Pro-Thaksin party wins Thai election by landslide: report (Reuters)

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• Pro-Thaksin party wins Thai election by landslide: report (Reuters)
• Clinton slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe (Reuters)
• Britain to pull 800 troops from Afghanistan: report (Reuters)
• Israel targets top rabbis for anti-Arab incitement (Reuters)
• Chavez foes say his absence a security risk (Reuters)
• Hizballah Leader Stands Defiant Amidst Hariri Assassination Indictments (Time.com)
• AP Exclusive: Miracle claimed for WWII-era pope (AP)
• NATO: More airstrikes in western Libya (AP)
• Mexico voters choose governor, give hints for 2012 (AP)
• S.Africa's Zuma in Russia talks on Libya (AFP)
• Thai exit polls show landslide victory for ex-PM (AP)
• Cheers and some boos greet royal tour in Quebec (Reuters)
• Australia may extend Tiger Airways grounding (AFP)
• Tour de France kicks off: Who to watch (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Greece's Youth Brace For an Uncertain Future (Time.com)

Pro-Thaksin party wins Thai election by landslide: report (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT Reuters - Thailand's opposition Puea Thai Party, allied with ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, won a general election on Sunday by a landslide with 313 of 500 available parliamentary seats, according to an exit poll by Bangkok's Suan Dusit University.

Clinton slams Gaddafi threat to attack Europe (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up Western calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit, brushing off his threat to attack Europeans in their homes and offices.

Britain to pull 800 troops from Afghanistan: report (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - Britain will announce this week that it is to withdraw up to 800 troops by the end of next year, according to a report in the Sunday Times newspaper.

Israel targets top rabbis for anti-Arab incitement (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:07 AM PDT Reuters - Israeli police briefly detained a leading rabbi Sunday as part of a widening probe into a treatise suspected of inciting the murder of Arabs.

Chavez foes say his absence a security risk (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 07:03 PM PDT Reuters - Venezuela's opposition said on Saturday President Hugo Chavez's prolonged convalescence from cancer in Cuba put the country's security and sovereignty at risk and it stepped up calls for him to delegate his powers.

Hizballah Leader Stands Defiant Amidst Hariri Assassination Indictments (Time.com) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:05 PM PDT Time.com - Hizballah Leader Stands Defiant Amidst Hariri Assassination Indictments

AP Exclusive: Miracle claimed for WWII-era pope (AP) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:57 AM PDT AP - Maria Esposito was ready to give up. Wasted away at 42 kilos (92 pounds), she couldn't bear another dose of chemotherapy to fight the Stage IV Burkitt's lymphoma that had invaded her body while she was pregnant with her second child.

NATO: More airstrikes in western Libya (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 05:12 PM PDT AP - NATO said Saturday it has begun ramping up its airstrikes on military targets in the western part of Libya, where rebel forces claim a string of advances through territory still largely under Moammar Gadhafi's control.

Mexico voters choose governor, give hints for 2012 (AP) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:55 AM PDT AP - There's more at stake than picking a governor as voters go to the polls Sunday in the state of Mexico, with 15 million people the country's most populous state and a bellwether for next year's presidential election.

S.Africa's Zuma in Russia talks on Libya (AFP) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:09 AM PDT AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma will hold talks in Russia on Sunday with the International Contact Group on Libya, the foreign ministry in Pretoria said.

Thai exit polls show landslide victory for ex-PM (AP) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 01:19 AM PDT AP - Exit polls in Thailand are showing the party allied to ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has won an absolute majority in the fractious country's tense election.

Cheers and some boos greet royal tour in Quebec (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - Well-wishers outnumbered anti-monarchist protesters greeting Britain's Prince William and Kate on Saturday as the royal newlyweds' tour of Canada arrived in French-speaking Quebec.

Australia may extend Tiger Airways grounding (AFP) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:53 AM PDT AFP - Aviation regulators were discussing Sunday whether to seek court approval to extend the grounding of Tiger Airways Australia, as the airline vowed to fix its problems and get back in the air.

Tour de France kicks off: Who to watch (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:30 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Before the 98th Tour de France kicked off this morning on the Atlantic coast, a doping scandal already loomed over the peloton.

Greece's Youth Brace For an Uncertain Future (Time.com) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:05 PM PDT Time.com - As Greece enacts tough austerity measures, the nation's youth have most cause for concern. Is this the beginning of a Greek brain drain?

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