Exclusive: Concern grows over militant activity in Libya (Reuters)

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• Exclusive: Concern grows over militant activity in Libya (Reuters)
• Seven Syrian troops die as armed resistance emerges (Reuters)
• Civilians flee Sirte battle, fighting hampers aid: U.N. (Reuters)
• Q&A: Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Time.com)
• Russia's Medvedev defends plan for Putin return (Reuters)
• Iran to Syria: Save regime and preserve alliance (AP)
• School threats spread to northern Mexico (AP)
• McCain: Libya inspires people in China, Russia, Iran, Syria (Reuters)
• AP EXCLUSIVE: US scientist trapped in China (AP)
• Canada lashes Sri Lanka, summit showdown looms (Reuters)
• New Zealand's credit rating downgraded by agencies (AP)
• Germany approves a bigger European bailout fund (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Real Victims in Southern Thailand's Insurgency (Time.com)
• Kenyans watch as their leaders take the stand at ICC hearing (The Christian Science Monitor)

Exclusive: Concern grows over militant activity in Libya (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - As the dust settles after six months of fighting in Libya, U.S. officials are stepping up efforts to identify Islamic militants who might pose a threat in a post-Gaddafi power vacuum.

Seven Syrian troops die as armed resistance emerges (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:03 PM PDT Reuters - Syria said on Friday that seven of its soldiers and police were killed in an operation against terrorists in the central town of Rastan, where armed resistance has emerged after months of mostly peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Civilians flee Sirte battle, fighting hampers aid: U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - Desperate civilians are fleeing the besieged Libyan coastal city of Sirte where the battle to dislodge fighters loyal to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi has caused heavy casualties, U.N. and other sources said.

Q&A: Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Time.com) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:45 AM PDT Time.com - The precedent-setting leader explains why she has decided to run for re-election: "We cannot afford to put the country in the hands of someone that lacks experience"

Russia's Medvedev defends plan for Putin return (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:05 AM PDT Reuters - Russian voters will ultimately decide who leads the country, President Dmitry Medvedev said in comments broadcast on Friday, defending a plan for a job swap designed to put Prime Minister Vladimir Putin back in the Kremlin next year.

Iran to Syria: Save regime and preserve alliance (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT AP - Two weeks after Egypt's uprising swept aside Hosni Mubarak, the presidents of Iran and Syria stood side by side in Damascus in a blunt message to the Arab Spring: The Syrian regime can count on its allies in Tehran.

School threats spread to northern Mexico (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:20 PM PDT AP - Banners similar to those left by Mexican drug cartels appeared Thursday threatening to attack schools in three communities outside the northern Mexico city of Monterrey.

McCain: Libya inspires people in China, Russia, Iran, Syria (Reuters) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:13 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. Senator John McCain said on Thursday the fall of Muammar Gaddafi was inspiring people all over world, including citizens of Syria, Iran, China and Russia, but he twinned his praise with caution about Libya's many revolutionary armed groups, saying they had to be brought under control.

AP EXCLUSIVE: US scientist trapped in China (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:50 AM PDT AP - In the year-plus since he was released from jail, scientist Hu Zhicheng has been free, free to drive from his Shanghai apartment to his office two hours away, free to get acupuncture treatment for chronic back pain, free except to leave China and rejoin his family in America.

Canada lashes Sri Lanka, summit showdown looms (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:56 PM PDT Reuters - Canada publicly criticized Sri Lanka over its human rights record for the first time on Thursday, setting the scene for a confrontation at a major international summit next month.

New Zealand's credit rating downgraded by agencies (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:50 PM PDT AP - New Zealand's credit rating has been downgraded by two of the three major ratings agencies.

Germany approves a bigger European bailout fund (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:53 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In a closely watched vote today, Germany’s parliament approved an expansion of the euro rescue fund, giving some reassurance to financial markets that the eurozone crisis might be brought under control.

The Real Victims in Southern Thailand's Insurgency (Time.com) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:45 AM PDT Time.com - A new report by Amnesty International says the majority of victims in southern Thailand's Muslim insurgency are the people the militants are supposedly fighting for: civilians

Kenyans watch as their leaders take the stand at ICC hearing (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:32 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The most prominent of six Kenyan men accused of masterminding the country’s infamous 2007-08 post-election violence took the stand Thursday in pre-trial hearings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.

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