Yemen's Saleh injuries believed more serious (Reuters)

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• Yemen's Saleh injuries believed more serious (Reuters)
• Gaddafi defiant as NATO intensifies Tripoli strikes (Reuters)
• Syrians flee town as troops approach (Reuters)
• Humala seeks to reassure Peru mining companies on tax (Reuters)
• U.S. aid to Afghanistan needs sharper focus: study (Reuters)
• Five Years On, Java Still Grapples with Mud Volcano (Time.com)
• Henderson headed for Liverpool: club (AFP)
• Report: Syrian forces head toward rebellious town (AP)
• Ex-Mexican governor arrested in embezzlement case (AP)
• NATO jets batter Tripoli, Kadhafi defiant (AFP)
• Lagarde in China on IMF charm tour (AFP)
• Enbridge says northern spill larger than thought (Reuters)
• Cat curfew is purrfect remedy for wildlife attacks (Reuters)
• Ghana takes steps to avoid oil curse (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Steam and Bean Sprouts: On the Trail of the Killer Bacteria (Time.com)
• Underdog candidate Carstens takes on IMF's European tradition (The Christian Science Monitor)
• New Laws Have Little Impact on Sexual Violence in DRC (OneWorld.net)

Yemen's Saleh injuries believed more serious (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT Reuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's injuries from a rocket attack on his palace at the weekend were more serious than previously reported, a Yemeni official said, raising further questions about his rule.

Gaddafi defiant as NATO intensifies Tripoli strikes (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:00 PM PDT Reuters - Loud explosions rocked Tripoli early on Wednesday as NATO kept up its heaviest bombing of the Libyan capital since air strikes began in March, but Muammar Gaddafi vowed to fight to the end.

Syrians flee town as troops approach (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:41 PM PDT Reuters - Syrians fled a restive town toward the Turkish border, fearing bloodshed as troops with tanks approached, under orders to hit back after the government accused armed bands there of killing scores of its security men.

Humala seeks to reassure Peru mining companies on tax (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT Reuters - Leftist President-elect Ollanta Humala tried to soothe fears of companies in Peru's vast mining sector on Tuesday, saying he would negotiate taxing their windfall profits instead of imposing a new levy unilaterally.

U.S. aid to Afghanistan needs sharper focus: study (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:58 PM PDT Reuters - The benefits of U.S. foreign aid for Afghanistan could melt away with a planned U.S. troop withdrawal, according to a congressional study that recommends the Obama administration focus on long-term, sustainable development.

Five Years On, Java Still Grapples with Mud Volcano (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:25 AM PDT Time.com - Five years after a mud volcano burst to life on May 29, 2006, there is little indication that life will ever return to normal for the farmers and factory workers that once inhabited this corner of East Java

Henderson headed for Liverpool: club (AFP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:24 AM PDT AFP - Liverpool have won the race to sign promising Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson after the clubs agreed a transfer deal reportedly worth around £20 million, it was confirmed Wednesday.

Report: Syrian forces head toward rebellious town (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:25 AM PDT AP - A Syrian activist says elite government forces are heading to the country's north in possible preparation for an attack on a town where soldiers reportedly joined an anti-government uprising.

Ex-Mexican governor arrested in embezzlement case (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:04 AM PDT AP - A former governor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion that he embezzled more than $9 million (about 100 million pesos) in federal disaster fund money meant to rebuild hurricane-struck zones in southern Mexico.

NATO jets batter Tripoli, Kadhafi defiant (AFP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:11 AM PDT AFP - A wave of NATO air strikes battered Tripoli early Wednesday, piling pressure on embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi who said he was "near" the bombing but vowed never to surrender.

Lagarde in China on IMF charm tour (AFP) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:29 AM PDT AFP - French finance minister Christine Lagarde met with senior Chinese officials Wednesday as she pursues a global roadshow trying to persuade sceptical emerging countries to back her bid to lead the IMF.

Enbridge says northern spill larger than thought (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - Enbridge Inc said a leaking pipeline in the Northwest Territories spilled as much as 1,500 barrels, drastically higher than its initial estimate of a four-barrel leak and the third major spill on the company's lines in less than 12 months.

Cat curfew is purrfect remedy for wildlife attacks (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT Reuters - Cats in several suburbs of Sydney will be ordered to curl up inside from dusk to dawn under a curfew that hopes to curb overnight attacks on native wildlife.

Ghana takes steps to avoid oil curse (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:05 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In December, when the small West African nation of Ghana started pumping oil, President John Atta Mills said oil revenues would be used to transform the country into a “modern industrial nation” and reduce its economic dependence on the export of raw materials.

Steam and Bean Sprouts: On the Trail of the Killer Bacteria (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:25 AM PDT Time.com - German investigators haven't quite cleared beansprouts yet because of one farm's apparent role in a contaminated supply chain

Underdog candidate Carstens takes on IMF's European tradition (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Since launching a bid to lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mexico's central bank chief, Agustín Carstens, has sparked debate about whether the fund's head should hail from an emerging nation and end more than 60 years of European dominance.

New Laws Have Little Impact on Sexual Violence in DRC (OneWorld.net) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:54 AM PDT OneWorld.net - BUKAVU, Jun 7 (IRIN) - Five years after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) revised its laws against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), these crimes continue to go unpunished because of judicial inaction and a legal culture at odds with the changes. The laws, ignored and misinterpreted, have left escalating numbers of sexual violence survivors unprotected, and perpetrators free to violate again.

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