China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail (Reuters)

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• China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail (Reuters)
• Dutch court acquits Geert Wilders of hate speech charges (Reuters)
• Syrian troops deploy on road to Turkish border (Reuters)
• U.S. official in Sanaa, al Qaeda militants flee prison (Reuters)
• Bahrain opposition figures given life sentences (Reuters)
• How Greece's Ongoing Drama Could Undo the Euro (Time.com)
• French troops to progressively leave Afghanistan (AP)
• Syria activists: Troops enter village near border (AP)
• Clinton asks Congress, whose side are you on? (AP)
• Michelle Obama cancels trip to Mandela prison (AP)
• Pakistan needs all the help it can get from militias (Reuters)
• Canada says documents clear troops of wrongdoing (Reuters)
• Beleaguered Aussie PM to work on 1st anniversary (AP)
• Canada's 'kid' lawmakers poised to shake-up staid Parliament (The Christian Science Monitor)
• It Won the Confidence Vote, but Greece's Government Still Has Everything to Lose (Time.com)
• Belfast riots renew calls for Protestant-Catholic dialogue (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Supreme Court Tells Working Women, You're on Your Own (OneWorld.net)

China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT Reuters - The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, whose detention in April ignited an international uproar, was released on bail Wednesday under conditions likely to keep the outspoken critic of Communist Party controls silent for now.

Dutch court acquits Geert Wilders of hate speech charges (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:26 AM PDT Reuters - A Dutch court on Thursday acquitted populist politician Geert Wilders of charges of inciting hatred against Muslims, in a case that tested freedom of speech in the traditionally liberal country.

Syrian troops deploy on road to Turkish border (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 06:57 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian troops have deployed on a main road leading from the commercial hub of Aleppo to Turkey as protests expand to border regions, residents said, while Ankara grows increasingly critical of President Bashar al-Assad's military crackdown.

U.S. official in Sanaa, al Qaeda militants flee prison (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:12 AM PDT Reuters - A senior U.S. official held talks on Wednesday with government officials in Yemen, which is teetering on the brink of civil war over President Ali Abdullah Saleh's refusal to meet protesters' demands to step down.

Bahrain opposition figures given life sentences (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - Bahrain sentenced eight prominent Shi'ite Muslim activists and opposition leaders to life in prison on Wednesday on charges of plotting a coup during protests in the Gulf island kingdom earlier this year.

How Greece's Ongoing Drama Could Undo the Euro (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:35 PM PDT Time.com - Greece's debt crisis has presented the E.U. with its toughest challenge yet. Is there any way to save the euro?

French troops to progressively leave Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:14 AM PDT AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Thursday the progressive withdrawal of France's troops from Afghanistan — on a timetable matching the U.S. troop pullout that starts this summer.

Syria activists: Troops enter village near border (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:03 AM PDT AP - Syrian activists said Thursday that troops backed by tanks and snipers have entered a village along the Turkish border as the regime expands its crackdown on a pro-democracy movement that has posed the gravest challenge to President Bashar Assad's rule.

Clinton asks Congress, whose side are you on? (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:16 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is questioning the priorities of lawmakers criticizing the U.S. intervention in Libya.

Michelle Obama cancels trip to Mandela prison (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:51 AM PDT AP - Michelle Obama's planned ferry ride Thursday to the Robben Island prison, where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 years, has been canceled because of bad weather.

Pakistan needs all the help it can get from militias (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:25 AM PDT Reuters - Dilawar Khan often gets phone calls that would fill others with dread -- threats from the Pakistani Taliban to behead him. He gives his usual response: Not if he kills them first.

Canada says documents clear troops of wrongdoing (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - Canada released thousands of pages of declassified documents on Wednesday, which it said supported its claims that its soldiers played no role in the mistreatment of prisoners in Afghanistan.

Beleaguered Aussie PM to work on 1st anniversary (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:44 PM PDT AP - A year after becoming Australia's first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard finds herself weighed down in opinion polls by an unpopular greenhouse gas tax policy and lingering anger over how she overthrew her predecessor.

Canada's 'kid' lawmakers poised to shake-up staid Parliament (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:18 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - At 20 years old and just halfway through college, history and cultural studies student Laurin Liu has little in common with the middle-aged white men who dominate Canadian politics.

It Won the Confidence Vote, but Greece's Government Still Has Everything to Lose (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:35 PM PDT Time.com - Having survived a vote of confidence, Greece's government can carry on with the Herculean task of trying to keep the nation's economy afloat

Belfast riots renew calls for Protestant-Catholic dialogue (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:44 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Rioting engulfed the Short Strand district of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday night, as pro-British loyalists and Irish republican residents of the area clashed for the second consecutive day.

Supreme Court Tells Working Women, You're on Your Own (OneWorld.net) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:10 AM PDT OneWorld.net - Jun 21 (New America Media) - Sitting in the majestic paneled courtroom in the U.S. Supreme Court three months ago, it did not take long to get that dreaded sense that Betty Dukes and 1.5 million other current and former women employees at Wal-Mart were not likely to prevail in their epic 10-year battle against the nation's largest private employer.

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