1. UK: Media titan Rupert Murdoch and his son appear before a British parliamentary inquiry in the phone-hacking scandal that has shaken his global empire.
2. Off Gaza Coastline: Israel seizes a pro-Palestinian French yacht as it attempts to breach Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
3. Libya: Opposition forces say they have broken through government lines in the eastern oil port of Brega.
4. Japan: Officials announce ban on all shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima prefecture amid concerns of radioactive contamination.
5. Space: The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis undocks from the International Space Station beginning the last leg of its final voyage.
6. South Sudan: Newly independent country rolls out its new currency to phase out the old Bank of Sudan pound.
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