Sniper fire holds up push into Gaddafi's hometown (Reuters)

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• Sniper fire holds up push into Gaddafi's hometown (Reuters)
• Special Report: Crisis grips North Korean rice bowl (Reuters)
• Israel holds suspects in settler deaths, mosque fire (Reuters)
• Pakistan says Obama pressure on militants hurts Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Drought-stricken Pacific islands down to last few days of water (Reuters)
• Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney's father arrested in betting probe (Time.com)
• New charges filed in Politkovskaya's killing probe (AP)
• Bahrain pledges probe into teen death during rally (AP)
• Kidnap victims allegedly held in Mexican jail (AP)
• Sudan will leave Abyei when UN fully deploys (AP)
• China says 12 punished for Shanghai subway crash (AP)
• Canada to limit caffeine in energy drinks (Reuters)
• Australia gives priority to returning boy suspect (AP)
• Israel celebrates Nobel Prize, but worries about declining prowess (The Christian Science Monitor)
• European Central Bank offers lifeline to ailing eurozone lenders (The Christian Science Monitor)

Sniper fire holds up push into Gaddafi's hometown (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - Snipers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi held back government forces trying to capture his hometown on Thursday and the deposed leader warned the heads of the developing world who have recognized Libya's new rulers that they would face a similar fate to his own.

Special Report: Crisis grips North Korean rice bowl (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - In a pediatric hospital in North Korea's most productive farming province, children lay two to a bed. All showed signs of severe malnutrition: skin infections, patchy hair, listless apathy.

Israel holds suspects in settler deaths, mosque fire (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 03:56 PM PDT Reuters - Israel said on Thursday it had arrested five Palestinians in the West Bank in connection with the stoning of a vehicle that overturned, killing a Jewish settler and his baby late last month.

Pakistan says Obama pressure on militants hurts Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:10 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's warning to Islamabad over suspected ties to militants will hurt efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and fuel anti-Americanism, the chairman of Pakistan's Senate Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday.

Drought-stricken Pacific islands down to last few days of water (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 08:02 PM PDT Reuters - A drought-stricken Pacific island nation is down to its last few days of water, prompting a mercy dash by New Zealand and Australia with water-making equipment.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney's father arrested in betting probe (Time.com) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:20 PM PDT Time.com - The father and uncle of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney were arrested Thursday as part of an investigation into betting irregularities at a Scottish Premier League soccer match

New charges filed in Politkovskaya's killing probe (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:13 AM PDT AP - Russian investigators marked the 5th anniversary of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's killing on Friday by filing new charges against suspects involved in the slaying, but they have remained silent about who might have ordered her murder.

Bahrain pledges probe into teen death during rally (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:22 PM PDT AP - Bahrain has ordered an investigation into the death of a teenage boy who opposition groups claim was killed by police gunfire during an anti-government protest.

Kidnap victims allegedly held in Mexican jail (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 09:43 PM PDT AP - Several police officers in northern Mexico allowed a violent drug gang to hold kidnap victims in the local jail while ransom payments were being negotiated, a state official said Thursday.

Sudan will leave Abyei when UN fully deploys (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 04:51 PM PDT AP - Sudan will withdraw all its troops from the disputed Abyei region at the same time that the United Nations fully deploys its 4,200-strong force, the country's U.N. ambassador said Thursday.

China says 12 punished for Shanghai subway crash (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:39 AM PDT AP - A subway crash in Shanghai that injured nearly 300 people resulted from negligence, inadequate training and faulty installation of backup power systems, the city's safety agency said. It announced penalties for a dozen subway employees.

Canada to limit caffeine in energy drinks (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:42 AM PDT Reuters - Canada will restrict the amount of caffeine allowed in energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster Energy but has pulled back from classifying them as stimulative drug products that can only be sold in pharmacies.

Australia gives priority to returning boy suspect (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:38 PM PDT AP - Australia has given top priority to securing the return of a 14-year-old boy arrested in Indonesia for alleged marijuana possession in a challenging case that will require patience to resolve, the foreign minister said Friday.

Israel celebrates Nobel Prize, but worries about declining prowess (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:46 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Israel has celebrated this week's announcement of Israeli professor Dan Shechtman’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry as if he won Olympic Gold.

European Central Bank offers lifeline to ailing eurozone lenders (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:13 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Jean-Claude Trichet, outgoing president of the European Central Bank (ECB), brought good news and bad news to Berlin.

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