: Turkey denies a report saying Turkey had received funds from Iran, accusing it as a liar and fabrication http://j.mp/cl673T
• 10:47:37: Netanyahu faces coalition threats from both sides http://j.mp/b4Xkne
• 10:47:51: China’s Rise, the US, and Asia’s Angst http://j.mp/bZwOg7
• 10:48:06: Russian, U.S. defense ministers to sign two cooperation documents http://j.mp/9hT1uV
• 10:49:14: Nigeria: Fmr Dictator General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida to declare run for Presidency today http://j.mp/bBWJIx
• 10:49:39: India-China Ties in Deep Freeze http://j.mp/9laXD7
• 10:50:49: India-China Ties in Deep Freeze http://j.mp/9laXD7 China denies permission to Indian army commander to travel to Jammu & Kashmir via country
• 10:51:00: Peru's Garcia Shuffles Cabinet Before Elections http://j.mp/c2BvA8
• 10:51:42: Fmr Pakistan dictator Gen. Musharraf says he is gearing up for a return to politics & will launch a new party next month http://j.mp/dCjPAY
• 10:51:53: China protest calls grow in Japan dispute http://j.mp/b1U25T
• 10:53:28: Turkey posts double-digit economic growth in 2nd Q, a day after stock market soared on govs constitutional reform victory http://j.mp/axomfc
• 10:55:08: Indonesia: Police detain Islamic extremist leader over armed assault on Christian elders that shocked moderates in nation http://j.mp/bWmcbk
• 10:55:33: A rising China has pushed the US and Vietnam together. The 123 nuclear agreement could just be the start of warmer ties. http://j.mp/cQ3Dmi
• 10:55:42: Nigeria, poised for big growth, aims to be the next 'BRIC' country http://j.mp/cVaRiO
• 10:56:03: Brazil's rise attributed to growing middle class http://j.mp/cbMIjd
• 10:57:31: Al Qaeda's al-Zawahri releases recording accusing Pakistan's gov of responding too slowly to flooding; calls for revolt http://j.mp/cvYnL3
• 10:58:17: Norway: An Iranian diplomat seeks asylum, says he wanted to take a stand to support Iran's people and opposition http://j.mp/aeQkhQ
• 10:58:44: France: Senate Passes Bill on Facial Veils http://j.mp/9XYxBW Proves that the West has its own radicals too
• 10:58:59: Iran's nuclear power plant launch stirring unease http://j.mp/c823aU
• 11:01:03: Zimbabwe reassures foreign firms equity law requirng they sell 51% stakes 2 locals didn't entail xenophobic dispossession http://j.mp/9FdmaQ
• 11:01:32: US & Iraqi forces raided a neighborhood in the longtime Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Wednesday http://j.mp/cNxZ6I
• 11:02:03: Pakistani printers make fake Afghan voting cards at the request of Afghan politicians for Sunday's election http://j.mp/dkidpv
• 11:02:27: President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan was expected in Pakistan on Wednesday for talks with President Asif Ali Zardari http://j.mp/bs2zeS
• 11:02:52: Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed on Wednesday and six people wounded after roadside bomb destroyed bus in Mosul http://j.mp/d21Rj3
• 11:03:55: China: Courts struggle to handle surging number of labor disputes that have arisen in part b/c of global financial crisis http://j.mp/bt8nGa
• 11:04:07: Silence Fuels Speculation Over N. Korea Party Meeting http://j.mp/cAaF3z
• 11:04:23: Record Level of U.S. Airstrikes Hit Afghan Militants http://j.mp/dCVUfU
• 11:05:23: West accuses Iran of trying to intimidate UN by barring nuclear inspectors & US warned Iran of diplomatic consequences http://j.mp/c9WMY5
• 11:06:44: Police kill 4 near Kashmir as India looks to end unrest, started after reports of Florida pastor's Koran burning threat http://j.mp/c4YGwr
• 11:07:12: Cambodia has launched country's 1st methadone-treatment programme, in a new approach to help heroin users http://j.mp/ciCbK4
• 11:07:52: Police fire warning shots to disperse stone-hurling Afghans in latest in series of protests against Quran burning in US http://j.mp/9imUu5
• 11:08:07: U.S., Afghan forces launch assault in southern Afghanistan http://j.mp/c9b7Bn
• 11:08:38: Japan's leading shares rose as much as 3% after gov intervened in currency markets to weaken value of yen against dollar http://j.mp/c8hRUr
• 11:09:22: US debates whether to make Afghanistan’s President a more central player in efforts to root out corruption in his own gov http://j.mp/bboLc9
• 11:09:43: US Envoy: No quick breathroughs are likely in wooing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks http://j.mp/ajmwng
• 11:10:01: Gen. David Petraeus, told ABC News that the war in Afghanistan was "very difficult" and "very slow" http://j.mp/9ECCJg
• 11:11:34: English Soccer Hooligans @ Ground Zero http://j.mp/cwKdwS New radical grp, English Defense League, to counter threat posed by non-Westerners
• 11:11:43: Nigeria: Gunmen kill Nigerian anti-graft body's operative http://j.mp/9Xb01n
• 11:12:08: Clinton Warmly Endorses Netanyahu And Abbas http://j.mp/dlqKi9 Channels Obama, says they are the ones they have been waiting for
• 11:12:17: Sudan: U.S. Intensifies Diplomacy in Lead Up to Referenda http://j.mp/cJLrU4
• 11:12:53: Signs Point to Worsening Situation in Darfur says Report http://j.mp/bzJgWj
• 11:13:49: Senegal: Abuse at Koranic schools using corporal punishment http://j.mp/dBJcdh
• 11:13:59: Somalia: Puntland Fighting Al Shabaab, Arresting Pirates - UN Report http://j.mp/9Ts87k
• 11:14:08: Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Arrive in Somaliland to Hunt Down ONLF Rebels http://j.mp/cb6rHt
• 11:14:42: Haiti: No one knows where to relocate more than a million ppl displaced by quake, or how to determine who owns what land http://j.mp/9P7keL
• 11:16:50: Rwandan Hutu rebels tell UN not 2 succumb 2 Rwanda's threat 2 withdraw troops from Sudan ovr report accusing it of crimes http://j.mp/b0MzHe
• 11:17:55: Nigeria's President pulls a Palin & declares election bid on Facebook http://j.mp/d4d7Fx Hope he doesn't pull another Palin & quit halfway
• 11:18:10: A dispute between Somali president and prime minister might lead to the weak government collapsing, UN and AU have said http://j.mp/akclni
• 11:18:31: Guinea's military rulersays he is committed to holding an election following calls for Sunday's run-off to be postponed http://j.mp/anzL1K
• 11:18:40: France refuses to extradite Rwandan genocide suspect http://j.mp/bPIqR6
• 11:18:48: Niger facing catastrophic hunger crisis http://j.mp/9CII02
• 11:19:22: RT @joshuafoust @Hairan: Dozens Injured in Anti-#American Protests in #Kabul - http://nyti.ms/bjiEDR
• 11:19:36: RT @jonhutson: Female faces of resistance in #Uganda: Preventing “another #Kenya” in 2011 elections http://bit.ly/dswpf8 #women #humanrights
• 11:47:12: Gates starts outlining cuts to save $100 billion for defense http://j.mp/bMUkQi
• 11:49:01: U.S. charges Florida pair with selling counterfeit computer chips from China to the U.S. Navy and military http://j.mp/deozRM
• 11:49:26: Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani calls on Iran to take U.S.-led sanctions seriously http://j.mp/ccnTBe
• 11:50:00: Pakistan's president says his nation's intelligence services willing to cooperate closer w/ Afghanistan to fight Taliban http://j.mp/c5XuOl
• 11:53:46: Google Engineer Stalked Teens, Spied on Chats (Updated) http://j.mp/9dKEXX
• 11:54:16: Reid adds controversial immigration measure to defense bill http://j.mp/9oyJM7
• 11:56:16: RT @AJEnglish: Qatar pitches World Cup bid to Fifa: Fifa inspectors visit Qatar's capital as part of their tour of bidding nation... htt ...
• 11:58:39: Given that we're fighting 2 lands wars & other conflicts around world vs al Qaeda, isn't the patriotic duty to raise taxes to pay for them?
• 12:08:45: RT @Katulis: Jockeying for power in #Egypt? Professor linked to Egypt intel chief arrested http://bit.ly/9iuG3H
• 12:09:06: RT @AI_SecureRights: Did Afghan intelligence cover up abuse? http://ow.ly/2EGEJ NDS official told Cdn military they could "torture" and ...
• 12:09:38: RT @HooverInst: A Suicidal Vote for Purity - Tunku Varadarjan comments on the primary tea party victories - http://j.mp/dkLKND.
• 13:40:02: RT @thenation: Internal documents reveal Blackwater's clandestine work for multinationals and govs. The latest from @jeremyscahill http: ...
• 13:41:07: RT @AmbassadorRice: #UN peacekeepers have helped solidify #peace in #Liberia. The US supports the renewal of UNMIL’s mandate for anthr y ...
• 13:42:19: RT @USArmyAfrica: CNN: Somalia battles measure success in meters http://bit.ly/d5QZUB #Africa #AFRICOM
• 14:17:48: RT @RANDCorporation: Media: Crucial steps to helping Haiti rebuild is topic of public policy forum http://www.rand.org/t/ma100915
• 14:18:27: RT @abuaardvark: Right wing lunatics demand war on Islam. Would be hilarious if it not for trends in today's GOP http://bit.ly/dwUgTb
• 14:20:07: RT @jonhutson: Former Reagan official on Bush authorization of #torture: "What they did was disgusting & terrible & degrading" http://pr ...
• 14:28:32: RT @EU_MED: RT @ibnkafka RT @azelin: Radical Islamist Movements: Jihadi Networks and Hizb ut-Tahrir in Europe - New Pew Report: http://b ...
• 14:28:34: RT @bougeottetg: Two New York men face terror charges http://bit.ly/byG9Fs charged with material support #terrorism
• 14:29:49: RT @bougeottetg: Bayonne man pleads guilty to lying in terrorism investigation http://bit.ly/cvOloL ties w/ Alessa & Almonte of NJ # ...
• 15:53:26: Obama admin finalizing plans to sell $60 billion in fighter jets & helicopters to Saudi Arabia http://j.mp/ae60am Israel not opposed
• 16:57:09: RT @mattduss: By giving Peretz a pass http://bit.ly/br19hG Jeffrey @Goldberg3000 admits he was full of shit about Helen Thomas http://b ...