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  1. (AP) US Embassy warns that an imminent terrorist attack in Kenya is possible
  2. Obama says Qaddafi's death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for Libya; urges Libyans to build tolerant and democratic Libya
  3. Coming up at 2pm... President Obama expected to cite Libyan officials in statement on Qaddafi's death
  4. Al Jazeera airs video showing Muammar Qaddafi being captured alive and wounded
  5. Death toll climbs to 17 in clashes between Coptic Christians and security forces in Cairo
  6. Egyptian state television says a soldier has been killed in Cairo, as a protest by Coptic Christians takes a violent turn
  7. Greece announces it will overshoot its deficit targets this year, even as its Cabinet approves plans to lay off 30,000 public sector workers
  8. Palestinians reject Israeli interpretation of Quartet proposal for peace talks, say talks must be preceded by settlement construction halt
  9. Hiker Josh Fattal, upon return to the US from captivity in Iran: "The only reason we have been held hostage is because we are American."
  10. Israeli PM Netanyahu addresses the UNGA, shortly after Mahmoud Abbas asked UN to recognise Palestine as member state in passionate speech
  11. Plane carrying the two jailed American hikers released by Iran has landed in Oman, where the hikers were greeted by their families.
  12. CBS News confirms death of Abu Hafs al-Shahri, al-Qaida's chief of operations in Pakistan
  13. (Reuters) IRAN JUDICIARY DENIES RELEASE OF US NATIONALS IS IMMINENT- STATE TV
  14. Police have closed streets in a western Sydney suburb where a man is holding an 11-year-old girl hostage at a family court building
  15. CBS News confirms that al-Qaida No. 2 leader, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan