NATO chief says alliance will finish job in Libya (Reuters)

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• NATO chief says alliance will finish job in Libya (Reuters)
• Over 1,500 Syrians refugees flee to Turkey (Reuters)
• No interviews, Twitter, travel for Chinese artist (Reuters)
• Phone gives clues to bin Laden's Pakistan links: report (Reuters)
• Ukraine's "Gas princess" appears for pre-trial hearing (Reuters)
• Venezuela's Horrific Prison Riot: Why is Hugo ChÁvez Silent? (Time.com)
• London shares jump after EU deal on Greek debt (AFP)
• More than 1,500 refugees flee Syria in one day (AP)
• New prosecutor chosen for Gitmo military tribunals (AP)
• House weighs cutting off funds for Libya mission (AP)
• NKorea rushes to build apartments for 2012 events (AP)
• Canada set to force postal workers back to work (Reuters)
• Stranded penguin moved to NZ zoo over health fears (AP)
• Peru set to surpass Colombia as world's top coca producer (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 'Pottermore' Secrets Revealed: J.K. Rowling's New Site is E-Book Meets Interactive World (Time.com)
• Afghanistan war: The limits of targeting Taliban leaders (The Christian Science Monitor)

NATO chief says alliance will finish job in Libya (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:40 PM PDT Reuters - NATO's chief on Thursday dismissed a call from Italy for a suspension of hostilities in Libya and tried to reassure wavering members of the Western coalition that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi can be beaten.

Over 1,500 Syrians refugees flee to Turkey (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:46 AM PDT Reuters - More than 1,500 Syrian refugees crossed to Turkey on Thursday, according to state-run Anatolian news agency, as the Syrian army swept up to the border in its campaign to stamp out anti-government protests.

No interviews, Twitter, travel for Chinese artist (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:38 AM PDT Reuters - No talking, no tweeting and no travel for a year -- these are some of the conditions of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei's release from more than two months in detention, underscoring Beijing's efforts to muzzle dissent.

Phone gives clues to bin Laden's Pakistan links: report (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:51 PM PDT Reuters - A cell phone found in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group with ties to Pakistan's intelligence agency, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing senior U.S. officials briefed on the findings.

Ukraine's "Gas princess" appears for pre-trial hearing (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 01:09 AM PDT Reuters - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing over charges of abuse on power Friday as thousands of people massed in support of her in the capital's city center.

Venezuela's Horrific Prison Riot: Why is Hugo ChÁvez Silent? (Time.com) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:45 PM PDT Time.com - Crime is one of Venezuela's major problems. But so is the brutality of its prisons, as one ongoing uprising sho

London shares jump after EU deal on Greek debt (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 01:01 AM PDT AFP - Share prices jumped in early London trade on Friday after Europe reached a deal to avoid a Greek debt default.

More than 1,500 refugees flee Syria in one day (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 01:11 AM PDT AP - Turkey's Foreign Ministry says more than 1,500 Syrian refugees have crossed the border to safe havens in Turkey in one day.

New prosecutor chosen for Gitmo military tribunals (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:48 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Defense Department has announced a new chief prosecutor for the military tribunal trials at Guantanamo Bay.

House weighs cutting off funds for Libya mission (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:58 AM PDT AP - The House plans to vote Friday on competing measures on the U.S. military role in Libya — one to give President Barack Obama limited authority to continue the mission and the other to cut off funds for military hostilities.

NKorea rushes to build apartments for 2012 events (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:59 AM PDT AP - The capital of North Korea is going through a construction boom and the biggest project in more than a decade started at the beginning of this month.

Canada set to force postal workers back to work (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT Reuters - Canadian members of Parliament will sit continuously, even overnight, until the House of Commons passes a law to force postal workers back to work and restore mail service, the Conservative government said on Thursday.

Stranded penguin moved to NZ zoo over health fears (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:35 AM PDT AP - Fears over the health of a young Emperor penguin stranded on a New Zealand beach have prompted officials to move it to a local zoo.

Peru set to surpass Colombia as world's top coca producer (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:11 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In its darkest years, Colombia held some unfortunate titles: the kidnapping capital of the world, home to the most murderous city, the most deadly place to be a union member and, of course, the main world producer of coca, the raw material used in making cocaine.

'Pottermore' Secrets Revealed: J.K. Rowling's New Site is E-Book Meets Interactive World (Time.com) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:45 PM PDT Time.com - Just when it seemed the Harry Potter franchise was finally avada kedavra-ed, J.K. Rowling has launched the website "Pottermore" to continue the story of the young boy wizard

Afghanistan war: The limits of targeting Taliban leaders (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:51 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In his Afghanistan drawdown speech last night, President Obama said the US would start withdrawing troops from a position of strength, with Al Qaeda under “enormous strain.”

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