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If you want the details of the following stories use the above bitty browser by scrolling to the particular story and then click on the link Open full-size (within Bitty) .<style type="text/css">.rsspal{max-width:;}</style><table class="rsspal" style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;border-width:2; border-style:solid; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; border-color: #d4d0c8; " cellpadding="3"><tr><th style="background-color: #999999; color: #ffffff; "><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world" style="color: #ffffff; " target="_blank">World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post</a></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c9bfbc485380e4c0fe9f3842f272db09" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> Militants linked to al-Qaeda emboldened in Yemen<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>SANAA, Yemen ? Islamist extremists, many suspected of links to al-Qaeda, are engaged in an intensifying struggle against government forces for control of southern Yemen, taking advantage of a growing power vacuum to create a stronghold near vital oil-shipping lanes, said residents and Yemeni and U.S. officials.</p><p>Over the past few weeks, the militants have swiftly taken over two towns, including Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province, and surrounding areas and appear to be pushing farther south, said Yemeni security officials and residents. Increasingly, it appears as if al-Qaeda?s regional affiliate is seeking for the first time to grab and hold large swaths of territory, adding a dangerous dimension to Yemen?s crisis.</p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/militants-linked-to-al-qaeda-emboldened-in-yemen/2011/06/12/AG88nISH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c9bfbc485380e4c0fe9f3842f272db09&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c9bfbc485380e4c0fe9f3842f272db09&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=afe5a36d85570746e2ea567a6f58acb9" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> ?A Gay Girl in Damascus? comes clean<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>For nearly a week, the world followed the saga of Amina Arraf, the blogger who was celebrated for her passionate, often intimate writings about the Syrian government?s crackdown on Arab Spring protesters. Those writings stopped abruptly last Monday, and in a posting on her blog, ?A Gay Girl in Damascus,? a cousin said Amina had been hauled away by government security agents.</p><p>News of her disappearance became an Internet and media sensation. The U.S. State Department started an investigation. But almost immediately skeptics began asking<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/acarvin/status/77840644894240768"/>: Had anyone ever actually met Amina? On Wednesday, pictures of her on the blog were revealed to have been taken from a London woman?s Facebook page.</p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-gay-girl-in-damascus-comes-clean/2011/06/12/AGkyH0RH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=afe5a36d85570746e2ea567a6f58acb9&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=afe5a36d85570746e2ea567a6f58acb9&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=09b77a69914eb55b115325368b7fe749" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> Azerbaijan wavers between East and West<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>Last month, this authoritarian nation tucked between Russia and Iran won the slightly wacky ?American Idol?-meets-Model U.N. pop song contest called Eurovision, and now Azerbaijanis are asking themselves a question:</p><p>Can rock-and-roll ? the lingua franca of dissent ? make them free?</p><p>Not only did the Eurovision victory leave this country ? which feels deeply under-appreciated ? dizzy with pride, but it also makes Baku host of <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/06/28/100628fa_fact_lane"/>the 43-nation event in May, opening it up to a madcap extravaganza that requires tolerance for high camp ? <a href="http://923now.radio.com/2011/05/14/photos-craziest-eurovision-fans/#photo-10">think spiked orange hair and green sequined sunglasses</a> ? and unfettered self-expression. </p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/azerbaijan-wavers-between-east-and-west/2011/06/03/AGmdvgRH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=09b77a69914eb55b115325368b7fe749&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=09b77a69914eb55b115325368b7fe749&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=da396b435d4a39fe234efcf3b836f4b9" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> Turkey?s ruling party wins third term by wide margin in parliamentary elections<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>ISTANBUL ? Turkey?s ruling party surged to a third term in parliamentary elections Sunday, setting the stage for the rising regional power to pursue trademark economic growth, assertive diplomacy and an overhaul of the military-era constitution.</p><p>However, the Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan fell short of a two-thirds majority in parliament, a shortcoming that will force it to seek support for constitutional change from other political groups. Despite a record of democratic reform, the government has faced increasing criticism that it has sought to consolidate power at the expense of consensus-building.</p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/turkish-ruling-party-front-runner-in-elections-aims-to-rewrite-constitution-if-wins-3rd-term/2011/06/12/AGbWUJRH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=da396b435d4a39fe234efcf3b836f4b9&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=da396b435d4a39fe234efcf3b836f4b9&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6617300d422e07bd506b7f1e336f0894" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> About 6,000 Moroccans march through Casablanca calling for greater democracy<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>CASABLANCA, Morocco ? Thousands marched through Morocco?s largest city on Sunday calling for greater democracy and an end to corruption even as the king prepares to unveil new constitutional amendments to address calls for reform.</p><p>There was only a light police presence blocking off traffic as about 6,000 protesters flowed through the wide streets of downtown Casablanca chanting slogans against the government. Past demonstrations had been violently dispersed.</p><p>The march showed the continuing viability of the February 20 pro-democracy movement, even as the king?s own constitutional reform process seeks to co-opt many of their demands.</p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/about-6000-moroccans-march-through-casablanca-calling-for-greater-democracy/2011/06/12/AGdaa1RH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6617300d422e07bd506b7f1e336f0894&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6617300d422e07bd506b7f1e336f0894&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d4546cb87a94b338a5abe8463a0ac8f3" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> Hamas rejects Fayyad for Palestinian prime minister<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>JERUSALEM ? Since signing a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/palestinian-factions-formally-sign-unity-accord/2011/05/04/AFD89MmF_story.html">reconciliation accord</a> more than a month ago, the Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have made only slow progress in carrying it out, and on Sunday the pact hit its first significant snag with a public disagreement over who should be prime minister of a joint government.</p><p>The dispute over Fatah?s nomination Saturday of Salam Fayyad, a political independent who is the Palestinian Authority premier, cast a shadow over planned talks in Cairo on Tuesday on the composition of the new cabinet.</p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/hamas-rejects-fayyad-for-palestinian-prime-minister/2011/06/12/AGP9YhRH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d4546cb87a94b338a5abe8463a0ac8f3&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d4546cb87a94b338a5abe8463a0ac8f3&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=24ac2c5c8efa8ad9c2b4ec5ca4e55aab" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> Back-to-back blasts in northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar kill 34, as CIA director visits<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>PESHAWAR, Pakistan ? Two explosions went off minutes apart in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing 34 people and injuring more than 100 in one of the deadliest attacks since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden last month, officials said.</p><p>The blasts, one of which was caused by a suicide bomber, occurred just after midnight Sunday in an area of the city that is home to political offices and army housing.</p><p>The attack took place as CIA Director Leon Panetta and Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Islamabad, 95 miles (150 kilometers) to the east, to speak separately with senior Pakistani officials about intelligence sharing and efforts to reconcile with the Taliban.</p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/cia-chief-to-discuss-scope-of-us-intelligence-activities-in-second-day-of-pakistan-talks/2011/06/11/AGoMS4PH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=24ac2c5c8efa8ad9c2b4ec5ca4e55aab&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=24ac2c5c8efa8ad9c2b4ec5ca4e55aab&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=b5de329a01a15c7457329d55a03a04c6" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> Libya?s resurgent rebels claim victories; government denies their successes<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>MISRATA, Libya ? From the east and west, working with NATO air strikes, resurgent rebels battled Libyan government forces on Sunday at flashpoints along the Mediterranean coast, rebel commanders reported. The government said their victory claims were ?wishful reporting.?</p><p>Insurgents had reported fighting street by street to retake the Mediterranean port city of Zawiya, 18 miles (30 kilometers) west of Tripoli, a prize that would put them within striking distance of the capital and cut off one of Moammar Gadhafi?s last supply routes from Tunisia.</p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/gadhafi-forces-pound-libyan-rebels-near-misrata-as-opposition-fighters-fight-to-retake-zawiya/2011/06/12/AGB4qaRH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b5de329a01a15c7457329d55a03a04c6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b5de329a01a15c7457329d55a03a04c6&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=16bceed73a70b43dc93443e68ea014ed" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank"><br /> Tribunal sends Bahrain protester to prison<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><br /> <p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ? A 20-year-old woman who recited poems critical of Bahrain?s rulers ? and later claimed she was beaten in jail ? was sentenced Sunday to a year in prison as part of the kingdom?s crackdown on Shiite protesters calling for greater rights.</p><p>The ruling by a special security tribunal sent a strong message that Bahrain?s Sunni monarchy is not easing off on punishments linked to the unrest despite appeals for talks with Shiite groups in the strategic Persian Gulf island nation, which is home to the U.S. Navy?s 5th Fleet.</p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tribunal-sends-bahrain-protester-to-prison/2011/06/12/AGPgh9RH_story.html?wprss=">Read full article >></a><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=16bceed73a70b43dc93443e68ea014ed&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=16bceed73a70b43dc93443e68ea014ed&p=1"/></a><br /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.30117.rss.News.40306,cat.News.rss"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php"/></td></tr> </table>
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