- Despite NTC claims to have Qaddafi surrounded, the deposed leader has released an audio message calling on all Libyans to rise up against the NTC and claiming the NTC is a Western front.
- Indian police have detained three people following the deadly attacks in New Delhi that left twelve dead.
- A group of Somali leaders have signed an agreement that would phase out the near powerless transitional body with a formal government. The African Union has endorsed the agreement, but the agreement did not include al Shabab and did not address how to deal with the terrorist organization.
- European leaders have put Greece on notice, suggesting the country could be left to its fate in the markets(NYT) if it does not meet the preconditions for its bailout.
- A decade after 9/11 Saudi Arabia, birthplace of 15 of the 19 attackers, continues its evolution into a more open society, albeit slowly.
- A former White House scientist has been convicted of espionage(NYT) after he sold military satellite secrets to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli spy.
- The Republican presidential hopefuls debated last night under the long shadow of Reagan's Air Force One at his Presidential Library. Your editor live blogged the debate. The Fix weighs in with winners and losers, and your editor agrees with the picks, while Politico gives us eight take aways. Fact checker goes after at least some of the GOP claims made on stage last night and finds fidelity to fact lacking at times.
- After last night's GOP debate, President Obama will be on tonight to outline his jobs plan.
- The debt Supercommittee will meet today for the first time with high expectations. And you can be sure a myriad of groups will look to lobby the individual on the panel.
- In perhaps the coolest job opening around, NASA needs astronauts.
Pundit's Corner
- Matt Yglesias notes apparel manufacturing is starting to leave China.
- Arthur Kroeber has a longer piece on why the U.S. shouldn't fear the Renminbi.
- Will Wilkinson considers a currency war that has the effect of an international quantitative easing.
- Ezra Klein likes that the Supercommittee's staff appears to be filling up with the folks needed to find a smart, cohesive compromise.
- Suzy Khimm questions the claim that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director will have "unprecedented" power.
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